As Christmas approaches some of us may feel tempted to try and shop in the Commercial Free Zone, but Cabinet this week issued a reminder that local shopping is prohibited. The Customs Department is cracking down on the increase number of illegal purchases in the zone since these items enter Belize without paying the necessary […]
One month after consumers faced a rise in fuel prices the government announced another increase. Fortunately, motorists have nothing to worry about, since government says it will absorb the price hike, at least for now. Fuel acquisition prices rose on Sunday’s shipment by twenty-nine cents for premium and thirty-one cents for regular. Kerosene and diesel […]
Today a seventeen-year-old girl from Ontario was charged with attempted murder and dangerous harm following the stabbing of another girl earlier this week. According to Police Press Officer Christy Castillo, Orpha Hyde told officers she stabbed Kenreen Hewlett in self-defense. Sixteen year old Kenreen Hewlett was stabbed in her neck, shoulder, abdomen and twice in […]
You may start seeing jams, jellies and fruit wines produced in the Belize River Valley at your favorite stores within the next few months. Today the Belize River Valley Development Program, BelRiv got a fifteen thousand dollar grant from the Canadian Consulate to help fund a project for the women from the nine communities which […]
On Sunday over three hundred Belizean senior citizens will enjoy a Christmas lunch, courtesy of the Rotary Club. The S.J.C. Gym will be decked out with Christmas decorations and the mood set with the jingles and bells of Mr. Peter’s Boom and Chime Band. Rotary Club President Yolanda Crombie says the elders will have a […]
Maybe you’ve seen them, weed whacker in hand diligently cutting back unsightly grass. Or maybe they are pushing a wheelbarrow or picking up trash. It’s all part of a new move by the Belize City Council to clean up the city by hiring a private contractor to tackle the entire northside. The sanitation workers can […]
