Brace up because the worst is yet to come. That’s because the economy is not a dark cloud looming over the Barrow administration, it’s a potential hurricane on the horizon. Prime Minister Barrow admitted that Quote “The upcoming fiscal year will be the hardest of the UDP term.” End Quote. And that is because there […]
But what about the revenues from oil profits? According to their data, Belize Natural Energy’s gross revenue from petroleum production is three hundred and twenty-six point one U.S. million. The government’s share is seventy-eight point five million dollars. BNE claims it only receives fifty five point five million dollars. But the largest share, sixty percent […]
According to the police statistics, crime is going down. But the man on the street knows that violence and grenade attacks are on the rise. Urban terrorism is the new description of the warfare between rivaling gang factions throughout the old capital. Morale within the Police Department is low and the strategy to combat crime […]
Gary Seawell, the Ladyville resident who has been on the lam since 2007, is the last of three brothers wanted by the United States on narco-trafficking and money laundering charges. Duane is locked up in the United States and Mark is in the Hattieville Prison fighting extradition to the U.S. On Tuesday morning the police […]
Forty-eight hours—it’s the maximum time that a person can be detained before being charged. And for the employees of the Belize City Council in custody, their detention time will elapse sometime around eight tonight. But word coming from CIB personnel is that it is still uncertain whether they will be charged for allegedly stealing approximately […]
On February third President of the Belize National Teachers’ Union, Jaime Panti called on the government to address the issue of their Collective Bargaining Agreement, accusing GOB of dragging its feet since 2008 and staggering the process. The fight is over an unfulfilled salary increase and Panti gave government a one week deadline to deliver […]
But according to BNTU’s Executive Secretary, George Frazer, the union has not met with government since 2008 and it is willing to sit and negotiate if only GOB would be willing to give them an audience. Frazer said the problem is longstanding since previous administrations did not meet with them to discuss a new collective […]
In northern Belize, the Crooked Tree Police Station had not in use for about five years because the building was unfit. And after a blaze last night, the station was reduced from a dilapidated structure to mere rubble. Corporal Donald Gillett, who is in charge of the area, says the building and contents were completely […]
Back in September of last year, twenty-four year old Elton Herrera, an employee of Brown’s Butane Gas Service, lost his life when a faulty gas tank exploded on Mopan Street. His death sparked an investigation on safety measures implemented by butane gas operators. Both the departments of Fire and the Environment, the Belize Defence Force […]
In the year 2000 Belize’s population stood at roughly two hundred and forty-nine thousand. Ten years later, it is estimated that the number of people living in Belize is around three hundred and fifty thousand. The Statistical Institute of Belize will conduct a census starting May twelfth and its employees will be gathering relevant information […]
There were two burglaries in communities along the Northern Highway on Tuesday, and in one incident the culprit was caught at the scene. Police on patrol in the Lord’s Bank area, detected the first break-in at eleven o’clock in the morning when they heard a security alarm at the home of Dorian Westby. They searched […]
No Dual Citizens in the House. That’s the news coming out of the PM’s conference earlier today when he revealed that the Seventh Amendment to the constitution has been struck down. Since the Prime Minister brought the bill to the House of Representatives in June of 2009, the general population spoke out vehemently against it […]
Lois Young, the Prime Minister’s first wife, is the attorney of choice for the Barrow administration. She has been contracted as lead attorney in many of the government’s high profile cases. It is estimated that she collected well over one point two million dollars from the Ministry of Finance during the period from March fourteenth […]
There’s a new boss at the Belize Tourism Board. She is Seleni Matus. Matus has worked as advisor for the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative and has managerial experience in ecotourism and sustainable development. She holds a Masters Degree in Corporate Strategy and Governance from the University of Nottingham in […]
