The nationalization of Telemedia is turning out to be the albatross around the neck of the Prime Minister. Last week, Prime Minister Dean Barrow rebuked senior attorneys Godfrey Smith for writing a letter to Digicel Caribbean and Eamon Courtenay for a visit with the IMF. Barrow accused them of being unpatriotic and treasonous for also […]
But who is benefiting from the nationalization of Telemedia? Well, according to Smith, the P.M. is shedding crocodile tears and has placed his family and friends in key positions in Telemedia’s board of directors and as attorneys for the company. Godfrey Smith, Attorney “Yes the people of Belize need bawling for but he isn’t bawling […]
Telemedia was nationalized in August of 2009 and more than a year later, not even discussions on compensation have been held. This morning, attorney Godfrey Smith said that the PM is looking for a scapegoat but that there is still room for negotiation. Godfrey Smith, Attorney “This prime minister to my mind has showed a […]
Last week, the prime minister started a firestorm with the National Trade Union Congress of Belize when he called his party’s radio station and made disparaging remarks against trade union representative Lorelei Westby for not supporting a fifty million dollars investment by the Social Security Board in BTL Shares. Earlier today a “cordial and respectful” […]
Doctor Abdulai Conteh retired as Chief Justice last Thursday after ten years of service to the country and people of Belize. In the height of the controversy on the “unseemly manner” in which the retirement of Conteh was dealt with, Prime Minister Dean Barrow was specific that a serving justice of the Supreme Court would […]
One of the former directors of Belize Natural Energy, Shiela McCaffery, is wanted for less than twenty thousand dollars paid out in BNE cheques when she had already been removed from the company. But there is more trouble and it has to do with the Belize Natural Energy Charitable Trust Fund which was established in […]
The government appointed members on the BNE Charity Trust Board are Landy Burns as chairman and Alberto August and Ismael Requeña as representatives. BNE’s appointed members are Kevin Herrera, Daniel Gutierrez and Noemi Escalante. Deborah Seawell points out that the current Chairman is following the guidelines of party politics rather than the established criteria to […]
They’re already behind bars, but tonight three inmates have more trouble coming their way. First is twenty-six year old Knox Cumberbatch who is in jail awaiting trial for charges including murder and will now be charged with Attempted Murder, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm against Elton Bradley. The new charges go […]
Leroy Gomez was dubbed the serial rapist when he was accused in a number of rapes and attempted rapes that go back to September 2008. The twenty-four year old has been tried for three of the offences and in two cases the charges were withdrawn. Gomez’ only conviction was on August eighth for Rape, Robbery […]
A Construction worker of Mahogany Heights was charged today with Burglary for allegedly breaking into the home of Cairin Reid. Twenty-five year old Darwin Usher was caught in the act and instead of trying to escape, he asked Reid for a hug. She refused and Usher begged her again to give him a hug, but […]
We reported last Monday the story of a woman whose boyfriend claimed she had been badly beaten by the police and she miscarried her baby. The incident purportedly happened when the cops went to her house looking for stolen computers from Youth for the Future but did not find any. The incident unfolded in the […]
Another person says she can corroborate Thomas’s reports. That’s Bood’s mother, Estell Rhaburn, who was visiting on the same night of the alleged abuse. She told News Five that she heard the commotion in her daughter’s room. Estell Rhaburn, Witnessed Police Brutality “Afta bout five or seven minutes soh I hear wah lotta noise dah […]
When the Senate met last Friday in Belmopan, one of the Bills passed into law was the Bill to Recall Elected Representatives before their term expires. It allows voters within any constituency the opportunity to recall their elected representative if they feel he or she is not working in their best interests. But while the […]
Almost a year ago, Carlos Magana, the former strongman in the Belize Cane Farmers Association was unceremoniously dumped and replaced by David Madrid. Madrid signed a three year contract and last Friday Madrid, like Magana, was fired from his post as the CEO of the BSFCA, only nine months after he got the job. Madrid […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The national Football Team embarks on a 2nd International friendly this weekend when they journey to Petén, Guatemala to face their Guatemalan counterparts at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 9th. The last outing saw Belize hold the Trinidad and Tobago national team to a scoreless […]
