The meeting comes at a time when there is a lot happening in the Caribbean: a political crisis in Haiti, maritime disputes involving Trinidad, Barbados, and Guyana, not to mention a regional integration process moving with all the speed of a conch. Patrick Jones reports from the Princess Hotel on day one of the CARICOM […]
One day when the full story is told it will be as juicy as any bestseller: a tale of greed, politics, mismanagement, and just plain bad luck. But those revelations will wait for another time. All we need to know now is that Novelo’s, the nation’s only nationwide bus line, has been placed in receivership […]
It seems inevitable that, come April, Belizeans will be paying more for water. Dr. Richard Hern, the independent expert hired by the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a third party study, spent three weeks in Belize reviewing information provided by consumers, Belize Water Services Limited, and the P.U.C. itself. Hern has concluded that a price […]
Some competitors went into training the day after last year’s race finished, while for others, getting in shape consisted of drinking an extra Guinness… But that’s what makes the Ruta Maya canoe race so much fun. The starting gun sounds on the 2004 edition just after dawn tomorrow morning… and tonight some of the organisers […]
It’s a game that was born on the ice covered ponds of the far frozen north, and certainly not something you would have ever imagined being played in the tropical climes of Belize. But with the adaptation of some tiny rubber wheels and a whole lot of concrete, the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout is […]
