Intense negotiations had been going on for a number of weeks, but today the contract was finally signed, sealed and delivered. The Water and Sewerage Authority is no more and in its place stands a private company, majority owned by foreign investors. The deal is part of government’s overall plan to divest itself of functions […]
A robbery attempt Thursday night in the heart of downtown Belize City resulted in a big surprise for one of the robbers. A group of masked gunmen entered Lavish store on the corner of Albert and Church Street shortly after seven. When they left, it was without one member of the gang. Girish Tekchandani, Store […]
Lavish was not the only Belize City business that was robbed on Thursday. About a quarter after six the Shell One-Stop Gas Station at the corner of Cemetery Road and Central American Boulevard was raided by at least twenty young men coming from the direction of Lord’s Ridge Cemetery. Leticia Ford, the gas station’s manager, […]
Negotiations between the Christian Workers Union and the Belize Ports Authority over wages and benefits for some seventy-five port workers are still at an impasse. Unionised workers called us out to the port on Thursday to complain that their two percent lump sum payment for April first to December thirty-first and their five percent increase […]
The Belize government may be out of the water business, but it’s still very much involved in ensuring that the water we purchase and drink is safe. The Ministry of Health and Pan American Health Organization are involved in a project to establish a national drinking water standard. Felipe Solsona from the Pan American Center […]
Vista Dance Studio, so named because of its location in the Vista Del Mar Area of Ladyville, stages its fourth annual dance recital Sunday at the Biltmore. Owner and former dancer Sistie Fairweather Harmes says the show affords the students an opportunity to show their talent while cultivating excellence. Sistie Fairweather Harmes, Owner, Vista Dance […]
Milk Clouds, the latest exhibition at the Image Factory, is the first local production for Santiago Cal. Now twenty-seven years old, Cal lived in Belmopan for many years before moving to the U.S. with his family in 1986. And from his studio in Nebraska, he has created sculptures he lovingly calls heads and ticks. As […]
