If you look closely at virtually all of the imported foods sold in Belize– everything from corn flakes to hot dogs–you’ll see a combination of letters and numbers printed on the packaging. That sometimes obscure code is a date after which the manufacturer indicates that the product can no longer be guaranteed fresh and wholesome. […]
It has educated several generations of Burrell Boom residents, but overnight that village’s only primary school was hit by fire. When the flames died down a building and its contents belonging to the Methodist school lay in ruins. The blaze erupted around midnight and according to the PTA’s public relations officer, Brad Pattico, it appears […]
It was not witnessed by the global audience which tuned in to the Tyson-Holyfield fight, but an incident between a Belizean diplomat and a British national ended in much the same way. That is…with one man losing a piece of his ear. The bizarre episode unfolded on the night of Saturday, June sixteenth at the […]
A cargo ship lies aground at the entrance to the Belize City Harbour and at newstime efforts to free it have proven unsuccessful. The Atlantis, a ship belonging to the Hybur Line out of Miami, ran up on the shallows off English Caye at around four Monday morning. The captain reported a steering malfunction as […]
While there is little that Belize can do at this point to stop the Southern Pine Bark Beetle from destroying the once majestic Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, we can at least take some comfort in the fact that we are not alone in our misery. Word from Canada is that the province of British […]
Belize City residents endured the better part of another day without water as rationing continued due to transmission problems at the plant near Double Run. With problems expected to continue intermittently for at least the next few months, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams delved deeper into the situation at Belize Water Services. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Ever […]
