One day after the U.D.P. City Council kicked off its municipal elections campaign attempting to show some semblance of unity, Mayor Zenaida Moya finds herself once again at the epicenter of another controversy. This time there is plenty more drama and it surrounds the adversarial Human Resources Director, Christine Perriott who was asked by the […]
We tried to get the Mayor to comment on camera… and were initially told to be at City Hall for three-thirty for the interview. When the press got there, the Mayor was meeting with her councillors and about half hour afterwards, Perriott was called in. When she left, Perriott would not comment as to what […]
And while the temperature between the mayor and Perriott has reached boiling point, the two roundabouts at opposite ends of St. Thomas Street in Belize City continue to be the topic of controversy since their construction in August of 2008. They were donated by a private sponsor following a visit to New Zealand by Mayor […]
Last week, the Government finally announced a two hundred million dollar loan package it called its “stimulus plan” to crank-up the economy that is being affected by the global downturn and the losses in projected revenue from various sectors. But it is still not clear how it will be implemented or if it will provide […]
We know from the P.U.C. that for now light bills are not going down but if you went to fill up on gas this morning, you may have noticed that you are getting less gallons of gasoline per dollar and that is because the cost of fuel is up again. As of twelve midnight, the […]
It is not known what the bill is for new vehicles acquired by G.O.B., but judging from the number of SUVs with blue license plates that are seen circulating, we can hazard that it is in the millions. And now it just went up. According to a release from the Ministry of Works, nine new […]
The final figures for damages caused to Belize’s Barrier reef was officially released today by Martin Alegria, Chief Environmental Officer for the Ministry of Natural Resources. And the numbers have gone up considerably; in fact, almost doubled. The initial damage estimate was fifteen million U.S. dollars and Alegria says that there were other factors to […]
It is one of the largest chain stores around the country, Courts Belize, and it is known for its deals, but still some felt that the best deal was to steal. The Belize City warehouse was burglarized over the weekend and neither the security guards nor the surveillance cameras could deter the thieves who got […]
He went on a rampage after a domestic dispute, but now Jimmy Singh is facing the consequences. The twenty-nine year old appeared in court today, charged with four counts of Aggravated Assault. One count is for pointing a gun to the chest of Kimberly Westby, while the other three stem from shooting at three police […]
Channel Five’s Hit Game Show Tek It or Leave It has offered the opportunity to audience members the chance to win thousands in cash. But the big cash prize of ten thousand dollars is still up for grabs. The seventh contestant was forty-six year old Jesus Aguilar, a salesman of Santiago Castillo Limited who went […]
The customs department has been working overtime with bogus goods coming in from many fronts, and as recent as last week, it busted a container of fake Marlboro cigarettes valued in the millions of dollars. There are many enterprising individuals and businesses that offer contraband goods for sale. Some people feel they are getting a […]
