“Where will you be on New Year’s Eve?” seems to be the question everyone is already asking. But even as cities all over the world get ready to cash in on what promises to be the biggest party ever, the US State Department has issued a statement that might make some American tourists afraid to […]
You may be getting tired of hearing about the Y2K bug but the predictions over what might happen aren’t over. Today the US Embassy issued an advisory to Belizeans that non-immigrant visas will be not be issued on the third and fourth of January, 2000. Translation, if you don’t have a visa and you plan […]
Last week the House of Representatives met for the last time this year and on Tuesday it was Cabinet’s turn to tie up loose ends. Florencio Marin, who officially retires from Cabinet at the end of the month to take up his appointment as the Chairman of the Commercial Free Zone, reported on the Panama […]
The patients at the Rockview Psychiatric Hospital had a special visitor on Tuesday when the Prime Minister Said Musa stopped in to wish them a Merry Christmas. The Prime Minister promised the patients and staff a new mental health facility which he said the government hopes to start in the New Year. To give the […]
If you’re ready for some Christmas bramming or just like to listen to the songs of the season under the stars, then you might want to stop by the annual City Council Christmas concert outside the Commercial Center tonight. News Five spoke with Councilor Yasmin Shoman, an organizer for the event, who says the concert […]
While Belize may not have shopping malls, we do have Albert Street. And the spirit of Christmas capitalism appears to be spreading as people from all over Belize are coming to the city to “Buy Belizean,” even if most of the goods are imported. The merchants seem happy with sales so far and the customers […]
