After a number of false starts a contract has finally been signed for the establishment of a tourism village at Belize City’s Fort Point. The agreement between the government, Tourism Board and a private group headed by businessman Mike Feinstein, was delayed by six months of wrangling over details, but construction is now slated to […]
The Inter-American Development Bank has decided that Christmas is an appropriate time to reach out to the community. As part of IDB’s technical cooperation programme, five social institutions in the city will be refurbished: the Sister Cecilia Home, Raymond Parks Night Shelter, Dorothy Menzies Child Care Centre, Ganns Rest House and Good Samaritan Centre. The […]
Belize has officially become a full member of the Central American Integration System, SICA. At a brief ceremony earlier this month at SICA headquarters in El Salvador, Belize was welcomed into the organisation, at which it previously had only observer status. The other members of SICA include Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and […]
This Sunday, a group of Belizeans associated with a number of churches in Belize will be hosting a first of its kind birthday bashment. The party, of course, will be held to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. Kent Clare, an organizer of the event, says as we busily go about doing our holiday shopping […]
There are three more days to go before Christmas and if you are still not sure what gifts to buy you might want to consider a book. Belizean authors and publishers have been putting out a steady stream of literature for several decades now and the selection is better than ever. Alberto Young, Public Relations, […]
There is one Belizean family that will have no problem listing the blessings to be thankful for this Christmas. Jose Sanchez, reports. Maxine Gault, Belize Cancer Society of New York “Clarissa is a very pretty little girl, when she first came to us she was very shy, but she is a bright child. She has […]
Once upon a time, if two Belizeans met in December in the supermarket, chances are it was San Francisco de Assis. And while plenty of our people can still be found stretching their dollars in Chetumal, a whole lot more Mexicans are depositing their pesos south the Hondo. Ann-Marie reports from that rough and tumble […]
