Prime Minister Dean Barrow hosted the 2019 Prime Minister Business Forum today. About three hundred guests from the private sector were at the Civic Centre when the PM used the platform to take unprecedented shots at the judiciary and in particular, a Supreme Court Justice. During his keynote address, PM Barrow touched on central government […]
Imer Hernandez is not only a relative of the former Deputy Prime Minister, but also a very vocal and strong supporter of the United Democratic Party so it is no surprise that the opposition, People’s United Party, became outraged after Hernandez was awarded another multi-million dollars road works contract. While the rehabilitation of a portion […]
As it relates to the recent contract that Imer Hernandez was awarded by the Inter-American Development Bank, Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that the tender process is done pursuant to the procurement policies of the I.D.B. PM Barrow says that all requirements are set by the I.D.B. and Hernandez will be subject to rigorous supervision […]
In the absence of a Contractor General, contracts awarded by the Government are currently being sent to the office of the Solicitor General for revision. Godwin Arzu’s contract was not renewed following complaints made by not only the Opposition but by Social Partner Senators. Arzu had failed to submit six yearly reports during his tenure. […]
In the crime blotter…the murder of Roy Lord remains an open investigation after police were forced to release a suspect in their most recent homicide case. The thirty-one-year-old was shot and killed shortly before midnight on Monday as he walked along Wilson Street en route to pick up his girlfriend from work. According to police, […]
A pair of men, both of whom are Mexican nationals, has been fined by customs and immigration authorities in Belize, even though one of them is wanted by Interpol for crimes committed in his home country. Fifty-year-old Abelardo Castilla and forty-year-old Manuel Villanueva were busted in San Pedro where customs officials recovered an assortment of […]
The charred vestiges of a small single-engine aircraft believed to be a drug plane was found in a remote area of the Orange Walk District earlier this week, on Tuesday. There is not much that investigators have unearthed aside from a few drums containing aviation fuel and seats of the plane. The discovery was made […]
A sit-out started by seven teachers has morphed into full industrial action by all teachers at the Bishop Martin High School in Orange Walk. Today, the entire teaching staff was outside the classrooms and students headed home by midday without knowing when teachers will return inside. This is on the eve of the critical ATLIB […]
Attorneys Anthony Sylvestre, Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, and Kareem Musa say the 2008 Special Agreement is invalid. The trio of lawyers published a thirty-eight-page Joint Legal Opinion that calls into question the legality of the Compromis. According to the lawyers, the Joint Legal Opinion sets out the legal bases why the Special Agreement is unlawful and […]
Aside from an appeal of the Belize Bank ruling by Justice Courtenay Abel, Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that the government also has plans to challenge lawsuits filed by tour operators against the Commissioner of General Sales Tax. In November 2018 the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the General Sales Tax Act following […]
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro is hell bent in not allowing U.S. aid into the country. The embattled president closed Venezuela’s border with Brazil on Thursday until further notice amid a tense standoff with U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido. Here at home, the operations of the office of Alba Petrocaribe Belize Energy Limited, APBEL, will be […]
The appointment of Nigel Hawke as Solicitor General of Guyana was short-lived. Hawke served in that capacity here in Belize for about four years, exiting the post in December of last year. Reports from Guyana say that Hawke resigned abruptly on Wednesday and with immediate effect. It happened after Court of Appeal Judge Rishi Persaud […]
The annual Prime Minister’s Business Forum was held today at the Belize City Civic Centre. The Prime Minister’s presentation lasted about twenty-five minutes and while his statements about a sitting judge and the bench eclipsed the forum, government plans to upgrade its services through E-governance. The yearly event was organized by the Economic Development Council. […]
A resident of Lake Independence is lucky to have escaped serious injury when he came under gunfire a long way from home on Tuesday night. Thirty-two-year-old Jovy Carballo was driving along Raccoon Street Extension when shots were fired in his direction. The vehicle was hit twice and fortunately the driver was only grazed during the […]
A store owner was robbed in Independence Village on Tuesday afternoon by a pair of thieves armed with a handgun and a machete. Wen Quong Yian was relieved of five hundred dollars in cash, as well as a cellular phone and tablet. Here’s more from CIB investigator Alejandro Cowo. ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., […]
Renowned anthropologist Dr. Herbert Gayle is back in town and will be delivering a public lecture on Friday at the Bliss Institute. Dubbed the Failure of Suppression, why and how violence reduction makes dollars and sense, the instructional speech will look at how the system of suppression has failed to achieve its desired results in […]
P.U.P. Councillor Micah Goodin was allegedly involved in a kerfuffle on Wednesday night at City Hall. Reports are that the young councilor allegedly aggressed the City Administrator and had to be removed from the premises by force. We were told that the argument was over the slow processing of funds for a sporting event. Goodin […]
Since 2008, we’ve been reporting about the Lionfish. And if you’re wondering why ten years later we are still talking about – well, that is because this fish is impossible to eradicate. You will recall in the last five years there have been sustained campaigns to raise awareness and promote the culling of this venomous […]
On Monday, a police patrol near mile thirty-two on the George Price Highway intercepted a vehicle transporting eight live hicatees. The turtles were confiscated and released back into the wild. The seven persons inside the vehicle were all served with a summons of intended prosecution for the offences of fishing of female hicatee turtles greater […]
It took years to move from the drawing board to its ground breaking, but the Stake Bank project is finally on its way. On Wednesday, the symbolic launch of the multi-million dollar investment got underway at its unique location just outside Belize City. With an injection of eighty-two million dollars, the cruise port facility is […]
The national teams from Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba and the Bahamas are in Belize for the qualifying round of the FIBA World Cup games that is taking place at the Civic Centre this weekend. The three-day international match-up begins on Friday and will determine two of the top sixteen placements, taking them one step closer […]
The Rotary Clubs of Edmonton, Canada and Belize gifted the Saint Luke’s Methodist Primary School with a playground. The outdoor recreational space is fitted with swings, slides and ladders for the children to play. The playground was salvaged from a community in Canada and installed on the school grounds. It was officially inaugurated on Wednesday. […]
It’s the place many people turn to when they are in a crisis. That’s because when someone is faced with a sudden diagnosis of kidney failure and needs emergency dialysis that they simply can’t afford, they go to the doors of the Kidney Association of Belize on LaCroix Boulevard in Belize City. The N.G.O. is […]
