Belize Electricity Limited will be in government hands by Tuesday morning. Today, the government rushed through the House and Senate, legislation to take over the utility company worth four hundred and forty four million dollars. The drastic measure of a corporate takeover became more than whispers on Friday evening when it was announced that there […]
P.M. Barrow stood solo while speaking on the takeover. He paused to address what he referred to as personal attacks by Lynn Young, now the former C.E.O. of B.E.L. Barrow denied that the government had intended to usurp Fortis’ shares in B.E.L. by using the Public Utilities Commission as a pawn. Barrow said that B.E.L. […]
Two years ago on August twenty-fourth, the government called a special sitting of the House of Representatives followed by a senate meeting. By the end of that day, Telemedia became the first company to be nationalized by a hostile takeover. Up until today, compensation has not been paid and B.E.L. will now stand in the […]
While the government is about to change the proverbial bulb on B.E.L.’s management, there is still another possible battle in the distance with Fortis. Litigation over purchase costs for B.E.L. may be proceeded by additional concerns over its sister company, Belize Electric Company Limited (BECOL). P.M. Barrow said he doesn’t foresee a BECOL takeover, but […]
The House and Senate approved the nationalization of B.E.L. with speed; the official opposition did not make it to today’s special sittings. They weren’t there because they claim the notice and House papers were not delivered to members until Friday night. The P.U.P. further states that the agenda did not warrant a special meeting and […]
It was a violent weekend in the city and the west. Early on Saturday evening in downtown San Ignacio, a man was killed in front of a restaurant and an acquaintance will be charged for his murder. David Guerra was stabbed once in the chest and died shortly afterwards. According to his family, the suspect, […]
The weekend’s other murder was in the city where the family of Delbert Hinds prepares lay him to rest while a former B.D.F. soldier is clinging to life. Shortly after seven-thirty on Friday night, thirty-two year old Hinds, aka Snypa, was gunned down in one of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods. He did not stand […]
So far we have reported on murders in the west and in the city, but in San Pedro police are investigating a shooting fourteen miles north of town on Saturday. According to Freddy Jaime, a resident of the island, at about eight o’clock that night he was walking along the beach in the vicinity of […]
There was a terrible traffic accident on the Western Highway on Sunday night. At around seven-forty, twenty-four year old Lenard Gillett of Hattieville lost his life when a van collided into the truck he was travelling in. Police reports are that thirty six year old Jose Ortiz was driving a van between miles four and […]
A Mexican plane made an emergency landing in Orange Walk Town on Saturday and the first question raised was whether it’s another drug plane. Well, tonight that question remains unanswered as it is still not known what cargo was in the plane and no one was found in the area. Police and B.D.F. personnel found […]
There was a violent domestic dispute in Dangriga over the weekend and a woman was seriously injured. At around twenty minutes after three on Sunday morning, police found twenty-one year old Felicia Kratzer lying inside her house at the corner of Pen and Melinda Roads with large cut wounds on her neck, right thumb, right […]
Supporters of the two major political parties voted over the weekend to elect standard bearers for the next general elections. Three names were on the ballot for the United Democratic Party’s Stann Creek West constituency but when the votes were tallied Minister of Transport and NEMO, Melvin Hulse, was re-elected. Hulse garnered one thousand one […]
It’s been seventeen years since the book Thirteen Chapters of a History of Belize was first published by renowned Belizean historian Assad Shoman. The acclaimed Thirteen Chapters was adopted into the classrooms by a number of secondary and tertiary level institutions across the country. But since 1994, there have been significant developments in the areas […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week three of the Belize Bank Super League proved to be pivotal for all four teams under the double elimination format as they all come in with three points each and identical records of one win, one loss apiece. Here in Belize City the defending […]
