It was not the quarterly press conference but there was plenty economic information and more coming from the P.M. today at a budget consultation in Belize City. And the picture looks bleak. The Financial year begins on April first, and the budget for 2009/2010 is still on the drawing board but a draft report on […]
But what about the soaring cost of living, which has gone up by an average of six point four percent? This is one area that Belizeans have for months been expressing major concerns. The PM admittedly was unaware why prices had increased. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I really am unclear as to what is happening. […]
And in news from financial institutions, changes have been announced at the top echelon of the local Belize Bank. A new chairman assumes post today in the person of Lyndon Guiseppi who also gets the added rank of director replacing Philip Johnson who is being named President of the Bank. Guiseppi is from Trinidad and […]
But while the economy is doing relatively poorly at present, the PM said small farmers, entrepreneurs, home owners and students who seek funding should be able to do so from a revitalized Development Finance Corporation that went belly up last year. Senator Godwin Hulse told News Five that amendments will have to be made to […]
And one more bit on the budget consultations, a round table discussion with key agencies and groups managed under a joint UNDP/UB project and headed by Dr. Carla Barnett concluded the event today. Barnett says consultations were extensive. Dr. Carla Barnett, Advisor to G.O.B. “The meetings were held with individual sectors, so they’ve not had […]
We have reported on salmonella poisoning of peanut paste coming out of the Peanut Corporation of America’s Georgia plant that has now turned into a criminal case, since the owner was aware of the presence of the bacteria in batches of paste it distributed to customers. Eight deaths and six hundred reported cases of sickness […]
There’s a new twist to the story of the cargo ship that ran aground on the reef in January, the Westerhaven. Well, the ship is still in Belizean waters though the courts have offered bail of six point five million dollars. While the ship is anchored, many businesses in Central America and the United States […]
The post of film commissioner was vacant until late last year following the passing of Emory King. And the appointment of Nigel Miguel was largely unnoticed last September, but a release today from the Institute of Creative Arts says that Miguel has been working closely with NICH to set up the Belize Film Commission via […]
Aside from the budget, the PM today covered ground on a number of other issues. When pressed about the committal of his predecessor Said Musa to the Supreme Court for trial, the PM said he would have been disappointed if it had gone the other way. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “My reaction is that the […]
Back in November, an SUV driven by twenty-eight year old Luke Cox collided into a van filled with tourists. Fifteen persons were injured and one fatality was an infant girl, who happened to be Cox’s daughter. After spending months in the hospital, today Cox was well enough to be arraigned on charges in connection with […]
An inmate already serving three months found out today that he will spend an additional six years in prison. Twenty-five year old Anthony Crawford got the bad news this morning when he was found guilty of Robbery in Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate Aretha Ford stipulated that the sentence will run consecutive to the one Crawford was […]
In some tragic news from down south, four year old Rihanna Pineda of Steadfast Village lost her life shortly before five yesterday evening. The minor succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment at Belize Healthcare Partners. Pineda was a victim of a traffic incident that occurred on February first between miles fifteen and sixteen of the […]
A group of tourists have been robbed in the Cayo District and it is not good news for the already declining Tourism Industry. Around two-thirty Tuesday afternoon, a tour at the Rio Frio Cave in the Mountain Pine Ridge Area ended with the armed robbery of the group’s belongings. Tour guide, thirty-four year old Everald […]
