Although it was only detected in Belize City at the end of September, the Ministry of Agriculture believes the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug has quietly been munching on Belizean plants and fruit trees for as long as nine months. They believe it was brought into the country by someone who arrived by air and did […]
The continuing controversy over a proposed dam and hydroelectric facility at Chalillo on the Macal River is once again in the news. A release from BACONGO, an umbrella organization of Belizean environmental NGOs, announces the completion of a study it commissioned on the economic viability of the Chalillo Project. Not surprisingly the report concludes that […]
The Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Briceño is heading a delegation to the seventh special meeting of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in Trinidad. Discussions will center on issues which arose in the July meeting such as regional cricket, the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, CARDI and the CARICOM Village in Montserrat as well […]
Three men, including former gang leader George “Junie Balls” McKenzie, were charged with possession of a prohibited firearm when a nine millimeter submachine gun was recovered during a police search over the weekend. Police report that they searched a taxi at a gas station on the Northern Highway around one thirty a.m. Sunday morning and […]
While Hurricane Mitch may only be a bad memory for many Belizeans, one year ago, the threat of severe structural damage and possible loss of life was only too real. But even though the storm sidestepped Belize, the Inter-American Development Bank put the wheels in motion for Belize’s largest loan from the IDB so far. […]
A free computer and a good paying summer job sound too good to be true? If you are a college student and can put together a good essay, then those things can be just a few pages away. To celebrate its fortieth Anniversary, the Inter-American Development Bank is holding an essay competition under the theme, […]
The publisher of the Amandala newspaper, Evan X Hyde has been elected Chairman of the University College of Belize Council. Hyde replaces Carlos Castillo, former Dean of the Corozal Community College, and will serve for three years. Randolph Johnson was re-elected Vice Chairman and U.C.B. President Angel Cal is secretary. The U.C.B. Council is the […]
Today in Belmopan the Protected Areas Conservation Trust presented grants totaling over one hundred thousand six hundred dollars to four more organizations to assist them in their fight to conserve the environment. The Belize Tourism Industry Association, B.T.I.A., received thirty-four thousand dollars, for landscaping, maintenance, and the construction of an observatory tower and promotional materials […]
