On the day after Prime Minster Said Musa?s public commitment to make serious financial reforms and restructure ?the highest levels of government,? the various players and pundits are busy trying to figure out exactly what that means. According to sources within the ?Gang of seven?, that is Ministers Espat, Courtenay, Coye, Smith, Baeza, Hyde and […]
While controversy swirls over the means by which Glenn Godfrey raised funds to create the telecommunications company INTELCO, last night the incumbent monopoly, Belize Telecommunications Ltd, held its annual general meeting, the first since majority ownership was purchased by Jeffrey Prosser?s Innovative Communications Corporation. It was a mixed year for B.T.L. with record revenues at […]
And while on the subject of money, recall that it has been announced by the government of Taiwan that its president, Chen Shui-bian, will visit Belize, either late this month or early in September. As we reported last week, Chen will attend the inauguration of Panama?s President Torrijos on September first and will also make […]
With only five members, we did expect the Belize delegation at the Athens Olympics to get much screen time…And, sure enough, the T.V. glory lasted for all of about six seconds. Just for the record, the faces you see on the instant slow motion replay belong to athletes Michael Aguilar and Emma Wade, along with […]
While many small countries are almost totally dependent on foreign funding for conservation projects, Belize is fortunate that we generate funds domestically through PACT, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust. And today some of that money was invested in Belize?s most important resource: it?s people. Carla Urbina, Scholarship Recipent ? I think more than anything, exciting […]
Despite the high price, they are a delicacy that is hard to resist. But as News 5’s Patrick Jones reports, if one well known couple has their way, Belizean cashews will one day become as plentiful as bananas and oranges. Patrick Jones, Reporting Cashew is one of the most versatile of our Belizean fruits. Whether […]
