Tension has cooled down and things were quiet in Orange Walk today even though the thousands of cane farmers continue to strike. Belize Sugar Industries have remained mum and we have not been able to contact Financial Director Belizario Carballo to get a comment on the demand that the core sampler be removed… but we […]
And still on the issue of strikes, at Monday’s Press Conference, Prime Minister Dean Barrow made it clear that he would not negotiate with the cane farmers in “a mob scene.” After checking our archives on past strikes, we found a story of an April nineteenth 2005 press conference given by, then opposition Leader Dean […]
But the cheese or income that Prime Minister Barrow referred to in 2005 is also the bone of contention for the cane farmers in 2009. They are fighting to keep a stable income from an industry that is slowly drying up. In William Shakespeare’s King Henry the Fourth, King Henry said Uneasy lies the head […]
We reported yesterday that San Pedro police had discovered the bodies of two more men whose murders they believe are linked to a drug deal gone bad that began to unfold last Friday afternoon. The first body police found was that of twenty-eight year old John Paul Saldivar, a tour guide who was shot dead […]
Meanwhile, an internal investigation by police has determined that Eric Swan was indeed shot by a cop last Friday. And while he recuperates in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, police are not yet clear whether any one officer will face trial for his shooting or even more seriously, Swan’s attorney, Michael Peyrefitte, is still waiting […]
We have reported on a stabbing at Club Next and tonight twenty year old Vincent Galvez of Belize City is behind bars charged with the Attempted Murder of Edwin Neal. When he appeared in court today, Galvez was also charged with Dangerous Harm and the Use of Deadly Means of Harm. Bail could not be […]
A second traffic accident for this week occurred on the Western Highway between miles seventy-four and seventy-five, but it was not fatal. On Tuesday night, police visited the scene where two taxis; a Toyota car and a Ford Escort car overturned; both extensively damaged. The driver of the Toyota taxi, forty-four year old Victor Manuel […]
George Betson, who lost his home at mile two on the Northern Highway in July of 2008 during a very public land dispute, has come across another piece of bad luck. The sixty-six year old’s current home on Partridge Street was burglarized on Monday sometime between one and six-forty p.m. The thief or thieves stole […]
The sustained cane farmers strike in the sugar belt continues to cripple one of the most vital sectors of the economy in respect of hard currency earnings and employment, direct and otherwise. And there is more bad economic news to report that can potentially magnify the country’s fiscal woes. This comes from a recently released […]
We turn to telecommunications in Belize. Over the years the industry has evolved and, recent developments have cast the spotlight on Telemedia, the leading local telecoms company. The Chairman of Telemedia’s Executive Committee, Dean Boyce, appeared on Monday morning’s broadcast of Open Your Eyes. He answered questions ranging from taxation, to free internet in schools […]
In news of an environmental nature, this year the Belize Audubon Society is celebrating forty years of its active presence in Belize. There are many events planned in the months ahead by the N.G.O. to celebrate this milestone as the leading agency in promoting the sustainable use of natural resources. And this evening, the Mexican […]
It’s a thriving industry that continues to grow and is making an impact on the local art scene. This past Monday, two pioneers in the bamboo industry put off an exhibit of their most recent work in bamboo crafting that they combine with natural elements. The exhibition, held at the House of Culture, features the […]
