Public consultation: the practice has become part of the lexicon of modern governance, right up there with the twin mantras of transparency and accountability. But if the past is any guide, the benefits of public consultations have been mixed, with the effort being more important than any knowledge or consensus achieved. That having been said, […]
It has just been posted on the internet and we hesitate to comment too extensively without reading all seventy-eight pages … but the report of the Independent Expert appointed to evaluate B.E.L.’s application for higher electricity rates has been submitted to the Public Utilities Commission. A quick glance indicates that while rate increases are recommended […]
The wheat that Belize Mills, the bakeries, and much of the nation have been waiting for, finally arrived today and is being made into flour as I speak. The first shipments Thursday morning will go to bakers across the country, many of whom had been forced to shut down due to the shortage. With regard […]
A road mishap in Corozal has resulted in the death of an infant. Police reports are that around four forty-five on Tuesday afternoon, fifty-four year old Gloria Hall was driving a van from the Santa Elena border towards Corozal when at the same time twenty-three year old truck driver Marcelo Villamil was towing a forty-foot […]
Police have formally charged a suspect in Sunday’s armed robbery on Freetown Road. Twenty year old Steven Chuc was arraigned on a count of Robbery when he appeared in Magistrate’s Court this morning and has been remanded to Hattieville Prison until July ninth. His alleged accomplice, twenty-one year old Marvin Bradley, will be charged later […]
For many people, in-laws are a pain in the neck, but on Monday one such relative took the term literally. According to a police report filed by nineteen year old Dennis Mai, around eight o’clock on Monday night his brother-in-law, Nelson Diaz, came to their house. Mai says when Diaz began arguing with his mother, […]
In some more positive news on Belizean young people, we are happy to report that on Saturday a team from Youth for the Future, including counselors and social workers, travelled to Hope Creek in the Stann Creek Valley. They provided emotional support to families affected by the massive floods, distributed food and clothing and held […]
It’s well into its second decade and by all accounts the words are not getting any easier. That’s the report from Orange Walk where News Five’s Marion Ali followed the stiff competition in this year’s National Spelling Bee. Marion Ali With the proper spelling of the word forsythia, twelve year old Zaneen Pott of Guinea […]
