Another mother has come forth to accuse members of the Belize Police Department of abusing her son. But Gilda Jones says that the police are also harassing her family even after her son, Calvin Palma, has been sent to jail on remand for a firearm offense. The situation got outrageously out of control over the […]
The clock is ticking for twenty-three vendors who operate under Belize Electricity Limited’s main transmission line. The Mahogany Street vendors have until the end of December to move because that is when B.E.L. says is the deadline to cut power to their businesses. Two aspiring politicians for the Lake Independence area have come forward to […]
And in the north, after numerous hitches, the 2011 sugar cane season appears to be getting back on track. The Belize Sugar Industries Tower Hill factory was temporarily closed in February when both turbines at the BELCOGEN power plant malfunctioned. It reopened on March fifth, when one turbine was fully repaired. The second broiler has […]
In economic news, Esso Standard Oil, S.A. Limited, the sole importer of fuel in Belize announced today, that it is one of several companies being sold to Puma Energy. ExxonMobil, Esso’s parent company, signed the sale agreement for its shares in business throughout six of the seven Central American countries. The other Belize based companies […]
Tour operator, Yhonny Rosado, surfaced as one of the most outspoken critic in the recent cruise tourism crisis. Rosado was on the frontlines when the livelihood of tender operators came under threat by major cruise lines that call on Belize. Today, Rosado, who is the owner of CaveTubing.com, called a press conference and made serious […]
On Saturday morning, the scene at the Belize Telemedia Limited compound on Saint Thomas Street became potentially explosive before the start of the Annual General Meeting of the Belize Communications Workers Union (B.C.W.U.). Paul Perriott, who resigned from B.T.L. in February, was prevented from entering the compound. Outraged union members attempted to intervene and the […]
All is not quiet at Harmonyville since last week’s meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega, and Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Movement representatives. Major decisions were announced at that meeting but on Sunday, the issue of a promised subsidy for surveys came under question while new settlers were encouraged to develop because the Hispanic […]
As we reported on Friday, twelve year old Rowan Garel completed his grueling two-day campaign to the summit of Victoria Peak in an effort to raise funds for the annual summer program organized by the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired. The task was undertaken when Rowan learned that the summer camp had lost some […]
A lot of hype went into Saturday night’s concert billed as a pre-release album show for Shyne’s post-prison compilations. The advertisements said that there would be two Def Jam platinum recording artists that would share the stage with Shyne, who is now known as Moshe Levi Ben David since his conversion to Judaism. In the […]
The debate on the 2011-2012 budget began on Thursday with a rousing presentation by the Leader of the Opposition; in fact it was inarguably one of his finest moments in the House of Representatives. But as they say, that was yesterday’s news. Today the U.D.P. area representative from Orange Walk East, Marcel Cardona, stole the […]
Marcel’s meltdown during the 2011-2012 budget debate is surely one that political pundits will ponder for a while. Cardona, it seems will be a one hit wonder in the United Democratic Party. He called the Prime Minister a puppet master and the deputy prime minister greedy and many are forecasting that his days in the […]
On the government’s side, most of the two day debate was spent arguing over ten years of past P.U.P. budgets. There was also a protest, ejection of party supporters from the gallery, and a no show by two P.U.P. representatives. And then of course there was Cardona, who ended his speech like the Visa advertisement […]
The Leader of the Opposition John Briceño along with Florencio Marin and Francis Fonseca left the chamber after the Marcel meltdown. After giving his speech, the Orange Walk East Representative rushed outside got into his vehicle and drove off denying media interviews. Briceño was also ready to leave when he was asked whether or not […]
MegaBingo took Belize by storm earlier this year and raised the fever among gamers. It became so popular that the competition, Lotto, had to bounce back with new advertisements to “stay in the game”. But there is trouble in paradise and now there are suits and possible countersuits. Earlier today, a former host of the […]
Rachel’s mother, Lizette Armstrong, told us that Marinan has also disrespected her. Yolanda Schakron, whose ex-husband owns majority shares in Mega Bingo, also says she has a major problem with the issue of sexual harassment on the job. Yolanda Schakron, President, Belizeans for Justice “We need to stop being quiet and complacent and having men, […]
Captain Arturo Edrei Garcia and crew members, Nelson Perez Ardao and Alexis Gonzalez Cune of the cargo ship, Helga, have been missing for a week. It doesn’t look good for the families of the missing Cubans since on Thursday night, the Belize Coast Guard called off its search for the three men. But it’s asking […]
We’ve been following amazing twelve year old Rowan Garel. He’s the visually impaired student who took on the grueling climb to the summit of Victoria Peak. The trek started on Wednesday and this afternoon, Rowan successfully completed his personal challenge of reaching the summit. Rowan took on the task of climbing the second highest point […]
The buzz in town is that Moshe Levi Ben will be staging a concert at the MCC grounds this Saturday night. Since his release from prison and deportation from the US, Ben David, who uses the stage name Shyne, lived briefly in Belize but long enough to be named Ambassador of Music. On Thursday, the […]
Numerous activities specially tailored for the ladies have been held in the past few weeks in observation of Women’s month. Today the Embassy of Mexico joined in and is collaborating with the University of Quintana Roo to conduct a workshop, teaching women to be successful entrepreneurs. Over a hundred persons applied and it has been […]
The debate on the budget 2011-2012 got underway today in Belmopan. The leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, was first to deliver his presentation; it was a punchy speech with good sound bytes that drew holes in the Prime Minister’s budget of eight hundred and forty-three million dollars in revenue and grants and eight hundred […]
Back inside the National Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition tackled the government and its supporters in English and Creole. But when it came to the portion of his speech that was in Spanish, it was unwelcomed by the other side. The Speaker of the House allowed Briceño to continue his oral Spanish excerpt, but […]
The cost of fuel, which is directly linked to the spiraling world market prices, was also discussed by the Opposition Party. John Briceño reminded the Prime Minister about his no new taxes promise, but pointed out that there is a large increase in the price of fuel at the pump, particularly Premium gas which has […]
While the P.U.P. protest continued below the stairs of the parliament in the sweltering heat, the leader of the opposition continued his assault on the administration’s budget. With over twenty murders since the beginning of the year and countless shootings, the Opposition believes that government hasn’t provided a viable solution to crime. John Briceño, Leader […]
When the United Democratic Party won in 2008, the twenty-one pledges in the party’s manifesto played an important role in the landslide victory. Briceño punched many holes in that manifesto since he sees most of the pledges as nothing but empty promises three years later. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “Sadly this budget will […]
And back to the House debate, notably absent from today’s sitting were P.U.P. representatives Cordel Hyde and Mark Espat. And although it appeared that Briceño was flying solo and getting the full brunt of the government fire, he was accompanied by Francis Fonseca, Florencio Marin and Former Prime Minister Said Musa. Musa also came out […]
