The Belize Press Office today confirmed that Financial Secretary Carla Barnett has resigned. Her increasing discomfort with government’s lack of candour over the U.H.S. loan guarantee had been rumoured for weeks and the Prime Minister’s failure to inform her of the multimillion dollar commitments appear to have been the last straw for the veteran public […]
Details remain sketchy, but a teenager has apparently drowned in the Mopan River near Santa Familia. According to police, around four this afternoon a watchman in the area heard the cries of some boys yelling that they saw someone go under the water and not resurface. The body was recovered and has been identified as […]
It was a bad day for burglars as police have made arrests in three separate cases. This morning, thirty-two year old Otis Carr appeared in the courtroom of Magistrate Sharon Fraser where he pled not guilty to Burglary. Carr is accused of breaking into a room at the Princess Hotel just before midnight on Sunday. […]
Tonight we regret to announce the death of veteran broadcaster Edward P. Yorke Jr. who passed away this afternoon in Belize City. According to Janice Yorke, her husband was at the Bernice Yorke Institute of Learning on Baymen Avenue when he had a severe asthma attack. Sometime around two p.m., Yorke reportedly was heading to […]
There was no press release but the Social Security Board today confirmed by telephone what Charles Good told is yesterday; that is, his dispute has been resolved amicably. No details were provided, but we presume this means that Good, who staged a very brief hunger strike last week, will be receiving an increase in his […]
Cuban doctors and nurses in Belize: they were once a novelty, but after eight years on the job the volunteers are a regular–and much appreciated–part of the local scene. Today they paused to review the programme’s accomplishments. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, Minister of Health Jose Coye presented to Eugenio Martinez, the Cuban Ambassador to Belize, […]
In many jurisdictions it is an increasingly popular alternative to the time and money consuming practice of going to court. But if mediation is going to take root in Belize it will rely on a trained corps of mediators. Today I watched a group of them graduate. Abdulai Conteh, Chief Justice of Belize “This itself […]
There may be a crisis of governance in Belize right now but the Musa you’re most likely to see on television is not Said; it’s his son Yasser. And the reason has nothing to do with politics. While his dad comes under increasing fire, Yasser seems to build on success. Whether as president of NICH […]
Today was the day that soldiers, seamen, and police officers from around the region got to show off their recently honed skills. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the latest from Tradewinds 2007. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Today over fifty officials from the sixteen countries participating in Tradewinds 2007 were given a tour of the activities. Lenroy […]
