There is sadness associated with our lead story tonight, and it goes beyond the sadness invariably associated with sudden and violent death. Perhaps it is the suspicion that brutal gangland style killings, even a double-murder like that which occurred in Belize City this afternoon, no longer have the power to shock, offend and anger. And […]
He left Belize on Sunday without speaking to the press, but for several days last week Sir Shridath Ramphal, Belize’s Facilitator for the settlement of the Guatemalan claim, got down to the nitty gritty of his job. The veteran diplomat spoke to government officials, politicians and civil society groups in addition to spending long hours […]
One of the drawbacks of a private free market health care system, as practised in the U.S.A. for example, is that intense competition results in even the smallest hospitals purchasing the most sophisticated equipment–even though it can remain unused for ninety-five percent of the day. Seeking to avoid that kind of duplication, the public and […]
Another public/private partnership will be developing some new infrastructure at the northern border. A release from Galeria Maya Limited says that company has embarked on a joint venture with the Commercial Free Zone Management Agency to construct over a mile of four lane highway between the frontier and a new entrance to the Free Zone. […]
It is best known to the public as the collector of property tax and issuer of traffic tickets… but today the Belize City Council unveiled an ambitious project to expand the urban centre’s appeal. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting With less than eight months before voters go to the polls to elect a new City Council, Mayor […]
