Cane-farmers from the Orange Walk and Corozal districts have given the Sugar Industry Control Board one week to break the impasse between BSI/ASR and the BSCFA. If that does not happen, they will stage a mass protest. That unanimous decision was taken at a general assembly meeting held on Saturday at the Escuela Secundaria Tecnica […]
Faced with an ultimatum from the farmers, SICB Chairman Gabriel Martinez promised to ‘try his best’ to call a meeting before November twenty-fifth to facilitate a way forward. It’s a tough position for the regulatory body because strictly speaking it is a commercial agreement between two parties. Because of the no compromise stance taken by […]
It’ll be an interesting week ahead. The farmers have stood strong, called out SICB and by extension GOB. The Prime Minister went on record first to offer to pay for an independent expert if the BSCFA wanted one. They did, and made the request in writing, after which the PM went on record again to […]
Last week Wednesday, through his attorneys Barrow and Williams, Deputy Gaspar Vega threatened to sue CTV-three in Orange Walk, Love FM and Ramon Cervantes Junior. That threat arose from very serious allegations broadcast on November fifth, as the Cervantes family played a recording of a phone call allegedly made by Manuel Castillo, the man Police […]
A press conference was held this morning during which FECTAB officially announced that the forty eight inch regulation which prohibits persons less than four feet in height from enjoying caving activities has been put on hold. The tour operators now have until the end of December to work out the wrinkles of the regulation. While […]
At today’s press conference, COLA president Geovannie Brackett raised alarms on what he calls an issue that has the potential to shut down the existing cruise tourism industry. Fort Street Tourism Village (F.S.T.V.) holds bargaining power by being the only port of entry for cruise ships in Belize District for the next fifteen years, as […]
The firebrand activist signaled an intention for his organization to address this issue at length as COLA recognizes the importance that cruise tourism has for many families who survive off daily earnings. He insists that in the gridlock between FSTV, Stake Bank and the Government, COLA supports the small man. But, he adds, there is […]
The case of Edmond Castro versus the visa scandal whistleblower got underway in February of 2014. In 2013, Castro was accused of facilitating visas for Chinese nationals by Alvarine Burgess. She claimed that she delivered money to Castro, who then sent the paperwork to the Immigration Department to be fast-tracked. Castro sued, and since then […]
Pending the passage of amendments in the House, the Firearms Act continues to create controversy among attorneys and those they represent who have fall afoul of the very wide shadow cast by that law. Tonight’s story was created as a consequence of that law, but goes much deeper than that to highlight the deplorable, inhumane […]
Over the weekend, two persons were killed on the highways. On Friday night, a woman lost her life in a traffic accident between miles fifty and fifty one on the George Price Highway. She was hit by a van driven by forty-one year old Jorge Luis Romero, a taxi driver who was travelling from San […]
A police officer from the village of in Seine Bight in Southern Belize is in trouble with the law tonight. A minor is accusing him of having sexual intercourse with her at about two A.M. on Sunday. The underage girl claims that the officer had sex with her at his house in the village. A […]
There has been enough bad news in this newscast but there is something positive to report on tonight. The World Beauty Fitness and Fashion Competition was held at the Hyatt Miami convention Sunday on Saturday. It is a major event for amateur fitness models and bikini divas but young Cricel Castillo, who the B.B.B.F.F. shunned […]
Earlier in the newscast, COLA president Geovannie Brackett spoke on the need for a new cruise port for Belize District. He accuses the Fort Street Tourism Village of acting to hold the industry and the nation hostage because of their onerous deal for exclusivity as the port of entry, while belittling local operators in conjunction […]
After five days under police guard at the K.H.M.H, twenty-two year old Carl Lino of Belize City, was taken to court in handcuffs this morning for arraignment on five criminal offenses. But when his case was called, before Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith, he was a no show because it turned out that he had […]
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted on November twentieth by the United Nations. The CRC, as it is known, establishes measures to ensure the protection, survival, and development of all children, without discrimination. It also commits countries that are signatories to protect children from economic and sexual exploitation and other forms […]
Good evening I’m, James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The action remains fast and furious inside the PLB completion and we’ve got proof. So let’s head to the Peoples Stadium for Saturday night standoff between Placencia Texmar Assassins against the mighty BDF. In the early going it’s Dellon Torres with the left foot swing […]
