Monthly Archives: April, 2012
Weather
Less active Hurricane Season predicted for 2012
According to the release, Information obtained through March 2012 indicates that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season will have less activity than the median 1981-2010 season
Community and Society
US Embassy Holds Town Hall Meeting in San Pedro
US Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally addressed the group, stating that the priority of the Embassy is to assure citizen safety and to monitor narcotics trafficking as Belize is a throughway for the transport of illegal substances
Crime & Violence
Prime Minister Meets with Civil Society in Response to Crime
Hon. Dean Barrow, today convened a meeting with civil society to apprise them of the government's response to the recent increase in gang-related crime and the heightened tensions in Belize City.
Education
Annual Secondary School Principal’s Conference hosted on Ambergris Caye
It is the hope of the association that they will be able to put measures in place that will address such issues of disciplinary action in secondary schools
Travel & Tourism
BETEX 2012
BETEX was held under the theme, "Selling the Adventure" with the main objective to promote Belize to international stakeholders
Entertainment
Italian Travel Documentarian films in Belize
Italian Travel Documentarian, Alessandro Di Nitto was in Belize filming for the Italian travel program "Alle Falde del Kilimangiaro"
Crime & Violence
Another detainee dies in San Pedro Police custody
He has been identified as 38 year old Kevin 'Boco T' Myvette, AKA Kevin Kelly, of Fairweather Street in Belize City
Community and Society
Morgan Freeman lends his voice to the San Mateo Empowerment Project
Morgan, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee spent most of his childhood in Mississippi and was more than happy to be a part of the effort and narrate the video made by the University Students