Not much has been heard of the Opposition of late, but this morning the P.U.P. came out swinging on a number of issues from the floods, to the economy, to the recent spate of firings in the public service. Flanked by deputies Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde and National Campaign Organizer, Eamon Courtenay, P.U.P. leader […]
In respect of the recent flooding and relief efforts, Briceño gave praises to N.G.O.s and the business community but was less generous with the government. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “This is a national disaster and P.U.P.’s, U.D.P.’s, and others are affected and require our assistance. The waters are now receding and the more […]
The government has made it known that it intends to go to the I.C.J. to settle the Belize/Guatemala dispute. But what is the P.U.P.’s view on going to the Hague? Jose Sanchez “What’s the party’s view on the government taking the Belize/Guatemala dispute to the International Court of Justice?” Eamon Courtenay, National Campaign Organizer, P.U.P. […]
While Courtney preferred to keep his personal position about the Belize/Guatemala dispute to himself, Albert Area Representative Mark Espat was vocal not only about the economy but also about the oil industry. According to Espat, this year’s budget projects eighty-three million dollars to come from petroleum exports, particularly from windfall taxes. But with the price […]
And according to the P.U.P., they are out but it’s not over. At this morning’s press conference the Opposition outlined its plan of action for the years ahead including its internal own process. Briceño advised that the P.U.P. is naming a shadow cabinet and various party members will be tasked with oversight of government activities […]
There was no shortage of news from the P.U.P. and according to deputy party leader and Lake Independence Area Representative, Cordel Hyde, hundreds of public officers have been fired for political reasons. Cordel Hyde, Area Rep, Lake Independence “The four workers at BAHA and the forty-two workers of Youth for the Future are the latest […]
And still on the firings, Public Service Union President, Jacqueline Willoughby Sanchez, says that her union believes the firings of four employees at the Belize Agricultural Health Authority are unjust. Will the P.S.U. join in next weeks protest organized by the P.U.P.? That is what we asked Sanchez late this evening. Jacqueline Willoughby Sanchez, President, […]
The Public Utility Commission made good on its promise and has issued its Compliance Order to B.E.L. The document was served on the electricity company on Tuesday and today the P.U.C. made the document public. The order outlines that Belize Electricity Limited must provide services requiring no installation of poles, but extension of the distribution […]
The Maya Leaders Alliance and the government were back in court this morning. This time the Mayans are asking the Supreme Court to create a mechanism, legislative or otherwise, that will cement a ruling it had previously made in favour of the Mayas confirming communal rights to the land they occupy in Conejo and Santa […]
Also in the Supreme Court, a jury of six women and three men took two hours and fifteen minutes before it found forty-one year old Leroy Stevens guilty of Carnal Knowledge. Stevens, a former assistant supervisor of Belize Water Services Limited, will wait until November seventeenth to know his fate. Justice Adolph Lucas set the […]
A nineteen year old man has been found guilty of Attempted Suppression of Evidence. Because Michael Foreman had no previous convictions, Magistrate Tracy Sosa showed him mercy today in Magistrates’ Court and Foreman was fined seven hundred dollars instead of serving a two year sentence. Magistrate Sosa gave him until December twelfth to pay the […]
In an update to a story last night, twenty-one year old Tyrone Gentle, the alleged shooter who fired several shots at Austin Rowland was charged today. Gentle appeared in the court of Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb to be arraigned on charges of Attempted Murder and Damage to Property. Due to the nature of the offence, […]
In other news, the Ministry of Education has finally released the names of Belize’s top students in the C.A.P.E. and C.X.C. examinations. Topping the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations with six grade one passes is Ian Lizarraga, earning the S.J.C. student title of the Most Outstanding Candidate and the Belize Scholarship for 2008. Lizarraga also took […]
A freak accident has resulted in the death of a San Pedro man. Island police say they visited the polyclinic where they found the lifeless body of thirty-seven year old Jorge Teul Cuc with a large cut to the head. Cuc’s brother-in-law, Edgar Cucul, reported that they were working at a building in the Boca […]
But a woman fared better and escaped rape. The Trial Farm resident reported to police that she was home on Tuesday when someone knocked at her door. The woman says she opened the door thinking that it was her husband, but instead it was a man, known to her as Eric Sambas. A shirtless Sambas […]
