Belize City businessman Rhett Fuller was today arrested and now faces possible extradition to the United States. Fuller’s arrest is the result of a request by the United States government to hand him over to stand trial for an incident nine years ago in Florida. Although Fuller was arrested this morning and taken to court […]
The Opposition United Democratic Party has accused the government of trying to revoke the appointments of the Chief Justice and Judge of the Court of Appeal. The accusation took the form of a letter from Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow to Prime Minister Said Musa. In that letter Barrow repeated his contention that the […]
If you thought that this month’s big media story is the demise of the B.C.B., it may be time to take another look. Today News Five has confirmed that a group of veteran broadcasting personalities is in negotiation to buy the tiny community radio station, Roots Radio. Colive Cabral, who has worked at virtually all […]
Since the People’s Democratic Party formed four years ago, there has never been as much internal confusion as what took place today at the offices of P.D.P. party leader, Estevan Perera. The dispute surrounds a press release sent out yesterday to the media stating that the party held a meeting on September fourth, and elected […]
At yesterday’s weekly Cabinet meeting the issue of village governance was examined through a review of the draft of the Village Council Bill. This will be tabled at the next House of Representatives meeting. According to a release from the Prime Minister’s office the bill will enable rural communities to effectively govern themselves while pursuing […]
In other government news, the Forestry Advisory Committee held its first meeting last week in Belize City. The committee, appointed by the Prime Minister and Minister of Natural resources and the Environment John Briceño, is composed of chairman Dr. Gilbert Canton of the Forest Products Industry and members Oswaldo Sabido, Principal Forest Officer, Jose “Pepe” […]
The new management team for the Belize Tourist Board has been selected. Joining the Director of Tourism, Valerie Woods and her Deputy Director for marketing and public relations Tracy Taegar Garcia are the Deputy Director responsible for finance and administration Evan Tillett and Deputy Director for product development Pedro Perez. The three deputy directors’ appointments […]
When we think of U.C.B. most people picture a campus full of serious students hurrying to and from their classes. But this week, the students have come out from behind their books and computers, and dragged the faculty away from their own pursuits to have a bit of fun and get to know each other […]
The Caribbean Congress of Labor is meeting in Belize this week and has held a series of workshops and seminars. Earlier this week the issues were telecommunications and new trends in collective bargaining. Today there was a women’s symposium opened by Minister of Human Development, Women and Youth Dolores Balderamos Garcia. Tomorrow night the Caribbean […]
Yesterday we brought you the story of a housing construction scheme that gives Centre for Employment Training students hands on experience in building. Today those students experienced the satisfaction of a job well done as they assembled their house at its permanent location. News Five’s Patrick Jones and George Tillett waded through the mud to […]
