When it comes to plain speaking there are few politicians anywhere who can compete with Michael Finnegan. Now, only a week into his new job as Minister of Housing, the four term area rep from Mesopotamia is delivering the news that many people didn’t want to hear. That is, the Venezuelan housing money is finished, […]
In political news from across the aisle, rival factions of the Peoples’ United Party continue to campaign in advance of the national convention called to select a new leader. At a meeting of the P.U.P. Northern caucus today, representatives of seven out of the eight Corozal and Orange Walk constituencies met and endorsed a letter […]
In related news the People’s United Party has taken issue with a report made on this newscast last night stating that the candidacy of Francis Fonseca for the post of party leader was being supported by former prime minister and outgoing P.U.P. leader Said Musa. The party Secretary General today pointed out that Musa has […]
And shifting back to the business of government, the appointment of a number of new chief executive officers was announced today. Just for the record we’ll run through the entire list as received this afternoon from the Press Office. Office of the Prime Minister – Audrey Wallace Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment – […]
One of the first tasks for those new appointees is to establish budgets for their respective ministries. But in view of the close proximity of the recent election to the beginning of the new financial year in April, government has decided to delay the implementation of the new budget until perhaps as late as the […]
A seventy-three year old woman is dead after being knocked down on the Hummingbird Highway Tuesday morning. Police say they continue to investigate which vehicle might have been responsible for the death of Gumercinda Aldana of St. Margaret’s Village. They have questioned a bus driver from Unitedville, whose school bus was seen in the area […]
The former Ombudsman’s assistant, Lionel Castillo, will have to stand trial in the Supreme Court on the seldom heard of charge of Agreement for Influencing an Officer. This afternoon Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers ruled in the preliminary inquiry that the evidence presented by the prosecution is sufficient to justify a trial. This morning in court, […]
A forty year old man from the Cayo District has pleaded guilty to incest. Court testimony revealed that the defendant had engaged in sex with his sixteen year old daughter on at least two occasions between March first and April thirtieth, 2005. The teenager gave birth to a premature baby girl in December of that […]
Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers has committed twenty year-old Rushane Andrewin and twenty-three year old Troy Dawson to stand trial for murder in the Supreme Court. This morning Flowers ruled that the evidence presented in the preliminary inquiry for the men was sufficient for them to face trial. Andrewin and Dawson are accused in the shooting […]
Fifty-four year old Graciliano Coc, who was found guilty last week of the attempted murder of his cousin, thirty-eight year old Emiliano Pop, was sentenced to eight years in prison today by Justice Adolph Lucas in Dangriga Supreme Court. Coc, who was not represented by an attorney, did not offer any plea for mitigation. Crown […]
Over the next three days professionals from across the Caribbean and the country will be in Belize City to participate in the first ever e-librarian workshop. It is proposed that with traditional library use on the decline, the challenge is to create a hybrid version of the book and the internet. The sessions are being […]
In case you missed the announcement, this is Engineers Week. Under the theme, “Engineers Make a World of Difference”, construction professionals and students have been meeting at the Biltmore Plaza for a series of seminars on issues affecting the industry. High on the list of priorities is the lack of occupational health and safety standards […]
