It has been a busy day of news, but we start with the mess at City Hall. Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers has been quiet since the Auditor General’s report suggested that the act of under-depositing opened up doors for misappropriation of funds. Close to a quarter million dollars are unaccounted for the first four months […]
And what is the defense for the Mayor in light of allegations of unaccounted funds? Her attorney, Hubert Elrington, says government will have to come hard to win their case. And as for the reason behind the allegations against her? Elrington says it’s all because she stood her ground, and it’s all an effort to […]
And Prime Minister Dean Barrow returned to Belize on Monday from Florida, where he was seeking medical attention for a back problem he has been experiencing for years. Fifteen years ago, the PM had surgery but over the years, the condition has persisted. Today, the PM’s office informed that the regular sitting of Cabinet had […]
Two young students were shot yesterday and less than twenty-four hours later, the body of a fourteen year old student was found on Magazine Road. The victim was identified hours by his mother right after she had filed a missing person report. Dylan Ayuso was beaten to the head and left dead in a pool […]
The People’s United Party turned fifty-nine today. Numerous activities were held which for most part seemed like the P.U.P. had a sudden resurgence. On this side of the town, its leader, John Briceño, spent the day on activities celebrating the GOP’s fifty ninth anniversary. One of his stops was with Charles and Hirian Good where […]
As party leader, Briceño also says the party has been making significant moves to revitalize itself. John Briceño “We have been consulting with everybody. We did something that has never been done by a political party in this country where we brought in an independent person to come in take a deep and hard and […]
Briceño also explained why last week he offered his former contender, Francis Fonseca, the position as fourth deputy party leader. John Briceño “Francis Fonseca has a lot to offer to the party, he has worked very hard for the party. He did an excellent job as a Minister of Education—has been one of the best […]
While the protest was going on downstairs, upstairs in the CJ Chambers, two former P.U.P. ministers were vindicated. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh today ruled against a tort of Misfeasance in Public Office brought by the government against Jose Coye and Florencio Marin. It had to do with land transactions by CHEOP Enterprises while the two […]
Across the river, another celebration was taking place. He has not said much since his resounding defeat in the 2008 general elections. But Said Musa says a lot in his memoirs released today on the occasion of the fifty-ninth anniversary of the P.U.P. The two hundred and seven page book captures Musa’s humble beginnings as […]
The government reacted promptly on Monday to Channel Five’s exclusive stories late last week on an analysis by Carl Ross and the question of investor confidence in Belize following the Telemedia nationalization. The PM’s press officer, Delroy Cutkelvin, in a two minute paid advertisement, tried to discredit the story by making personal attacks on financial […]
Still on Telemedia, the company announced on Monday that Karen Bevans is the new Chief Operations Officer. What the release did not say was that there were other changes in the re-structuring of Telemedia since its nationalization. That’s because it ain’t flattering and in fact downright humiliating. Word to News Five is that two previous […]
The Belize Maintenance Limited protested on Monday over the lack of payment of a total of two point seven million in debts by the City Council. The company has laid off workers and finds itself in dire straits. B.M.L. and the other sanitation company, Belize Waste Control, met today in caucus with the City Council […]
While the garbage collection issue may be settled soon, tonight, the bar association meets to discuss the fate of Justice Samuel Lungole Awich. A faction of the bar is inviting Justice Awich to resign. And if he doesn’t resign they will ask the Governor General, Sir Colville Young, to remove him from office for misbehavior. […]
