The day and a half long Intersessional Meeting of CARICOM Regional Heads of Government concluded in the Placencia peninsula today. It was a short, but comprehensive meeting of the region’s leaders with a focus on coming up with a concrete structure and timeline to dealing with the most critical issues facing the Caribbean Community. Certainly […]
The loss of correspondent banking relations has been called a potentially huge crisis for Belize, and it is already affecting to a major extent smaller countries in the region. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and one option put on the table at the session was the possible pooling of resources in all member countries […]
Prime Minister Barrow and a delegation of high-level financial experts have concluded a round of meetings in the U.S. with regulatory and federal agencies. Nothing concrete came out of those meetings in terms of new correspondent banking relationships or the mending of old ones. But what has come out, according to the PM, is an […]
The Conference of Parties 21, recently convened and concluded in Paris, has been dubbed a milestone session of world leaders where a concerted effort to understand, address and mitigate climate change is concerned. The challenge for CARICOM now lies in working out the tangible nuts and bolts which lead to binding treaty mechanisms and legislation. […]
Turning to crime…There were two shootings on the south side of Belize City over the weekend, but details have just become available from the police. The first was the shooting of nineteen year old Raheem Bailey who was injured at his home on Allan Pitts Crescent. A lone gunman reportedly rode up on bicycle and […]
The second shooting on south side Belize City occurred an hour later on Boots Crescent near the Saint John Vianney Primary School. As we reported on Monday, a seventeen year old was shot from behind by a lone gunman on bicycle as he headed towards Rivero Street Extension. Police said today that within hours, they […]
In the Supreme Court today, the rape trial of B.D.F. Lieutenant Ruhesi Elijio was abruptly stopped and the jury discharged. Elijio will remain on interdiction from the force since his case has been traversed to the next sitting of Supreme Court in April of this year. His trial began since Monday of this week, but this […]
The mosquito borne Zika has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization because it is believed it can cause microcephaly in newborns. So far, there are no confirmed cases in Belize, but the virus is transmitted by the aedes aegypti mosquito. As an individual country which is affected […]
While the heads discuss the Zika in Placencia, in the city, health officials teamed up with the Belize City Council for a sensitization workshop on the virus. The partnership is fitting since local government is responsible for sanitation. The idea is to educate residents on a number of issues related to Zika, including the habitat […]
An increase in the number of cases involving vector-borne diseases such as dengue occurs primarily in communities that are extremely susceptible. Nonetheless, Mayor Bradley says that the city council is strengthening enforcement pertaining to sanitation offenses. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “The message really is that it’s not a crisis. There’s no confirmed cases […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington was also present at the CARICOM sessions this morning during which border relations were discussed – the Guyana/Venezuela issue and of course our own Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute. On our front, discussions have advanced to the point where referenda on going to the ICJ are being discussed and that will […]
One issue which did not come up at the meeting of CARICOM heads of government was rice – specifically Guyana rice brought to Belize by importer Jack Charles. It was then sent back, ostensibly because Charles had not gotten the proper permit from the Belize Agriculture Health Authority. It was more than that, though. The […]
From critical regional matters to political postings – since we had the opportunity, we asked the Foreign Minister to confirm reports of diplomatic assignments. Both Herman Longsworth and Phillip Willoughby stepped aside to make way for Tracy Taegar Panton who eventually won the Albert division. Both claimed on national television that they decided to do […]
Mayor Darrell Bradley was also asked about the reported posting of Councillor Willoughby to the Windy City. The mayor says that while that is yet to be confirmed, if and when he will be taking up that position, things at City Hall remain the same. Willoughby continues to play a crucial role in the City […]
Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley is catching some flak from a team of engineers spearheading the Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Project. The criticism follows comments that were made last week regarding the completion of the Cinderella Plaza. While an underground waterway has been constructed beneath the intersections of Douglas Jones Street, Freetown Road and Kelly Street, […]
If you’ve been in the vicinity of Sand Lighter’s Promenade recently you would have noticed a pair of incomplete wooden structures in front of the Mexican Institute. What are those half-finished eyesores you ask? Well, according to Mayor Bradley, they are intended to be ticket booths and information centers for a soon-to-be-built zip lining at […]
Two budding artists have won top awards at a national and an international art competition, distinguishing themselves and their schools. The young students are from Saint John’s Vianney and Saint Joseph Primary schools. They enrolled in the Primary School Arts Skills Training Program which allowed them to compete in the Lion’s Club Peace Poster Competition […]
For the first time in Belize, the three-time tango world champion dancers from South America will be performing locally. On Thursday and Friday nights at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, the Colombian Dance Group “A Puro Tango” will grace the stage with traditional and contemporary tango dances. The entire family is in for […]
