There are new details tonight in respect of the crisis at the Atlantic International Bank Limited. We can confirm that AIBL has started a voluntary winding up and representatives from the Central Bank of Belize have been deployed to the bank to ensure that the process is smooth and clients are protected as much as […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the latest legal opinion on the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute. It comes on the heels of another put forward recently by the Bar Association which commissioned preeminent international law professor Stephen Vasciannie to weigh in on the strengths and weaknesses of the claim should it go before the I.C.J. for resolution. […]
While it can be argued that Judge Schwebel is essentially rehashing what has been posited in the 2001 legal opinion, PM Barrow went on to say that it is Schwebel’s view that Belize would be granted temporary relief from the World Court should there be a yes vote in the upcoming referendum. This means that […]
On Monday, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin will preside over a constitutional challenge brought by the People’s United Party. The legality of the Special Agreement between Belize and Guatemala, signed in 2008, is being called to question and whether Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington had the authority to sign without House approval. There’s a possibility that the […]
The Prime Minister’s campaign has been to promote a ‘yes’ vote come April tenth. It is also the position of former foreign minister Lisa Shoman, who shared the stage with him at the press conference and has also become a lawyer for the government. Today’s event was a push to convince the electorate to support […]
Following its passage in the House of Representatives, the budget for 2019/2020 went to the Senate floor today. Debate in the upper house started with a robust statement from private sector senator, Mark Lizarraga. The senator noted that the figures do not add up and there was no accountability of how the people’s money was […]
Earlier in the year a female teacher at Muffle College High School in Orange Walk Town was asked to resign after nude pictures of her were circulated. The teacher resisted and the matter is expected to go before the courts. Today in the Senate, B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith brought up the issue, alleging that one […]
During his budget presentation, Private Sector Senate Mark Lizarraga touched on Belize Telemedia Limited and Belize Electricity Limited, both companies nationalized by the government. Senator Lizarraga reminded the government of the glorious returns that was expected after the nationalization of B.T.L. He said that he has seen no record of any projects, prompting a response […]
Police say two persons are detained and being questioned about the murder of twenty-two-year-old Jordan Lorenzo and the shooting of minor, Rakeem Cruz. The two Dangriga residents were inside a house around seven on Wednesday morning when two men went inside and fired multiple shots killing Lorenzo in the living room and injuring Cruz who […]
On Wednesday we reported on the gruesome killing of U.B. Student Kevin Frutos. The twenty-six-year-old went missing on Friday and his body was discovered in a shallow grave around eight-thirty on Wednesday morning. He had been robbed and his throat slashed. According to police, the investigation has shed new light on Frutos’ last hours. He […]
A Belize City man is in the hospital in a critical condition after he was shot inside his home on Pelican Street in Belize City on Wednesday night. Police say that sometime after nine, a man visited the house of thirty-eight-year-old Lawrence Simpson and called out his name. Simpson was inside with his family and […]
Police say that they have charged two brothers for attempted murder in Orange Walk. The incident happened on Saturday, February twenty-third when the Diaz brothers entered a man’s property where they started an argument with him. During the dispute, one of the brothers chopped him up. Police say there is nothing to show if the […]
Over a hundred students from the Bishop Martin High School staged an impromptu protest this morning as the situation at the high school continues to deteriorate. Four teachers, whose employment status was unclear and who carried a sit out from the beginning of the week, were sent home via a letter from the Board. When […]
Four teachers, namely: Avid Briceño, Manuel Tzul, Emil Quetzal and Carmen Trejo were issued with letters from the Board asking them to leave the school compound immediately on Wednesday. According to board member, Suzannie Cajun, the ministry has indicated that the teachers were illegally hired because due process was not followed. To avoid sanctions, the […]
On Wednesday we shared the good news that Holy Angels is getting some help. The school still needs more support to get things in order. And as you heard, the local catholic manager Rodolfo Garcia said it is not his responsibility. Well, today the Minister of Education debunked the priest’s claim. Minister Patrick Faber says […]
As many as six persons died over the weekend in separate traffic accidents across the country. Police are preparing to charge two persons in respect of the couple that killed in Spanish Lookout. Irene and Abram Penner left seven children behind when their motorcycle was rear-ended by a van on route forty. The driver of […]
Thieves wiped out a small business and then set it on fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Marta’s Snack Shop was located on the corner of Lacroix and Balan Streets in Belize City, but just after one p.m., the structure went up in flames. Police were able to detain several persons seen fleeing […]
Small tour guides are ramping up their protest at the lack of jobs even though, the B.T.B. continues to report significant increases in tourist arrivals. Today at the ITVET Compound in Belize City, members of the Belize City Tourism Zone Tour Operators and Workers Association staged a press conference to share the plight of the […]
A dispute over a woman led to bloodshed in Seine Bight on Tuesday. Police say that a couple was walking when they came under attack by a man. The perpetrator was reportedly jealous of the relationship and had a beef with the man. Placencia police were called out to the village. ACP Joseph Myvett says […]
The Ministries of Education and Health say that they want to see more healthy meals in the schools across Belize. As a part of the initiative, a national menu for the school feeding programme was launched today in Belize City to ensure healthy eating for the students. The new menu will take into consideration portions […]
UB President Clement Sankat, today issued a statement on the murder of business students, Kevin Frutos. The twenty-six-year-old from Bullet Tree was found along the George Price Boulevard in Belmopan with his throat slit. His family believes that he was robbed before being murdered callously. President Sankat described Frutos as a beloved member of the […]
