To strike or not to strike. That’s the big topic of discussion at this hour as the management council of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize meets in a closed-door session at B.N.T.U.’s conference room in Belize City. Representatives of member unions that make up the N.T.U.C.B. are laying their respective positions on the […]
On Friday the government passed a bill of dubious constitutionality, which seeks to put the Chalillo hydroelectric project beyond the reach of the legal system. But from the looks of things, Chalillo is doing just fine without any help from Belmopan. Today, the Court of Appeal ruled that it had no jurisdiction to grant an […]
In other court news, this time on the criminal side, a policeman has been charged in last weekend’s fatal shooting at Caye Caulker. Constable Sheldon Arzu has been charged with manslaughter in last Saturday’s death of Ruben Alarcon, which occurred at the island’s police station. Police say that Arzu acted in self-defence against an armed […]
They are still working out the glitches in the system locally, but that didn’t stop B.T.L. from going worldwide with its Digicell service. International roaming will give B.T.L customers who have signed on to their premier package the luxury of making and receiving calls on their own Digicell phones, almost anywhere in the world. According […]
She has long been recognized as one of the nation’s most gifted artists…and while Rachel Heusner–married name Superville–now calls the island of Tobago home, she is always welcomed back in Belize. News 5’s Patrick Jones caught up with her today as she set up her latest exhibition. Patrick Jones, Reporting The kaleidoscope of colours that […]
At one time a trip to the recording studio was the burning ambition of every budding musician. But with the rapid advances in technology over the last decade, the ability to record and mass-produce music cheaply has opened the world of professional music to virtually anyone with a computer and creative mind. And it is […]
