Following a weekend meeting between Mayor Darrell Bradley and CWU President Audrey Matura-Shepherd, it was revealed that much headway had been made in resolving the dispute surrounding twenty-six City Council security workers. That’s good news for the workers, most of who should at this point be preparing to move into a ready-made job with a […]
While he is involved in intense discussions with the Labour Commissioner and the CWU, the Mayor is also dealing with litigation with Belize Waste Control. In fact, Mayor Bradley was in Court on Tuesday for arrears owed to the sanitation company. According to the Mayor, he has already made payment of one point two million […]
Following a prolonged period of intensive road-works in the city which resulted in equal parts appreciation and frustration, there has been a noticeable slowing down of infrastructural works. It’s probably more noticeable because many of the streets in the city are in deplorable condition, rutted and gutted by no maintenance made worse by the recent […]
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, also known as the Great Mayan Reef, stretches over six hundred and twenty-one miles from the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula down to Belize, Guatemala and the Bay Islands of Honduras. Its coral reefs are well-known among divers the world over for their eye-catching beauty and multicolor displays, but are […]
A family from the village of San Pablo in the Orange Walk district is a quarter-million dollars richer today. This morning cane-farmer Teodulo Marin and his wife Rosalia headed down to the Fantasy Five office in Belize City and collected their hefty check. The couple does not purchase tickets every week, but on Saturday they […]
The Elvin Penner fiasco broke back on September nineteenth, but except for administrative investigations in the Nationality and Passport Sections of the Immigration Department, there has been no criminal investigation. But now, the People’s United Party has issued a rare ultimatum to Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie. If Whylie does not commence a criminal investigation […]
The letter to ComPol Whylie, delivered on Monday, gives a deadline of seven days by which he is asked to take action. The timing is critical because there is a statute limitation of six months for the summary offence of which Penner is being accused. Legal Advisor Anthony Sylvestre told the media today that the […]
The P.U.P. has come out with legal guns blazing and former Minister of State Elvin Penner locked firmly in the crosshairs. There is some urgency in the matter, because the matter for which the Party wants charges brought against Penner is a summary offence. That means that criminal proceedings must be initiated within six months, […]
On Monday, B.T.L. introduced a new element to its Digicell service, particularly its 4G platform in which it is no longer adding onto its system cellular phones that aren’t directly compatible with its existing settings. Simply put, if you’re planning on purchasing or unlocking a phone made specifically for international GSM carriers such as AT&T […]
To address their fears, a meeting was held with various distributors in Belize City this afternoon. B.T.L. called a late evening press briefing saying that they are working together to find an agreeable outcome. The discussion, says Miranda, was productive. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Dr. Dionne Miranda, General Manager of Customer Service, B.T.L. “These phones […]
There was another issue that came up in the P.U.P.’s press briefing earlier today. It involves the Elvin Penner recall petition put in motion by the Party, but rejected on December thirty-first by the Elections and Boundaries Office. The rejection came on the basis that it did not meet the threshold of valid signatures. The […]
With the D.P.P. occupying a rare space in the spotlight, another issue which has dominated the news recently also came up…that is the Firearms Act. The act, amended in 2008, has been the cause of much distress to those, innocent and guilty, who have been swept up in its very wide-reaching and tightly-meshed net. Career […]
Reynaldo Verde’s name has come up quite frequently lately in discussions of the Firearms Act, or more accurately, as one of the very few who has managed to escape its net. Verde, a senior employee of the General Sales Tax Department, was detained on January third when a Police search allegedly yielded an illegal firearm […]
Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Vidal is married to a man who has led a somewhat controversial and high-powered life in the Belize Police Department. Marco Vidal plays a dual role as Commander of the Gang Suppression Unit and head of the Special Branch Department. It’s inevitable that on occasion their cases do interact, and […]
In the tourism industry, there are well known faces, but there is one person who, even if you have not met him personally, his name resonates. Ramon Nunez has been around at Ramon’s Village for decades; in fact, long before San Pedro came to fame as La Isla Bonita. He takes it all in good […]
Renowned motivational speaker and entrepreneur Bert Oliva is back in Belize on a tour of the country. Oliva is hosting a series of seminars and workshops on relationship building and self-empowerment through his motivational speeches. The founder of Humanology, a new practice of teaching skill sets, has dedicated over two decades in studying human potential. […]
Listen, read, and act; that is the approach used to encourage primary school students to go back to text books. The project took six months to materialize and this morning a DVD entitled “It’s Story Time” was released by BelCaribe. Included are all time favorite stories but the difference is that the content was transformed […]
A benefit fashion show is scheduled to kick off this Saturday night inside the King’s Room at the Princess Hotel and Casino. Dubbed, Fashion fusion 2014, the show will see some thirty plus models of Nouveau Model Management strut on the catwalk showcasing the designs of local and international designers. From the browse and shop […]
The resurrected Integrity Commission as promised by the government is in its infancy, and already there has been a significant wrench thrown into the works. A release from the Office of the Prime Minister this afternoon confirms that two persons have indicated that they will not be able to accept their appointment which went before […]
According to Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse, there is no update on the multiple investigations allegedly ongoing at the Immigration Department. Three persons – Sharon Neal, Omar Phillips and Erwin Robinson – employed in the Passport Section have been on suspension since September, while two public officers – Gordon Wade and Ady Pacheco – employed […]
A hearing by the Public Service Commission was scheduled for Tuesday, but is now postponed to next week Tuesday. The three employees of the Immigration Department who have been on suspension since September, 2013, will have their day before the Services Commission. Those public officers: Sharon Neal, Erwin Robinson and Omar Phillips will answer to […]
There is a most unusual incident to report tonight. It happened in the village of Douglas in the Orange Walk District last week. Felipa Sanchez died at the age of eighty-seven back in 1994…so if you do the math, that is twenty years ago. But her family tonight is deeply disturbed that her tomb has […]
A meeting was held between the Solicitor General and a group of residents of the village of San Jose Nueva Palmar in Orange Walk. The visit came after a story we covered that close to a million dollars are unaccounted for from the sale of lands in the village by the Lands Advisory Committee. The […]
There are ongoing negotiations between the Belize City Council and the Christian Workers Union concerning the fate of twenty-six security officers, made redundant by the municipal government. Mayor Darrell Bradley says that the decision to release the men is part of ongoing belt-tightening measures being taken to reduce the council’s overhead expenses. For the better […]
The Ambassador of Belize in the United States, Nestor Mendez today signed a joint declaration with U.S Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, in which both countries have agreed to work cooperatively to improve the knowledge of Belizeans working abroad of their rights, irrespective of their migration status. Additionally, Letters of Arrangement with the Wage and […]
