Home » April, 2018
You are currently browsing entries posted in: April, 2018
The Miss Universe Organization started the search for its Belizean beauty ambassador to represent Belize in the 2018 Miss Universe Pageant. The auditions, which started today and continues on Saturday, saw Belizean women between the ages of eighteen and twenty-seven try out to make the cut for national pageant which will be held in August. […]
Written on April 20, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on The Search for Next Miss Belize Begins
There is another issue to add to the mounting troubles in the judiciary. Last February, the Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Vidal was elevated from vice president to President of the Bar Association. Her election was uncontested; it was a first for Belize, and as we understand, for the rest of the Caribbean region. Wearing […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Featured,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Trouble in the Judiciary? D.P.P. Is Thrown Out of JLSC Meeting
City Administrator Candice Miller continues to serve a month-long suspension from managerial duties at City Hall. Miller was temporarily removed from office following disclosure that former city council employee Joe Bradley had racked up a tab of roughly six thousand dollars at a nearby Chinese restaurant. While Mayor Bernard Wagner has stated categorically that his […]
Leader of the Opposition John Briceño has also weighed in on the City Hall fiasco, chiding former Mayor Darrell Bradley for granting Miller a four-year contract extension, months prior to the recent municipal elections. But is Miller coming back to city hall? There is a report that the suspension may lead to termination. Briceño says […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Featured,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments Off on P.U.P. Party Leader Weighs in on Wagner-Miller Differences
On April ninth, a U.S. Narcotics reports listed Belize as one of twenty-two major drug transit countries. The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of the U.S. State Department designated Belize, saying, “Belize’s drug control efforts are hampered by the same challenges faced by the rest of the country’s security sector – corruption, insufficient investigative capacity, […]
During the budget debate at the end of March, Prime Minister Dean Barrow called out Opposition Leader John Briceño accusing him of dubiously amassing huge acreages of land in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts during the P.U.P. era of government. PM Barrow went on to list the acquisition of properties in areas, including Progresso, […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Featured,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments Off on Briceño Says PM’s Land Attacks Are Bogus
Briceño vehemently defended the lawful purchase of the properties, despite the fire sale prices at which they were bought. John Briceño, Party Leader, P.U.P. “Those are lands that we bought from individuals in Progresso. You know when you buy a lease, it was abandoned cane lands and we bought those leases from the Lino […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Featured,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments Off on John Briceño Says Land Transactions Legal!
During our coverage of the referendum in Guatemala, you’ve heard a number of voices weigh in on Guatemala’s “Yes” vote to go to the ICJ on the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute. Today, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte was asked for his view on the matter. While he said he wouldn’t comment directly on the Guatemalan results, he […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Featured,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on AG Wants You to Register & Vote
The People’s United Party is yet to take a definitive position on the referendum issue and whether the territorial claim Guatemala has had over Belize should be taken to the ICJ for resolution. While he stopped short of speaking on behalf of the party, Briceño offered his personal view as he did last week in […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments Off on John Briceño Says I.C.J., Maybe?
