The Westminster system of government and its electoral format of “first past the post” inherently favors the development of a strong two party system. So if you want to be involved in politics and choose not to affiliate with one of the two, your choices of making a splash are somewhere between slim and none. […]
In another follow up, this time to a story we ran last night, on Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, News Five has been unable to obtain a new consultant’s report on the facility, written in April of this year. Sources in the Ministry of Health tell us that the criticisms in the 1998 document are even […]
Two months ago Carlos Perdomo, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security and Superintendent of Police Yolanda Murray, visited Costa Rica at the invitation of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. There, they attended a one-day meeting that focussed on community policing. It was at that gathering that the Institute became impressed with the […]
This year’s BETEX ’98 Tourism Trade Expo is three weeks away and according to the organizers, while the show will be smaller than previous years, it will be bringing more prospective buyers to the country. According to Xinia Aguilar, coordinator of BETEX ’98, the event started three years ago to promote and sell Belize as […]
If by this time in the newscast you’re confused by all the different political messages we’ve managed to stuff into the last thirty-five minutes or so, take heart. G. Michael Reid has some welcome advice. “Well the suspense is over, the date is set and from now until August 27th if you’re allergic to politics, […]
