The Mexican government has implemented a new law to regulate vehicles traveling through that country. All vehicles transiting to or travelling through Mexico will now be required to pay a deposit ranging from four hundred US dollars to eight hundred US dollars depending on the model and year of the vehicle. Diana Locke, the Director […]
News Five spoke with Mexico’s Ambassador to Belize, Enrique Hubbard Urrea about the new law and why Mexico felt it is necessary. He also wanted to clarify the impression that Mexican border officials are all fully aware of the Letter of Commitment exempting Belizeans. Q: “Ambassador why was the new law issued in the first […]
A Belmopan businessman faces charges of illegal logging after he allegedly tried to outrun police in a truck they say was part of a logging operation near the Hector Silva Airstrip. Belmopan reported that around ten p.m. Tuesday night they observed two trucks parked near the airstrip. When officers approached they say forty-one year old […]
For every critic out there who is against accepting Creole (Kriol) as a language, it seems there’s an advocate. Di Bileez Kriol Projek has been working for several years now on a grammar resource book for teachers and has published several works in Kriol. Rodney Gordon, a member of Di Bileez Kriol Projek, says the […]
SHAPES, it’s not a dance group or a fashion show, it’s the School Health and Physical Education Services Program. The project is aimed at “shaping up” the lives of Belizean children by promoting feeding programs, basic health services and health education. Today, SHAPES held a competition to see which schools would have the honor of […]
We often hear of the Interamerican Development Bank funding projects in Belize, but did you know they also support local artists? The works of Pen Cayetano, Percival Cain, Benjamin Nicholas, Caroline Carr, Jerry Nisbet, Brad Stedman, Sean Taegar, Papo, Curl Gordon and others are on permanent display at the IDB offices at the Marina Towers. […]
