B.W.S.L. shares offered to the public

Shares in Belize Water Services Limited are now available for purchase by Belizeans. According to a release from the government press office, thirty-three million ordinary shares, or eighty-two point six-eight percent of the recently repurchased shares from CASCAL are now available from the Central Bank or the Ministry of Finance. Shares are being sold for one-fifty Belize per share, with a minimum purchase of one hundred or in multiples of one hundred. And not to worry, unlike the recent case of the sale of B.T.L. shares, G.O.B. stresses that you can use your Belize dollars with no difficulty, at least up to fifteen hundred shares. After that, you will need U.S. currency, cash or bankers cheque. The offer closes on January thirty-first, 2006.