Various players in the drama called N.H.I. continue to press their case on the eve of government’s annual budget presentation. Edgy over rumours in the media that government was looking to finance the National Health Insurance scheme through an increase in sales and business taxes, the Chamber of Commerce today weighed in with a concerned […]
Meeting today in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, were the top military leaders of Belize and Guatemala. Hosting the one-day talks was Minister of Defence George Price who welcomed his Guatemalan counterpart, Brigadier General Alvaro Mendez Estrada. The meeting, held under the framework of the O.A.S. facilitation process, focussed on confidence building measures and the co-ordination […]
While the generals try to avoid confrontation along the border, a Commission of Inquiry is trying to unravel a deadly showdown that occurred last year. Two B.D.F. privates and one police superintendent took the stand today to testify before the panel charged to investigate the shooting deaths of three Guatemalans, which occurred in November in […]
Bloodstains still mark the spot where one of two young men fell after they were shot this afternoon. According to police, the youths, identified as twenty-two year old Trevor Smith and nineteen year old Eugene Sterling, were standing in front of Julie’s store on Sarstoon Street when they were shot by two gunmen on bicycles. […]
The Basic Needs Trust Fund doesn’t receive a lot of publicity, but it is a major source of funding for crucial infrastructure across the nation. Today, government and the Caribbean Development Bank signed an agreement for a three point two-five million U.S. dollar grant, which will continue the programme, which is aimed largely at rural […]
Courts Belize Limited made good on its promises and today handed over twenty-five thousand dollars worth of classroom furniture to administrators of a number of southern schools hit hard by Hurricane Iris. The two hundred and thirty-one student chair/desks and fifteen sets of teachers’ desks and chairs will be used in schools in Medina Bank, […]
If you’re looking for something different to do this weekend, this year’s auto show might be the answer. On Saturday and Sunday, Belize’s four main auto dealerships will be profiling their latest sets of wheels and accessories at the Belize Tourism Village. According to Damian Gough of the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the show is […]
Several decades ago, it was the crown jewel of Belize’s barely discovered inland tourist attractions, but as other areas opened up in the burgeoning hospitality industry, there was less dependence on the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. That development proved to be a fortunate one, as last year an explosion in the area’s insect population […]
