He has close to two hundred investments in countries around the globe and as such Lord Michael Ashcroft has quite an insight into economics. Today, he stopped by the Open Your Eyes morning show and for about an hour, he touched on a wide range of issues. Ashcroft has been having his own share of […]
Ashcroft says his companies are not the only ones being affected by GOB’s decisions… and he points to NEWCO, the international consortium of companies tied up in legal battles with the government over a nine billion dollar arbitration settlement in respect of a canceled airport contract with the past administration. NEWCO also finds itself at […]
It is one food item that shot up by fifty percent in one year alone and had been vexing consumers. But tonight we can report that the price of flour has finally gone down reflecting decreases in prices of wheat internationally. According to a government release, the new maximum wholesale price of La Gitana flour, […]
The Bar Association of Belize had elections last night; one of the main issues in the Bar’s meeting was the election of a president to succeed Jackie Marshalleck who headed the Bar since March of 2007. The new president of the exclusive club of attorneys is Aldo Salazar. Until recently, Salazar was the former Registrar […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on developments in the Belize Bank and NEWCO. And in the no holds barred interview Lord Ashcroft also had his thoughts on the Prime Minister’s stimulus plan. Here is what he had to say… Lord Michael Ashcroft “To put it in its simplest sense, a stimulus is meant to […]
And the price of fish has gone up considerably. But before you panic, we’re talking about the price of the dreaded Lionfish. The invasive fish specie released off the coast of Florida in the nineteen ninety’s, has spawned and affected reef ecosystems in many Caribbean countries. It eats just about anything; even fish twice its […]
In the north, Orange Walk police have detained a man pending an investigation of Theft… the amount is a whopping twenty-three thousand dollars. Details are sketchy, but reports are that between July and August 2008 Dr. Marco Deville went to the United States and left a man to take care of his home in the […]
Brazen thieves continue to target schools across the country, the latest is the Toledo Community College. The incident happened around eleven on Wednesday night when two masked men attacked the watchman, sixty-two year old Toribio Parchu, who was concluding duties for the night. The gunmen tied up Parchu and when the security guard, Victor Chun […]
A jury of five women and seven men deliberated for a little over four hours today before it unanimously found forty-five year old Hubert Bennett, a.k.a. “Yankee”, not guilty of Murder but guilty of Manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of eighteen year old Tiquan Emmanuel who was killed around midnight on August twentieth, 2005 in […]
Three persons, one of them a seventeen year old boy, were charged in connection with the robbery of Brads Store on West Collet Canal, when they appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. The minor and twenty-two year old Robert Tracey were charged with robbery, while thirty-three year old Stephanie Copious, the minor’s sister, was charged with […]
A Belize City taxi driver is in the hot seat tonight, facing charges of Arson. This follows a fire at the home of a social worker on Thursday night. Police say they were summoned to Mex Avenue around ten-thirty p.m. and saw smoke coming from the lower flat of the two-storey wooden structure. Thirty-one year […]
And in the west, San Ignacio police are looking for a man in connection with a report of rape that allegedly happened after eleven o’clock on Wednesday night. The victim, a thirty-six year old woman told police that the culprit went to her house that night and invited her out to a bar in Santa […]
Earlier we reported that thieves targeted a high school in Punta Gorda, but in Belize a young food vendor got a rude awakening when two youths jacked him at gunpoint rather than patronizing his business. Nineteen year old Gustavo Ereas, a resident of West Canal, told police that he was selling fruits on Neal’s Pen […]
If you know twenty year old Wayne Harris, then Belmopan police need your help in locating him. That’s because the youth went missing three days ago and has not been seen or heard from since. According to Harris’ father, thirty-five year old Kevin Harris, Wayne left his home in the Phase Three Area of Cohune […]
Belize enjoys a rich cultural diversity and in classrooms around the country, appreciating ethnicity has become part of the curriculum. At Holy Redeemer Primary School in Belize City, a cultural day was organized and spearheaded by teachers and parents. There was plenty on display to show the varied cultures: Creole, East Indian, Garifuna, Maya, Mennonite […]
It’s Friday, which means you should have time on your hands to relax. In the city and elsewhere there are fun things that you, the family and friends can thoroughly enjoy, including a visit to a crocodile farm. Saffiyah has details. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? Valentines Day may be a […]
