The tourism industry is in its low season so you would think that every visitor counts. But due to a major slippage at the Port today, thousands of visitors stayed away from Belizean shores. And what should have been a busy day for cruise tourism instead turned out to be a complete bust when the […]
It is now known how much, but needed foreign exchange was lost today when the visitors did not make it to shore. Well, a statement by the 2010 Article IV Consultation Mission to Belize issued in Belmopan today contains more bad news. According to the statement from Mario Garza, the Chief of the International Monetary […]
The regional Centro Basket competition in Santo Domingo kicks off this coming Monday. All eyes will be on Belize’s national team that placed second at the COCABA games in Cancun. This round of competition will be even fiercer and we are pleased to announce that we will be bringing it live to your living rooms. […]
The basketball team which is ranked at number twenty-three in the world by the International Federation of Sports, is in Belize tonight. Venezuela’s national team is preparing right now for what is expected to be one of the most exciting games that will be played locally for 2010. The two friendly games with Belize’s national […]
As we have reported, the Belize National Team is bound for the Dominican Republic for the Centro Basket games where it goes up against some of the best teams in the region, including Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The national team has big names in basketball but had only one week of […]
Local police made a major bust on Wednesday when they caught a Guatemalan national wanted by the Interpol for money laundering and drug trafficking charges. Fifty-three year Jose Anibal Hernandez Nova was surprised at the local hotel walking distance of a police station in the West Landivar area. He and four other alleged conspirators, including […]
Also in court, a land surveyor accused in a 2009 robbery was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. What sealed twenty-three year old Lionel Baizar’s conviction was the testimony of his victim, fifty-two year Elida Sabio. She told the court that on March twenty-third of 2009 she was on Central American Boulevard […]
There have recently been reports in the media that Guatemalans have once again encroached on Belizean soil and cleared vast areas of forests and reserves. It’s not an unusual occurrence, but this time the alleged encroachment in the San Jose/Edward Central area was claimed to have gone unchecked by the Belize Defense Force. It was […]
The call for a ban to oil drilling and exploration is picking up momentum. That was launched by the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage in the past weeks and so far forty groups have joined that coalition. Recent information that licenses for offshore exploration have been issued dangerously close to the reef has […]
It’s one of our non-traditional exports, but papaya production has been holding its own in recent times. Last year alone, Belize exported twenty-one point eight million dollars of the fruit to the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. That’s a sizeable production of twenty-four point eight tones which is likely to increase due to […]
The Caye Caulker Lobster Festival should was scheduled for last weekend. But Tropical Storm Alex changed those plans and the festivities had to be postponed on the day the crustacean should have been cooking on grills. The rains might have put a damper on the island but the chairman of the Caye Caulker Lobster Festival, […]
As we reported earlier, before the National Basketball Team heads to the Dominican Republic to play in the Centro Basket Tournament, it has two games right at home against Venezuela’s national team. Tonight, the Executive Director of the National Sports Council will join fans at the Venezuela games the Belize City Center. But instead of […]
Everyone is catching the basketball fever as the national team heads to Santo Domingo. But there are other games that Belize will be competing in very soon. The Central American Games are not for another three years but the seven countries that make up the region are already coming together this weekend to prepare for […]
And though Belize and Nicaragua are the only two countries who haven’t hosted the games, this is the second time that Belize is hosting the meetings of the executive committee. According to the Secretary of the local Olympics Association, Hilly Martinez, a vote will be taken during the meeting to decide which country will host […]
It’s not contagious but it certainly does plague millions worldwide. In fact chances are someone around you is stressed out just about now. Stress is known as a mental and emotional condition that affects every aspect of a person’s life. However, managing or even relieving stress is not always easy. This week on Healthy Living […]
