Jeffrey Locke was tagged as the new Chief Executive Officer of Belize Electricity Limited on June twenty-first to replace Lynn Young when B.E.L. was nationalized. According to a B.E.L. release, Locke’s appointment is now official. The release says Locke has twenty years experience in the energy industry having taken up various positions at Shell Belize […]
A young first time mother from Ladyville buried her newborn son earlier this week after what she described as a horrific experience at the hospital. The nineteen year old went into premature labor this past weekend, only twenty-two weeks into her pregnancy. And while she did not want to appear on camera, the Ladyville resident […]
Visually impaired children from across the country have been participating in the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired Summer Camp. It is the fifteenth anniversary of the camp, and every year since its inception, the children engage in a number of activities from field trips to visual arts. Earlier today, the BCVI held an all […]
Restore Belize has organized its first camp for troubled youths in an area that is prone to violence. The CYDP and other community organizations are partnering with Restore Belize. A total of eight teams will be participating in the friendly basketball games. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting A friendly game of basketball […]
On the night of June eighth, a line squall known locally as a freak storm, sent winds of over fifty miles per hour though the Belize District. Weather forecasters said those who experienced it, felt tropical storm force winds. That strength was displayed when it knocked down a SMART communications tower on Raccoon Street extension […]
By a vote of sixty-one to thirty, the Belize Chamber of Commerce ratified a resolution on Friday July fifteenth calling on government to respect the rule of law and that in respect of compulsory acquisitions; persons must be quickly and adequately compensated. That resolution was hastily rejected by the Prime Minister. With uncharacteristic brevity, the […]
On Tuesday morning, Lord Michael Ashcroft discussed a number of issues in a one hour interview for our morning show that was broadcast live from Miami. Following the show, the station was flooded with requests for a repeat of the Open Your Eyes show since only the government’s perspective had been heard regarding the acquisitions […]
Lord Ashcroft also drew an analogy in respect of the nationalization of Telemedia. He compared it to the forced acquisition of a house, its value reduced and no compensation is paid to the previous owners. Here is how he put it. Lord Michael Ashcroft “Just imagine that you’ve got a nice house by the side […]
Honduras’ Banco Atlántida’s interest in a buyout of Belize Sugar Industries was revealed earlier this year. In January representatives of the Honduran bank visited the factory at Tower Hill in Orange Walk along with experts in factory and field work. With millions of dollars in loans owed to I.N.G. and First Caribbean Bank, a buyout […]
Last Wednesday a team of officers including Belize Defense Force personnel, forest rangers and conservationists came under fire from illegal loggers in the Chiquibul National Park. The men had already cleared quite a number of mature cedar trees, fifty-six in total, for extraction to neighboring Guatemala. While incursion from Guatemalan poachers remains a perennial issue […]
The incidences of Guatemalan poachers and loggers in the Chiquibul were put to the Prime Minister. Dean Barrow says that diplomatic channels have been opened; the Belize Embassy in Guatemala is active on the issue and the B.D.F. patrols on our side of the border will continue as scheduled. Dean Barrow “There was a second […]
Both locally and internationally, the acquisitions of Telemedia and B.E.L. triggered alarm bells because it weakens the already slow economy. The Belize Chamber of Commerce has called on the government to pay compensation quickly and adequately. We asked Lord Michael Ashcroft for his perspective on the investment climate. Lord Michael Ashcroft “I think there needs […]
Before closing the interview, Lord Ashcroft reflected on the future, saying that he has moved on, and that he is not the enemy in the room. Marleni Cuellar “As we head into the next two elections, 2012 and 2013, do you see yourself becoming more involved in the political landscape in terms of support to […]
On Tuesday night, the World Series of Poker’s Hold Em’ Championship whittled down from six thousand eight hundred and sixty five players to the final nine. We can confirm that the player who ranked number ten, John Hewitt of Costa Rica, exited the game with six hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and eighty two […]
The first of two summer camps hosted by the Belize Defence Force is well underway at Price Barracks. Students between the ages of ten and seventeen are learning to have fun in a structured environment. Those who are not interested in painting and cooking can have a pick at sporting activities. The second takes place […]
Eighteen years ago, a couple from California, USA spent time in Belize teaching at Kings College. The couple did not leave only with photos and wonderful memories; they left the country with two babies they adopted. Don Christian and his adopted daughter, Nettie, have returned to Belize to visit old friends but there is a […]
The last time we interviewed Lord Michael Ashcroft was back in February 2009; that was before Telemedia was first nationalized. He hasn’t been to Belize since then and we had not heard from him at this station until this morning when we interviewed him, live and direct from Miami in a candid one hour interview […]
According to Michael Ashcroft, compensation has not been paid twenty-two months after the first nationalization of Telemedia yet government has taken in a hundred million dollars in shares. Ashcroft also questioned the Central Bank’s investment of twenty million dollars in a private company. Lord Michael Ashcroft “I’m not necessarily against the concept of nationalization but […]
On Monday night we reported that the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry had forwarded a resolution to Prime Minister Dean Barrow calling on the government to obey the rule of law and to refrain from infringing people’s fundamental rights and freedoms. The Chamber’s Resolution also called on the government to ensure that compulsory acquisitions […]
Orange Walk businessman Zhou Ang Tan was gunned down inside his store, Tony’s, on Friday night during a robbery. According to politician Lee Mark Chan several businesses closed in Orange Walk today while their owners attended the funeral in that district. Edmund Kwan, the President of the Chinese Association said that some businesses had closed […]
Earlier we heard about the prime minister’s law firm doing business for the Belize Bank. The prime minister admittedly continues to enjoy his share from Barrow and Williams. Michael Ashcroft said this morning that the government doesn’t want an independent assessment on the value of Telemedia and that entrenching utilities in the constitution is not, […]
Turning to the proposed constitutional amendments that were introduced in the House of Representatives on May thirteenth. The Leader of the Opposition on Monday wrote to Minister Patrick Faber as Chairman of the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee. John Briceño says that the P.U.P. is not in support of the amendment on preventative detention and […]
Well-known Belizean entrepreneur Cathy Barothy is among a list of thirteen business owners who the GST Department singled out for over eleven million dollars in unpaid sales taxes. Last Tuesday a team of GST personnel accompanied by a police officer visited Neon Plastics Ltd. in Belize City where they insisted that Barothy pay an outstanding […]
The World Series of Poker is a big sporting event that requires the ability to play cards, lots of luck and of course a poker face. Event number fifty eight is the No Limit Hold ‘Em Championship taking place in Las Vegas and if you are streaming the video on the wsop.com website you may […]
In April we introduced you to a former truck driver who, at the time, weighed in at six hundred pounds. The Cayo resident’s weight spiked due to an underactive thyroid condition. Alberto Neal didn’t know of his condition and needed financial assistance for surgery. Well, we are sad to report that Neal passed away early […]
