It seems the fifty thousand dollars a day metre finally stopped running today as the government of Belize complied with a Miami court order. This morning at the Esquivel Telecom Centre in Belize City, Jeffrey Prosser and his appointed directors, as well as directors for Ecom and G.O.B. held a board meeting with most of […]
The Prosser suit in Miami may not be the only litigation facing the Government of Belize. The Amandala newspaper is reporting in today’s issue that Lufthansa Consulting, based in Los Angeles with headquarters in Germany, is seeking to enter into trade arbitration through the United Nations. Lufthansa is reportedly seeking damages of thirty-three million U.S. […]
It was a shocking and brutal end for an elderly watchman of St. Matthews Village, but today the four men police believe are responsible for the murder of sixty-eight year old Wilford Requeña were charged in Belmopan Magistrate Court. The four individuals: Rudolph Young, Leroy Arnold, William Rubio, and Alfonso Juarez, who range in age […]
It’s not graduation season yet, but that did not stop the Belize Red Cross Society from holding commencement exercises this afternoon in Belize City. Eighteen women received certificates after successfully completing the Home Caregivers Training course. Coordinator Audrey Courtenay says the women are now equipped with the tools necessary to play a meaningful role in […]
President Bush has made his nomination for the new U.S. Ambassador to Belize. Robert Johan Dieter is currently Director of Clinical Programmes and Professor of Clinical Law at the University of Colorado School of Law in Boulder, Colorado. He previously served in the university’s legal aid and defender programme, has been a lawyer in private […]
The anxiously awaited bridge at Young Bank is almost complete and engineers from the Ministry of Public Works will be allowing traffic to pass over it this weekend and early next week. However, the bridge will be closed again from Wednesday to Saturday next week for its final surfacing. The Ministry cautions everyone using the […]
It promises to lift spirits in a time when things appear gloomy on the horizon. That’s the sentiment expressed by Gilvano Swasey, the curator at the Image Factory Art Gallery. The latest exhibition entitled “Out of the Blue” took six months to put together and includes works from island artists from Caye Caulker and San […]
When we think of Mother’s Day, most of us think of, well, mothers. But because there is no grandparents day celebrated in Belize, we sometimes forget the important role that grandmothers play. These wonderful women have been known to raise little ones long after their own children are grown, and take care of children not […]
What do most women want for Mother’s Day? Flowers? A sentimental card? Breakfast in bed? Sounds good, but so does some nice prize money. But just how many Belizean women are willing to ride all the way from San Ignacio to Belize City to get it? We’ll let Patrick Jones tell you. Patrick Jones, Reporting […]
