He was young and wealthy, inheritor of a successful family enterprise that had its roots in the mud and sawdust of a Haulover Creek boatyard but blossomed in the high tech world of satellite and cable television. Richard Hoare, having expanded into tourism and other fields, was a guy who seemed to have it all. […]
No sooner had Belize City police wrapped up their work at the north side crime scene they were back on the streets, this time responding to a call from the city’s south side. In this case, however, the victim would live to tell his story. Thirty-five year old fruit vendor Silas Molina told police that […]
If you live in Toledo, Stann Creek or the southern half of the Belize District you would have already experienced the joys—and frustrations—of National Health Insurance. Well, at the end of this month, N.H.I. will roll out on Belize City’s northside, San Pedro, and Caye Caulker, and by the end of the year will go […]
And fortunately this morning there was a politician nearby, in the form of Minister of Health—and Caribbean Shores Representative—Jose Coye. Again, we asked the question: what is the cost of N.H.I.? The answer, much to our surprise, led straight to the oil fields of Spanish Lookout. Jose Coye, Minister of Health “Before I get into […]
Hotels: they are one of the pillars of Belize’s tourism industry, but they don’t operate in a vacuum. Today at the bi-annual general meeting of the Belize Hotel Association, Minister of Tourism Godfrey Smith laid out his vision of where hotels fit into the bigger hospitality picture. Afterwards he was asked specifically if Belize has […]
It’s no secret that a powerful weapon in the war against HIV is testing. And while more Belizeans than ever are getting tested, the numbers still fall short of what health officials would like to see. Today they tried to do something about it. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The National Health […]
