Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. The Anthony Mahler Mundialito Tournament 2023 continued on Saturday at the Berger Field in Belize City. There were some exciting matchups between the sixteen male teams competing in the tournament. Here is a thrilling battle between the dynamic Belize United and […]
A cargo ship with as many two hundred containers, waiting to be offloaded for delivery to customers across the country, remains docked at the Port of Belize Limited. The vessel sits idly in the middle of another standoff between the waterfront workers and their employer and everyone is losing money. This morning, the Christian Workers […]
Ted Peralta is the new chief executive officer at the Port of Belize Limited. He says that the Christian Workers Union decided on its own to go back on an arrangement that was already slated for discussion. The C.E.O. says that the attempt to revert to the unproductive arrangement of one gang, one ship, places […]
With every passing hour that the stevedores remain inactive revenue is being lost. According to the C.W.U. president, dockworkers are not responsible for the stoppage. Additionally, Hyde says that the refusal of entry to the waterfront workers is unlawful since it flouts the Essential Services Act. Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde, President, Christian Workers Union “You […]
Prior to Peralta taking over as C.E.O., agreements involving the Port of Belize Limited and the stevedores had been entered into and discussions were had on the financial implications for stevedores. Peralta says that notwithstanding the mutual agreements, the C.W.U. proceeded to act on its own irresponsibly and the potential consequences can negatively impact the […]
Going back to the initial agreement between the stevedores and their employer, C.W.U. president ‘Mose’ Hyde says that because that arrangement was not workable, they approached the shipping agent directly and struck a deal that was mutually beneficial. He says that the Port of Belize took that good faith agreement and made it mandatory. […]
The Port of Belize maintains that the C.W.U. is attempting to hold the country ransom by its actions, but is the company also playing hardball by effectively splitting the members of the union on this controversial issue? That’s what our colleague put to the C.E.O. Peralta during a sit-down with reporters this afternoon. Reporter […]
Two persons lost their lives in separate shooting incidents over the past twenty-four hours. The first is a murder that was recorded on Wednesday night in Dangriga. A thirty-five-year-old father of four was targeted by a gunman who opened fire on him in the presence of two of his children. The deadly shooting happened within […]
A man reportedly drowned at around one-thirty this afternoon, following a shootout between two groups near the Pueblo Nuevo Ferry. The man who drowned was reportedly along with one of the groups. He decided to swim across the river but went under. We have not yet been able to confirm his identity, however, reports are […]
Twenty-four-year-old Tehje Vaughan was granted bail in the sum of ten thousand dollars by Justice Nigel Pilgrim for the charge of manslaughter by negligence in the shooting death of her friend and co-worker, thirty-year-old Charles Canton. Canton was accidentally shot by Vaughan last Friday. Vaughan, the daughter of Belize City Councilor Albert Vaughan, was arraigned […]
Around eleven a.m. today, a fire broke inside a wooden structure in the Lake Independence area of Belize City. Firefighters responded to the distress call and a short while after found a twelve-by-fifteen house engulfed in flames. The fire was soon after extinguished and an investigation revealed that it may have been an electrical fire. […]
Founded by Rosita Baltazar and a troupe of dancers in 1990, the Belize Dance Company is a cultural preservation organization that showcases Belize’s many ethnicities in classical, contemporary and traditional folk dancing. The initial group of sixteen dancers eventually grew to as many as eighty, traveling across the world to far-flung places including Malaysia and […]
Earlier today, the work of artists and their talents received tangible support from the Belize Society of Composers, Artists and Producers, BSCAP. The agency introduced a documentary entitled “Song Creation: A Musical Idea from Inception to Completion”. It details the creative process from a first-person point of view and the importance of respecting and protecting […]
We are less than a month away from the start of the rainy season and today at the NEMO Headquarters in Belmopan, a two-day workshop commenced on the implementation of a Common Alert Protocol in Belize. Stakeholders from across public sector, as well as organizations that work in the preparation, management and response to disasters […]
A group of Mexican businesspersons from the Quintana Roo area have planned the first Bel-Mex business conference for May eighteenth and nineteenth in Belize City. Similar to previous joint Mexico-Belize trade summits in the past, this event aims to bring together businesspeople from both countries who can market the products or services they offer in […]
It was fifty years ago, in 1973, that the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, was established under the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Belize’s membership took effect in May 1974. The Treaty of Chaguaramas was revised in 2001, advancing CARICOM from a common market to a community with a single market and economy, comprising twenty states, fifteen member states and […]
Former C.E.O in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, David Gibson shared how CARICOM leaders came to Belize’s support in order for the country to gain political independence in 1981, effectively keeping Guatemala’s claim at bay. David Gibson, Former Ambassador/C.E.O., Ministry of Foreign Affairs “As Belize prepared for independence, CARICOM ministers converged in Belize to […]
May fourth has been recognized annually as International Firefighters’ Day since 1999. It was established following the death of five firefighters in a bushfire in Australia and the day is being observed to honor service to the community. Today, Dotbox Donuts recognized firemen in Belize City by treating them to a selection of their sweet […]
On Wednesday, we reported that with the Boledo frenzy temporarily suspended, the Scratch and Win game is an alternative that some people may decide to try. Last night, Scratch and Win produced a resident from Pomona Village who displayed a ticket with claims to twenty thousand dollars. Tonight, there’s another huge winner who hails from […]
