We have been reporting on the precarious financial situation of Belize Electricity Limited and whether or not there will be blackouts. The issue of its nationalization was dealt with squarely by Prime Minister Dean Barrow today. B.E.L. has been unable to keep current with payments to suppliers, primarily the Comision Federal de Electricidad to which, […]
While the P.M. waits for B.E.L.’s Lynn Young to sit with him at a meeting on Friday to find out if Fortis will invest more into the company, others won’t have to wait to hear from the P.M. The Chetumal Street squatters held a small demonstration in Belize City on Tuesday morning. They want land […]
And after clearly dismissing the squatters by calling them fraudsters, the P.M. moved onto the next hot button issue. The transport industry has been going through several changes as the bus associations have been dealt several changes to the routes assigned to them by the Ministry of Transport. When the roads were being blocked and […]
Turning to other news, a well-known doctor was assaulted and robbed two weeks ago in Orange Walk Town. Thieves got away with Dr. Enrique Guerra’s cash, credit card and cell phones. He was brutally beaten and suffered severe injuries to his head. Despite three rounds of surgery, he remained comatose and this morning he passed […]
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The citrus industry is still reeling from a protracted dispute between the Citrus Growers Association and its subsidiary, the Citrus Products of Belize. Tonight there is word that another industry is in trouble, that’s the banana industry. Combined the citrus and banana industries are the life blood of the south providing most of the employment […]
At his quarterly press conference that was packed with a cheering gallery of workers from the poverty alleviation project and at least six ministers, the prime minister also deal with the Football Federation of Belize. That’s one of several sporting associations that are no longer recognized by the National Sports Council of Belize. The decision […]
While the P.M. had to respond to many burning issues, his quarterly opened with news about the economy. The Statistical Institute of Belize is still preparing the official data but the P.M. gave an outline of the state of major industries. The oil industry is pumping more barrels of oil and preparing for oil well […]
Across the globe, World Oceans Day was celebrated by highlighting the beauty and wonders of the marine universe. In the Jewel, the issue of a referendum on offshore oil drilling was at the heart of the celebrations. More than seventeen thousand signatures have been collected, but now OCEANA claims that government is not playing it […]
The weekend brawl in the parking lot of the Princess Hotel and Casino is far from over. It left three men injured and it’s soon to spill into the courts. On Monday we reported on Rodney Lino and Patrick Menzies version of the events that happened early Sunday morning. Their account started with an accidental […]
But the focus of the incident centers on a woman who was either bumped into or harassed. Well, the woman who walked out of the club and interacted with Lino and Casimiro also spoke to the media today. She preferred to remain off camera and while sitting in a darkened studio, she related what happened […]
A sixty year old taxi driver has joined the prison population for allegedly fondling a nine year old girl. The child has reported that on June fifth, Godfrey Mortis took her into his house, kissed her neck and touched her inappropriately. Mortis was arraigned today on a single charge of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent […]
At the age of sixteen, Stephan Flowers was accused of shooting twenty-seven year old Gilroy Garnett. That was back in July, 2009 and Flowers, who is now eighteen, was today acquitted of Attempted Murder when Garnett took the stand and told the court that he does not want to proceed with the case. Prosecutor Sheneiza […]
The Belize Trivia Challenge was introduced to the public back in February and was made available online for internet users wishing to test their general knowledge of the Jewel. It has been almost six months and what began as a group of almost a thousand players has now been reduced to three participants. Rhondeen Pitts, […]
Over thirty representatives from the region, the U.S, the U.K, European Union along with government representatives in Belize are discussing personal and economic security. That’s at the center of the deliberations at a United Nations Development Assessment Framework roll-out workshop that is ongoing at the Radisson Hotel. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting […]
