For many lower income families of San Pedro and Caye Caulker who had their uninsured homes literally blown or washed away, their dilemma has been a tough one: rebuild a shack with some salvaged plywood and zinc or await an uncertain future in a group shelter or with relatives on the mainland. Today government unveiled […]
The news tonight once again focuses on the hurricane ravaged island communities of San Pedro and Caye Caulker. A story later in this broadcast deals with government’s decision to make available up to three hundred prefabricated houses, which were originally earmarked for the new satellite town at La Democracia. And at the same time that […]
Consumers have apparently resigned themselves to higher bread prices, just as the nation’s motorists have learned to live with increases in the cost of gasoline and diesel. A check of bakeries today found that Maria Chang’s “Nice” brand bread was retailing at $1.25, as was the well-known loaf from La Popular. Zebedee Pitterson’s “Sunny and […]
While the nation’s bakers compete for the appetites of Belizean consumers, so too do the country’s bus lines. We’ve reported on bus wars in the past, but according to one Belize City operator, the present state of rivalry is getting dangerous. Carlos Lopez, Lopez Unlimited Services “I’ve been having a lot of problems with Novelos. […]
Six Belizeans representing the various districts of the country are two thousand dollars richer. They are winners in the third Courts Two Thousand and Win draw. They received their cheques this morning from Courts advertising and promotions assistant Danalee Gordon. News Five spoke with Gordon and Rosendo Gonzalez of Chunox Village in Orange Walk. Gonzalez […]
