An agreement was signed today, which finalizes the completion of the last link in Belize’s basic highway system. The loan contract for the upgrading of section two of the Southern Highway was inked by Prime Minister Said Musa and Baden Al-Humaidhi of the Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development. The twelve million Belize Dollar deal […]
Tuesday’s protests on the Guatemalan side of our western border were not the only voices raised in anger over the new twenty-dollar departure tax at Melchor and Santa Elena. People involved in Belize’s tourism industry have long claimed that the tax unfairly discriminates against tourists. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting One of the criticisms […]
A policeman has been charged with handling stolen goods. CIB Detective David Carrillo, while stationed in San Pedro, was directed to investigate a July twenty-eighth burglary at a house belonging to an American, Gary Cooper. Police believe that Carrillo had another interest in the case, however, namely that he helped plan the break-in in the […]
“Keeping the Promise” is what the United Nations International Children’s Fund wants young people to chant at its upcoming children’s forum. UNICEF and its Children’s Advisory Committee is ready to push issues one step further in light of the progress made at the 1998 Children’s elections and 1999’s Forum on Child Abuse. The event, targeting […]
“Gu Back Da School” is the theme for the year 2000 edition of Curlin King Children’s Athletic Programme. The camp, which is held at the Rogers Stadium, runs from August seventh to September first and is open to children between the ages of six and sixteen. Coordinator Curlin King, says the children, who come mostly […]
Between the escapes, whippings, stabbings and shootings there’s not a whole lot of good news that comes out of Hattieville Prison these days. But if you watch the news you’d barely know that along with eight hundred or so troublesome men there are a couple of dozen apparently well behaved women. Today they were rewarded […]
We frequently hear about confrontations along the often-remote frontier between Belize and Guatemala, but there have rarely been any neutral witnesses on hand to corroborate official reports. Last year News Five accompanied one BDF patrol in the Chiquibul Forest, which ended in the discovery of a marijuana plantation and its Guatemalan farmers. On Tuesday we […]
