Four and a half weeks before Belizeans go to the polls, in the midst of what has become an even more vicious than usual election campaign, many voters are still not acquainted with the candidates and issues. With the political climate in the country as electrically charged as the Mollejon Hydro plant in a flood, […]
A new name and location has been added to the nation’s impressive collection of protected areas. On Saturday ceremonies were held for the official declaration of the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve. The property in question, although comprising only a hundred acres, includes the forested area of the island’s northern tip, a portion of sea grass […]
We usually only think of them to lick and stick on letters but from the twenty-fourth of July to the thirteenth of August, Belizean and Mexican stamps will adorn the walls of the Belize-Mexico Institute of Culture and Cooperation on the Newtown Barracks. The exhibition, which is open to the public, includes stamps drawn from […]
Not all the stories coming out of the world of medicine are sad ones. Tonight comes some news that has brought relief to one Belizean family… and by extension, our entire Belizean family. Arreini Palacio reports. After drinking a corrosive substance in late October of last year, two-year-old Khadedra Paulino was left bed ridden with […]
The Central Bank has released its annual report for the year 1997… and aside from the fact that politicians will selectively use the figures to support their various claims, the seventy five page booklet does offer a comprehensive look at the state of the nation’s economy. A quick look at the statistics shows for example, […]
When it was first conceived over a decade ago it was thought that the Philip Goldson International Airport could handle whatever the future had in store. The boom in international travel caught it by surprise, however, and we’ve been playing catch-up ever since. Tomorrow evening a major addition to the facility will be officially opened […]
