The Prime Minister announced today that it is removing specific language on the proposed ninth amendment but is it still dangerous for Belize’s democracy? On July twenty-second, Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s government introduced a controversial ninth amendment to the Belize Constitution in the House of Representatives that unleashed fiery public debate. The bill has come […]
As we said, the Jamaica’s Gleaner, in this Sunday edition, took on the question of the Ninth Amendment, head on. The editorial surmised that Belize was heading down a slippery slope. The Gleaner likened the government’s attempt to the skinning of a cat, which in the end, would result in great collateral damage and at […]
Tropical Storm Harvey turned out, fortunately, to be more bark than bite on Saturday. The big news coming out of the storm were claims that tornados had ripped through the villages of Crooked Tree and San Lazaro in the north. There was an air of both excitement and despair; excitement because tornados are unknown in […]
Harvey made landfall at midday on Saturday, earlier than forecasted, but weakened considerably as it hit Dangriga. The predictions that it would turn into a hurricane quickly dissipated along with the storm. Most areas in its path did, however, experience heavy rains, but damages are minimal. Shelters were opened but few were occupied. Our News […]
Tyrone Crown, a resident of Louise Bevans Street, was executed in cold blood just before dark on Saturday evening. A hail of bullets emptied on his body, caused his immediate death as he headed to his house, a stone’s throw away. Crown, a mechanic, lived immediately in front of where Giovanni Chi was killed last […]
Another shooting took place in the old capital on Saturday night. Thirty-one year old Jorge Estrada was shot three times to the head and has survived so far. But he remains hospitalized in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Estrada was rushed to the KHMH by BERT ambulance after he was discovered […]
On August ninth, Rhett Fuller lost his years of battle against extradition. The Privy Council in London dismissed Fuller’s appeal, which essentially means that he could be sent to the United States where he is wanted for a murder that happened in 1989. Fuller, a businessman, is an inch closer to finding out his fate […]
A small protest was led today by the Belize Christian Workers Union and Port employees for the removal of the Ports Commissioner. The BCWU is claiming that John Flowers has not been honoring the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. The union claims that he has also refused to attend meetings, dismissed workers and that […]
A pizza deliveryman was lured into the Port Loyola area and robbed on October tenth, 2010. Today twenty-one year old Calvin Palma was convicted of Robbery and fined five thousand dollars when he appeared before Magistrate Emmerson Banner. The victim, thirty-two year old Pablo Coc of Peppers Pizza, testified that he was to make a […]
Also from the courts, twenty-four year old Stacey Belisle is tonight a free woman after charges of marijuana possession against her were dismissed today. Earlier this year, on February sixteenth, it is alleged that Belisle approached an officer responsible for the transportation of inmates and asked if he could deliver a plate of food to […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported that government was backing down on specific language proposed in the ninth amendment. Government is removing the section that bars court enquiry into the validity of any law passed to alter the Constitution. Attorney-at-law Godfrey Smith appeared on our OYE Show today and cleared up that the government did […]
Today, His Excellency Mario Velasquez, the new Ambassador of Mexico to Belize presented credentials to Governor General, Sir Colville Young. Velasquez previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Finland. He takes over from former head of mission, Luis Manuel Lopez Moreno who is now posted in Haiti.
Good evening, I am James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It appears that the Football Federation of Belize and the Ministry of Sports have arrived at some sort of understanding and the relationship between the two is no longer one of total confrontation even as we speak. The F.F.B. is in full preparation mode […]
