The National Convention’s primary business aside, the P.U.P. also has a lot to say about the major issues of the day. From crime to Guatemala, the party produced a number of resolutions outlining its plans and pleas to the government. Reporter Aaron Humes has more on this facet of the convention. Aaron Humes, Reporting […]
The P.U.P. is counting on the surge of energy presented on Sunday to prevail less than a month from now. But with the U.D.P. already boasting of sweeping all sixty-seven seats including Party leader John Briceño’s native Orange Walk Town, where does the Opposition think they have a chance? Briceño was not cowed, placing great […]
Lake Independence area rep Cordel Hyde is the acknowledged field general of the P.U.P. in Belize City. It will be his task to shepherd voters to the polls for Bernard Wagner and the P.U.P. slate of municipal candidates, but as he acknowledged on Sunday, it won’t be easy. Wagner and his team face twelve years […]
As you heard earlier the P.U.P. is demanding a greater say in the education campaign on the Belize-Guatemala issue. But as to taking a formal position on the coming referendum on taking the dispute to the International Court of Justice, party leader John Briceño is less concerned. As he himself admits, the party is squarely […]
And while the P.U.P. effectively countered the suggestion of disunity on Sunday, another elephant in the room is financing. The party has consistently maintained that it will not accept campaign monies as quid pro quo for political favors for when, especially and including Lord Michael Ashcroft. But the United Democratic Party has once again raised […]
The Fire Department’s quick action on Sunday night averted a major disaster on Sixth Street in Belize City. An electrical fire broke on an ice cream truck just as its driver was concluding the day’s work and parking the van. Fortunately, the driver was not injured, but the blaze threatened another van and house nearby. […]
Meanwhile a family of four from the Bainesville community, just outside of Hattieville, is tonight without a roof over their heads following an early morning fire last Thursday that swept through their wooden house. Twenty-seven-year-old Erica Belisle, her twenty-two-year-old common-law husband Scott Usher Senior and their two children, ages four and one, were not at […]
The Belize Defence Force and the Belize Coast Guard received more than eight hundred and fifty-thousand dollars in drug fighting equipment and training packages. The US Embassy handed over the donation gifted by the US Southern Command’s ‘Counter Narcotics Program Office.’ While the U.S. and Central America have cooperated on defense and security, there have […]
Guatemalans head to the polls on April fifteenth to decide on the following question: Do you agree that any legal claim by Guatemala against Belize on continental inland territories and any maritime areas corresponding to those territories be submitted to the International Court of Justice for final determination and that it determines the boundaries of […]
Twelve bikers set off on a six-day adventure across Belize and into the Chiquibul Forest Reserve last week in support of Friends for Conservation and Development. It was organized by the European Nature Trust, which creates unique wild experiences to connect people with nature while raising funds for selected conservation organizations. According to the Trust, […]
The flow of contraband items from across the northern border is brisk. It’s big business, though risky, for contrabandistas to illegally bring in tons of items via various transshipment points. Two items which Belizeans have a huge appetite for are cigarettes and beers. Today, the Customs Department destroyed a stock of these items, among other […]
In April of 2016, the Central Bank of Belize announced plans to liquidate four credit unions across the country. These were the Citrus Growers and Workers’ Credit Union; Mount Carmel Credit Union; Police Credit Union; and Civil Service Credit Union. Mount Carmel grabbed the most headlines at the time because of its history of embezzlement […]
Earlier this week Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country with his family on personal business in the United States. As has become common practice, the local media camped out this afternoon at the Philip Goldson International Airport in Ladyville awaiting his return. We had several questions for him, including when budget consultations with the […]
Overnight, heavy rains came down on Belize City and other parts of the country. The downpour immediately caused flooding across the city and water levels are rising in the Belize River Valley as well as the Macal and Mopan Rivers in the west. A number of communities are not accessible and in the city, residents […]
But even before the heavy rains in Belize City, torrential rains across western and southern Belize caused flooding of bridges and farms. NEMO is reporting that no homes have been impacted, but farms in the flood areas in Toledo, particularly Blue Creek and Crique Sarco Villages, weren’t spared. We spoke with NEMO Coordinator about the […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte has said that Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin has not indicated any plans of leaving Belize and his post. But Guyanese President David Granger still wants him as chancellor of the Guyanese judiciary and appears to be willing to go over the head of the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to […]
The proposed move to transition to direct consumption sugar continues to be discussed among millers across the region, Jamaica being the latest country to endorse the idea of producing plantation white sugar for the CARICOM market. It is described by manufacturers, including ASR/BSI, as a win-win situation for stakeholders in the industry. Earlier today, News […]
The issue of Common External Tariffs not being applied to imported white sugar continues to affect millers. The Sugar Association of the Caribbean, according to McLachlan, is looking at the idea of assessing whether there is truly a need for imported sugar into the regional marketplace. Mac McLachlan, VP International Relations, ASR/B.S.I. “At the […]
The City Council is celebrating the fourth anniversary of the B.T.L. Park with a free grand fireworks showcase and concert on Saturday night. The event kicks off with celebrations for the kids and later in the night Jamaican and local artists like Baby Cham and Supa G will be performing. Today, we spoke with the […]
There is another concert taking place this weekend. Dara Robinson wants you to come out and support the sixteenth annual Bob Marley Tribute and Food Drive on Sunday. The annual fundraiser will feature Bob Marley’s music and performance from local entertainers. The show kicks off at four p.m. at the Bird’s Isle with a cover […]
A four-year contract renewal for Candice Burke to remain city administrator, along with four other directors, has brought outgoing mayor Darrell Bradley under fire. On Wednesday, he confirmed that a new agreement between the Belize City Council and Burke had been signed back in November 2017. Bradley contends that the purpose of the extension is […]
Guyana’s Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has turned down the nomination of Chief Justice of Belize Kenneth Benjamin to be Chancellor of the Judiciary of the South American country, according to Stabroek News from Guyana. A letter sent to President David Granger indicates that Jagdeo did the requisite due diligence on both the candidates for Chancellor […]
The United Democratic Party remains at the helm of central government until general elections are called. It means that until then, all municipal bodies will be functioning under the leadership of the Barrow administration. At the launch of the U.D.P. manifesto last Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber hinted that if cities and towns were […]
Since postponing its national convention a few weeks ago due to inclement weather, the People’s United Party has been busy organizing what it is calling the biggest political gathering that Belizeans will ever witness. With less than a month away from the March seventh municipals, gears are in motion to mobilize as many as fifteen […]
A protest was held today in front of the Elections and Boundaries offices in Santa Elena. Supporters, as well as candidate councillors of the People’s United Party, came out to decry what they allege, is the padding of the voter’s list in the western municipalities. In the Twin Towns, the P.U.P. has been out of […]
