If you receive your pay weekly, then today you would have noticed that your check is somewhat lighter. The recently announced increases in Social Security contributions will find most workers each paying almost six dollars more per week. Employers face similar increases in their per employee contributions. The tax hikes have been met with a […]
The situation on the Belize Guatemala border is heating up and to help cool things off a ministerial level meeting between the two countries has been scheduled for mid-month in Miami. The immediate problem stems from Belize’s decision to evict illegal Guatemalan farmers from two settlements they have established more than a kilometre within Belizean […]
The mayors of Belize’s two cities and seven towns have found out there is some truth to the saying “two heads are better than one.” In this case it’s nine heads because they have collectively formed the Mayors Association which meets once a month to do some problem sharing and solving for their respective municipalities. […]
The lights are coming on in one of Belize City’s dark but popular areas. No it’s not Lover’s Lane that is now in the spotlight, but another part of the Barracks area that’s across from the Mexican Cultural Institute and next to the Princess Hotel. The City Council has put up some fancy lamps as […]
Yesterday we reported that some kids on the south side of Belize City received a late Christmas treat. It seems that they were not the only ones that Santa took a little extra time getting to. This afternoon a swarm of children from the north side of town invaded the Queen Street Baptist Church after […]
Those clouds of dust that seem to hover 24/7 over the old customs wharf are now a thing of the past. Ann Marie this afternoon found out why. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Belize Port Authority now boasts a new coastal marine facility designed to give those who ship goods to the cayes and along the […]
When Marion Jones visits Belize next week she will quite rightly receive the biggest welcome this small nation can muster. But Marion Jones is not the first Olympic track and field gold medalist to visit these shores. In 1983 a National Stadium in even worse shape than the present version, was the venue for what […]
