It’s been almost two months since construction works have begun on Ground Zero at the bottom of the Swing Bridge in the heart of the City. It is where an iconic structure of colonial architectural design, the Paslow Building, once stood. That is before the third floor of the building was gutted by fire in […]
Tonight, we take a closer look at the millions of dollars, as much as a whopping one hundred and fifty million, approved in tax concessions to the failed Sanctuary Bay development, which is listed with a U.S. address. It resulted in millions not collected when import duties were waived. In a confidential memo to Cabinet, […]
Last Friday, the law firm of Barrow and Williams issued a statement which essentially served as a cease and desist letter warning the media against publishing or broadcasting details of a document in which serious allegations were made against Prime Minister Barrow by the Federal Trade Commission. Belize’s head of government was named by the […]
At a press conference on a range of issues this morning, Cola also touched on the reinstituted curfew that came into effect on Thursday night, COLA President Shawn Saldano scoffed at the idea that the imposed restriction on movement of teenagers below the age of eighteen will actually work. Shawn Saldano, President, COLA “It’s […]
The Belize Tourism Board held its annual digital summit today, a forum which allows stakeholders to learn how to market their companies, products, as well as the country, on the online and social media platforms. Separated into two simultaneous workshops, participants were given the choice of streamlining the information that they wanted to gather on […]
Financial literacy is the possession of a unique set of skills, as well as knowledge, that allow an individual to make informed effective decisions with all of their financial resources. It is also an area of interest for the Ministry of Education since it helps to prepare children and young adults for the future. While […]
Children are taking advantage of summer programmes they find appealing and capture their interests. The annual summer camp organized by SMART attracts aficionados of football. The event kicked off this morning here in Belize City; it is strong on competition and discipline and most importantly, keeps the youth away from the streets, engaging them in […]
Primary school children from across Belize City participated in a weeklong summer program organized by COLA. The camp which culminated this morning at Wesley Lower School in the downtown area saw roughly forty students participating. They received certificates of completion and recognition at a brief ceremony held on the school compound. The summer camp is […]
The Sanctuary Bay scam is back in the news tonight. First, there is a response from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which tells News Five that the matter is still under litigation following statements made that there is a settlement after a damming report was made to a U.S. bankruptcy court, throwing not stones, but […]
In November 2012, former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Trade and Investment, Mike Singh, told the Sanctuary Bay investors that the Belizean government stood committed to help develop the project. During today’s press conference, the P.U.P.’s Kareem Musa produced a 2011 memorandum, not seen before, which reportedly offers Eco Futures Belize Limited—one of the many […]
In the multitude of documents, the F.T.C. points out that the Financial Intelligence Unit was warned by then Central Bank Governor Glen Ysaguirre, via email, of an ongoing investigation into massive violations of our Foreign Exchange Regulations by the principals and developers of the S.R.W.R. real estate project. That email was sent to the then […]
The allegations made by the Federal Trade Commission against Prime Minister Dean Barrow are so damning that the Prime Minister hired his law firm, Barrow and Williams, to warn that any re-broadcast, re-publication or repeating of F.T.C.’s allegations against him may result in civil action. Musa views the letter as an attack on the fourth estate, […]
And the Prime Minister has made good on his warning. Barrow and Williams has written Vaughn Gill, host of the P.U.P.’s media organ Positive Vibes Radio. The letter speaks of statements made by Gill on The Whip Talk Show on several occasions in which he made allegations against PM Barrow, concerning the Sanctuary Bay scam. […]
Today more than two hundred young students from across the country proudly received their certificates for having completed this year’s Growing the Future Project. It is an educational summer camp that has been growing over the past fifteen years. It nurtures the intellect of the students and better equips them with the skills to advance […]
The Ahmadiyya Basketball League is an athletic movement in Belize that has grown exponentially since it was launched a few years ago. It has proven to be an effective means of bringing young men together and fostering in them a spirit of brotherhood and camaraderie. Beyond building a solid team, the boys are all talented […]
The World Customs Organization and the Belize Customs Department wrapped up day-four of an all week training for agencies involved in cross-border trade. The event brought together agencies that are involved on the cross-border chain, including the Bureau of Standards, BAHA, the F.I.U. and the Ministries of Agriculture and Health, to introduce them to a […]
The following story is heart-wrenching. A six-month-old beautiful baby of Belizean parents was left abandoned at a hospital in San Benito Poite, in Guatemala. The parents, from what we gather, are Belizeans Victor Manuel Avilez and Tameka Vargas. Now, the infant was admitted at the hospital as Kyle Manuel Avilez Junior and authorities are looking […]
The Y.W.C.A. on Saint Thomas Street, Belize City is a popular place to be at this time of the year. Persons of all ages flock to the venue for the annual summer camps. There are academic programmes, cooking, cosmetology and many more activities. One of the most sought off activity is swimming, in which hundreds […]
“From Maya Grandeur to Modern Glory, Together Let’s Shape the Belizean Story.” Get used to hearing and seeing that line because it is the brand new theme for this year’s September Celebrations. The winning theme was selected from a pool of more than two hundred submissions. In the end, it was Eloy Escalante Senior’s theme […]
The Belize Center for Employment Training is hosting its summer training programme for nail technicians and event planners. A component of the summer programme is a session on labour and employment. Today, we stopped by the session which is being facilitated by a representative of the Ministry of Labour. There, over thirty participants were learning […]
The executive of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Workers Union met with the Minister of Health, Pablo Marin; C.E.O. Doctor George Gough and Director of Health Services, Dr. Marvin Manzanero in Belmopan today. The meeting was scheduled two weeks ago, before Friday’s impromptu demonstration which saw approximately one hundred K.H.M.H. staff members gathered in front […]
In the letter sent by President of the K.H.M.H. Workers Union, Lidia Alpuche Blake, to Michelle Cox-Hoare, Blake tells the C.E.O. that the staff is unhappy with her administration. Cox-Hoare is told, “the general sentiment of our staff is that your administration is at the very least not interested in their overall well-being and their […]
An impromptu protest took place today at the compound of the national referral hospital over an issue that has been simmering since June. It has to do with pensions for which about a one hundred staff members have contributed to, but there is uncertainty if they will be able to collect. The staff claims the […]
The Sanctuary Bay scam is one that has many legs. One of the allegations made by the Federal Trade Commission in relation to Sanctuary Belize lands at the Central Bank of Belize. According to documents filed in U.S. courts, the Central Bank allegedly knew about the fraud, but did nothing. In 2016, former governor of […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow, through Barrow and Williams, has written to all media houses, warning that any re-broadcast, re-publication or repeating of F.T.C.’s allegations against him may result in civil action. The Federal Trade Commission has filed serious allegations in court against the Prime Minister and members of cabinet, all of which the PM rejected […]
