The 2004-05 budget was presented today in Belmopan and the man doing the presenting was none other than the Minister of Finance, Ralph Fonseca. Fonseca insisted that despite criticisms, G.O.B. stayed within its budget last year and intends to do so again this year. Education and health will be the priorities and the expectation is […]
Before Fonseca could even catch his breath after his hour-long narrative, Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow was already punching holes in the budget speech, saying it is riddled with deception. Dean Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “The fact that taxes are being increased, there is going to be an across the board increase in […]
It’s been in the U.S. headlines, but do Belizeans have to worry about mad cow disease? Belizean officials are taking the “better safe than sorry” approach, implementing a number of preventive measures. Since seventy-five percent of all animal product imports come from the United States, government is temporarily banning all commodities deemed risky, assessing meat […]
A three-year conservation and development project for the Port Honduras Marine Reserve and Payne’s Creek National Park is being launched tonight in Punta Gorda. The aim is to conserve the resources of these protected areas as well as develop alternative income generating options for local residents. Activities include a fire management plan, demarcation and installation […]
They say there is a book inside each of us, if we could just sit down and write it. Sheldon Samuels may have taken a few years to get his thoughts on paper, but now his is the latest work on the Belizean book circuit. It’s called “A Father in Need of a Father’s Love” […]
