Blackadore Caye is an unpopulated one hundred and four-acre untouched island west of San Pedro Ambergris Caye. Located twenty minutes away by boat, the caye is in proximity to the Belize Barrier. The island is owned by actor Leonardo Di Carpio who is planning a massive mega eco-tourism development. On Thursday night, a first round […]
The Toledo Land Rights Commission was formally introduced earlier today during a press conference at the Radisson. The working group which is responsible for carrying out the consent order of the Caribbean Court of Justice is chaired by former minister Lisel Alamilla. That directive requires government to take up positive measures to identify and protect […]
The Father of the Nation, Honourable George Price, would have been ninety-seven today. The political icon died in September, 2011, and each year the P.U.P.’s leaders and many of the faithful make the pilgrimage to his tomb at the Lord Ridge Cemetery to pay tribute. They did this morning, to say Happy Birthday to the […]
The lower courts across the country suspended session today to give way to magistrates and their support staff to meet in a two day retreat at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The conference is looking at several areas in which the judicial system can become more efficient. Chief among the discussions […]
Then there is the move to install a drug treatment court which deals with issues of addiction. Several CARICOM countries already have theirs in place. Though lagging behind, Belize is working toward the establishment of one. In this court, a team of professionals from the Prosecution Unit, the Mental Health Unit, the National Drug Abuse […]
Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega returns to Belize this Friday from Guyana where substantive discussions took place about rice and its importation into Belize. Belize is looking at a structured arrangement in respect of a bilateral agreement which would allow Guyanese rice into the local market but only when there is a shortage. The proposed […]
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow chimed in on the rice situation, reiterating that the ongoing state of affairs is not an issue between Belize and Guyana. He went on record to state that government was willing to grant businessman Jack Charles a forfeiture override to re-export the quantity of rice. The PM, however, minced […]
Today, the Belize Progressive Party weighed-in on the rice issue once again. In a previous release the party called for the government not to destroy the three containers of Guyanese rice that remain at the Big Creek Port in the south. In an interview today, the Party Chairman Paco Smith says that research shows that […]
Did American Bradley Paumen, owner of tour company Dark Knight put a hit on four persons? Apparently the Police believe that he did. On January sixth, Special Branch officers detained and arrested Paumen. That Friday, the eight, Paumen was transported by Special Branch officers to San Ignacio where he was quietly arraigned on four counts […]
Coastguard Keyren Tzib was granted bail in the lower court two days before last Christmas and today she walked into courtroom on her own free will. She is accused with the manslaughter of her common-law husband, Thytis Blancaneaux in 2015. Tzib was never charged for murder because she claimed she stabbed Thytis after he repeatedly […]
The courtroom of the Chief Magistrate was packed to capacity today. As many as eighteen defendants charged in connection with the home invasion at the house of businessman Sarkis Abou Nehra were scheduled to appear. However, eighteen year Crystal Augustine who was granted Supreme Court bail in December after four nights on remand at the […]
The Christian Workers Union and CIBC First Caribbean International Bank are concluding its negotiations on an exit package for some sixty of the bank’s employees. In late December last year, the bank announced that it was officially closing its doors in Belize on Friday, January twenty-ninth, 2016. Several protests were staged last year by the […]
On January ninth, the badly decomposed body of PG resident nineteen year old Jarrell Edward Pop was found dumped in a well in the town. He had multiple stab wounds to the body and neck, and apparent blunt force trauma. Police have held details of the investigation very close, but tonight we can confirm that […]
While Valentine is on the way to Punta Gorda, a PG youth is currently detained at the police station in that southern municipality in connection with Pop’s murder On Sunday night, the family of a fifteen-year old was detained by police as a way of smoking out Barillas for questioning in connection with the murder. […]
Today stakeholders in the fight against child labour in sugar production met for its first ever concerted meeting. It included representatives from Fairtrade International, G.O.B. and CLAC, the Latin-American and Caribbean Network of Small Producers and Workers in Fairtrade. Fairtrade is the organization which pays the B.S.C.F.A. millions each year for its premium product and […]
The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small-holder Producers and Workers, CLAC, has two missions – one is the representation of those producers to the outside world, and the other is the provision of technical assistance to organizations which is a part of CLAC. CLAC is playing a vital role in the formulation of a […]
At a ceremony this afternoon which was delayed by two hours, Jimmy Morales became the new president of Guatemala. Before president Morales took the oath, the outgoing president Alejandro Maldonado delivered his parting shots saying he agreed to step into the presidency because it was his duty to so do. Maldonado took office when the […]
In our coverage in Guatemala, we interviewed Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales on Wednesday. We asked him about the Cuban migration crisis which has caused a rift in the Central American region. A request by Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis to allow the passage of eight thousand Cuban refugees through Belize and Guatemala was […]
According to Foreign Minister Morales, specific guarantees should first be put in place before allowing the transit of Cuban migrants through Central America, en route to the United States. Carlos Raul Morales, Foreign Minister, Guatemala “We request two issues. We request two guarantees. The first one is that Mexico will accept these Cubans because […]
On Tuesday, government announced that members of the Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission have been named. The official appointment of former minister Lisel Alamilla, Noreen Fairweather and Randall Sheppard as chair and members, respectively, precedes their work in implementing the Consent Order of the Caribbean Court of Justice. The order mandates government to adopt affirmative […]
As part of the B.D.F.’s 2016 schedule, plans are underway to establish air support for ongoing patrols near the Belize/Guatemala border. On Monday, two UH-1H helicopters, commonly known as Hueys, are expected to arrive in the country. The pair of military aircrafts will form a fleet of three, including another helicopter that has been obtained […]
In less than twenty-four hours, Jimmy Morales will assume office as the new president of Guatemala. It’s an important event for Belize because of that country’s unfounded territorial claim to the country. Tonight, we begin our coverage of that event with a one-on-one interview by Marleni Cuellar with the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Carlos Raul […]
In June 2014, the first arguments in the Belize Tourism Industry Association versus the Government of Belize/Norwegian Cruise Lines were heard in the Supreme Court. It is a little over a year and a half since the case began and this morning, Justice Courtney Abel read his two-hour decision in the matter. B.T.I.A. had sought […]
As Salas pointed out, the B.T.I.A. at no point sought to stop the project, which is nearing completion. But it is a significant slap-down of government by the Supreme Court, and paves the way for affirmative action if government does not choose to adhere to the procedures in the future. To add insult to injury, […]
Was the near-fatal Monday night assault of a pregnant teen and her mother reprisal for a weekend murder in Hattieville? According to police, the shooting of eighteen-year-old Shenell Rolland and forty-one-year-old Stephanie Smith is directly related to the murder of Cleon ‘Tush’ Smith who was shot and killed in Hattieville on Sunday night. While the […]
