Usually the Prime Minister closes the session in the House, but today Area Representative of Fort George, Said Musa, felt inspired. He pulled no punches, claiming that the government’s entire reason for the session today is crap, their argument is crap, and just for good measure, Musa added that the junior attorney much scorned by […]
Now there was a senior amount of mud-slinging at government today – as we’ve pointed out, it was open season. But if there’s one man who can give as good as he gets, its Prime Minister Dean Barrow. And while today’s sitting was serious, he had his fun – targeting P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca who, […]
We end tonight’s coverage of the events on Independence Hill with the event which actually started the House meeting. Recently elected Cayo North Area representative Omar Figueroa was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives. Because he won in a by-election and thus was the only member sworn in, the Speaker gave […]
Today, Women’s Issues Network WIN-Belize launched “Broken Images,” a report on Gender Based Violence with a focus on Belizean Youth. The research, which was done in collaboration with the Women’s Department, was carried out last year. Over one hundred and fifty youth and women between the ages of fourteen and sixty-four from high schools, non-government […]
For some time now, attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd and Prime Minister Dean Barrow have been trading insults. On Thursday, Matura-Shepherd got in her shots, stating that she found it embarrassing as a junior attorney to have to school the senior attorneys on a basic point of law. To one one’s great surprise, the PM fired back […]
And so ends our coverage of the critically complicated sugar industry tonight. On Monday there will be a sitting of the House of Representatives, where the government will push through amendments to the Sugar Industry Act. Today, PM Barrow confirmed that it will happen. He says that he does not expect the crop to start […]
This afternoon, Sir Dennis Byron, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, was a guest at our studios for an in depth interview on the work of the CCJ; that interview will be aired this Monday on Open Your Eyes. We don’t normally have the opportunity to sit with justices, so today’s interview was detailed. […]
On February fourteenth, 2001, Belize joined Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago in signing an agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice. But only Belize, Barbados and Guyana had adopted the CCJ as the final court of appeal. Now, despite a number of […]
Again, while he could not divulge details of pending local matters, Justice Byron says that past cases from Belize have been very significant in setting legal precedence within the Caribbean jurisdiction, a topic he would later discuss during the law conference. Sir Dennis Byron, President, Caribbean Court of Justice “In every country people only […]
‘Reforms, Rights and Remedies’ is the theme for the Bar Association’s 2015 law conference. Following the press encounter with Justice Dennis Byron, attorneys, magistrates and legal practitioners from across the country converged at the Radisson for the conference. It is the second such symposium since Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay assumed presidency of the Bar Association […]
The issue of inmates who have been condemned and are awaiting execution at the Belize Central Prison remains a concern for human rights activists. In the bar association there is a handful of attorneys who work tirelessly on a pro bono basis to represent prisoners who have been found guilty of capital crimes. While the […]
The words Belize Spine Program don’t immediately ring a bell, but there are Belizeans today who would not be walking without it. It was born in 2010 out of a partnership between the K.H.M.H. and Spine Overseas, an international surgical and education support program. Since then, orthopaedic surgeons and support staff have visited Belize regularly, […]
Earlier we told you about the donation to the K.H.M.H. of two cell-saver machines. It’s expected that they will be used in complicated spinal surgeries. But that’s only one aspect of how cell savers can be life savers. These machines actually make the donation of blood for transfusion in serious surgeries obsolete, because it cleans […]
Approximately thirty persons from technical and vocational high school instructors as well as personnel from ITVETs across the country were engaged in a training workshop at the Biltmore Plaza. The purpose of the E.U.-funded initiative was to start the process of aligning regional technical and vocational standards with the local education curriculum. News Five was […]
The training works hand in hand with the education sector strategy of the ministry, says C.E.O. David Leacock. With major industries in the south for banana and the introduction of the NCL cruise port, the ministry is working on providing the human resources for available jobs; “Improving Quality and Relevance of Technical and Vocational Education […]
A fundraising initiative was launched this morning by one of the oldest and largest academic institutions in Belize. Saint John’s College is hoping to raise a significant amount of money to carry out remedial work on infrastructure on its campus on Princess Margaret Drive. The idea is to involve the alumni and community in the […]
Another well established institution, the Young Women’s Christian Association, with the assistance of the US Embassy, is rolling out a two-year program aimed at building human resources capacity for at-risk youths. Two hundred young women and men from Belize City and Belmopan will be recruited to take part in the program. Duane Moody reports. […]
Even as the start of the sugar cane crop seems inevitable, the chaos within the industry continues unabated. Tonight, there is much to report—both from the farmers and the factory, which includes the signing of agreements with ASR/B.S.I. But we start with a midday press conference hosted by the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. […]
When it comes to the government in this scenario, attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd pulled no punches. She believes that Prime Minister Dean Barrow deliberately and with great calculation did not speak the truth at his press conference last week. Barrow stated that the B.S.C.F.A. was misguided in seeking an order of Mandamus, which he said would […]
As we told you earlier, there is news to report not only from the farmers, but also from ASR/B.S.I., and it is fairly monumental. Early this morning two associations outside the auspices of the B.S.C.F.A. signed on to deliver cane. The signing comes on the heels of a release from B.S.I. on Wednesday stating that […]
So where does this leave the B.S.C.F.A.? Well certainly not in a better position than they were in before negotiations. In fact, there are those who expect that the Association will not be able to recover. Of course, there are those who will blame the government and/or ASR/B.S.I., and do, for the crumbling of the […]
That’s bad news for the Association, and there’s more. There’s allegedly a report circulating that ASR/B.S.I. is expressing some hesitation in signing with the B.S.C.F.A. branches who have expressed that they do so under protest. From what we’ve been able to ascertain, the position of signing under duress raises the possibility of future legal implications. […]
There is a historic visit taking place today. That’s because at the invitation of the Bar Association, Justice Dennis Byron, the president of Belize’s highest court of appeal, the Caribbean Court of Justice, is currently in the country. Justice Byron arrived at the P.G.I.A. this afternoon on a brief, but packed visit to Belize. He was […]
Nationally recognized as the father of the nation, George Price was remembered today by the party he led for four decades. Price passed away in 2011, but today he would have turned ninety-six. Present and past leaders, party faithful as well students took part in activities to pay homage to the leader who transformed the […]
On the occasion of the ninety-sixth birthday of its deceased leader, the P.U.P. also launched its education platform entitled Education: Creativity plus Technology. The policy is a call to arms to move away from the staunchly traditional methods of delivering information in the classroom. The platform encourages a return to curiosity among adolescents and supports […]
