More than ten families are without homes tonight after a fire took down their houses and properties in the Majestic Alley in Belize City late this afternoon. At news time reports are that up to fourteen families may have been displaced as the inferno blazed for at least two hours before it was brought under […]
The budget debate proceeded today at the House in Belmopan. We will have all the highlights coming up, but we go to the Supreme Court which this morning delivered a stunning judgement in a murder case. Calaney Flowers was accused of deliberately ramming the motorcycle of her former boyfriend Lyndon Morrison and killing him in […]
Turning to the Budget Debate in the House of Representatives this morning…. After being seemingly overwhelmed and nettled by the force and ferocity of the Opposition People’s United Party’s response on the opening day of the debate, the governing United Democratic Party’s speakers tempered their responses. They focused on what people want to see – […]
But the Opposition P.U.P. proved intractable, convinced that two Belizes exist and that they are further apart than ever before. Leading off the Budget Debate this morning, former Opposition Leader Francis Fonseca said the United Democratic Party has been exposed on all fronts and that they have no record to show for their time in […]
Later, it was the turn of Albert area representative and Minister of State for Investment, Trade and Commerce, Tracey Taegar-Panton, to deliver a presentation marked mostly by technical numbers about the work her Ministry has done and plans to do in the coming year. According to Taegar-Panton, Belize did not lack for investment in the […]
First-term area representative for Caribbean Shores, Kareem Musa, has become a noted debater in the House of Representatives. Today’s Budget presentation was no different as he touched on multiple topics while going through what the Budget means for his constituents and Belize generally. The younger Musa went after Prime Minister Dean Barrow as cold, callous, […]
In his usual inimitable style, Mesopotamia area representative Michael Finnegan hit back at the Opposition’s defense of the loans they made under their administration which have become the Superbond. Referencing an old Supreme Court case, Finnegan described the other side as being “giddy-a-giddy” – or crazy for power – and hoping the Belizean people will […]
We’re not sure if they compared ideas before coming to Belmopan on Thursday, but two People’s United Party area representatives suggested similar methods for having the Government understand the plight of the poor during their Budget presentations – Cordel Hyde of Lake Independence on Thursday and Kareem Musa of Caribbean Shores today. Basically, they propose […]
Is the Belize Bank headed to the CCJ to force the application of an arbitral award against the Government of Belize? It is perhaps the only option left, since the Court of Appeal has dismissed a claim brought forward by the Ashcroft-related company. On June eighth, 2016, Justice Amit Mehta, a federal judge in the […]
A lawsuit filed against Foreign Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington and his law firm, Pitts and Elrington, will be heard in the Caribbean Court of Justice in the months ahead. The matter involves a real estate company in which Elrington is said to be a shareholder, as well as a legal representative. According to attorney Eamon […]
Belizeans are lovers of corned beef; there are seven brands of corned beef on supermarket shelves. There was a scare over the weekend when Brazil’s Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply issued a warning that the Brazilian Federal Police had detected irregular practices in the certification […]
Overnight gun violence in the south side of Belize City has left one man hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Just minutes before eight p.m. on Thursday shots rang out on Neal Pen Road; twenty-six year old Ron Myvett was hit once to the back after a lone gunman reportedly came up from behind […]
A B.D.F. soldier is making a name for himself in Guyana. Officer Cadet Francisco Choc was awarded best overall trainee in the Guyana Defence Force standards officers’ course. Choc also received the Sword of Honour and Best in Fitness and Military Knowledge. The Standard Military Officers Course is an intensive training programme of leadership and […]
Back to today’s budget debate….Orange Walk South area representative Jose Mai focused on the impact of the Budget – or lack thereof – on the productive sector, which he described as devastating. He excoriated the Government for neglecting the plight of farmers, focusing on the recent issue of potatoes. Mai said he found it unbelievable […]
Lake I Representative, Cordel Hyde turned the tables on the U.D.P. on the issue of corruption in his budget presentation on Thursday. The U.D.P. has continuously shaken their fingers against their predecessors in office about charges of corruption, but Hyde says the U.D.P. administration itself has much to answer for, including consistent feeding of alleged […]
What is the real unemployment rate? That’s the question you may want to ask and perhaps you will be no smarter after the following. Now, the figures released from the Statistical Institute of Belize as of September 2016 posted on the SIB’s website states that unemployment stands at eleven point one percent. This year in […]
Former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega once again skipped proceedings in Belmopan this week, marking the fifth consecutive meeting he has been absent from. Under the Standing Orders, more than six absences qualifies him to step down from his position as area representative for Orange Walk North, resulting in a by-election, unless he resigns sooner. […]
Fort George Area Rep and Former Prime Minister, Said Musa, is always a must listen to during the debating of the budget and on Thursday during his presentation, he didn’t disappoint. Musa took aim at the Prime Minister over the ballooning Superbond which, according to the veteran politician, has tripled since the U.D.P. took over […]
It’s World Tuberculosis Day around the world – it is a day designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of over one point five million people each year, mostly in developing countries. So, this year countries globally are raising awareness through the slogan “Unite […]
