The latest murder victim is a tour guide and fisherman from San Pedro killed within days of a shooting that left an adult and two minors injured. On Wednesday night, a group of men went to the Elliott sub division house of Scott Charles where he was with his wife and baby, knocked at his […]
Friday’s meeting of the House of Representatives in Belmopan should see the tabling of the 2012-2013 Auditor General’s Report on which we have been reporting all week. It is all intended to be ventilated by the Public Accounts Committee chaired by Opposition member Julius Espat. But he is not terribly impressed with the quality and […]
Two of the largest ministries in the government service – Finance and Natural Resources – were not included. Coincidentally, the same man, Prime Minister Dean Barrow, is currently directly in charge of both ministries although Lands has been run by Gaspar Vega, Vanessa Retreage and currently Doctor Carla Barnett. In the case of the Ministry […]
Formed last December, the Integrity Commission was intended to provide independent assessment of the assets of Belizeans in public life. But a few weeks ago it was announced that the Commission would only be investigating the declarations from the current year due to pressure from legal authorities and some parliamentarians. Anonymously citing two of his […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington, in an interview with the media on Wednesday, once again raised the ire of many, including former Foreign Minister Lisa Shoman. While speaking on the issue of going to the International Court of Justice for a resolution on the longstanding border dispute with Guatemala, Elrington reiterated that Belize does not […]
Shoman who has been an advocate for going to the I.C.J. has now changed her position in light of what is being said by the incumbent foreign minister. That is unless a practical Sarstoon Protocol has been established and until Guatemala respects our borders. The notion that Belize would go to the I.C.J. based on […]
Following a round of fruitless bilateral discussions with Guatemala in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2016, which ultimately failed to produce a Sarstoon Protocol, the former foreign minister’s perspective on the matter has shifted to one of skepticism. The pending referendum, she says, will find Belize in a catch twenty-two, since the holding of separate voting […]
While the Battle of Saint George’s Caye and Independence Day remain the twin towers of the September Celebrations Calendar, in Belize City, the Carnival Road March reaches those heights. September ninth will see hundreds of revelers on the City’s streets and many more watching from the sidewalks and at home. But the usual route from […]
Campaign efforts to elect a U.D.P. mayoral candidate for Belize City are in full swing and, as expected with any political race, promises are being made ahead of the August twenty-seventh convention, as well as the March 2018 municipal elections. Among those assurances is a relief for residents who cannot pay their property taxes. They […]
As you’ve heard at the top of the news, two-term representative Julius Espat is under no illusions about the state of Belize’s governance, which he says can be traced back to the handover from colonial masters to Belizean ones. And he readily acknowledges the deep cynicism that pervades Belizean society, which tends to view P.U.P. […]
Belize is now a signatory to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, which was signed in December. But there has been no discernible movement to implementing its dictates and Cayo South area representative Julius Espat warned today that without a serious level of commitment from this or any future government, the UNCAC is toothless. […]
Belize is in the projected path of newly formed Tropical Storm Harvey. And we say projected because it is still early to determine whether it will really head this way. The weather system formed a couple hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, and may pose a threat to parts of the Caribbean in early […]
This afternoon, a handful of students, all of whom are members of the Child Advisory Board, an arm of the Belize City Council, were recipients of back-to-school grants. The initiative is a humble means of acknowledging the efforts that children and teenagers have made in the governance and beautification of the Old Capital. Councilor Hyacinth […]
If you are looking for a job, here is an opportunity that can help you. BELTRAIDE today launched a talent fair to create an employment database to meet the demands of employers. To qualify, you must be sixteen years of age and older; computer skills are a plus and so are persons with technical abilities. […]
A month or so ago, the president of Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action and his counterpart in the Poor People’s Organization for a Healthy and Righteous Society, visited the campus gates of the now-Columbus Central University School of Medicine. It is summer break and there was nobody there, other than a caretaker. But that […]
In May, thirty-two-year-old Erin Linarez left his family home on the island of Ambergris Caye to voluntarily check himself into the REMAR rehabilitation center in Bullet Tree Village. Linarez, battling alcoholism, checked himself out in the early hours of the following morning. He left behind his cell and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. […]
If you’re a parent, you have definitely heard the advice that children enjoy routines. There are only a few weeks left before the start of the school year. And, that’s enough time to establish a healthy routine for your child. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we have some tips for moms and dads on getting their […]
