The weather: it’s a subject that everybody talks about but nobody can even hope to influence. It does influence us though as the almost week of stormy weather nationwide is bringing outdoor work to a halt, driving tourists crazy and wreaking havoc on roads, large and small. Having driven to work this morning from Ladyville, […]
The company was on a hot streak, batting four for four in its search for oil at Spanish Lookout. Today, however, Belize Natural Energy announced that its latest effort–the re-opening of a well drilled almost thirty years ago in Belmopan–has come up dry. According to a B.N.E. release, over a four day period they reached […]
A couple of weeks ago, the Belize Tourism Board added some muscle to the Tourism Police in the form of some much needed communication and transportation equipment. Today, that effort continued as the B.T.B. along with the Protected Areas Conservation Trust came together to donate four brand new Isuzu pickup trucks, this time to the […]
It’s one of the strongest players in efforts to put our country’s young people on the right path, but today the Scout Association of Belize is suffering. Over the weekend thieves broke into their headquarters at the Belize City Centre and made off with a TV, VCR and small safe holding two thousand five hundred […]
He was originally charged for theft, but if police have their way, thirty-three year old Lester Smith will face a whole lot more. This afternoon Smith, who appeared before Magistrate Herbert Lord, was charged and remanded to Hattieville Prison until July fourteenth. Evidently disgruntled with this decision, he tried to make a run for it […]
She gained her original fame from her abilities involving a bat, ball and glove … but as time goes by Pat Bennett is more likely to be remembered for her brains. Today it was announced that the veteran educator–and International Hall of Fame softballer–has been appointed as the new general manager of Methodist primary and […]
This week approximately twenty soldiers from the Belize Defence Force are participating in an HIV/AIDS workshop at Price Barracks. But it’s not your run of the mill education session; instead the soldiers are putting their heads together to come up with a plan to strengthen their prevention effort and find ways of mitigating the effects […]
But while the B.D.F. is finding a way to deal with the invasion of HIV into its ranks, it is at the same time trying to deal with its controversial practice of mandatory HIV testing. In December a National Policy on HIV was proposed, which prohibits mandatory testing of employees. But according to Force Medical […]
Today researchers are still not certain what may have caused the deaths of a mature female manatee and her calf. On Monday employees of Duke Marine at mile four and a half on the Northern Highway found the mammals floating near the mouth of the Belize River. A team consisting of representatives from Duke, the […]
First, an announcement. The KTV finals scheduled for tonight at the Palm Court have been postponed due to the inclement weather. The competition, however, has been set for Wednesday night–that’s tomorrow–and if it continues to rain the show will simply move indoors to the Bliss Auditorium. As you may be aware, we are down to […]
