A headline story in today’s Guardian, citing evidence from an electronics manufacturer, claims that a newly formed telecommunications company plans to begin serving Belize in the new year. The opposition newspaper quotes the website of the Korean company LG Electronics that it has signed a contract to supply a twenty-million dollar communications system to the […]
More experts continue to confirm the devastating news that the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve will soon be little more than a desolate wasteland. At a meeting in Belmopan to update officials on the situation, Chief Forest Officer Oswaldo Sabido reported that the Southern Pine Beetle currently infests sixty percent of the reserve’s one hundred […]
The grey and rainy weather, which has plagued the country for the last week and much of the year, has not put all Belizeans in a somber mood. All that water from the sky has produced abundant flows for the Mollejon Hydroelectric Plant and by extension its owners, BECOL, and sole customer, BEL. Officials at […]
One man who’s got a lot to be thankful for this Christmas is Belizean-American Milton Palacio. Only recently signed by the Boston Celtics, Palacio got his first starting assignment last night against the New York Knicks on national TV. from Madison Square Garden. It was a rough night for the second year guard as he […]
In other sports news it has been confirmed that Belizean-American track superstar Marion Jones, will be visiting Belize early in the new year. The National Sports Council is putting finishing touches on an itinerary that will have her working with youths across the nation. Jones, who was named Belize’s ambassador of sports shortly after her […]
Residents of Good Samaritan Homeless Shelter in Belize City stand to enjoy improved living conditions thanks to a donation of home furnishings from the Inter-American Development Bank. The gift forms part of a series of donations the Bank will be making to five institutions in the city. Human Development Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia accepted the […]
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas party and this year the community opened its heart…and purse…even wider than usual. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Close to six hundred children from across the city crowded the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall as special guests of the Salvation Army. The boys and girls received a […]
Trying to choose a Christmas gift is difficult enough, but trying to do it amidst the worst traffic jams in Belize City history is a special challenge. Jacqueline Woods took a walk downtown to see just how bad things were. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It’s probably one of the best times of year to parked your […]
