At the start of every hurricane season, NEMO and the Belize Red Cross run television and radio advertisements advising the public about the start of the hurricane season, the need for a family plan and other hurricane safety tips. As is the case with their personal health, many people ignore these precautions until the last minute.

Mr. David Gegg ... has been involved in Belize tourism for 35 years, is in many respects a pioneer of Belize tourism and has an indomitable entrepreneurial spirit. He dreamt of doing a marina project on the shoreline of the West Landivar area of Belize City. But his dream was a nightmare for some residents of West Landivar.

In Belize the preoccupation is not with how liberal or conservative the Supreme Court is. Far more basic than that, people look to see whether justices of the Supreme Court are controlled by the government of the day or are susceptible to corruption.

The Government of Hugo Chavez has so far given a US $5.6 million grant to Belize, US $50 million loan to assist with the bond offering and a further US $10 million grant is in the pipeline. Leaders of other countries have received the Order of Belize for doing much less.