If the old adage “no news is good news,” holds any merit, then you’ll love the bulletin from the police tonight. The only incident noted in the daily sitrep from Belmopan is the detention of a forty one year old man from Toledo, apparently for the possession of an unlicensed sixteen gauge shotgun. It’s not […]
His story made national headlines earlier this year when his release from prison on pardon from the Belize Advisory Council appeared to have placed Burrell Boom resident Carlos Seguro at the mercy of the world. Frailed and barely able to help himself, prison authorities said Seguro had AIDS, and that their decision to seek his […]
The Regional Director of the British Executive Service Overseas, David Lewis is nearing the end of a week-long working visit to Belize. According to Lewis, his visit is to promote BESO as an alternative for local small business owners who cannot afford to pay for commercial consultants or training for their employees. So far, Lewis […]
The National Agriculture and Trade Show is still two weeks away but already the winners of the Farmer of the Year award in the senior, junior and female categories have been announced. A government press release names forty five year old Mario Narvaez of Corozal as the overall winner in the senior division, while twenty […]
A group of government and private sector officials that were recently in Mexico for discussions on the Proposed Text of a trade agreement between the two countries have reported on the progress of their visit. According to the Belize Information Service, the delegation headed by Trade Minister Alfredo Martinez, told their Mexican counterparts that Belize […]
The National AIDS Task Force is embarking on an ambitious drive, which it hopes will lead to the development of policies directly addressing the issues of H.I.V. and AIDS. The Task Force has organized the first in a series of consultation workshops for Thursday in Belize City, where top level personnel from various government ministries […]
In the corporate world of the nineties, downsizing has become as much a part of day-to-day operations as computers, telephones and email. But someone must have forgotten to pass the word along to the people in the local gas station business as more and more service stations are popping up all over Belize City. Over […]
