Two siblings were abducted in the west this morning as they left a resort, but their kidnapping fortunately ended without incident. While unscathed, eighteen year old Kathen Kotay and twenty-two year old Manisha of Virginia, USA, endured a terrifying ordeal at the hands of their abductors who were demanding seventy-five thousand dollars for their return. […]
The People’s United Party held a press briefing today at Independence Hall to roundly condemn the actions of the Elections and Boundaries Office, which rejected three hundred and thirty-seven signatures in the Elvin Penner recall petition. One hundred and fifty-six of those signatures were rejected because the signatures did not match, or the petitioners were […]
As we told you, the P.U.P. came with substance to back up their fire and fury. The party claims that after just a cursory examination, they are prepared to object to one hundred and forty of one hundred and fifty-six rejections. With judicial review on the horizon, the P.U.P. weren’t shown all the goods, just […]
There was a time not so long ago when the Belize/Guatemala referendum on the age-old territorial dispute was a part of daily conversation. All that changed when Guatemala backed out and talks stuttered at the eleventh hour. But the effort continues, or so it appears. Today, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Fernando Carrera flew into Belize to […]
With all the best intentions and apparent goodwill between both Foreign Ministers, there are still some sticky issues which have led to hostile words and tense moments between countries. One of those is the constant encroachments into Belize by Guatemalans, and the consistent plunder of natural resources within our borders. Those illegal trespassers have come […]
Another sticky issue is the consistent appearance of Guatemalan documents which cast some doubt, at least on that nation’s part, of Belize’s territorial integrity. Just recently, a Belizean delegation to an event in Australia came across a Guatemalan map which included the territory of Belize. It has caused some consternation and raised the ire of […]
The Belize National Teachers Union that started the year with a militant tone reacted swiftly today to a release issued by the Ministry of Education. The ministry took issue with plans by the union to hold rallies beginning this Friday up north. The ministry is of the view that the rallies would disrupt classes and […]
So that is where the B.N.T.U. stands tonight…starting at nine a.m. on Friday in Orange Walk Town and in the afternoon in Corozal Town, teachers from the two northern districts will march in large numbers and conclude their industrial action with rallies. The B.N.T.U. says corruption can’t go unchecked and it is also agitating for […]
By this afternoon, the Minister of Education Patrick Faber, in a meeting with the media, said that there is absolutely no reason why teachers should be demonstrating on a school day since they have made it abundantly clear that they are not holding a union meeting. According to Faber, students have lost too much time […]
Faber says that while the ministry is not threatening teachers, it will not sit by idly and watch the efforts of the government be toppled by the union. FOR VIDEO LINK CLICK HERE: FABER APPEALS TO TEACHERS Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “I want to make it absolutely clear as well to those who might […]
There is heinous crime to report tonight involving a fifty-one year old teacher, who is the stepfather of an alleged abused young girl. A twelve year old is claiming that her stepfather, who is many years her senior, has been sexually abusing her since she was at the tender age of seven years. The girl, […]
Today in the courtroom of the Chief Magistrate, a Freetown Sibun resident was convicted after his fingerprints were lifted from a perfume bottle he came in contact with during a burglary at the home of well-known Hattieville resident, Douglas Hyde. The crime occurred last September at Hyde’s house located in the American New Site area […]
Belize is looking for energy security and at a lower cost for the next ten years or so. As it currently stands, the national grid requires eighty megawatts of energy. The Belize Electricity Limited meets the country’s demand through multiple sources including: Belize Electric Company Ltd. (BECOL); Hydro Maya Limited in Southern Belize; Belize Cogeneration […]
Now, Belize Electric Company Limited operates the Chalillo, Mollejon and Vaca Hydroelectric located in western Belize. BECOL is owned by Fortis, the former Canadian owners of the utility company…prior to G.O.B.’s takeover in June of 2011. PUC Chairman, John Avery, says that while Fortis has preemptory rights of first refusal for waterways, that contract was […]
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health issued a release cautioning Belizeans about the seasonal flu. Included in the update was that there was one suspected cases of H-one N-one pending confirmation. Back in 2009, the entire world was on the edge fearing the global pandemic of H-one N-one; so what is the situation now? All […]
