Turning to the Caribbean Court of Justice where SpeedNet is appealing a decision from the Belize Court of Appeal on the matter of provisional licenses. Now, the matter has been languishing before the courts for years and has gone through the local courts all the way to the C.C.J. The Public Utilities Commission is claiming […]
Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay pressed the court that it would be unfair for him to proceed with the presentation of his argument. The judges offered that the P.U.C., represented by attorney Fred Lumor, assume the cost of court for attempting to introduce a late submission and with that as a remedy, asked to proceed with […]
Back in April, we told you that Justice Michelle Arana was elevated to the post of Acting Chief Justice of Belize. She officially took over from the former Chief Justice, Kenneth Benjamin, who retired in March. Arana is the first female Justice of the Supreme Court, but will she get the substantive CJ post? It’s […]
One of the leading companies that specializes in the finest cuts of beef and pork is located in the west. Running W has been around for decades and overtime, it has redefined the quality of its meat, all locally grown. Their operations start from the pasture to the processing and then on to the dinner […]
The Santa Cruz Village expansion project involving six hundred lots in southern Belize has yet to be completed, but there is a battle raging between the village council and U.D.P. standard bearer, Ivan Williams over the project. The expansion project kicked off a few years ago and according to Chairman Vincent Scott, the village council […]
According to Williams, it is in the best interest of the villagers for Chairman Scott to handover the list of persons to the Lands Department so that the land expansion project can continue and be completed. Hipolito Novelo “The council’s belief however is that you are piggy backing on their project and seek to […]
Belize is joining the government and people of Taiwan in mourning the passing of one of its former presidents, Lee Ten Hu, who died at the Taipei’s Veterans General Hospital at the age of ninety-seven. Lee was instrumental in the forging of relations with Belize thirty years ago, when he led a policy to win […]
Today, the Youth Enhancement Services kicked off a two-day workshop for thirty police officers. The workshop, according to Karen Cain of the Y.E.S., is to sensitize in the officers in four key areas as frontline workers. Karen Cain, Executive Director, Youth Enhancement Services “Today, we have about thirty police officers in the house. We […]
According to Karen Cain, the capacity building workshop will also help to strengthen the work that the Youth Enhancement Services does. More importantly, it will positively impact vulnerable lives. Karen Cain, Executive Director, Youth Enhancement Services “The four issues that we are dealing with are a big deal and issues of concern. We are […]
A single father of one needs your help. Belize City resident, Travis Eiley says that his eighteenth-month baby boy, Jayden, was recently diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been having a difficult time in providing medication for this son. Eiley stopped by our studios seeking public assistance. Eiley […]
What can children expect come August tenth? In tonight’s Healthy Living, we find out what the new norm is like in the classrooms. Marleni Cuellar “On August tenth, when schools reopen, students across the country can expect to be greeted at their schools by something like this. A mandatory hand washing station that all […]
The strike continues at the Port of Belize which means that cargo cannot be unloaded or loaded in the midst of the economic fallout due to the COVID pandemic. The ongoing logjam between the Port of Belize Limited and the Christian Workers Union, amid the termination of thirty-six employees last Wednesday, has seen operations at […]
That statement was made this morning at a press conference when Prime Minister Barrow announced that government, through the Development Finance Corporation, DFC, is rolling out ten million dollars for on-lending to stakeholders in the tourism industry. Eligible businesses, small, medium and large, can access funds that have been sourced, in part, from the Caribbean […]
According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, so as to be able to lend the monies at a six percent interest rate, government has to subsidize one percent or one hundred thousand dollars of the ten million dollars being made available. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “In order to arrive at the six percent interest rate […]
The DFC loans, says General Manager Natalie Goff, are to be used as working capital and part of the company or business’ eligibility requires that thirty percent of staff must be retained. The programme will be rolled out this Monday across the country and while the ten million dollars is not a large amount, the […]
The courtroom of Justice Antoinette Moore was crowded today for the mitigation plea of William “Danny” Mason. The families of the convicted men were in court for the second day of mitigation in the trial that has captivated the nation. Pastor Llewellyn Lucas’ sister sat stoically as Mason spoke. He, along with four other men, […]
Back in December 2019, when the five men were found guilty of the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, it was indicated that an appeal would be filed. Norman Rodriguez, attorney for Ashton Vanegas, told the media today that he awaits instructions from his client on how to proceed. Norman Rodriguez, Attorney for Ashton Vanegas […]
Back to the PM’s press conference, the last general elections were held in November 2015, and all indications so far are that the anticipated elections vote will not take place before November of this year. That’s because, according to PM Barrow, government is very much occupied with its COVID response which includes charting the way […]
But the government coffers are not full and since introducing an initiative to raise thirty million U.S. dollars through treasury notes in early June, the Central Bank of Belize has raised a little over twenty million dollars. It is two-thirds of what is being sought locally so as to infuse much needed foreign exchange back […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow also weighed in on the row between the Public Utilities Commission and Belize Electricity Limited regarding a power purchase agreement that B.E.L. has been ordered to sign with Santander Sugar Energy Limited. While B.E.L. has indicated that it would rather enter into negotiations regarding the terms of agreement with Santander, P.U.C. […]
A ten million U.S.-dollar loan motion was today approved by the Senate. The loan is from the OPEC Fund for International Development to provide financial support on concessionary terms to developing countries. The government has earmarked the monies for the continued food security for the poor and vulnerable population in Belize, under its ongoing Food […]
Responding to the criticisms and concerns was U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte. Peyrefitte told the senators that they failed to focus on the loan motion. Michael Peyrefitte, U.D.P. Senator “Mister President I wonder if some of the senators who got up to speak knw what this motion is about. This is a loan motion for […]
On the economic front, consumer prices were up by zero point two percent in June 2020, according to the latest bulletin published by the Statistic Institute of Belize. For the second consecutive month, food and non-alcoholic beverage category recorded a notable rise in prices, with an increase of one point four percent when compared to […]
The Ladyville community continues to reel over the murder of businessman Orin Velasquez. His life was taken for about two hundred dollars by robbers who shot and killed him inside his business ‘Breda O’s Pizza’ in Ladyville on Monday night. Since then, there has been an outpouring of support as Velasquez was a well-known and […]
If you’re a tour operator or hotelier and you’re thinking about buying a vehicle as part of your reopening preparations, you may want to consider purchasing a tour van. That’s because government has agreed to waive the import duty on that particular mode of transportation only. It is part of the incentive being offered to […]
