Leaving Belize this morning for Santiago, Chile was Belize’s delegation to the second Summit of the Americas. The four man team is led by Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel and includes Minister of Trade Alfredo Martinez, his P.S. Rodney Neal and Minister Counselor at our embassy in Washington, Claude Haylock. The summit is a follow up […]
While Belizean leaders were heading south, the leading lights of Caribbean business were heading east, to meet in Belize. This morning I attended the annual general meeting of the Caribbean Employers Confederation. Forty years ago, the Caribbean Employers Confederation, an umbrella organization of Employers Organization, was formed with the purpose of improving relations with governments […]
A habit of joy riding has landed a nineteen year old Belize City youth in some hot water. The reason is that Otis Carr seems to prefer using other people’s cars instead of his own. Carr, who lives on Wagner’s Lane was arrested on Tuesday and charged with two counts of taking conveyance and two […]
Viewers may have noticed that something on our broadcast looks a little different tonight. After six and a half years of using a studio set that was intended to be replaced after two weeks, we finally got around to building a new set. The concept, featuring shots from previous newscasts, was designed by News Director […]
Belize Telecommunications Limited this afternoon signed an eight point three million dollar contract with Alcatel Telecom, the Mexican company hired to lay a fibre optic cable between Belize City and Corozal. According to Chairman Nestor Vasquez, this is the second phase of the upgrading of B.T.L.’s transmission network. After the unpleasant experience with Long Shot […]
It was the story we were working on yesterday when we ran into the ruction between disgruntled laborers and Government Minister Hubert Elrington. And in fact the two stories are related: they both concern the issue of how our people are housed. Patrick Jones reports. The outside doesn’t quite tell the whole story, but behind […]
