Later in this newscast we will air a story about the observance of World Health Day, which for the first time is focussing on traffic accidents as a major health problem. Of course, it’s just a coincidence, but tonight we open our coverage with a road mishap… although this particular type of fender bender does […]
Fire investigators have sifted through the debris left in the wake of Tuesday evening’s fire at the Simon Quan warehouse on New Road. Their determination: it was a construction accident. According to Fire Chief Henry Baizar, sparks from welding works being carried out inside the building ignited some foam material and mattresses. Baizar believes that […]
Until a cure or vaccine for AIDS is discovered, the only hope in stopping the pandemic is behaviour change through education. And that’s exactly what a group of young people were promoting this week in Belize City. Patrick Jones reports on the latest effort to keep Belizeans free of the deadly virus. Patrick Jones, Reporting […]
The World Health Organization reports that each year road traffic injuries kill one point two million men, women and children around the world. The problem has become so great that for the first time in its history, WHO has dedicated its annual World Health Day to highway safety. In Belize, the occasion was marked by […]
