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This morning the ongoing dispute between the Committee for Action on Public Utilities and Belize Telecommunications Limited took another dramatic turn as G.O.B., in the form of Minister Ralph Fonseca, issued a stop order against the telecommunications’ new rates. In a meeting today between Minister Ralph Fonseca, Attorney General Godfrey Smith, BELTRAIDE Chairman Eamon Courtenay […]
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Of course, CAPU is calling the stop order a victory for their corner. According to President of the Public Service Union and a member of the CAPU team Margaret Ventura, even though G.O.B. has now actively joined the negotiation discussion, they will not stop their protests against B.T.L.’s price hikes until there’s a roll back […]
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Also in news on the telecommunications scene, International Telecommunications, Intelco, announced on Thursday, that company chairman Glenn Godfrey has decided to sell his majority shares in the company to media giant AVANZIT TMT, based in Madrid Spain. Godfrey has also tendered his resignation as chairman and has already been replaced as chief executive officer. He […]
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Tonight police are looking for three men who gang-raped a woman from Santa Elena on Thursday. According to reports, the twenty-two year old was in Ontario Village in the Cayo District around 9:30 p.m. trying to hitchhike a ride home. The woman says two Creole men and a Hispanic man driving an Isuzu trooper stopped […]
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Also in crime news from the west, a Chinese businesswoman has been robbed at gunpoint by two men. According to police reports, thirty year old Zhong Cai Mei of Santa Elena Town was in her store on the Western Highway around 9:30 p.m. when two men walked in and one of them pointed a handgun […]
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It could almost be a source of national shame that more Belizeans don’t take advantage of the spectacular natural attractions that bless our country. However, as News 5’s Brent Toombs discovered today, there is at least one youngster in Caye Caulker who has decided to jump in with both feet and enjoy one of her […]
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In our line of work, we get to tour most of Belize City on a regular basis. On a couple of those trips we’ve seen some interesting sights, not all newsworthy, but interesting nonetheless. One thing we’ve noticed lately are some creative signs at various points of the city, some hidden in people’s yards and […]
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It’s been a common complaint of both the young and old that there’s nothing to do to entertain yourself in Belize. But with the arrival of the Princess Entertainment Company, we’ve had the return of the big screen and the controversial casino. Now, the company is getting ready to launch it’s latest product, bowling. News […]
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