For weeks, there has been a guessing game as to who would be the heir to the U.D.P. throne in Caribbean Shores. Minster Carlos Perdomo today finally admitted that he would not seek a second term. And while he made an endorsement, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said Caribbean Shores is open for convention. Last week, […]
All possible candidates for the division have until next Wednesday to formally apply to contest the December fourth convention. Both Santi Castillo and Perdomo’s favorite were present at today’s press conference. Mike Singh is the brother of Police Minister Doug, and he has held top-level positions in Beltraide and the Tourism Ministry. But is Perdomo’s […]
But will there be early general elections? When the consultations on the Ninth Amendment began, supporters of the P.U.P. were calling for elections. Those sentiments have been echoed by the Opposition at House meetings. And after the PM’s Independence Day speech, the ante went up that early elections were on the table. In the past […]
Though the Prime Minister says general elections will likely follow after the 2012 March municipal elections, the standard pre-election quality of life packages are on the way. The Prime Minister announced that he had spoken to CEO of Belize Electricity Limited and the Public Utilities Commission about implementing a rate review. The PM believes that […]
The gang truce was agreed upon by Belize City gangsters and the prime minister on September fourth. There has been a drop in gang related murders, but there were still gang related shootings. During the press conference, the PM asserted that no gang related murders occurred since the truce was sealed. And though the families […]
And though the Police Department had fewer murders to solve in the past two months, it doesn’t mean they don’t have their fair share of internal issues to iron out. Recently, eight officers sought legal advice over promotions that they thought were unfair. They cited the results of a recent exam as proof of the […]
The Citrus factory in Pomona revved up today for the new crop season. Oranges and grapefruits are fetching good prices on the export market, but the trouble is that the processor, Citrus Products of Belize Limited, is not yet ready to receive the oranges that are beginning to rot in the orchards. Growers say they […]
Universal Health Services was the private hospital whose debt was guaranteed by the government to the Belize Bank. In 2007, it caused protests in the capital. The bank was owed thirty million dollars and when it was time to pay up, the hospital did not have the cash, and it became a government debt and […]
While that loan has been haunting the past administration, the highly controversial accommodation agreement signed in 2005 between the Musa Administration and B.T.L. has become the albatross on Francis Fonseca’s neck. Now that he is the leader for the opposition, it will surely be used for political mileage. This morning Francis Fonseca clarified his role […]
Turning to crime, another innocent resident became a victim of the violent Belize City streets on Tuesday night. Thirty-five year old Chalonie Craig was inside her house at the corner of Iguana and Seagull Streets when she was hit by a stray bullet. Reports are that Craig was in her kitchen along with her two […]
Two Belize City teenagers were today committed by Chief Magistrate, Ann Marie Smith to stand trial at the Supreme Court. The first was eighteen year old Kevin Bodden, who is accused of the April tenth murder of taxi-driver, Kirk Belisle. A preliminary inquiry concluded with a paper committal when the Chief Magistrate ruled that there […]
Meanwhile, a land dispute was settled amicably in the Supreme Court this morning before Justice Michelle Arana. Stacey Ortiz and her mother, Linda Hinds took a fellow city resident, Ricardo Castillo, to court over a piece of land they have been occupying on North Front Street. Castillo, who is the owner of the parcel adjacent […]
A hearing impaired Hattieville resident is dead following an accident on Tuesday night between miles ten and eleven on the Western Highway. Shortly before six, the man was riding his bicycle heading home, when he was knocked down by a bus travelling in the same direction. According to several accounts, Dorrel Hyde suddenly appeared in […]
The Belize National Coast Guard is the gate keeper of our territorial waters but it has limited resources to curb organized crime and other illicit activities that have become more prevalent and daring. As a part of an ongoing fight against transnational crime in the region, the U.S Southern Command and the Central American Regional […]
Three major events are on ICA’s calendar to celebrate its third Dance Extravaganza. The first takes place this weekend at the Bliss. Performing will be twelve professional dancers including a Belizean, Jamie Thompson, who make up the Dallas Black Dance Theatre. The line-up includes modern, jazz, ethnic and spiritual works. News Five’s Delahnie Bain reports. […]
