While we were with the former prime minister, we also broached the issue of the two hundred and twenty-eight million dollar PetroCaribe loan. The Opposition is challenging the management of the PetroCaribe funds by the Barrow administration. While the prime minister has gone on record on various occasions to talk about the seemingly unending supply […]
The appointment of a thirteenth senator to represent the N.G.O. community remains an unfulfilled promise. Former Executive Director of SATIIM, Greg Ch’oc, was selected by the N.G.O.s, but his appointment was shelved despite the passage of a law allowing for a thirteenth senator. Earlier this month, the social partners in the senator wrote Prime Minister […]
On Thursday, the Steadfast Masonic Lodge in Belize turned fifty-one years old. While many describe the lodge as a secret and mysterious society, numerous high profile personalities are members. The organization has been in Belize since 1963 and remains active in the area surrounding the Mayflower Community where its building currently sits. Two members from […]
Katia Paradis produced and directed the film, Three Kings, capturing the essence and spirit of three extraordinary men and cultural icons: Paul Nabor, Wilfred Peters and Florencio Mes. Mes is now the only surviving King. With the passing of Nabi, as he is known, Paradis has this to say: “Paul Nabor makes a profound impression […]
Belize has lost one of its greatest musicians. Paul Nabor passed away quietly on Wednesday night in Punta Gorda after suffering from three strokes. The eighty-six-year-old legend had been ailing for some time, but the sad news of his death spread across Belize quickly. Nabi, as he was called, is recognized for putting Paranda music […]
Tonight, there are unconfirmed reports of a confrontation between a Police Patrol and Guatemalan nationals in the community of Calla Creek in western Belize. That altercation allegedly occurred when Police attempted to retrieve the body of a man they believe to be missing Guatemalan Rudy Leonel Salazar. On Sunday Police were called to the area […]
The long awaited inauguration of the Dangriga market was to be a happy occasion; after all, its completion was delayed for thirty months. Its construction became mired in controversy when it was revealed that kickbacks were being paid; as a result, five SIF employees lost their jobs and work on the market was slowed down. […]
A new measure put in place by local authorities in the wake of an Ebola scare a week ago forced the cancellation of Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas from calling on Belize on Wednesday. The new protocol, which includes a boarding party comprised of several government officials traveling out to the anchored vessel, caused […]
According to Andrade, the various cruise lines are now following a similar protocol as that being followed by Belize. Valdemar Andrade, Director of Cruise, B.T.B. “It comes in the tens of thousands of dollars when they have to do that. So we decided then what we would do is only board the public health […]
The area known as Rivera in Belmopan is one of the best creek-side recreation spots in the community – a perfect spot for swimming, hanging out, barbecues or just quality time with friends and family. But it’s also the perfect spot for breaking into vehicles while their owners are making use of the beautiful, tranquil […]
It took two and half years to complete, but the Dangriga market was finally officially opened for business this morning. The project has a price tag of one point eight million dollars, more than what it was projected to cost. And as we said earlier, the stench of corruption wafted through the project causing considerable […]
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust has been in existence for about twenty years, and in that time has disbursed over twenty million dollars to conservation entities and N.G.O.s in Belize. Today, a little over a million dollars was handed over to five organizations in three categories – small, medium and large grants. The ceremony was […]
Facing the threat of the dread Ebola, the nation went on high alert, which is a polite way of saying we panicked. There’s no threat from that particular source any longer, but now there’s a new report that Chikungunya is here, specifically in one community in the City of Belmopan. Chikingunya, or CHIKV, doesn’t inspire […]
Dengue has been identified in certain communities across the country, and that is where the Vector Control Unit pumps its resources. Like in Las Flores, for example, the team collects information on positive dengue tests from private labs and from the Western Regional Hospital, and then targets those homes for spraying. They’ll end up visiting […]
We reported on Tuesday night that People’s United Party Cayo North Area Representative Joseph Mahmud will not be contesting his seat in the 2017 general elections. The announcement was made in a letter to party leader, Francis Fonseca, last week Monday. The news has subsequently sent shockwaves across the P.U.P. since the party feels it […]
Last Friday, U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that they are disappointed in Belize’s decision to turn down a request to have a lab technician and her husband airlifted from the Phillip Goldson International Airport to the United States. An appeal was made on Thursday for the woman, an […]
Following the Ebola scare last week, several measures were put in place before passengers of cruise ships are disembarked to come on land. The new protocols such as screening of passports are causing huge delays for cruise ships passengers who spend an average of eight hours in Belize. On some days, up to four ships […]
Under the Petrocaribe initiative, the government has gotten access to hundreds of millions of dollars from Venezuela – two hundred and twenty-eight million to be exact. That very concessionary loan from Venezuela, just like a grant to government back in 2007, wasn’t taken before the House of Representatives. In this instance, however, there has been […]
But with all that said…is there anything that can be done? According to Espat there are two options, and the National Executive of the P.U.P. has given the go ahead to explore one of them. Julius Espat, Deputy Leader, P.U.P. “There are two options that are really available to the people of Belize – […]
With the news that the health worker aboard the Carnival Magic had tested negative for Ebola, the threat to Belize was gone. But it was a wake-up call, sent home to G.O.B. by a public driven to the edge of panic last Thursday. All relevant authorities have been spurred into action, with focus on the […]
As you heard earlier in the newscast, the Leader of the Opposition, Francis Fonseca he supports the decision taken by the prime minister not to allow a cruise ship passenger to disembark the Carnival Magic. This morning, when we caught up with Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia Junior, we asked if the government’s decision would […]
Remember Norwegian Cruise Line and their mega-tourism project on Harvest Caye. Well, the last time we heard, the government sub-committee that was set up to deal with the project had given the green light for the development to proceed. Well, the NCL project is back in the news tonight. As far as we were able […]
Distinctive Belizean art pieces are often lost among the wide array of products from the region. Ongoing at the Ramada Belize City Princes, is an exhibition of locally made artwork that have been branded via Unique Belize. The initiative is part and parcel of the National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan; it targets communities close to […]
The number of call centers is growing in Belize creating employment to just under three thousand Belizeans. This week, the Belize Training and Employment Center is preparing individuals to become professional in the workplace. Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Business Process Outsourcing, BPO, as it is commonly referred to, is a burgeoning […]
But in the north, thirty-year-old Leslie Logan Junior was shot and killed during a foiled robbery attempt in Orange Walk Town on September nineteenth. He was one of two men, including Alexander Tillett, who entered Hung Yun Store on the Belize/Corozal Road and held up a grocery store attendant at gunpoint. During the brazen mid-afternoon […]
