Business owners operating in the Corozal Free Zone are tonight up in arms over a massive increase in taxes placed on the zone’s most popular products. According to recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 107 of the Free Zone Social Fee Order 2005, all whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, vodka, liqueurs, cordials, wines, beer, stout, and cigarettes will […]
It may never find its way into the history books, but a major milestone was reached today when Belizean and Guatemalan negotiators put their initials on a first ever trade pact between the two nations. The partial scope agreement will allow duty free and reduced duty access for a number of goods, as well as […]
Today officials of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association were in town for a series of meetings with local service providers, government, and the media. The organisation represents fourteen cruise lines that operate in the region in order to present a common front for dealing with various entities at ports of call. The F.C.C.A.’s President, Michele […]
A robbery in downtown Belize City has been foiled and three suspects quickly apprehended and charged. Police say around eleven on Tuesday morning, thirty-two year old Mexican national Lisbet Lagos was standing outside of Brodies Pharmacy on Regent Street when two young men approached and snatched two gold chains from her neck. Lagos quickly alerted […]
A case of attempted murder was thrown out of court on Tuesday after the perpetrator’s alleged victim failed to testify. According to court reports, after deferring the matter seven times, this week Magistrate Harry Hulett was forced to dismiss the case against nineteen-year-old Maurice Felix of Sanker Street in Belize City. In December 2003 Felix […]
Almost three days after Hurricane Katrina began its assault on the U.S. Gulf Coast, we have received no specific reports on how numerous Belizeans living in the affected areas have fared. Word has been received that Belize’s honorary consul in New Orleans, Jean Bernard, successfully evacuated to Houston and it is believed that most of […]
These days the word mail is usually preceded by the letter “e”…but that doesn’t mean that the postal service is a thing of the past. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the latest newfangled invention… called stamps. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today, the Belize Post Office commemorated two hundred years of postal services and launched two […]
We have run many stories over the past fifteen years detailing the generous work of doctors from abroad who have made a life and death difference for hundreds of Belizean families. Today, I was reacquainted with one set of volunteers who, year after year, continue to institutionalise miracles. Janelle Chanona, Reporting They have come from […]
