The deeper we delve into the labour dispute at the Belize City Port the more it looks like a fight that never had to happen…at least not yet. Today the Union called a meeting to inform stevedores of their legal position and while the legal scholar in question happened to be the Leader of the […]
The first phase of a new initiative designed to make legal information more accessible to the public was launched today in Belmopan. At brief ceremonies on the grounds of the Help for Progress building, the first of three legal information centres was opened. It=s part of a joint project of the Government of Belize, through […]
Two new diplomats are set to take up positions in Belize. Cuba?s Ambassador designate Eugenio Martinez arrived several weeks ago to replace the highly respected Regla Diaz. Martinez is accompanied by his wife, Johana Tablads, who will serve as consul at the embassy, located in Buttonwood Bay. Martinez will present his credentials in Belmopan on […]
There has only been one confirmed case in the Cayo District, but tonight government officials are advising all farmers to be on the lookout for rabies in their animals. In late October, tests conducted on the brain of a horse showed positive for rabies and since then, two other animals, a bull from Lower Barton […]
For over forty years, the young Women?s Christian association has been serving the Belizean community with programmes that aim to uplift the lives of girls and women. And over the years the leaders of the ‘Y’ have given dedicated service without much public fanfare or recognition. That is until now. This morning the association gathered […]
The Belize Postal Service has released another stamp issue. The four-stamp set which includes values of twenty cents, sixty cents, seventy-five cents and five dollars, depicts different views of the Central American Woolly Opossum. Emelia Cayetano, Supervisor, Philatelic Bureau ?The public has been very responsive to our stamps. Most people do know that Belize release […]
