With the nation’s finances in the grips of a crisis, today the Musa administration announced its latest attempts of belt-tightening and expenditure cuts. Following a special Cabinet meeting in Belmopan on Thursday, the executive has decided that rather than enter into a formal standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, it will seek to administer […]
But with a cynical public ready to question the sincerity of the Musa administration’s promises to get the country out of its financial troubles…financial troubles created by the same people now claiming to have the answers, this morning Minister of Works and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Jose Coye maintains that things […]
Included in Belmopan’s adjustment programme are plans to review and revamp the tax system. And it seems that while the P.U.P. was eager to use the “Killa VAT” slogan during the 1998 elections campaign, twenty-twenty hindsight is now revealing that a return to that tax regime, though perhaps at a lesser percentage, might actually prove […]
And last on the long list of hot topics on the table at today’s Cabinet briefing was an update to ongoing negotiations between Belmopan and the employees of B.T.L. regarding the latter’s acquisition of thirty-seven point five percent of the telecommunications company shares. According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, Godfrey Smith, financing continues […]
Two men were shot today while sitting at a food stand on Vernon Street, just yards from a police booth in a neighbourhood designated as a “special police area.” Reports are that just before noon a man drove up on a blue and white Honda Supercab motorcycle and opened fire on Kelvin Jones and Dion […]
A man who reportedly refused medical attention or assistance from police early this morning was found dead just a couple of hours later. Police say Francisco Che’s body was discovered lying on Amara Avenue around four a.m. Two hours before, police and BERT had responded to a call for help for the same individual. They […]
A man was stabbed on Thursday night because he refused to buy a beggar a beer. Antonio Alfaro told police he was walking along Central American Boulevard around eleven p.m. when a tall, slim man asked him for a dollar. Alfaro gave him the coin, but the man then asked for a beer. When Alfaro […]
Radio listeners were surprised yesterday to hear reports of a freak storm affecting the one part of the country generally regarded as an inland safe-haven during hurricanes and other bad weather. But what happened in the twin towns of Santa Elena and San Ignacio showed all of us that Mother Nature is indeed a fickle […]
He’s been on the air for the last thirteen years and Cayo residents, especially children, tune in every Wednesday evening to see the Pandy Show. This weekend, the programme’s producer and host Kent Pandy wants all his fans and their friends to join him in celebrating this special milestone. On Sunday, the enterprising television personality […]
Belize City ah run red this weekend, thanks to Jamaica’s Fifth Element. That’s right, the all star line-up, including Richie Spice, Chuck Fender, Spanna Banna, and Anthony Cruz hits the city tomorrow morning for what promoters say will be a show-stopping performance at the Belize City Centre on Saturday night. Following their arrival, the group […]
It’s a popular way to teach social studies: get the children to dress up and make displays on Belize’s ethnic groups. But while many schools do a Cultural Day, the one at St. Joseph’s School in Belize City just seems to get better every year. And while many of the students brought cultural foods to […]
And while the children enjoyed their culture day today, last night it was the adults’ turn at the House of Culture/Government House with the second annual “Passion for Fashion” show. Not only were the traditional clothing of the three Maya groups of Belize featured, but Creole, Garifuna, Indian, Chinese, Lebanese, African, and even Mennonite costumes […]
