When an anxious viewer called this morning to report that a Guatemalan warship had just docked at the Fort George, I must admit that we were a bit skeptical. But after arriving at the scene there could be no doubt. The question was, what on earth was it doing here? News Five’s Jose Sanchez found […]
The weapon may not pack the wallop of the Utatlan’s twenty-millimetre cannon, but its possession could land a well-known Belize City building contractor in jail. Fifty-five year old Carlos Barillas was home alone, when around 11:15 Wednesday morning, acting on a tip, the police pulled up at his King’s Park residence. The tip turned out […]
If you’ve traveled to the states or around the region recently you would have noticed that the departure tax at most foreign airports is far higher than that prevailing at home. No longer. Citing increased costs for improved infrastructure, the Belize Airports Authority today announced that the departure tax at the Philip Goldson International Airport, […]
The Belize Social Security Board is back in the news once again. This time it’s proud to say that it will soon be launching its newly improved Social Security Card to the public. If you have already taken your picture and signed up, then on August first, you can walk right into the Social Security […]
Eight Girl Guides and their leaders have returned home after attending an international workshop in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The gathering included guides from the U.S., Canada, Netherlands Antilles, Argentina, Japan, Poland and Mexico. We met with a few of the delegates this morning at the Guides Hut in Belize City. Veronica Jones, Guides Leader “We learned […]
It ended off with a bang when the Raiders’ Keith Acosta sank the final shot of the 1999 semi pro basketball season. Until now the 2000 season has been a bust, however, as fielding a team has been as difficult as a mid-court shot at half time. After much haul and pull, the Belize Basketball […]
If you’ve traveled the Western Highway between Belize City and Belmopan, you can’t help but notice the neat rows of earthmoving equipment lined up as if they were used cars on sale. Over the next several years those bulldozers, graders, excavators and dump trucks will shape the gently rolling landscape into a place where one […]
