A meeting between Prime Minister Dean Barrow and representatives for Belize Western Energy Limited, Gas Tomza, and Southern Choice Butane (Zeta Gas) took place today in Belize City. The meeting lasted for more than an hour and the discussion revolved around the National Gas Company. In August, the government passed the National Liquefied Petroleum Gas […]
The three current importers of LPG are encouraged to bid for the bulk supply to the terminal. Speaking on behalf of the companies was Ernesto Uh of Zeta Gas. According to Uh, the meeting was amicable and he sees a favorable response from the government in terms of the bids that would be put forth […]
The Prime Minister and representatives of the three current butane importing companies have scheduled another meeting though the time and venue has not been agreed upon. According to Uh, concerns by the companies will be further discussed however PM Barrow reiterated that there is no reversal of the National Gas Company and its mandate. […]
The Public Service Union has been ordered to vacate its Belmopan Hilltop headquarters by October thirty first. The order is by Simplex Designs Limited which has hired Attorney Estevan Perrera. A recent letter sent to P.S.U. President Gerald Henry says that if the P.S.U. fails to vacate the premises by the allotted time, it will […]
Deputy Director of the Belize Tax Service Reynaldo Verde legal woes continues in the U.S.A. Today, he was denied bail. Verde was nabbed by the F.B.I. on charges of interference with commerce by means of extortion and attempted extortion. The criminal complaint was made by the principal of Orchid Bay Development, Chris Williams, who reported […]
The prices for regular gasoline and diesel will be going up at midnight at gas pumps across the country. Regular gasoline will go up by thirty-four cents and consumers will now be paying ten dollars and twenty-seven cents per gallon. In the case of diesel, the gallon will be going up by fourteen cents and […]
The case against the Belize City Council brought by former City Administrator Candice Miller adjourned around four-thirty this afternoon in the courtroom of Justice Courtney Abel. Mayor Bernard Wagner was on the stand throughout the day being cross-examined by Miller’s attorney, Magali Perdomo. Miller was let go from City Hall back in 2018 when the […]
The fate of Albert Moreira, accused of the murder of his estranged common-law wife, has been decided and he will have to stand trial at the Supreme Court. According to Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson, the defense did not challenge any of the documents and while there is no direct evidence that Moreira committed the crime, […]
Four years ago, a bus driver from Saint Paul’s Bank, Belize District attempted to overtake two vehicles as he headed from Belize City to the village. He never made it pass a passenger bus and collided with another vehicle. Two Belize City men travelling in the pan of a pick-up truck driven by a Chinese […]
The squatting problem along the Belize/Guatemala border by residents of El Barrio Judah in Guatemala has been a recurring issue. Pictures obtained by News Five show Guatemalans clearing lands near the border, on Belizean territory. The pictures and videos were posted by the Mayor of Melchor de Mencos, who reportedly told the residents that they […]
The problem of phantom voters and voter padding continues despite a recent countrywide re-registration, but Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that it is not something that will likely go away. Eight million dollars was spent for the mass re-registration exercise with the main purpose to clean up the voters’ list. Leaked documents show that in […]
According to PM Barrow, padding of the voters’ list, which he described as ‘voter shenanigans,’ will always be with us. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “This is how far things go and life is real and I think we must be honest. People who are determined register at an address in which they don’t live […]
He is serving for three terms as Prime Minister and Dean Barrow is now winding down his last term. Today, Barrow told the media that he will not remain as U.D.P. leader and Prime Minister up until the day of elections, which are due in 2020. Barrow intends to step down before the general elections, […]
When Prime Minister Dean Barrow steps down, the new leader of the United Democratic Party will ascend to the Prime Ministerial position. The U.D.P. has set February ninth 2020 for its National Leadership Convention which will take place at the Belize Civic Center. The race is between Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Belmopan Area […]
There is another fish kill being reported in the New River, but this time, the reports are coming out of Libertad Village in the Corozal District where concerns grow over the pollution in the water. A video shows hundreds of small fish floating around in the river while some struggled to stay alive. Officials of […]
And on the matter of the New River pollution…In the Corozal Bay, there are growing concerns about that pollution seeping further north. Because the tributary empties out into the Corozal Bay, residents and businesses are worried that it will affect their health and livelihoods. Minister of Environment Omar Figueroa says those concerns are valid but […]
On Tuesday, the Minister of Environment Omar Figueroa told the media that they have identified the funds to be used to conduct tests in the New River. Figueroa says that for the first time serious analysis will be done to get to the bottom of the problem. The assessments, according to Figueroa, will go towards […]
Two weeks ago the government declared a state of emergency in several areas of the country as a result of the prolonged drought that has impacted the agricultural sector. Government committed to assisting farmers and we will have an update on that initiative ahead but first, we take a look at how the drought is […]
The sugar industry is not the only one that has been hit by the prolonged drought, which, according to the experts is the longest in Belize since the seventies. Consequently, government declared a state of emergency after estimates put losses of produce in excess of fifty million dollars and committed to assist farmers. The assistance […]
On Tuesday, P.U.P.’s Julius Espat spoke on the pending results of the senate inquiry that took place between 2016 and 2017. Back then, the Senate Special Select Committee met for more than forty sessions over the course of thirteen months as it investigated into the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality […]
Director of the Immigration Diana Locke will be leaving her desk at the immigration department as she nears the age of retirement. Locke assumed the post in early May of 2016. Before then she was at the Foreign Ministry where she served for twenty-four years as Chief of Protocol as well as Director of Consular […]
Agriculture officials from CARICOM member states are meeting this week in Belize to discuss and get consensus on matters they want to advance. The meetings began since Monday and today, CARICOM sugar stakeholders met to address the matter of selling sugar, primarily plantation white sugar, on the CARICOM Market. Director of the Belize Sugar Industry […]
A.S.R.’s McLachlan says that they have had very constructive meetings with major industrial users of sugar in CARICOM, and selling Belize sugar looks promising. But, an effective regulatory approach is necessary to proceed. Mac McLachlan, Director, B.S.I. “The issue comes down, is it possible to use sugars produced in the CARICOM in industrial process? […]
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, CRFM, held a joint meeting between ministers responsible for fisheries and aquaculture, CARICOM countries and country representatives of OSPESCA, a fisheries organisation in Central America. Milton Haughton, Executive Director of the CRFM, says they are aiming to address a series of issues that affect the region. Milton Haughton, Executive […]
Fifteen entrepreneurs are attending a training of trainers’ entrepreneurship workshop at the Department of Youth Services. A regional consultant, who works a CARICOM initiative called CEBO, the Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity, is conducting the sessions which have also been held in other CARICOM countries. We stopped in at the DYS on Regent Street […]
