The Senate Special Committee investigating the Social Security Board loan portfolios held its third public hearing today in Belmopan. The main feature of the session was a special auditor’s report on the Board’s investment portfolio transactions. While the report was referred to and extracts discussed during the meeting, it was not released to the public […]
There were two major developments in the B.T.L. case today. First, Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh gave a judgment regarding the composition of the B.T.L. Board, and then Belize’s lawyers in Miami filed a motion to try and stop the judge there from finding Belize in contempt and imposing sanctions. After considerable examination of the B.T.L. […]
Attorney for E-Com, Dean Barrow, agrees that while the ball is ultimately still in the Florida court, today’s judgment by the Chief Justice offers G.O.B. some hope and says it was important for Belizean interests to be protected in Belize. Dean Barrow, Attorney for E-Com ?In so far as the question of interpreting the Articles […]
This afternoon, attorney for the Belizean Government in Miami, Barry Davidson spoke to News Five about the action his firm is taking to try and get Justice Ursula Ungaro-Benages to reconsider her ruling that Belize was in contempt of the Miami court and had been withholding vital information about the change in directors from Jeffrey […]
In crime news, the Novelo’s Bus Terminal in Belize City was robbed of over eight thousand dollars on Tuesday night. Two men wearing masks and carrying handguns burst into the office around ten-thirty and held up a cashier and two other employees. Geayon Davis told police one of the men put a gun to her […]
Corozal police are questioning three people who were detained after the discovery of suspicious drugs in their vehicle. A blue van was pulled over Tuesday evening near mile eighty-five on the Northern Highway and a search revealed eighty bags containing pills. Preliminary analysis by the police’s chief forensic officer confirmed the pills contained large quantities […]
As one of the fastest growing economic sectors in Belize with more than a million visitors passing through the country in 2004, tourism is big business. This morning the movers and shakers of the industry met in the old capital for a status report. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Hoteliers, restaurateurs, and other investors in Belize?s tourism […]
The Karaoke TV semi-finals continued last night at the Palm Court of the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts… And as usual, the judges had a hard time selecting the winners. Here’s host William Neal with the results. William Neal, KTV Host “And the winners are… contestant number one and number four: Ladies and gentlemen […]
