There is more trouble for B.E.L., and it is not coming from the P.U.C. This time it’s from the Belize Energy Workers Union that is fighting with the utility company over a series of issues and it is not ruling out a nationwide shutdown. Last week B.E.L.’s Corporate Communications Manager, Dawn Sampson told News Five […]
With all eyes on the B.E.W.U. News Five caught up with Prime Minister Barrow this morning and got his reaction on remarks from the union that it is restraining itself from pulling the switch for a nationwide shut-down. So how does the P.M. intend to quell the ongoing problem between B.E.L. and the union? Prime […]
And in respect of the differences between the Public Utilities Commission and the company, all is not lost and the tone this morning sounded conciliatory. According to Barrow, he’s encouraged by a recent meeting he had with B.E.L.’s C.E.O., Lynn Young. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I asked the Minister of Public Utilities to join that […]
Allegations of questionable deals at the Lands Department, including the leasing out of portions of the Caribbean Sea and numerous other cases, have come under the microscope. And while the list is growing lengthier, P.M. Barrow stood by his Minister of Lands, Gaspar Vega this morning. The P.M. maintains that his government is committed to […]
Sporting activities which used to take place at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex on Princess Margaret Drive have been diverted to other stadiums or even to the city streets since refurbishment of the facility has been slow to get off the ground. Both male and female cycling classics which would have once ended with final […]
A man accused of murder walked free today when the case for the prosecution fell apart. Twenty-seven year old Delford Slusher spent two years in jail but Justice Adolph Lucas directed that he be released in the Supreme Court. Slusher, also known as “Peter”, was accused of fatally shooting Jose Noe Barrow but the chief […]
Also in the courts, the tables have turned on a prison officer and he now finds himself behind bars. Deayroll Dougal appeared before Magristrate Edd P. Usher today charged with Aggravated Assault with a firearm. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded into custody until June fifteenth. Dougal is charged in connection with a report […]
Also in court, Magistrate Sharon Fraser threw the book at twenty-two year old Brandon Taylor, who is charged in connection with an Attempted Robbery at Western Union. Police believe Taylor was one of several persons involved in the crime and he now faces fourteen offences including Attempted Murder and Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Use of Deadly […]
As we have reported, the office of the Solicitor General has been vacant since June of 2008 when Tanya Herwanger resigned. And it might stay that way a while longer. According to the P.M., the salaries are not attractive for overseas recruitment and locally lawyers make too much money in private practice. Prime Minister Dean […]
Police have made no arrests in Tuesday morning’s hold-up of the Saint Catherine Dental Clinic located beside the K.H.M.H. Forty-four year old receptionist, Rita Douglas of Lake I, reports that a robber armed with a chrome firearm entered the office demanding money. Fearing for her life, Douglas says she handed over three hundred and fifty […]
The spotlight was on standard-one students on Tuesday as measurements for the National Height Census were taken among children between the ages of six and nine. The results of that census are still to be determined but today, students from some preschools right through to high schools were away from their classrooms and headed to […]
