It has been a long and eventful week for Belize’s ruling politicians and today that week ended with the first meeting of a new sixteen-member cabinet. That body is the product of compromise and it remains to be seen whether it is the type of compromise that pleases everyone…or no one. Any residual stress that […]
That strategy will have fewer and costlier options, thanks to news out of New York that Standard & Poor’s today significantly downgraded Belize?s credit ratings. According to an S&P release the nation?s long term foreign currency rating has been lowered from “B plus” to “B”, edging into the highly speculative category, while the long term […]
And cleaning up that financial act may be easy compared to the task of regaining the public’s confidence in the wake of allegations of widespread misuse of public funds. While the focus has been on activities of the Belize Social Security Board, the S.S.B.?s sins at this point appear to be only a small part […]
On yesterday’s newscast, we reported on problems that tour operators were having with newly imposed visitor fees at Goff’s Caye. But while the northern half of Belize deals with the dramatic rise of cruise ship based tourists, coastal communities in the south are coming to terms with the rapid expansion of a different kind of […]
The plenary sessions of the twenty-fourth annual convention of the Caribbean Association of Pharmacists ended this evening at the Princess Hotel in Belize City. Over the last five days, delegates representing countries in the Caribbean, as well as the United States, Canada and United Kingdom have been discussing issues relating to the twenty-eight year old […]
Artistic endeavor is a wonderful thing…but even in the best of times financing for the arts in Belize is tight. What to do? Find performances that entertain…and fill the cash register. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Mythical Rainforest is the latest production to hit the stage at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. The play […]
