In recent years there has never been any shortage of police brutality to report in Belize. But as the pressure mounts for authorities to produce results in the war against drugs and guns it seems that some officers forget that the rule of law applies to criminals both in and out of uniform. Janelle Chanona, […]
In news from cabinet that body has expressed concern over the high rate of HIV and AIDS in Belize. The Ministry of Health reported that in 1997 and 1998 AIDS was the 3rd leading cause of death for Belizeans between the ages of 15 and 44. Road traffic accidents topped the list with externally caused […]
While cane farmers may be getting a break in the form of more duty-free fuel, the rest of Belize will enjoy a few more weeks of grace before their gasoline bills go up. Government announced on Tuesday that it could no longer continue to reduce taxes on imported fuel in order to compensate for spiraling […]
It took five years to wind its way through congress but the United States has finally updated the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Under the new U.S-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act preferential tariffs will be extended to include some textile and apparel products, made with U.S. fabrics, that had been previously excluded. The details of the bill […]
Today the Public Service Union got itself a new place to call home. Official ground breaking ceremonies were held on Kut Avenue this morning for a new building slated to become the Belize City headquarters of the PSU. On hand to do some of the shoveling was Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal, Dickie Bradley. […]
It’s a story we’ve told a dozen times but at least there’s always a happy ending. Today the Ladyville Evangelical Primary School officially opened two much needed new classrooms to accommodate their growing body of students. On hand for the ceremonies was Belize Rural Central Representative Ralph Fonseca who had the honour of cutting the […]
Since its privatisation in 1988 the Government of Belize and Belize Telecommunications Ltd. have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship, with the monopoly telecom racking up record profits and GOB reaping hefty tax revenues. The only problem was that it was the consumers of Belize who have been left with empty pockets. But with Prime Minister […]
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the last month you know that Belize’s once-in-a-decade census is now in progress. Today I visited Belmopan to see how things are going. On May 13th, the Central Statistical Office started the work of updating that information and launched Census Day 2000. The country was divided into […]
