According to PM Barrow, padding of the voters’ list, which he described as ‘voter shenanigans,’ will always be with us. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “This is how far things go and life is real and I think we must be honest. People who are determined register at an address in which they don’t live […]
He is serving for three terms as Prime Minister and Dean Barrow is now winding down his last term. Today, Barrow told the media that he will not remain as U.D.P. leader and Prime Minister up until the day of elections, which are due in 2020. Barrow intends to step down before the general elections, […]
When Prime Minister Dean Barrow steps down, the new leader of the United Democratic Party will ascend to the Prime Ministerial position. The U.D.P. has set February ninth 2020 for its National Leadership Convention which will take place at the Belize Civic Center. The race is between Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Belmopan Area […]
On Tuesday, P.U.P.’s Julius Espat spoke on the pending results of the senate inquiry that took place between 2016 and 2017. Back then, the Senate Special Select Committee met for more than forty sessions over the course of thirteen months as it investigated into the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality […]
Director of the Immigration Diana Locke will be leaving her desk at the immigration department as she nears the age of retirement. Locke assumed the post in early May of 2016. Before then she was at the Foreign Ministry where she served for twenty-four years as Chief of Protocol as well as Director of Consular […]
Agriculture officials from CARICOM member states are meeting this week in Belize to discuss and get consensus on matters they want to advance. The meetings began since Monday and today, CARICOM sugar stakeholders met to address the matter of selling sugar, primarily plantation white sugar, on the CARICOM Market. Director of the Belize Sugar Industry […]
A.S.R.’s McLachlan says that they have had very constructive meetings with major industrial users of sugar in CARICOM, and selling Belize sugar looks promising. But, an effective regulatory approach is necessary to proceed. Mac McLachlan, Director, B.S.I. “The issue comes down, is it possible to use sugars produced in the CARICOM in industrial process? […]
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, CRFM, held a joint meeting between ministers responsible for fisheries and aquaculture, CARICOM countries and country representatives of OSPESCA, a fisheries organisation in Central America. Milton Haughton, Executive Director of the CRFM, says they are aiming to address a series of issues that affect the region. Milton Haughton, Executive […]
Fifteen entrepreneurs are attending a training of trainers’ entrepreneurship workshop at the Department of Youth Services. A regional consultant, who works a CARICOM initiative called CEBO, the Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity, is conducting the sessions which have also been held in other CARICOM countries. We stopped in at the DYS on Regent Street […]
Today, Manatee Conservationist Jamal Galvez was presented with the Paul Harris Fellow Award. It is an award bestowed by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International to recognize and express appreciation for substantial contributions made. The Paul Harris Award recognizes individuals who have contributed or in whose names contributions were made to aid humanitarian efforts. The […]
The Public Service Union says it won’t be moving though it recognizes the purchase of Hill Top by Simplex Design Company Limited as legal. In November of 2018, the P.S.U. headquarters was sold by the Belmopan City Council to the company and despite their efforts and even a promise by the Prime Minister to get […]
Today, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Human Development, Judith Alpuche, acknowledged the need for more collaborative work with the police when it comes to detaining minors. Speaking about the video of the hostel escapee who was roughed up while being detained by the police, C.E.O. Alpuche says that her ministry stands ready to work […]
A 2004 squatters’ problem on the Belize/Guatemala border is re-emerging. There is word that Guatemalan families have begun clearing lands in that area. More than ten years ago, about thirty families from El Barrio Judah in Guatemala were relocated to the border and subsequently, these families inched their way into Belizean territory. Pictures posted by […]
Between 2016 and 2017 the Senate Special Select Committee met for more than forty sessions over the course of thirteen months to carry out its investigation into the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality Department 2011-2013. Over the lengthy inquiry, key witnesses including ministers, C.E.O. and other government officials were drilled, […]
Julius Espat is also the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, PAC. The PAC is tasked at looking at government spending and holding public officers and politicians responsible According to Espat, despite many efforts, the PAC remains non-functional. Espat says that the committee which is made up of a majority of government ministers has no political […]
The Cotton Tree Village Council took the Government of Belize to court almost four years ago. The case revolves around two hundred and fifty-four parcels of lots that had been secured by U.D.P. Minister Anthony Martinez and given to Port Loyola constituents. The Village Council took the matter to court on the bases that the villagers […]
In Belize City, residents in the Port Loyola Constituency will be allowed to have their land woes addressed. U.D.P. Standard Bearer for Port Loyola, Phillip Willoughby has arranged for a land consultation sessions for the seventeenth and eighteenth October at the Y.M.C.A. compound in Belize City. Willoughby says the consultation will allow the constituents to speak with […]
The K.H.M.H.A. Board and the K.H.M.H. Workers Union have come to an agreement. The parties were at an impasse over several issues including the union’s demand for the removal of Medical Chief of Staff, Doctor Beatriz Thompson. A statement from the K.H.M.H. reads “The K.H.M.H.A. Board and Union met on Friday, September twenty-seventh where pending […]
The production of hemp is under consideration in a number of Caribbean countries due to its economic potentials. It is one of the more interesting topics on the agenda of an ongoing CARICOM meeting which is looking at the exploration of the business of cannabis and hemp production in the region. Now, for years, the […]
The paper presentation will also look at the implications as it relates to food security since countries may embark on converting land traditional used for food production to cultivate cannabis and hemp. Shaun Baugh says that the forum is sharing information on all aspects so that countries can decide collectively if this is the way […]
The National Council on Ageing wants older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women and women with young children to have more access to essential services. To do this, the council partnered with BAPDA and the Ministry of Human Development to launch a campaign called “Front ah di line.” The campaign will see work done with […]
As you heard just now, the National Council on Ageing launched a campaign to increase accessibility to basic services for overlooked groups including older persons and persons with disability. As a part of today’s activities, the N.C.A. also held an expo featuring free health services, self-care information, and other essential services available for these vulnerable […]
Villagers in San Antonio in the Toledo District have been without water for two days. Area Representative for Toledo West Oscar Requeña says that the village’s water woes is a well of political interference by members of the ruling United Democratic Party. Requeña says that the village’s water board has not been functioning properly and is […]
Today the Protected Areas Conservation Trust made its singular largest investment in marine protected areas in Belize. As a part of its conservation investment strategy, PACT awarded over one million dollars to the Fisheries Department to be used to strengthen the management of five marine protected areas. Reporter Andrea Polanco has the details on how […]
As you heard, a week of working sessions, including ministerial discussions and stakeholder engagement in respect of agriculture in the region, is taking place in Belize at the Biltmore Plaza. Organized by the CARICOM Secretariat, a total of seven meetings are ongoing on a variety of issues relating to the Regional Agricultural Planners’ Forum, the […]
