With football and basketball suffering from internal problems it is clear that Belize’s reigning national sport is politics. And even though the next election is probably two and a half years away, in many areas the streets are full of campaigners. Professionals, as well as part time politicians are busy dispensing promises as well as […]
On March thirty-first two highly regarded candidates will square off in Belize City’s Pickstock Division. At stake is a chance to represent the People’s Untied Party in the next general election in a constituency that has been held by the PUP for as long as anyone can remember. Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams “It’s not […]
Madrid will be the site of the 2001 summit at which the Government of Spain sits down with the nations of Central America to look at ways to improve life in the region. Belize will be represented at the March eighth and ninth meetings by Prime Minister Said Musa and a delegation including Ambassador Assad […]
He is now back in custody but for over a day, reputed gang leader Clay Monsanto managed to disappear from police who were holding him on a weapons charge. Details are sketchy, but somehow, in the midst of his arraignment in Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Monsanto simply walked out without making arrangements to […]
It doesn’t fully qualify as bad news, but in the booming industry it’s about as close as we get. That news is that due to several bankruptcies of Florida based cruise lines, the number of cruise passengers arriving in Belize this year is not expected to grow. Both Premier and Commodore have shut down their […]
The Southern Pine Bark Beetle, having laid waste to the Mountain Pine Ridge, has now set its sights on other parts of the country. Reports from the Forest Department indicate that the southern coastal plain, stretching from Silk Grass to Deep River and including Savannah, Swasey, Bladen and Machaca, contain significant pockets of beetle infestation. […]
