If you own a car or truck you may want to fill up your tank tonight because on Thursday gasoline and diesel prices go up. The government announced the increase on Tuesday night saying fuel acquisition prices have steadily increased over the past several months and although government had been keeping the price at the […]
On Monday night’s newscast we reported that while government had sold the bulk of its shares in Belize Electricity Limited to a Canadian company, Fortis Incorporated, it was also likely that Fortis would buy the additional block of shares owned by Carlisle Holdings, a company controlled by Ambassador Michael Ashcroft. So said so done. Today […]
If you’d like to move out of the city, you may want to consider relocating to the Belize District. In the weekly Cabinet meeting it was agreed that five thousand house lots would be provided on government lands near the Bermudian Landing/Rancho Dolores junction and in Sandhill. Government will survey the lots and provide roads […]
In crime news, the sons of a police officer have been charged with murder following a drunken brawl on Halloween which led to the death of thirty-six year old Javier Moralez. Police say eighteen year old Lisandro Matu and nineteen year old Luis Matu were drinking with Moralez at the New Capital Restaurant in Belmopan […]
For a good number of Belizean wives and girlfriends Tuesday night marked the beginning of an extended period of mourning. The reason? The opening of the U.S. professional basketball season will make them, in practical terms, widows for the next seven or so months. But what may make this season a little different from its […]
With the start of November, you’ve probably noticed that your appointment calendar is starting to run out of pages. But you won’t have to buy an imported replacement because local diaries featuring some of Belize’s most beautiful scenes become available at the end of the month. The Protected Areas Management Trust is producing Agenda 2000. […]
In 1979, Tropic Air was a one-airplane charter company offering service between San Pedro and the international airport. Twenty years later the airline has a nine aircraft fleet with daily service to every district and flights to Guatemala. Today, the company celebrated their anniversary with an open house at its headquarters and branch offices. The […]
On Tuesday the Michael Ashcroft Foundation opened three libraries in the nation’s primary schools and will be donating the funds for up to seventeen more. The idea was first proposed by Lisa Krolak, a VSO librarian working with the Belize Teachers’ Training College. She became convinced through her work with Belizean teachers that there was […]
