It was not one of the biggest protests, but COLA and Belizeans for Justice stepped up pressure on the government today on a wide gamut of issues from the recent eviction of squatters to the expulsion of Marcel Cardona and the troubles in the transportation industry. The protesters did the talk and walked the walk […]
Not far away at the Michael Finnegan Market, things were also heating up. For months, there has been a myriad of problems that have pitted vendors against Belize City Councilor, Phillip Willoughby who has responsibility for the markets. Some have been ironed out, others persist and new issues keep popping up. When we headed out […]
The eviction of squatters from the site of the Chetumal Street Bridge has elicited a mixed bag of responses from the public. Over five hundred people polled on our last question: “Is Government justified in using force to evict the squatters in the Chetumal Street area before they could identify where to go?” Fifty-seven percent […]
The Belize Football Federation has been at odds with the Ministry of Sports for some time. When it didn’t meet registration requirements by failing to submit its financials, the ministry threatened to cut it off. Well today that came through at a meeting of the National Sports Council. While it doesn’t necessarily play an active […]
The embattled chairman of the Belize Bus Owners Association, who was accused of not consulting with his membership before accepting an offer on bus routes for the west, stepped out today. Claude Frazer, who remained under the radar in the aftermath of a countrywide transportation shutdown on May twenty-seventh, today joined forces to oppose the […]
Thirty-five year old Ted Armstrong was escorted in shackles when he arrived at court today but walked away a free man having spent five years behind bars. Armstrong was twice tried for murder but convicted of manslaughter and was serving a twelve year sentence. Armstrong challenged the Supreme Court decision and got the news this […]
Time is running out for Belize Electricity Limited as its arrangement with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (C.F.E.) of Mexico, which supplies about seventy percent of the country with power, is maxed out. Massive and rolling blackouts can arise if B.E.L. is unable to make regular payments to keep its eight million dollar debt to […]
In the last week of April 2011, two American citizens took their own lives in the Jewel. Michael Virgin, a firefighter was known to be depressed, and he hung himself inside a hotel room on April twenty-sixth. The other man, Scott Meinke was a fugitive from justice and when the cops in Punta Gorda caught […]
The OAS forty-first General Assembly focused on citizen security in the Americas and the discussions wrapped up today in San Salvador. A declaration for a regional approach to tackle transnational crime was approved by the member states. In the context of Belize, it focuses on Central America, which has felt the brunt of the upsurge […]
While the ideas coming from the general assembly emphasize the need for strengthened law enforcement entities, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, says that might not be the best route for Belize. According to Elrington, the focus should be on preventing the youths from turning to crime, rather than reacting when the deed is […]
On Monday you heard the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Haroldo Rhodas, speak about the referendum on the Belize/Guatemala dispute. While in Salvador, we caught up with Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Fred Martinez. We asked him about the development of southern highway to Jalacte and whether it will change relations with Guatemala. Marleni Cuellar “Recently we […]
If you have been waiting, well Season Two of our Reality Wedding, From Yes to I Do, is back tonight. Five couples have been selected and will now compete to make the cut as the perfect duo for this season’s most celebrated wedding on national television. The cameras will follow the winning couple as they […]
