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Since the beginning of March there have been a series of activities held in commemoration of Women’s Month. The events of the past few weeks have highlighted the role of women in Belize, but there was one issue that drew public condemnation. That was the publication of an uncomplimentary photograph of a P.U.P. executive member […]
Written on March 30, 2011 | Posted in
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Cabinet met in session today in the Capital and one of the major decisions to come out of that meeting, is that a Production Sharing Agreement was awarded to a petroleum company. Maranco Limited was awarded the P.S.A. for vacant petroleum exploration blocks in the northwestern Orange Walk District. The concession includes a section of […]
Joe Marinan, he’s the Mega Bingo Boss whose face you’ve seen on TV on numerous occasions. His recent appearance didn’t have to do with the popular game, it had to do with allegations of sexual harassment made by one of the former hosts of the game, Rachel Armstrong. Armstrong is the niece of Alfred Schakron, […]
Written on March 29, 2011 | Posted in
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The owner of Cavetubing dot com, Yhony Rosado, backed up by the leaders of three other organizations, stepped up on Monday alleging that his company, tour guides and guests have been the victims of harassment at the hands of the police. Rosado went as far as to say that when he inquired, the police told […]
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 […]
Written on March 29, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 29, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 29, 2011 | Posted in
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The Belama Police Substation also came into public focus earlier this year when a store across the street was robbed and the assailants got away. 828 Super Center was robbed on January seventeenth, just days after it was reported by the police that the substation had been closed for repairs. During Friday’s debate P.U.P. Freetown […]
Written on March 28, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 28, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 28, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 28, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
But Shyne’s father, the prime minister, was in the House of Representatives on Thursday and Friday for the 2011-2012 budget debate. Much of what was debated was not the expenses and projects for the upcoming financial year. Instead, the super majority on the government side spoke at length about ten years of the past P.U.P. […]
Written on March 28, 2011 | Posted in
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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, […]
While Marcel Cardona clearly stole the show at the House Meeting today, there were others who spoke either for or against the budget or some who didn’t speak about the budget at all. Education Minister Patrick Faber used his time to speak about the former education Minister Cordel Hyde and his father, the publisher of […]
Written on March 25, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 25, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 25, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 25, 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
