We thought the story couldn’t get any more complicated but the plot surrounding control of Belize Telecommunications Limited is as thick as a three day old pot of split pea soup. If you watched the last seven minutes of video you now know that the Prime Minister has confirmed what we reported on yesterday’s newscast: […]
With Mr. Ashcroft back where he was a decade or so ago with regard to BTL ownership, there are still a few more loose ends to tie up. The first is the BTL employee group, led by Sunrise Ltd, who want to buy government’s remaining thirty-seven percent of the BTL shares plus Prosser’s thirty percent. […]
And what about the wild card in all this: Jeffrey Prosser. He’s working a two-track solution: one, in the U.S. District Court in Miami and the other in Belize City. He has sent ICC executive Ronald Sanders to negotiate the sale with Sunrise, but his big problem is unloading the massive Intelco note he bought […]
Authorities in Orange Walk are looking for the driver of vehicle that knocked down a cyclist, fatally injuring him, on Sunday night. Police reports to News 5 are that forty-nine-year-old Guadelupe Manuel Quetzal was riding his bike from Orange Walk Town towards San Estevan Village, but a mile before reaching his destination, Quetzal was hit […]
As Belizeans search for a reprieve from the blistering heat in one of the nation’s many rivers and lagoons, there is news of yet another drowning, this time in the Belize district. According to the police, around ten thirty on Tuesday morning a group of family and friends were enjoying the waters of the Belize […]
Last Thursday we introduced you to the bold participants of the first annual PACT challenge…a group of ten hardy souls who agreed to take part in an adventurous four day tour of the Chiquibul National Park and Forest Reserve. The PACT challenge 2005 ended on Monday and according to officials, was a resounding success with […]
He charmed his way into the semi-finals with a classic rendition of a Motown favourite. Here’s a recap of Ronald Casimiro’s winning night of Karaoke Television. William Neal, Host, KTV ?Tonight?s KTV winner is…contestant number four.? With Ronald’s victory, the semi-final field is now complete. The five contestants who will compete on March twenty-ninth are […]
The following is a recorded statement released by the Prime Minister. Neither he nor any government spokesman would make any additional comment. It ran on Channel 5 just prior to our newscast. My Fellow Belizeans: Our Government has publicly declared on a number of occasions that, as regards the government?s 52% shareholding in BTL, our […]
