On June twenty-fourth, the Court of Appeal found that the government of Belize did not have sufficient evidence to take control of Belize Telemedia for a public purpose. Nevertheless, government used the security forces to dislodge the rightful owners from control of the company. And then on Monday, the Government went back to the National […]
Flooding is a usual occurrence during the rainy season and Monday night’s torrents caused many parts of the old capital to be affected by the downpour. One particular group that has been confined to the streets, the wholesale fruit and vegetable vendors, are steaming mad with the Belize City Council about the poor conditions. News […]
Down south, Punta Gorda police are investigating the bizarre death of an infant in the remote village of Jalacte, a Mayan community adjacent to the Belize/Guatemala border in the Toledo District. On Saturday afternoon around two-thirty, Rolando Sho encountered the grotesque sight of a dog dragging the lifeless body of a newborn in a nearby […]
There was a bundle of five questions in our last poll, the first being: Are you happy in Belize? The results were close with fifty-one percent of voters saying yes and forty-nine percent saying no. Do you feel safe in Belize? That was second in the series of questions and it had the widest margin […]
Earlier you heard angry vendors cast blame for the loss of produce squarely on the shoulders of the Belize City Council. Councilor Phillip Willoughby, who is responsible for markets, says that’s not quite so. Willoughby contends that works have been carried out in the area and vendors affected by the rain could have sought a […]
There are numerous reports surfacing about corrupt land practices that involve what appears to be a well established ring. Belize City businessman Israel ‘Pie’ Marin, manager of Belize Diesel and Equipment Ltd., is one of many victims of the land scams. Marin filed a report back in May, but it has just made it to […]
A family of nine, including three minors, spent three days in lockdown and appeared in court on charges for rounds of unlicensed ammunition that were found in their yard on Neal’s Pen Road. Eighteen year old John Fuller was not among the group of accused persons, but he appeared in court on Monday, claiming that […]
A late morning hold-up took place today in the West Landivar area when two armed gunmen entered Eric’s Store on Bachelors Avenue where they proceeded to hold up the store’s attendants. According to police press officer Sergeant Fitzroy Yearwood, the incident has not officially been reported; however, sometime around eleven-thirty the business which is being […]
We told you earlier that the reacquisition of Telemedia on Monday would trigger more litigation. Well true to form, according to the Belize Telemedia Employees Trust, it will continue to fight for ownership of the company. In a release today, the Trust, which has twenty-three percent of the issued share capital in B.T.L., said that […]
On Monday Senator Godwin Hulse abstained from voting on the B.T.L. acquisition because the new legislation had been provided just prior to the meeting. As recent as June twentieth, the government nationalized B.E.L. and again there were complaints of last minute availability of the paper work or legislation to be decided upon by the House […]
The debate on the acquisition of Telemedia is still raging. One of the most stated arguments deals with the rule of law. Did government disregard the rule of law when it took back control of the company after the ruling of the Court of Appeal that declared the acquisition null and void? This morning, we […]
Government has already indicated that it will appeal the court ruling to the Caribbean Court of Justice. Shoman questions what’s the point of the appeal? Lisa Shoman, Senator/Attorney “If di first time yoh tek it yoh neva tek it fi wha good reason, how you wah come long and she I wah change di reason […]
A team of karatecas from the House of Shotokan has returned to Belize with an impressive number of medals. The athletes squared off against seven hundred others at the Copa del Caribe Taekwondo Competition held in Cancun over the past weekend. Most of the medals were won in first place; it’s a feat that the […]
While the karatekans brought home the medals, the Football Federation of Belize is still in limbo over the return match with Montserrat. The F.F.B. was suspended by FIFA when the government decertified it and wrote to FIFA to say it would not provide security for the games. The F.F.B., it is reported, is now considering […]
Twenty scientists, who have been doing intensive research in Belize for years, shared their findings at a two day conference sponsored by OCEANA. The scientists focused on the potential dangers to the ecosystem due to oil drilling and exploration. At the close of their visit, they went on an all day tour of the Turneffe […]
The Institute of Creative Arts is holding the first ever Belize Design Week. The initiative is geared toward stimulating the interests of designers to continue producing local artistry for the local and international markets. Caribbean designer, Robert Young, whose line “The Cloth” is featured across the world, is a participant in the event. He says […]
