A report earlier this week from the U.S. based financial advisory group Atlanta International, a division of Oppenheimer & Company, is sounding the alarm for investors. Atlanta International is known for their innovative work in securities research on companies from around the world listed on the U.S. stock exchange. The article on Belize titled “Multiple […]
There was another caution about investor confidence in Belize. It is titled “A new kind of debt management” which rose not out of any action taken by government but rather from the lips of Prime Minister Barrow as he gave his Independence Day address in the capital on September twenty-first. News Five asked Ross, what […]
It has been more than a year since the deadly floods caused by Tropical Storm Arthur and Tropical Depression Sixteen struck the country. Thirteen lives were lost and millions of dollars worth of damages were inflicted on personal and public property. While it has been a relatively quiet hurricane season thus far, the recent rains […]
But Northern residents are not the only ones facing inundation. The rains in Belize City have also created flooding problems for residents directly behind the Lord Ridge Cemetery. They, however, have placed blame squarely on the Belize City Council citing the filling that started a few weeks ago on the back portion of the graveyard […]
It’s September twenty fifth, the date when the Director of Public Prosecutions was expected to deliver her decision after reviewing the Belize City Council’s file that included the audited reports and allegations of misappropriation of funds. But our efforts to find out whether that decision has been made have yielded nothing. We did find out, […]
When the Influenza A (H1N1) was identified to be a new flu strain, it caused severe respiratory illnesses to those unlucky individuals who caught the virus. The Director of Health Services, Dr. Michael Pitts, said in August that there would be a second wave of the virus and according to a government release: the second […]
Less than two weeks ago, a faulty gas tank exploded at Brown’s Butane Gas Service on Mopan Street and brought a horrific end to a young employee’s life. Elton Herrera’s death was an eye-opener about the need to enforce safety regulations when filling gas tanks, but it appears that strict preventative measures are still not […]
Affordable homes are hard to come by, but thanks to Hand in Hand Ministries’ “Build for Change Program”; a single mother of four is getting the assistance she needs to a build house and make a home. Sharon Dominguez, who is currently unemployed, applied to the program in February of this year and has been […]
Belize Natural Energy (B.N.E.) wants to be known not only for the oil it extracts from Belize’s soil and the estimated three hundred and thirty-four million dollars it profited in sales from 2005 to 2008. It also wants to be recognized for its contribution to the society. In 2008, the B.N.E. Charitable Trust was established […]
We reported last week of an unusual and special meeting of the Bar Association scheduled for next week. We say unusual because we all know that lawyers go before judges to have their cases tried. But we are not used to hearing about judges going before lawyers to have their cases tried. Well, in a […]
He is accused of robbing a minor but before he could complete his second attack on a group of three others in the King’s Park area, early on Independence Day, police on mobile patrol nabbed him in the act. But while twenty seven year old Lawrence Owen Longsworth is accused of robbery, he is levying […]
He bears the same name as the former Commissioner of Police, but sixty-three year old Gerald Westby acted outside of the law when he stabbed Conrad Guzman on Wednesday morning. Westby was arraigned today for Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Dangerous Harm when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb. Although […]
The Hattieville Prison is home to three more inmates tonight after Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie remanded them until October twenty sixth. Twenty four year olds, Lionel Brigal and Pedro Perez and twenty seven year old Jason Malic are charged in connection with an invasion at the home of Dale Perez which occurred on September twentieth. […]
The family of Anthony Roches who went missing in 2008, observed somberly his twenty-second birthday this past Tuesday. Since Roches’ disappearance there has been little or no information to confirm or deny his death after he vanished into the night. Despite the uncertainty, his family is hoping to drum up some answers with a restated […]
Members of the police are at this hour investigating the strange disappearance of a prominent attorney’s son. Late this evening police received a tip that the vehicle driven by Blake Arnold was found abandoned near mile three on the Western Highway. Blake is the son of Belize City attorney, Ellis Arnold. He reportedly went missing […]
It might be raining outside but do you remember the hot days of summer? Safiyyah takes us back. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize? Well all the Celebrations are over and all the activities have seemed to die down, for now. So I’ve decided, since I’ve been asked so many times, to […]
