The ongoing Petrocaribe rollout is proving to be the most controversial undertaking of the Barrow administration. Depending on who you ask, the program is a redeeming feature which has seen wide scale infrastructure development. Others, including the Opposition, will also tell you that the initiative has since become the bane of the U.D.P. government. On […]
While Palacio says that there may not be a problem with the rollout of the funds, the subject of constant disagreement is the manner in which the Petrocaribe Loans Act was passed. This is in light of the 2005 unrest when the unions protested the previous government for lack of transparency. Luke Palacio, National […]
Today at the Jaguar Auditorium of the University of Belize, Belmopan Campus, the Statistical Institute of Belize and the International Labour Organization officially launched the findings and final report of a 2013 National Child Activity Survey. Interesting findings came out of the survey. Corozal has the highest employment rate for children, and the larger the […]
Since the beginning of May, there have been two major changes in the administration of the University of the West Indies. Senior management changes, including the promotion of Professor V. Eudine Barriteau to Principal Designate of UWI Cave Hill. Meanwhile, Doctor Luz Longsworth, current Director of the UWI Mona’s Western Jamaica Campus has been selected […]
Professor Barriteau’s move to the Cave Hill Campus comes as incumbent Sir Hilary Beckles transitions to his new position as Vice Chancellor of the university. That change also came into effect on May first. Dr. Joel Warrican, Director Academic Programming and Delivery Division “The great thing is that whether you have family or work […]
The Premier League of Belize is now in finals battling the best of a two game series. On Thursday night in Belmopan, the Belmopan Bandits and Verdes FC played a nail biting game that had fans on the edge until the last second of play. The Defending champs, Bandits wants to retain its title to […]
This Friday, a convention takes place in the Albert Division for the endorsement of Tourism C.E.O., Tracy Taegar-Panton as standard bearer for the U.D.P. Panton is to replace Minister of State Herman Longsworth who is not seeking re-election and is stepping aside for Taegar-Panton. But things are heating up on the eve of the endorsement […]
There was another issue which Musa addressed when he exited the CJ’s Chambers. Rumours about very drastic changes within the executive structure of the People’s United Party have been making the rounds since municipal elections two months ago. And one of the names repeatedly mentioned in those reports is that of former Prime Minister and […]
A young girl died on Tuesday at the K.H.M.H., and it has resulted in a minor panic at the school she attended. Five year old Stella Maris student Veronica Cal took ill suddenly with flu-like symptoms last Thursday, and by the time she was admitted to the K.H.M.H. on Monday, there was nothing doctors could […]
A neglected street in the Port Loyola area got a much needed facelift this morning. Residents of the area joined P.U.P. standard bearer, Gilroy Usher Senior, in carrying out the cleanup campaign. But was it a case of politics? Usher Senior told Duane Moody that it’s about civic pride. Here’s that report. Duane Moody, […]
On April twenty-third, a retired English couple came forward in the media to vent their frustration with an ongoing land issue on northern Caye Caulker. The Higgins, Sydney and Anna, purchased a seafront property on the island only to find out sometime later that their access to the Caribbean Sea had been obstructed by another […]
Culture Uncovered is a mash-up of various mediums of visual art, a collection curated by Kenisha Gooding. Gooding is a fresh face in art circles across the city, participating in her first show earlier this year when she debuted several pieces at the Women in Art Exhibition. For her first major effort she has enlisted […]
At about three o’clock today veteran seaman and well-known Belizean Romaldo “Romy” Badillo passed away in Guatemala. It is tragic news for his family and many friends who have been praying for his recovery since he was hurt in a boat explosion on Holy Thursday, April second. His family is in Guatemala and has been […]
The murder of a cab driver in San Pedro last week has brought the police department under intense public scrutiny yet again for alleged use of excessive force. Twenty-three-year-old Luis Campos was a person of interest in the grisly homicide of Jose Beltran who was found dead inside his vehicle in a remote location on […]
According to Selgado, information included in the statement taken from Campos was tendered while his client was under extreme duress. The statement, Selgado further adds, will be dismissed in court since Campos was beaten into cooperating with the police. Oscar Selgado, Attorney for Luis Campos “The message I want to send to Mr. Broaster […]
P.U.P. leader, Francis Fonseca is taking Prime Minister Dean Barrow to court. He says the Prime Minister is acting illegally by not allowing the thirteenth Senator to be appointed. Five years ago, in 2010, this government passed the Sixth Amendment which contained twenty-three sections in total. All those sections have been put into play except […]
The thirteenth senator was actually a campaign promise of the Barrow administration, and the legislation contrived and passed by this government. So why hasn’t it happened yet? The Prime Minister has an explanation for that. He says that after second thought, he realized an additional Senator for the N.G.O.s could paralyze the government. That’s his […]
Those sections, seventy-eight and eighty of the Constitution, state that even if the Senate does not pass a Money Bill, or non-Money Bill, respectively, the House can still within thirty days send that Bill to the Governor-General for his assent. The P.U.P. so claims that paralysis is certainly not the rationale behind the Prime Minister’s […]
So the claim is filed and the P.U.P. seems ready to take it all the way. But where are the social partners? The thirteenth Senator is an issue which was near and dear to their hearts. They aren’t listed as interested parties in the claim, and today Fonseca told us that he couldn’t wait any […]
As we told you on Tuesday’s newscast, the P.U.P. has come to a consensus where the ICJ is concerned, and is currently preparing a policy paper which it will present shortly. This morning, former senior negotiator on the Guatemalan claim and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay, clarified the Party’s position, stating that objection […]
The Churches voted NO in the Senate when the Petrocaribe Bill was presented at the end of March. But at a press conference recently, the Prime Minister claimed that Senator Father Noel Leslie did so without the approval of the Church and without any prior discussion. To support that assertion, the Prime Minister revealed that […]
A Mopan Technical high school teacher, who was accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a male student, has been dismissed from his job. Today, Minister of Education, Patrick Faber told News Five that following investigations from the Managing Board of the school, the Teaching Services Commission determined that Elito Puc must be removed; the […]
The minister of education drove home the point that the ministry will not tolerate predators within the system and that the action taken again Puc will serve as an example for any other individual who engages in illicit sexual acts against youths. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “While we are not gloating about that, […]
In the U.S., former middle school teacher, forty-nine-year-old David Wendel Thompson has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison after being found guilty of attempting to lure Belizean teens for sex. Thompson, who admitted to leading a double life, spun many fantastic yarns about the immense wealth his country has to offer to adolescent Belizean […]
High school students from throughout the Belize District were challenged to come up with innovative concepts to address youth and employment issues. It came down to the wire among fifteen teams today; but in the end, Ocean Academy from Caye Caulker impressed the panel of judges and won the second annual high school innovation challenge. […]
