We told you on Monday night that we are home safe, that the legal detachment of Great Belize Productions/Channel Five had taken place before the G.O.B.’s nationalization of Belize Telemedia, the former parent company of this station. True to this, shareholders today began receiving by post, dividends of the entire issued share capital of Katalyst, […]
And in respect of the take over to Telemedia, G.O.B.’s apparent knee jerk reaction to concerns on how a commercial dispute precipitated its acquisition of the telephone company came in the form of a release on Wednesday. It stated that the nationalization related to telecommunications and not to power and water. But that is not […]
While they did not vote in unison, the opposition People’s United Party has reacted to Monday’s takeover of Belize Telemedia by the government. A release this evening says that “the right of citizens to own or to hold private property is a hallmark of our democracy.” According to the P.U.P., the prime minister spoke of […]
It is business at usual at the Belize Foam and Furniture Limited, where a fire destroyed a concrete structure and its contents. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was at the scene this morning and found out that within hours, the factory was churning out mattresses from its main building. Jose Sanchez Reporting A fire broke out […]
Primary schools open on Monday but for teachers in Benque Viejo del Carmen and Succotz Villages, eleventh hour transfers are taking place. This is because the Ministry of Education indicated from April of this year that the two schools were overstaffed with teachers and therefore transfers were necessary. The situation has left the teachers at […]
There are two things that people say are inescapable, that is death and taxes. But some of you would probably add beer to that list. But now with the implementation of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, the tax structure has changed. And that means prices for beer are down. Since August third, the importer of Heineken, […]
Two men were charged in connection with Tuesday’s robbery of a business located a short distance from the Queen Street Police Station. At eleven-twenty a.m. on Tuesday two men armed with a handgun held up four employees of Global Consultant Services at the corner of New Road and Hydes Lane and robbed them of cash […]
It’s usually one or the other, but when a vegetable farmer from the Corozalito Village appeared in Magistrates’ Court, he was slapped with a fine and jail time. At around eleven-thirty on Wednesday night, thirty-five year old Ellis Rudon was busted by police on Central American Boulevard with two and a quarter pounds of marijuana. […]
And in the north, a shooting in an apparent case of jealousy shortly after midday on Wednesday has left a Hall’s Layout mason in critical condition at the Northern Regional Hospital. Thirty year old Edgar Chan is in a coma after he was shot to the right chest, abdomen and calf allegedly by Jesus Echeverria. […]
After a month of working with one of Belize’s best pianists, the youths who participated in the Institute of Creative Arts’ Summer Arts Institute program are ready to take center stage. Francis Reneau, a Belizean pianist, composer and teacher who currently lives in London, returns home every year to share his talents in the summer […]
It’s no secret that the sun has adverse effects on our health. We are regularly bombarded with messages of skin cancer and the necessity of sunscreen. But putting on enough S.P.F. protection is not the only action needed to be taken against the sun’s harmful UV rays. Your eyes need protection as well. This week’s […]
