After weeks of anticipation, the verdict deciding the judicial fate of former justice George Meerabux is in…And his dismissal stands. In front of a packed courtroom, Justice Christopher Blackman denied four of Meerabux’s five points of complaint against the Belize Advisory Council and ruled that while a fifth was technically valid it could not form […]
Blackman then went on to dismiss the two claims by Meerabux that he was neither notified of the council’s decision or the charges against him. The judge found that based on correspondence between the parties, Mr. Meerabux had been fully aware of the details of the case against him and had ample time to respond. […]
His misbehaviour on the football field may not have reached constitutional proportions, but that did not make the actions of Norman “Tilliman” Nunez any less disgraceful. On Sunday at the MCC Grounds, he laid a flying kick on one of his own teammates, an assault which was captured for posterity by News 5’s Sports Monday. […]
Last week we reported on problems at the Tower Hill Sugar Factory, primarily complaints by farmers that the facility was not processing their cane fast enough. Today, a briefing from Belize Sugar Industries indicate that those same problems have resulted in the company’s second consecutive year without a profit. According to the Managing Director’s Review […]
Belize’s land registry has been expanded and the Ministry of Natural Resources has been computerised, thanks in part to the land administration project undertaken by the ministry last year. Today, a fourteen million dollar loan was signed between the Government of Belize and the Inter-American Development Bank for part two of the project, which involves […]
It’s not the first time that a primary school has received musical instruments, but this morning’s donation to the Salvation Army Primary School was special. Thanks to the House of Culture and the Belize Choral Society, the school will now field a ten-member recorder group. The budding musicians, all students from the middle division, received […]
While some youths were pursuing musical themes, others tried to work through some of the many perils of growing up in Belize. Judith Alpuche, Speaking to Youths “You have people having sex very early and they are getting pregnant to boot. Why is it that there is so much teenage pregnancy? What is causing it?” […]
Last night marked just the second week of Channel 5’s Karaoke Television and already the competition is fierce. As usual, it fell to host William Neal to deliver the verdict of the judges. William Neal, Host, KTV “The winner for tonight is Osvaldo Perez.” (Osvaldo sings “La Vida es un Carnival”) Perez joins last week’s […]
If you think Internet access in libraries is a luxury available only to North American students, you’re behind time. This afternoon, the Leo Bradley Library in Belize City became the first public library in the country to allow scholars to connect to the world wide web. Caribbean Shores Area Representative Jose Coye, whose government made […]
