As the October session of the Court of Appeal opened today in Belize City, in Belmopan, attorney Franz Parke was sworn in as the new justice to the court. The ceremony was without fanfare and just as well because there has been strong opposition to the appointment on the grounds that Parke is not qualified […]
The Imer Hernandez Development Company Limited has already begun construction on the stretch of Fabers’ Road between Central American Boulevard and the George Price Highway. For that approximately one-mile stretch of road, they will be paid handsomely – almost eight million dollars to reinforce the road bed and put in sidewalks and drains to the […]
But before it gets to that, COLA has engaged Kareem Musa to write to the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Works, Errol Gentle, along with Minister Rene Montero and Contractor General Godwin Arzu, under the Freedom of Information Act. Musa seeks a look at the specific contract to Hernandez, the selective tendering process employed by […]
The People’s United Party issued a statement today condemning the award as containing no rational justification other than to, in the P.U.P.’s words, enrich select U.D.P. ministers and cronies and pad election coffers. They cite the similar works on the Philip Goldson Highway done by Cisco Construction for less than half the cited amount of […]
The National Executive of the People’s United Party met on Thursday and set a deadline of four p.m. on October twenty-seventh for Party Chairman Henry Charles Usher to receive both a list of delegates from constituency committee chairpersons, and nominations for party leader in writing. Tonight one of those potential challengers, current deputy leader Kareem […]
In other political news, the United Democratic Party held its municipal convention for Dangriga on Sunday at Holy Ghost Roman Catholic School near the sea. Incumbent Mayor Francis Humphreys is running for another term after defeating former councilor Herbert Nicasio by three to one. In terms of votes, Humphreys garnered nine hundred fourteen votes to […]
The Belize National Teachers Union is giving Prime Minister Dean Barrow an ultimatum after receiving a terse response when the executive requested an update on the progress of the eight-point agenda presented to government last October. In a letter to the P.M. dated October thirteenth, B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith insists that a comprehensive progress report […]
Smith says the inclusion of the other unions is simply another attempt by government to disrupt the harmony within the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. Elena Smith, National President, B.N.T.U. “We see it as a tactic to divide and conquer. We are aware of what happened last year when we were on strike, […]
The activist community is shaken by the Thursday night execution of seventy-two-year-old Albert Cattouse. The taxi operator was gunned down with a single shot to the head inside his Lincoln Town Car on Hicatee Street behind Rogers’ Stadium. His family is preparing for his funeral this coming Saturday and police have begun an extensive investigation […]
The Jane Usher Boulevard area has become well-known for its murderous rivalries. When the intervention and community policing program under former south side commander ACP Chester Williams was in full effect, the Boulevard was one of his frequent stops. Residents in the area have anonymously suggested that inside the mostly abandoned property immediately west of […]
If you have an elective surgery scheduled at the K.H.M.H. – they say it will not happen because all elective surgeries have been suspended due to the lack of blood products. In a release issued today the hospital advises the public that there’s an ongoing lack of blood products needed for elective and urgent surgeries. […]
The badly decomposed body of sixty-nine-year-old Christoffer Jan Roggema was found today in some high bushes in Saint Margaret Village. The Norwegian- Belizean businessman went missing on Monday while out scouting for a piece of property to build a business. According to close friend, Jaime Perez, who has known Roggema for more than fifteen years, […]
They had expected many more, but only fifteen family members and friends and a handful of concerned citizens joined the search for seventeen-year-old Erwin Rodriguez. Although all signs point to foul play, the family of the teenager is focused on finding his body and knowing definitively what happened to him. The inhospitable terrain of the […]
Attorney Kareem Musa has written the Ministry of Works and Contractor General Godwin Arzu under the Freedom of Information Act. On behalf of Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action, he is asking for reasonable inspection of several documents in connection with Thursday’s contract signing for the reconstruction of Fabers’ Road between the George Price Highway […]
The Belize National Teachers’ Union is joining in on the backlash against the proposed appointment of Franz Parke to the Court of Appeal. In a statement released today it questioned Parke’s qualifications. Citing Section 101 of the Constitution, it argues that Parke, from his widely publicized C.V., has neither served as a judge in the […]
On Thursday, Daniel Fabro and Frank Sharp were formally introduced as candidates in the upcoming race for the president and vice president of the Football Federation of Belize. Both men have decided to throw their hats in the ring to challenge the leadership of the organization. The direction of F.F.B. remains under question since a […]
The constant harassment of Paul ‘Chicken Dread’ Ferguson by the Belize City Council continued around noon today in front of E.P. York High School. This time a tractor was reportedly called in to haul off his vending truck and impound it at CitCo’s works department on the George Price Highway. Despite having obtained the requisite […]
With more than nine thousand cases of conjunctivitis reported in the last month, chances are you know someone suffering with ‘pinkeye.’ But what happens if that someone is working in the health industry – in this case, with Belize Emergency Response Team? No employer likes losing a worker for the better part of a week, […]
A press release from the organization issued on Thursday advises the general public to minimize non-emergency calls to BERT until the situation is stabilized, but notes that emergency services remain in place. But which is which? According to Andre Carrillo, those situations which do not necessarily require immediate medical intervention and free services such as […]
Ever wondered why Belize Emergency Response Team doesn’t pick up dead bodies from homes or murder scenes? The image of a police vehicle carrying the covered dead body as relatives cry in the background is sadly a regular image on the daily news, but some believe it’s really a job for the ambulance crew. It’s […]
On Thursday, the Belize City Council received road and canal maintenance equipment valued at one point seven million dollars. The equipment was obtained through the flood mitigation infrastructure program with financing from the Inter American Development Bank. The equipments handed over include a jet-vacuum truck, street sweeper, asphalt distributor, backhoe loader and vibrator compactor. C.E.O. […]
B.D.F. to Dominica? Yes, says Defense C.E.O. Felix Enriquez. The B.D.F. will be heading to the hurricane devastated island to help with reconstruction. Dominica has been asking for help after Hurricane Maria tore through the island about three weeks ago – destroying almost every structure. And as a part of its disaster relief outreach to […]
A week ago, the Ministry of Defense hosted the third annual multi-national security conference in Belize City. The purpose of the conference was to share Belize’s vision, work and needs on military assistance with our allies and partners. The conference emphasized security cooperation and military capacity building for the Belize Defense Force, Belize Coast Guard, […]
A ‘Walk for a Green Belize’ will be held tomorrow, Saturday, October fourteenth. The Department of Environment joined forces with Belize Solid Waste Management Authority and the Belize Audubon Society. The clean-up campaign is aimed at building awareness and sustaining an environmentally friendly country. The walk and clean-up will be held along the entire seventy-seven […]
Across the globe on Wednesday, International Day of the Girl Child was recognized. In her statement, United Nations Population Fund’s Executive Director, Doctor Natalia Kanem says, “Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways. Prosperity and nutrition are improving, child marriage and teenage pregnancy are declining, and female educational attainment and […]
