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The Constitution of a City Park
- February 9, 2024
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The Constitution of a City Park City parks can be defined as “naturalistic areas in urban environments”. They are also known as urban parks, metropolitan parks, public parks, public open spaces, or municipal gardens. The practice of preserving specific areas in overcrowded cities is not new and the benefits of having them are ever more -
For Health or for Wellness
- February 1, 2024
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For Health or for Wellness… Belize is wellness. There is no doubt that ours is a country that can be very healing. But what is “wellness”? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines wellness as “a positive state of health and quality of life that is influenced by social, economic, and environmental factors”. The concept is -
Our City by the Sea
- January 25, 2024
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Our City by the Sea Do you ever wonder what the Old Capital must look like to visitors? What do they think about when they see Belize City for the first time? The city has a mix of modern buildings and old colonial houses tossed together across a landscape that includes palm trees, mangroves, canals, -
Keep It, Love It, & Guard It
- January 18, 2024
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Keep It, Love It, & Guard It On the tenth of September 1969, less than two months after the world had learned that man had landed on the moon, Premier George Cadle Price invited Belizeans to “meet the greatest challenge of our history and to embark confidently on the tremendous adventure of a life time -
What is in a name?
- January 11, 2024
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“What is in a name?” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. These famous lines from Shakespeare’s timeless play Romeo and Juliet draws a direct contrast between the name of a person and their characteristics. Here, Juliet argues that a name is just a -
Resolute
- January 5, 2024
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Resolute The end of a year is about opportunity. Right? When we count down the last ten seconds of one year, we try to step into the new one well dressed, with fireworks overhead, champagne in hand, and in fine form. Those last ten seconds are powerful because they are filled with intention, promise, relief, -
Christmas Feast
- December 22, 2023
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Christmas Feast There are holiday things Belizeans would be willing to go without on Christmas Day- the turkey and ham dinner is not one of them. Some things can wait until the new year, like a new pot set, that nice carpet, a fresh coat of paint on the house, or the pretty curtains from -
Small Step- Big Leaps
- December 14, 2023
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Small Step- Big Leaps New York City (NYC) and the John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport are two iconic US destination and hub. NYC and JFK are central in many respects. They are the Statue of Liberty and the NY Stock Exchange, they are fashion and the World Trade Centre, they are skyscrapers in a -
On Cruise Control
- December 12, 2023
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CHAT Tourism - On Cruise Control Residents have all seen them anchored off the coast of Belize City like pointy white boulders. From the sea wall at the Baron Bliss Lighthouse they are close enough for us to observe the shape but too far for us to realize their true size. In the night, the -
The Land of NOT That Far Away
- December 4, 2023
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CHAT Tourism - The Land of NOT That Far Away Let’s talk geography and transportation. Sometimes a trip is prolonged, or worst, completely abandoned because the destination just seems too far to travel. The more mysterious the place, the further it sounds and more difficult it seems to get there. Belize often has that problem.