Seven Ngo’S Brace Gob On Puerto Azul Project
While controversy has subsided in the respect of the Norwegian Cruise Lines Project on Harvest Caye, opposition is mounting on the Puerto Azul project. Since its over-the-top unveiling a few weeks ago...
View ArticleBruce Valencia Says Qrt Officers Have Been Victimized
Bruce ValenciaAs the officers stood inside Columbus Park in front of the police station, they, as well as their relatives, were irate about the actions taken against them. The officers together made up...
View Article4 Police Officers Charged In Connection With The Shooting Of Unitedville Youth
Four cops have been charged in connection with the shooting of a Unitedville youth. The officers: police constables Maxwell Valerio and Jesus Marroquin and Special Constable Ernesto Budna, as well as...
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Deon Bruce Extradition
Deon BruceThe legal battle for the liberty of Deon Bruce, wanted by U.S. authorities for murder and other related offences, is set for another round of challenge, following a decision by the Supreme...
View ArticleInternational Ngos Oppose Puerto Azul Billionaires Club On Mesoamerican Reef
Puerto Azul on Belize cayes alarms leading local and int’l NGOs International NGOs – the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), Oceana, and Healthy Reef for Healthy People – in conjunction with the...
View Article5 Persons Injured In Shooting At A Graduation Party In Belize City
There was a spate of shootings in Belize City between Saturday and this morning. A total of eight persons were wounded to varying degrees. At a graduation party held at the Brown Sugar Mall on Sunday,...
View ArticleBelize Leading Caribbean Islands In Sugar Production
Belize Sugar Industries, owned by American Sugar Refining, ASR, is pushing to meet its cane targets before the heavy rains come - despite a shortened season. And that effort is paying off. A release...
View ArticleRoger Anthony Says Safety Of His Workmen Threatened By The Series Of Events
The shooting incident this morning involving Cruz, an associate of Roger Anthony, is believed to have been retaliatory. When we posed that question to him, Anthony said he cannot ascertain a...
View ArticleAuditor General Report On Corruption At Immigration Department Leaked
The Auditor-General’s report on corruption in immigration is out…well technically it’s been out since March twenty-first, almost three months ago…sent to the PM and to the Ministry of Immigration. But...
View ArticlePm Says Union Demands Are Irrational And Will Not Be Countenanced
Dean BarrowPM Barrow says that the IMF is actually telling the government to retrench public officers, as is being done all over the region. And it’s more than that. Teachers and public servants have...
View ArticleUnions To Get 6% Salary Adjustment
Dean BarrowWhile the PM took his initial jab at ROC, he pulled no punches when it comes to the unions who are behind ROC, and claims that the agitation of the Unions at this time is self-serving. A...
View ArticleRod Of Correction Is An Attempt To Recreate The Unrest Of 2005
Prime Minister Dean Barrow hosted a press conference this afternoon, his first in at least six months. So you can understand that there were many questions. In fact, the session went on for more than...
View ArticleAuditor General’S Report Says There Was Lack Of Cooperation During Investigation
Godwin HulseThe Auditor General’s report also makes pointed reference to challenges regarding the lack of cooperation during their investigation. In fact, Director of Immigration Maria Marin is named...
View ArticleThe Leaked Auditor General Report – Ady Pacheco Says Elvin Penner Took...
According to Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action, COLA, the Auditor-General’s report recommends that Elvin Penner, Director of Immigration Maria Marin and others be charged criminally for...
View ArticleCrooked Tree Student, Ashton Tillett, Tops The 2014 P.s.e
The anticipated results of the Primary School Exams were released this afternoon. Seven thousand two hundred and forty five candidates sat the exams and as has been the trend in the past years, the...
View ArticleOpposition Leader Calls Out The Pm On The Passport Scandal
Francis FonsecaThe House of Representatives met this morning in the Capital. The sitting concluded shortly after two this afternoon. On adjournment, members from across the aisle on the Opposition side...
View ArticleEamon Courtenay Calls Pm Penner Loving And Castro Hugging
Eamon CourtenayAnd then Courtenay really got doing, calling Prime Minister Dean Barrow a liar…not only that…but a Penner-loving, Castro-hugging liar. Eamon Courtenay, President, Bar Association“So for...
View ArticlePresident Of The Bar Has Choice Words For The Pm
Dean BarrowAt his press conference last week, Prime Minister Dean Barrow confirmed that the contract of Justice of Appeal Samuel Awich has been renewed and extended until he is seventy-five. The...
View ArticleCourt Orders Luke Espat To Pay $29 Million To The Belize Bank
Said MusaBusinessman Luke Espat is personally liable to the Belize Bank to the tune of twenty-nine point four million dollars. That’s the ruling which was handed down this afternoon by the Court of...
View ArticleFrom Harmonyville To Holy Emmanuel To Belama Phase Five – Squatters To Be...
From Harmonyville to Holy Emmanuel and now, Belama Phase Five…squatting continues to be a pervasive issue. On April third, a number of families were chaotically evicted from the Holy Emmanuel Street...
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