We began tonight’s newscast–like we have on many nights over the last few months–on the subject of finance. A number of factors have combined to mark today as what may be looked back on as the point at which the Government of Belize snapped out of several years of economic denial and finally began to […]
While the prime minister was sounding the alarm of tighter fiscal policy, the Central Bank was at the same time slamming on the monetary breaks. To the average Belizean, news of a one percent increase in the reserve requirement is not exactly headline material, but ask anyone with an overdraft at one of the nation’s […]
They say that bad news comes in threes and the last leg of today’s trifecta involves the Development Finance Corporation. A terse paragraph forming part of the regular cabinet press release read as follows: “On the recommendation of the Cabinet Finance Committee, Cabinet has agreed to liquidate the Development Finance Corporation”. Now this may be […]
An American tourist on an outing to Southwater Caye, died on Tuesday morning, but police do not believe that foul play was involved. According to Sandra Jacobs, she and her husband, sixty-six year old doctor, Barry Nock, were snorkelling near the island, located southeast of Dangriga, around nine thirty yesterday morning, but when she came […]
Three people from the Belmopan area have been arrested on charges of forgery, following a report by Minister of Cooperatives and Fisheries Mike Espat. According to Espat, sometime between September twenty-eighth and November fourth, twenty-four leaves went missing from his checkbook. Police press officer G. Michael Reid says about seven of the checks were cashed, […]
A salesman for Cayo Tropical Fruits was the victim of an armed robbery in Belize City around midday on Tuesday. Police reports say Hector Cob was making a delivery to a shop on Caesar Ridge Road when two men held him up at gunpoint. Cob told police that the robbers relieved him of six hundred […]
It is estimated that as many as sixty children in Belize are living with spina bifida, a health condition that severely affects mobility and other bodily functions. How these patients are being managed will be the focus of a one day symposium on Friday at the Princess Hotel. A team, consisting of both local and […]
This evening, Youth For the Future officially opened a drop in centre where young persons can be counselled for HIV and AIDS. The service, situated in the lower flat of the Y.F.F. offices at the Bel-China Bridge, is housed along with the Violence Reduction Unit. According to the chairperson of the National Aids Commission, Ambassador […]
While the controversy over the proposed Carnival Cruise Port dominates the public discourse, a look at Belize City Harbour today confirmed that–whether you like it or not–the cruise industry remains big business. No less than four ships anchored today, two from the Norwegian Line and two from Royal Caribbean carrying a total of close to […]
While the controversy over the proposed Carnival Cruise Port dominates the public discourse, a look at Belize City Harbour today confirmed that–whether you like it or not–the cruise industry remains big business. No less than four ships anchored today, two from the Norwegian Line and two from Royal Caribbean, carrying a total of close to […]
And while things were going fine at the Tourism Village, activities involving a different port of entry were still in a state of flux. News 5’s Patrick Jones has the story. Patrick Jones, Reporting The stevedores today shifted their picket to the corner of Queen Street and Gabourel Lane, to bring their dispute with the […]
