The government took control of the Belize International Services Limited (B.I.S.L.) and nationalized the International Business Companies Registry (I.B.C.R.) and the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize (IMMARBE) on Tuesday, June eleventh. Not only did G.O.B. nationalize the two registries, it slapped the management company, B.I.S.L., with a whopping thirty million dollar tax assessment. After […]
The international business community is not the only sector that is taking a hit from G.O.B. The Belize National Teachers Union (B.N.T.U.) is considering its next move after Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, came out swinging at them and teachers during a press conference held on Thursday. The verbal jabs touched all bases including: dismal […]
The Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology and Public Utilities it’s in its own battle with OCEANA Belize. On Thursday, the ministry sent out a release responding to a recent statement issued by OCEANA on a Supreme Court decision in which the validity of several offshore oil contracts, granted to six companies under the previous […]
The ministry has also proceeded to issue maps indicating areas currently being held by various companies, including Princess Petroleum and Providence Belize Energy, for oil exploration. The Petroleum and Geology Department recognizes the aforesaid companies despite the nullification of their contracts under the ruling. Furthermore, it cited an existing lawsuit in Saint Lucia for which […]
A Belizean studying in Taiwan has passed away. Clarencio Coc has been studying Plant Health at the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in southern Taiwan since 2010. According to students at the school, scooters are a regular means of transportation in that part of the country. Coc and a student from Guatemala, Mervin […]
By now you are aware that the seven thousand five hundred and thirty-three students that took the Primary School Examination did not perform well in English and Math. The Ministry of Education held a conference on Thursday to examine their findings about the exam. And while the Chief Education Officer, Christopher Aird, crunched the numbers, […]
The potential of a commercial oil find by Maranco Energy Belize Limited in northwestern Orange Walk was used by Prime Minister Barrow much like a dangling carrot back in April, during negotiations with the unions over much delayed salary adjustments. The likelihood of a wage increase for teachers and public servants is contingent upon an […]
The report was generated using cost data from BNE’s Spanish Lookout oil field, the existing terms of Maranco’s production sharing agreement, as well as corporate tax. The Production Sharing Agreement, Williams says, is favorable to the government. Tanya Williams, Exec. Dir., Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage “We had to use some assumption […]
Crime in Belize is typically categorized by murder, assault, carnal knowledge, robbery and burglary… So it is rare when a case falls out of those categories. But a senior citizen is being investigated for bigamy; that means he is married to two women. On Thursday, sixty-seven year old Faustina Coc nee Bol, a housewife of […]
An all points bulletin, issued for the apprehension of Sergio Moran, whom it is strongly believed brutally killed his wife on Wednesday in Caye Caulker, remains in effect tonight. Moran is suspected of butchering twenty-eight year old Julia Moran, who was hacked and stabbed multiple times with a machete inside the couple’s home on the […]
Twice convicted multiple murderers Patrick Robateau and Leslie Pipersburgh were in the Court of Appeal, just one of the their many stops during a legal process which has gone from the Supreme Court all the way to the Privy Council and back and has spanned almost thirteen years. The men were convicted in 2004 of […]
When thirteen year old Jasmine Lowe disappeared in June, 2012, the nation joined her parents in fear, and Cayo residents combed the land for clues. The murdered teen’s death changed the nation and there were protests in San Ignacio in front of the police station, and all chants were for justice. It has been a […]
Two Belize City men were today charged for a robbery of an Orange Walk businessman in the court of Magistrate Adolph Lucas. The duo, twenty-eight year old Jaime Villanueva and eighteen year old Wardworth Clark allegedly held up fifty five year old Jose Santos with a knife earlier today. They allegedly stole his backpack containing […]
Also in court, four persons including two females, one a minor and the mother of a one month old newborn were in court today facing charges for drug trafficking. Earlier today, at five am, Ladyville Police raided the home of Maskall businessman Winston Bevans and found one hundred and one grams of marijuana in twenty-nine […]
Immediately following the 2013 annual cross country cycling classic held in late March, several cyclists were selected to take a mandatory anti-doping test of which Channel Five was one of the sponsors. Well the samples were sent out and the results are back….the good news is that all the athletes tested negative for any form […]
The headlines and the country’s immediate future are both mired in court battles. The former managers of the registries and OCEANA Belize are not the only people taking on G.O.B. in legal wrangling. It’s a productive month for attorneys on both sides of the divide. So it was not surprising to find attorney at law […]
Earlier this year, in January, the Taiwanese Embassy held a scholarship briefing with students, teachers and principals from various educational institutions across the country. It was to provide information on the application process for scholarships as well as school-life in Taiwan. Well today, Ambassador, Republic of China (Taiwan), David Wu, took the opportunity to report […]
Contagious…it is a new exhibit that is launching tonight at the Image Factory. Although presumed to be the works of several artists, it is in fact the artwork of nineteen year old Julian Kuo. The fifty-five piece collection is the artists best works that he painted between February to April of this year. Using different […]
The September celebrations are months away but the National Celebrations Commission held its 2013 competition for the theme. And earlier this week, the commission announced that this year’s theme is: “Belize In You, Belize In Me, Land Of The Free.” This theme will now anchor the celebrations for the two hundred and fifteenth anniversary of […]
