Remember the Accommodation Agreement? It was signed back in September 2005 between the Government and Telemedia and had been fully implemented by both parties for nearly two and half years. Then soon after assuming office in February 2008, the Barrow administration declared that the agreement was no longer valid. In the months ensuing, it became […]
It is perhaps one of the shortest budget debates and also one that ended on a different note when P.M. Barrow counseled the Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, to hang in there in the face of alleged challenges to his leadership. This had to do with an early departure from parliament by the members […]
Briceño, having said his piece, paved the way for the remaining area representatives to rise in support or critique… and while most ministers stuck to words, the member for Belize Rural North did show and tell. Here’s a look at the words and the props. John Saldivar, Area Rep., Belmopan “The United Democratic Party received […]
There have been a number of fires in recent days and the latest was this afternoon shortly after the lunch hour when a blaze gutted the home of a Belize City food vendor. It started shortly after two p.m. at the home of Regina Rodriguez on Landivar Street in the King’s Park Area. In the […]
Yesterday, Belize Electricity Limited and Telemedia issued a joint release regarding fiber optic cables that Telemedia is installing on B.E.L.’s poles between Belize City and Belmopan. The basis for the release, according to B.E.L., was to point out that short power outages during the installation process could be expected. But an editorialized item on Channel […]
We reported recently that various branches of the Colonial Life Insurance Company throughout the Caribbean have been hit by the global recession and because of the gravity of the situation, the matter was discussed at the recent summit of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Belize. Just recently in the Turks and Caicos Islands, CLICO […]
In the Magistrates’ Court, a taxi driver was today charged with Dangerous Harm. Police allege that twenty-three year old Andy Cruz beat his nine month old daughter, almost killing her. No plea was taken because the offence is indictable and Cruz was offered bail of six thousand dollars without objection from the prosecution. The case […]
He was charged with Theft and released… and just when twenty-one year old William Steven, former bank employee, thought he was home free, the cops took him back in. Joy Flowers, manager of Caye International Bank Limited in San Pedro, initially made a complaint of theft against Steven on October sixteenth, 2007. He was arrested […]
We rarely report on these cases, but the following story is about a prostitution ring in the United States that is reportedly being run by a Belizean woman. A Houston based reporter told us that thirty-three year old Deborah Louise Dawkins, A.K.A. Vivian, is in possession of a green card and she is married and […]
Edward P. Yorke High School is soliciting assistance through a poetry competition for a student who racked up thousands of dollars in medical expenses for injuries he sustained during a traffic accident in February of this year. The student, thirteen year old Jihad Ahmad, is currently recuperating from surgeries he underwent. On Friday night at […]
It was another interesting day in the Court of Appeals today in the case of Krem Radio and Sagis Investments Limited and after lawyers for both sides closed their arguments, the court reserved judgment for a later date. The appeal goes back to a ruling last year in May in the Supreme Court when Chief […]
Prevention is always better than cure, it applies to many situations and particularly so to your health. And while age is a factor, no one is really exempted from strokes. Healthy Living this week looks at the early symptoms and how to prevent permanent damage. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Like all the rest of our body, […]
