If yesterday’s presentations at the forum on the impact of cruise tourism were polite, today’s could only be described as blunt. Representatives of Belize’s traditional overnight tourism sector openly called for greater control of cruise tourism, the unbridled growth of which, they say, is destroying the nation’s environment and will in the end degrade Belize’s […]
The marine areas of Belize, including internal waters, territorial sea and exclusive economic zone, total thousands of square miles…and policing this vast space presents formidable challenges for law enforcement authorities. That’s why it’s especially important that the Fisheries Department, BDF, police and Port Authority, join forces to make the best use of scarce resources. Today, […]
A release from Cabinet reports that at that body’s regular Tuesday meeting a number of decisions were taken. Among them: the implementation of a code of ethics for justices of the peace along with criminal penalties for those who go astray and the creation of an accrediting body to facilitate operation of the CARICOM single […]
Belize has joined three other countries, namely Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Brazil in an effort aimed at giving small community groups a chance to co-exist with the larger, better financed interests in the tourism industry. According to officials of the local partner, Programme for Belize, the idea is to show people, particularly those in rural […]
It’s a political organisation that takes its history seriously and today, on its fifty-fourth birthday, the People’s United Party paused to celebrate, not just with a toast, but with a book. The author is veteran photographer and former Chief Information Officer Norris Hall. The subject is the father of the Nation. Patrick Jones Reports. Patrick […]
