The developments in the telecom industry resulting from the expropriation of Telemedia topped the headlines all week. The high point came via a press release from Telemedia declaring that the British Caribbean Bank intends to wind up the company. This assertion was on Monday following a press conference by Telemedia and that’s where we pick […]
The loan of forty-five million dollars which Telemedia got from the British Caribbean Bank in 2007 has been smack in the middle of the controversy and that is because Telemedia is asserting that the Bank loaned the money for the purchase of shares in the telephone company. According to Telemedia Chairman, Net Vasquez, at Monday’s […]
While the legal debate over a loan continues to rage, the life of a woman ended on Thursday night at her home. The woman, Mercedes Carrillo, had just moved to Burrell Boom Village to begin a new life. The forty year old mother was allegedly in an abusive relationship and it is the man in […]
There is a report that a convicted sex offender who was wanted in the U.S. has been apprehended in Belize. Robert Snyder, who has been in Belize since August of 2008 and has been acting as a chess instructor, was apprehended after a Saturday night feature on America’s Most Wanted. What’s worrying is that the […]
Two families in Caye Caulker will be spending Christmas without their homes following a midday fire. Fortunately, no one was hurt but the families lost all their belongings. The Fire Department experienced mechanical problems and could not contain the blaze from spreading to an adjacent house which was also destroyed. If that sounds familiar, it’s […]
While the cause of the fire is under investigation, testimonies at the ongoing Commission of Inquiry are revealing more irregularities. Two witnesses appeared today before the Commission looking into the purchasing of supplies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital between the period January 2008 and June 2009. The audit report, presented by Deputy Auditor General, […]
The second witness today was the Supervisor of the Radiology Unit at the K.H.M.H., Freddy Mansu. Mansu did not take the oath on the Bible because he said he is not a Christian. According to Mansu, he found problems with the register that was used in the Department because it did not reflect accurate information. […]
Another hot button issue is the recession, which was officially announced by Prime Minister Dean Barrow on October twenty-ninth. When that announcement was made, it was not followed by what will be done to weather the economic storm but everyone has been tightening their belt. Today at the Queens Room at the Princess Hotel, the […]
The owners of the WesterHaven, the cargo ship that ran aground on the reef near Caye Glory may end up paying millions for damages. Closing arguments in that case were heard in front of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh last week. But the cost of litigation has not deterred owners of vessels from being more careful […]
Heading north, it was an anti-climatic moment for George Hardie Senior when he entered Mexico today hoping to return with his son and employee. Hardie, owner of the Las Vegas Casino, was expecting George Junior and Security Guard David Abner Gomez, to be released after spending almost a year and a half in a Mexican […]
While two men have been freed of a conviction in Mexico, two men are facing life time imprisonment for the murder of Punta Gorda resident, Cruz Sho, who was raped and brutally murdered at her common-law husband’s home in Lords Bank over two years ago. Late this evening, Lindsdale Franklin and Ryan Herrera were convicted […]
In another murder case, the accused man is free tonight from the double murder that occurred on May twenty ninth, 2008. Twenty one year old Nelson Henry, who was on remand for over a year, walked out of court a free man because the evidence against him was insufficient. In 2008, police charged two men […]
And Joel “Dara” Robinson is known for his tributes to Bob Marley, but on Saturday night, he is promoting the music of Otis Redding. Dara is putting a large screen in the middle of the tennis court next to the M.C.C. stadium for the video concert and Karaoke session. But it isn’t just to have […]
Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? This Saturday the Lady of Guadalupe annual parish fair will be held. The fair will run from ten a.m. until eight p.m. There will be lot of food and drinks on sale as well as games and horseback riding. There will even be a Santa that […]
