The waters which covered Belize City in the weekend’s epic flooding have largely receded, allowing the very critical component of recovery to get underway unimpeded. CEMO, the City’s Emergency Management Organization, will play a critical role in that effort. Today that body, headquartered at City Hall updated the media on life in the city after […]
The flooding in Belize City has highlighted the very real poverty which existed long before the rains came. The reality is that in certain zones in the Southside, any real crisis was caused not by the rain, but by the living conditions of those in the area. In the Antelope Street Extension Area, there was […]
While the flooding was arguably the worst in recent memory, by today the waters had subsided and, boasts Mayor Bradley, the cement streets held up. According to Bradley, while the situation is a bad one, it could have been much worse. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “Our concrete roads have held up substantially. So […]
The Karl Heusner has completely outdone the Western Regional Hospital where wildlife is concerned. Yes there has been a snake or two at the WRH, but on Sunday the K.H.M.H. hauled out a nine foot crocodile. We don’t mean to make light of a potentially very dangerous situation, but what else can you do when […]
There was a pair of unrelated murders in Belize City on Saturday. A deadly attack on North Creek that morning has left one person critically injured and another inside the morgue at the K.H.M.H. Sometime before eight o’clock, fifty-six-year-old Edward Robinson came under fire as he stood along the stretch of road. Robinson was mortally […]
It was Nomination Day today across the country. Candidates from the People’s United Party, the incumbent United Democratic Party, the Belize Progressive Party and independents went through the official process of signing up to contest the November fourth general elections. With nineteen days to go, more than eighty-seven candidates and counting paid up the required […]
The newly-formed Belize Progressive Party formally registered its Belize City candidates during lunch today. The nomination of its wider membership took place simultaneously across the country. Short of the required aspirants needed to contest all thirty-one constituencies, the BPP proceeded as planned, entering the Complex Building with its exponents in tow. Political Leader Patrick Rogers […]
This morning, the challenging People’s United Party flexed its political muscle and this afternoon it was the U.D.P.’s turn to flood the streets with red from U.D.P. Headquarters to the Complex. So in the battle of aesthetics, size and sheer muscle mass who won the trophy? That’s what Mike Rudon tried to determine. Here’s that […]
The Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie issued a directive, dated October thirteenth, to all formations of the Belize Police Department on Tuesday to remove checkpoints across the country. While the brass of that arm of law enforcement has gone on record to say that the easing of random checkpoints is to ensure the free flow […]
No explanation was provided as to the reason why it is now seen fit to call off established checkpoints. But that decision is not going down well and speculation is rampant that that it is a political move to favor the government. This morning, we asked the veteran politician and area representative for Orange Walk […]
In Orange Walk Town this morning, the mood was festive and upbeat. On the heels of the largest rally in this election campaign, party loyalists were joined by others to lend support to the four candidates. Of the four divisions in the district, three are held by the People’s United Party; the opposition party hopes […]
The nomination of the candidates for the Belize Progressive Party and one independent was held following the P.U.P.’s. The mood was subdued and there were no bells and whistles as the aspirants made their way to be officially nominated for Orange Walk North, East, South and Central. A total of thirteen candidates are contesting the […]
If you’re in the type of business which requires moving items or persons from point A to point B without interference from those pesky police at checkpoints…then have we got good news for you. That won’t be a problem anymore – well, at least until after elections. Today, an internal memo dated October thirteenth from […]
The curious memo has given rise to all kinds of speculation which will certainly be fuelled by the Prime Minister’s confirmation that those checkpoints will be back up after elections. Social media has been afire with claims that the move has been put in place to facilitate the movement of brand new voters from across […]
The Vision Inspired by the People has filed a legal challenge against the government on the holding of the upcoming general elections. While the V.I.P. did not formally join the Belize Progressive Party, a number of its members did. But what is left of it is going to court challenging the disparity in the size […]
With great dispatch, the Caribbean Court of Justice this morning threw out the application of the Bar Association to release the stay on the joint appeals before that Court in respect of the nationalizations of Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited. The settlement of protracted litigation between G.O.B. and both Fortis and the Ashcroft […]
Courtenay says that, as an attorney and as a Belizean, he too would have wanted to hear the decision, but the CCJ was not the proper forum and this was not the proper time for the Bar Association to apply to be an interested party in the case. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Fortis/BCB/Dunkeld Intl. […]
Despite criticism that the motion brought before the Caribbean Court of Justice was essentially an academic exercise, Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck says that a decision on the validity of the Eighth Amendment was necessary. After all, a great deal of time and resources had been expended on the process leading up to a judgment from […]
The Chamber of Commerce has been making the media and political rounds to promote its business agenda – its own platforms similar to those circulated every election cycle. It’s all about reforms – tax, governance, social – those things for which every responsible elector clamours and which every political party offers especially at election time. […]
Aggravated burglaries, also known as home invasions, are experiences that often times leave victims traumatized and in some cases hospitalized for days. It has been some time since we’ve reported on an incident like this, but on Tuesday morning, a home invasion in Camalote Village, Cayo turned ugly when a minor was raped in front […]
Here’s a story you don’t hear everyday…Hopkins Police are investigating a burglary in which two nine millimeter guns were stolen. The good news is that they don’t have to go very far to conduct that investigation. The bad news is that the burglary happened right at the Hopkins Police Station. The bold burglar somehow made […]
It is no secret that there is corruption in the Lands Department…in fact, even the prime minister has gone on record to say that the department is, “a hotbed of corruption.” Well tonight, there is yet another report of fraud at the highest level in Orange Walk and operatives of the Minister of Natural Resources […]
Emir Cruz was issued parcel forty-three-zero-four while Derrick Gillett was sold parcel forty-three-zero-three and plot forty-one-thirty-five was given to Roman Alvarez. Both Gillett and Cruz paid eight hundred dollars for a piece of the Jewel, while Alvarez paid only one thousand dollars. Bernard says that that is just a small portion of the mass land […]
A third cohort of candidates was inducted into the Belize Progressive Party earlier today, ahead of nomination day on Friday. While the BPP is attempting to beat the clock, its addition of seven aspirants brings its present team to twenty-five men and women. The fledgling party intends to fill that void by all means and […]
At the launch of the Belize Progressive Party on October first, an open petition was made for campaign financing from the local business community. The effort to raise the necessary funds has been slow a process; nonetheless, generous contributions, albeit of lesser values continue to pour in from the general public. National Campaign Manager Bobby […]
