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A Place for Pickups
posted (March 10, 2016)
As a part of the Meso America 2015 project to enhance maternal and neonatal health services in the region, the Ministry of health today received two brand new Ford Ranger pickups. The original budget was for one vehicle for the maternal and child health sector. But with a little bit of sourcing, the Ministry was able to purchase of two more. Health CEO Dr. Ramon Figueroa told us more.

The project is an initiative funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)



Aziatic, Back To His Roots

Veteran Punta Rocker Aziatic, who has a career spanning almost 15 years, has been hard at work on his latest project. This time around he's departing from his usual albums, and he's putting the finishing touches on an all - Paranda CD titled, automATIC.

Today, the Belizean American artist and told us that one of the tracks is a song he collaborated on with the late Andy Palacio:

But, Aziatic says that he's reached a point in his career in which he can finally give back to the Belizean community. He's set up a sort of scholarship fund to provide at risk youths with an incentive to stay in school:



A Festival Flourish

And some potential recipients can be found right at the Preschool festival of the arts. The Belize District kids had their turn on the stage at the Bliss Center again last night. We leave you with that this evening - do join us back here tomorrow, I am Courtney Weatherburne and thanks for watching:..





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