Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The drums of Dangriga sounded the challenge as Dangriga Warriors invaded Belize City to take on the leading Belize City Smart Hurricanes at Bird’s Isle Saturday night. The Warriors came in sporting a 3-2 record after falling to the defending champ Friday night while […]
There was a huge outcry from the public, the unions, the People’s United Party, the Belize Progressive Party about a loan of twelve million dollars to the foreign owned Santander Company. The loan request was approved by the Investment Committee of the S.S.B., but according to its chair Doug Singh, it had not been disbursed. […]
Ayau spent the first part of the conference outlining the investor structure of the loan, and also the reasons why he says any investment in the project is a sure bet. Andres Ayau, Chief Financial Officer, Santander Group “We have participation in this loan from local and international banks. There has been a lot […]
Ayau says that the Santander Group has already made a significant, concrete on the ground investment in Belize – in money spent, in taxes paid, in employment and also in contributing to the nation’s overall development on the world stage. Andres Ayau, Chief Financial Officer, Santander Group “We have currently over nine hundred workers; […]
Ayau says the press conference was deemed necessary because of the public outcry, much of which he says has been based on inaccurate information. The Santander Rep felt that the matter had been politicized because the company operates out of Guatemala. Andres Ayau, Chief Financial Officer, Santander Group “I think they have an effect. […]
The Bureau of Standards responded this week to rice importer Jack Charles who announced that he has tested three types of local rice at a U.S. laboratory and results show it to be contaminated with aflatoxins, which can cause cancer. The Bureau quickly said not so and explained that in fact the aflatoxins are well […]
In the ongoing saga, rice producers have said that Jack Charles has it all wrong. The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today took a stand, and a very strong one, on the claims made by Charles. The BCCI condemns the allegations saying that the FDA and other Food Safety agencies in developed countries have […]
This morning, there was heavy Police presence at the Family Court, with senior officers, Special Branch personnel and uniformed cops manning the perimeter of the building. It’s the type of resources pulled out for high-profile drug-related cases, but there was nothing like that before the Magistrate – just a very sensitive determination of the fate […]
U.S. national Gregory Faull was murdered at his home in San Pedro, back in 2012. His neighbour John McAfee, the US anti-virus founder millionaire, was considered a person of interest in the murder, but McAfee was able to flee Belize and was caught in Guatemala from where he was sent back to the United Sates. […]
Twenty-one year old Darrel Mayen is awaiting sentencing for attempted murder after he was found guilty of the charge in a trial by judge alone. Justice Troadio Gonzalez has deferred sentencing until February nineteenth, 2016 when he will hear mitigation plea on behalf of Mayen by his attorney, Oscar Selgado. The shooting incident occurred […]
After more than a month of intensive investigating and various visits to a catamaran that was robbed and burglarized on Middle Caye back in mid January of this year, police have lifted finger prints that link two Belize City men to the crime. Bradwick Lino and Jason Emmanuel Cortez were jointly charged for handling stolen goods. […]
Climate change experts from around the Caribbean region continued a two-day conference in Belize City today. At the heart of the discussions was the COP 21 Agreement reached in Paris in 2015 signed by one hundred and ninety-five countries. The agreement sets out a global action plan to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global […]
On Thursday, Police issued an advisory warning the public to be aware of persons purporting to be Police officers. That advisory is a result of two incidents on Tuesday. In one of them, two Hispanic men dressed in Police uniforms gained entry to the Central Cable Company compound where they relieved the watchman of his […]
While Hendy was held with a knife at her throat, her family was threatened. But she has been forced to suffer another indignity. On Thursday, she was called into the office by her employer and let go. Evonne Hendy, Fired from Harpy Security “The next day my boss told me that he wanted to […]
Last week Wednesday, the Customs Department and the Financial Intelligence Unit signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen domestic cooperation in the fight against money laundering and terrorism. It allows for the access to an increased number of sources of information to carry out analytical and investigative duties. Today inside the conference room at the […]
According to Customs Comptroller Victor Recinos, the mandate of the Customs Department is wide and with proper investment and structures in place, the department and its officers will be more effective. According to Recinos, one of the biggest issues is lack of resources in enforcement to tackle contrabandistas along our porous borders. Victor Recinos, […]
Love and romance are in the air as this Sunday will be celebrated as Valentine’s Day. Today, we took to the streets to get a sense of how Belizeans will be spending the special day. Some will give cards, flowers, chocolates or gifts to their spouses, partners and loved one. Others will head to a […]
One of the biggest industries up north is the papaya industry. It provides employment for hundreds, but the future of the industry is bleak tonight because Fruta Bomba and its subsidiary, Belize Food Packers Limited are closing shop and moving to more profitable destinations in the region. This week, the Ministry of Agriculture was advised […]
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, they only got word of Fruta Bomba’s departure two days ago, but P.U.P. leader John Briceño, who hails from the north of the country, says that explanation is unsatisfactory. According to Briceño, the writing has been on the wall for a long time now and the ministry was caught […]
Convictions for human trafficking are rare, but tonight a grandmother is behind bars for the offence. Honduran national Estella Gonzalez was convicted this morning in the Supreme Court by Justice Adolph Lucas. A panel of nine persons deliberated for a little over an hour on Wednesday night and just before eight o’clock unanimously found Gonzalez […]
Belmopan Police are still on the hunt for a cold-blooded killer in that jurisdiction, for the brutal murder of Chinese bar owner Zhijuang Zhang on Saturday morning. Zhang was stabbed and slashed seven times, his throat cut by a man who entered the Sixty-Nine Bar in Teakettle through a window in the rear of the […]
On Wednesday, we showed you the images of Country Foods in Spanish Lookout engulfed in flames. At about three p.m., a fire spread to the warehouse from a nearby pit which contained burning garbage. The warehouse was used to store egg trays and packaging used for the safe transportation of products. Seventy-five percent of the […]
The S.S.B. loan to the Santander Group is a done deal – at least as far as approval is concerned. The application was made way back in October 2015, and following the recommendation of the Investment Committee, the Board of Directors of the S.S.B. approved it on January twenty-eight. That’s where it is at this […]
The People’s United Party today issued a press release on the S.S.B. twelve million dollar loan to the Santander Group. In the release, the Party states that one pressing question is why the people’s money is being sought by the company, instead of it going to the commercial banks. Four banks in Belize have already […]
The N.T.U.C.B. agrees that the approved, if not disbursed loan to the Santander Group is too risky. President Marvin Mora says that while the S.S.B. is looking at money, as an organization the union must look primarily at what is best for the workers. Marvin Mora, President, N.T.U.C.B. “The N.T.U.C.B.’s position will always differ […]