Doctor Candice Pitts won handsomely on March seventh and became one of ten P.U.P. councilors to be seated at City Hall. During the campaign, Pitts told her story of going from selling Johnny Cakes as a child growing up in Port Loyola to educating herself and aspiring for public office. But are her political ambitions […]
This afternoon at City Hall, the Belize City Council bestowed the key to the Old Capital upon the President of the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions. It is a particularly unusual conferral since that presentation is often reserved for mayors and other city officials in sister city relationships. Today, members of the confederation, as well […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on C.C.C.U. Gets Keys to Belize City
When we caught up with the Attorney General, he also gave us an update on the United Nations Convention Against Corruption that was at the center of the 2016 strikes by the Belize National Teachers Union. If you’ll recall, a scheduled visit of the team of experts supervising Belize’s road to implementing the United Nations […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on AG Says UNCAC Assessment is Near
In his interview with the media today, the Attorney General also commented on the recent efforts to tackle crime including the crime bills and the emergency zones. As it relates to implementing the emergency areas – that is on hold for now. The AG says that the government has seen how policing efforts are working […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Crime Bills Signed, but Emergency Areas on Hold
Three law enforcement officers were recognized for good work today. The trio is assigned to the Mahogany Heights Police Sub-Station and was successful in apprehending a robber who stole twenty-four-thousand dollars. They received a certificate each from the department and a token of appreciation from Muy’Ono, a management company that works with several big name […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Cops Honored for Good Work
A two day law-making conference opened today in Belize City. The event was organized through the Office of the Attorney General to help build capacity within government ministries. Michael Peyrefitte explained that his office is swamped with drafting policies and the workshop will improve the skills and knowledge of policy makers. The forum is being […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on A Conference on Drafting Legislation and Policy Development
Last week a Belizean contingent attended the Eighth Summit of the Americas in Peru. Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte and Belize’s Ambassador to the U.S. and O.A.S. Daniel Gutierrez represented Belize. Today, the A.G. told us about the discussions at the summit and the focus on democratic governance against corruption. […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Regional / International |
Comments Off on Addressing Corruption at Recent Summit of the Americas
Miguel Diaz-Canel was officially named as the new President of Cuba today, one day after a secret vote in that country’s National Assembly. Diaz-Canel, who turns fifty-eight on Friday, has been in the government for thirty years and was selected by a vote of six hundred and three to one to replace Fidel Castro’s younger […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Foreign Affairs,
People & Places,
Regional / International |
Comments Off on Miguel Diaz-Canel, the New President of Cuba
The citrus industry continues to face turbulence, having to deal with HLB disease and low production at the factory. But there is a glimmer of hope for the Citrus Growers Association which has its eyes set on pineapple production as a means of realizing additional revenue. Citrus Products of Belize Limited, in which CGA is […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Agriculture |
Comments Off on Plant World Nursery to Stabilize Citrus Industry
On April seventeenth, the team consisting of Jamal Galvez from Sea to Shore Alliance, a Port Officer and OCEANA personnel, was on routine patrol monitoring no wake zones along the Belize City coast and the Belize River. The patrol is conducted through partnership with the MARFund project to ensure that boaters are compliant with the […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Environment,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on 4 Dead Manatees Discovered Up the Belize River
In 2017, forty manatees were killed along the Belize City coastline and the mouth of the Belize River due to watercraft collisions. Statistics show that there are already twenty dead so far this year, which is cause for concern. Galvez says that it is not uncommon for the manatees to travel further up the Belize […]
Written on April 19, 2018 | Posted in
Environment,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Dead Count for Sea Cow on the Rise
Their welcome home was not a big deal, but the Under-fifteen Boys National Basketball Team has every reason to be proud. Beating the odds, the team came back with bronze medals from the COCABA Championship held in El Salvador from the eleventh to fifteenth April. The team placed third and two players got special recognition for […]
There is mounting trouble in the citrus industry in the south. Already facing a significant decline in production, down to three million boxes, the news tonight is that the Citrus Growers Association is in deep financial trouble. Faced with a five million dollar debt which it has been unable to pay for its plant nursery […]
Written on April 18, 2018 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured |
1 comment
Citrus production will see a sharp decline of almost seven hundred thousand boxes of oranges this year, down from three point two million in 2017. That downturn is being attributed to HLB, or citrus greening, disease. While production of grapefruit goes up, there are concerns that both fruits are being sold across the border to […]
Written on April 18, 2018 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured |
1 comment
Despite its financial woes, all is not doom and gloom in the citrus industry. There is optimism to report from the Plant World Nursery project. C.E.O. Anderson believes that once it gets off the ground fully and the arrears are covered, the investment will provide monies for its stakeholders. Henry Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, […]
Written on April 18, 2018 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured |
Comments Off on How Nursery Can Still Save Citrus
We regularly report on nationals of Guatemala and Honduras caught in Belizean waters with illegally captured produce, but rarely in the other direction. But according to Guatemalan media reports, on Tuesday morning three men were picked up by Guatemalan military personnel near Livingston. Prensa Libre reports that radar on the Guatemalan side warned of a […]
Written on April 18, 2018 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Crime,
Environment,
Featured |
1 comment
