Our top story tonight is a major update on the Universal Health Services matter. Both the government and the Belize Bank Limited are headed back to court in dueling applications before the Caribbean Court of Justice in March. According to the Government of Belize, there may be further delays not only in payment of the […]
On Monday, February fifth, the Supreme Court is expected to hear the case of Sunshine Holdings against the B.T.L. Employees’ Trust in a partial continuation of the original Telemedia saga which had been brought in the main to its conclusion last November. Of the over half a billion dollars repaid in compensation for the taking […]
On Tuesday, we reported that a group of former holders of premium annuities with the defunct Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) took an appeal of previous judicial decisions to the Caribbean Court of Justice. When the company folded in 2009, the fifty-four holders of what are known as Executive Flexible Premium Annuity policies were not […]
During U.S. President Donald Trump’s live televised State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night, he intimated that American foreign assistance should always serve American interests and go to its friends and not enemies. The comments came in the wake of more than one hundred countries banding against the U.S.’s decision to recognize […]
The combined effort of the Belize Defense Force, the Belize Police Department and the Forestry Department led to the successful location of two park rangers who had gone missing on Monday evening in the Chiquibul. Luis Ramirez and Elroy Villanueva became disoriented and lost their way from a camp at the Caracol Archaeological Site. And […]
Earlier this week, we reported on the case of two Guatemalan fishermen charged with illegal fishing in southern Belize. Tonight, Friends for Conservation and Development, FCD, is reporting that on Sunday, a joint patrol comprising of the Chiquibul National Park Rangers, the Belize Defence Force and Special Patrol Unit of the Police Department detained three […]
The homestretch of the municipal elections race has arrived. As the calendar turns to February, the ruling United Democratic Party is first off the mark with its production of promises and plans should it be voted in for another three-year term. Some believe that the U.D.P. in the Old Capital has little left to accomplish […]
The United Democratic Party currently controls sixty-two of the sixty-seven seats on municipal councils countrywide. Since 2006, it has never gone below a two-thirds majority of such seats. But, might voter fatigue be setting in as the municipalities go to the polls again in a month’s time? Prime Minister Dean Barrow appeared exceedingly confident of […]
And finally from Prime Minister Dean Barrow tonight, the march is on toward his sunset as a political force. With elections due by the end of 2020 or early 2021 and his three-term limit as Prime Minister up, he has decided to leave electoral politics altogether. But since last year, the hints have grown that […]
Siblings Cricencia and Josephine Oh were savagely mutilated near the village of San Jose in the Toledo District on January twenty-first as they were returning from attending mass and visiting with a brother in that vicinity. Their murders shocked and outraged the Maya community, particularly since crimes of such heinous nature are uncommon in the […]
The shocking deaths of the Oh sisters have galvanized residents from San Jose and San Antonio villages. Together they have organized a Walk for Justice in memory of Cricencia and Josephine Oh. The walk is intended to condemn crime, and appeal for justice, unity and peace in the Toledo District, as well as the country. […]
Thirty-four-year-old Kenrick Valencia was attacked by an unknown assailant as he stood in front of the Novelo’s Bus Terminal this morning. The predawn assault resulted in the security guard being stabbed once to the abdomen. According to Belize City police, the Lord’s Bank resident remains in a critical but stable condition. Inspector Wilfredo Ferrufino, […]
Back from his end-of-year working visit to his homeland to meet with counterparts in the Mexican Foreign Relations Secretariat, Ambassador of Mexico to Belize, Carlos Quesnel Melendez, hosted the press at the Institute of Mexico in Belize City, to review the work of last year and the projects for 2018. February second marks three years in […]
President Enrique Pena Nieto’s whirlwind visit to Belize for the Mexico-CARICOM summit was a highlight of the local embassy’s year, and planning has begun for a reciprocal visit, as well as the Bi-National Commission reuniting. A topic that will certainly be on the minds of the politicians and diplomats is the United States’ position on […]
There is an important notice tonight for our viewers of Mexican heritage. In five months voters will go to the polls there to elect a President and members of the Chamber of Deputies and Senators. Because Mexico’s constitution sets a single six-year, non-renewable term for the presidency, incumbent Enrique Peña Nieto cannot run for re-election. […]
One hundred and ninety-five City Council employees each received a free piece of land today. Mayor Darrell Bradley says he has been working on this “thank you” gift which will help to compensate and motivate employees to deliver quality service. Bradley says it’s been in the works for two years and so it’s not an […]
The Ministry of Education, members of the Consortium for Belize Educational Cooperation, met today in Belize City for the annual COBEC Winter Symposium. This year, COBEC celebrates thirty-years of existence and used the forum to discuss the strengthening and expansion of tertiary level education in Belize. We spoke with three members of COBEC about this […]
At the end of January, the Ministry of Health in Belize issued an advisory on the presence of measles in Central America. It’s one imported case – which means an individual contracted the disease outside of this region and traveled to Guatemala. Now, with only one confirmation in the entire region, is it much ado […]
