Foreign exchange–or the lack of it–continues to plague both the private sector and by extension, the government that rations it. Today, in an effort to lay the groundwork for the new system of casas de cambio, ten license holders and four applicants met to form an association and elect officers. While members of that body […]
While authorities try to bring the currency situation back into equilibrium, hard pressed merchants are resorting to new methods to find the U.S. dollars to pay for imports. Since last week the big Hofius store on Albert Street has posted a sign in its window offering a twenty percent discount to those customers who pay […]
When it bought over its competition and emerged as the country’s only major bus company, Novelos Ltd. was both praised as a bold entrepreneur and condemned as a dangerous monopoly. Since then, the company’s internal affairs have been under some intense scrutiny. The latest revelation is a memo dated February twenty-fourth stipulating that drivers and […]
A dead body six feet under at the Lord Ridge Cemetery is certainly nothing out of the ordinary, but when a corpse is left overnight above ground, it becomes a problem. That’s just what happened to one unfortunate soul this week. According to gravediggers, this morning they arrived at the burial ground and found this […]
His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York has wound up his four day visit to Belize. This morning, after attending a tree planting ceremony in Belmopan, he was off to the village of Gracie Rock…which is where News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams caught up with him. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting When Prince Andrew arrived at […]
Baron Bliss Day will be celebrated on Monday, but it’s never too early to begin planning for September celebrations. To that end, the venerable organisation known as the Committee of 40 has announced a name change. The former 40 will now be known as the St. George’s Caye Society. According to a release, the new […]
Usually when manatees make the news, they’ve been injured in a boating accident or become part of a fisherman’s meal. But for the next ten days, they’ll be the focus of researchers patrolling the lagoons around Gales Point as part of an annual tracking and tagging programme. According to the Coastal Zone Management Authority and […]
