It was a day when the nation of Belize took a brief rest from the daily media drumbeat of politics, crime and scandal… to unite in the welcome of a visiting head of state. But Mexican President Vicente Fox is no ordinary visitor. As the leader of a neighbouring nation of a hundred and six […]
But dignitaries were not the only ones waiting in the nation’s capital. On hand to welcome President Vicente Fox to Belmopan were hundreds of schoolchildren–some from as far away as the Corozal District. Among the President’s first official acts on Belizean soil was the inspection of the Belize Defence Force Guard of Honour.
Following introductions of the members of the Government side of the National Assembly to President Fox…and of the Mexican delegation to Belize’s Prime Minister Said Musa, the Mexican head of state made time for a meet and greet with the students of La Escuela Secundaria de Mexico. The President’s official motorcade would then travel to […]
Following the announcement of plans by the Mexican oil giant PEMEX to open a gas station in Belize, this afternoon Prime Minister Said Musa was upbeat on the prospects for competition in the fuel sector. Prime Minister Said Musa ?As you know, the oil price situation is a very difficult one for our countries, not […]
Next on the itinerary was a business luncheon at the George Price Centre. Speaking on behalf of Belize’s private sector was Dr. Louis Zabaneh, Chairman of the Board at the University of Belize. Dr. Louis Zabaneh, Chairman, U.B. Board ?Even though our imports from Mexico were four point four times that of our exports to […]
President Vicente Fox’s final official act in Belmopan was at the National Assembly as he addressed a joint sitting of the House of Representatives and Senate. Welcoming the President was Prime Minister Said Musa, House Speaker Elizabeth Zabaneh, Senate President Phillip Zuniga, and Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow. Prime Minister Said Musa ?Mr. President, […]
One of those Belize City meetings would be with Opposition Leader Dean Barrow, whose party decided not to boycott today’s sitting of the National Assembly out of respect for the Mexican President. But while Barrow put on a good face for Vicente Fox, he told News 5 that peace talks held on Monday with the […]
Searchers continue to comb the banks and bays of Placencia Lagoon in an effort to find Clifford Atherley. Atherley and his son were among six people thrown out of a skiff Saturday night following its collision with another vessel. Four people were rescued, but the body of Atherley’s five-year-old son, Nigel, was discovered yesterday afternoon […]
He was acquitted of murder almost a year ago, but twenty-two year old Avondale Trumbach will once again face a jury of his peers and the possibility of the hangman’s noose. The reason is a ruling by the Court of Appeal that the Supreme Court’s rejection of a written statement from a witness who died […]
In other court news, forty-five year old David Dakers, charged with murder, has been found incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. On Monday, the jury of twelve men and women heard the testimony of psychiatrist Dr. Roy Lopez who described Dakers as suffering from bipolar disorder. The defendant, he said, is prone to […]
Tonight, someone you know is one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars richer… even though he or she may not even know it. The money was won in last Wednesday’s lotto draw and since then no one has come forward to claim the hefty prize. So, if you remember buying tickets for June twenty-second, you are […]
