Today’s sitting of the House of Representatives was reserved for the presentation of the 2015-2016 Budget, the eighth of the Barrow administration. Later in our newscast we’ll have an extensive look at that, but first we deal with another matter which dominated the political scene inside and outside the House today. We refer, of course, […]
With that acerbic statement, it was on to the reading of the Budget, and there is where it would have ended today. But the man to whom many of the allegations in the leaked recording are pointing decided to have his say. Former Prime Minister Said Musa is a veteran debater in the House, but […]
P.U.P., Leader Francis Fonseca was absent his seat for the back and forth between Musa and the Prime Minister – which was both awkward and vicious. But he dismissed the allegations as being asked and answered many times before. Fonseca insists that it is being handled internally, and that’s just the way it’s going to […]
Even without the heat generated by that fiery recording, Fonseca is at a most difficult time in his political leadership. In some quarters there is criticism that he has been unable to unite the party and has been unable to restructure the once mighty organization into even a shadow of its former self. But there’s […]
Relations between former Party Leader, John Briceño, and current P.U.P. Deputy Leader, Julius Espat, remain tense following the release of the clandestine recording on Tuesday. Briceño levied serious allegations against his former advisor Espat and Espat is not taking it lightly. The bad blood has made its way to the social media, where it is […]
Just before midday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow made his 2015-2016 Budget presentation which he promised would be the shortest ever, but which still ran for forty-nine minutes. He prefaced the substance of the address by proclaiming that the muscularity of the voters in municipal elections would, as promised, be rewarded by the muscularity of government […]
For fiscal year 2014/2015, there is a projected overall deficit of one hundred and forty-one million dollars, a two point five percent increase from its initial estimate. That, says Prime Minister Barrow, is the direct result of government’s focus on people-centred, country-centred spending. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The U.D.P. political directorate is unrelenting in […]
Seventy-two million dollars of the one hundred and forty-one million dollar deficit was financed through draw-downs from Petrocaribe monies. According to the Prime Minister, for the eighth consecutive year there has been no commercial borrowing. He points out that as a consequence of G.O.B.’s debt strategy, coupled with their fiscal strategy, the core numbers are […]
With that look at the projected deficit and surplus for 2014-2015, the Prime Minister turned to the outlook for the rest of the year, and expressed optimism and an expectation of economic growth. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The Central Bank of Belize conservatively expects G.D.P. growth to decelerate to between two percent and two […]
The Prime Minister says that the priorities of the 2015/2016 budget will be in line with those of previous years, and while they have done so much, Belizeans can expect even more progress ahead. In addition to health, education and national security, G.O.B. plans to continue its infrastructural surge started in 2014. Prime Minister […]
Former Minister of State Elvin Penner arrived in court with heavy police protection after being egged on his previous appearance in court. Back in 2013, Penner was found to have facilitated the illegal issuance of a Belize passport to a Korean fugitive. When criminal proceedings did not go anywhere, a private prosecution was mounted by […]
There was another big case before the courts today. On Wednesday, Magistrate Hurl Hamilton transferred the case of the destruction of the Noh Mul Archeological Site to Belize City due to logistical purposes. The trial was to commence after almost two years after the Maya monument was grazed to the ground purportedly by employees of […]
But is justice delayed justice denied? Representatives from the Institute of Archeology and CTV-Three from Orange Walk were all present at court today to testify in the case. Prosecutor Leeroy Banner appeared on their behalf. The destruction of the monument took place way back in May 2013 and today, there was yet another adjournment in […]
There was a shooting incident on Thursday night on Central American Boulevard. Sometime around nine-thirty, Belize City police responded to a report of gunshots in the vicinity of Port Loyola where they met twenty-eight-year-old Phillip Mass Samuels. He allegedly told the officers that he was the intended target of an unknown gunman. It would be […]
A resident of Vista Del Mar, Ladyville is tonight at the K.H.M.H. in a critical condition following an attempted murder in the village just before ten on Thursday night. Three bullets unleashed by a duo hit Kenroy Arnold, who was hanging out with friends. While the motive for the shooting remains unknown, Arnold has had […]
Since the start of the year, there have been five murders and several shootings in the Belmopan Area. So far, the murders of Yaima Ledesma, Emerson Daly Junior, Feliciano Noralez and John Smith, all of which are in the jurisdiction of the Belmopan Police Formation, have gone unsolved. And while it would seem that the […]
Tourism is a huge income earner for Belize, which means that to remain competitive with other destinations; services need to complement the tourism product. This morning, about a hundred persons concluded a week-long training as site specific tour guides. The program was conceived as part of the project of Making Tourism Benefit Communities Adjacent to […]
On the occasion of World Kidney Day, a health fair was held by the Kidney Association and partners encouraging persons to get a true picture of their overall health. There is a significant increase in the number of diabetic and hypertensive patients which means that kidney diseases are also on the rise. The health fair […]
