Are Caneros Being Misled Into Seeking Order Of Mandamus?
And certainly the government is not prepared to see American Sugar Refinery close its doors. After clarifying ASR’s position, the PM did the same with his. The Sugar Industry Control Board will not...
View ArticleSicb Won’T Compel Asr/b.s.i. To Accept Cane Deliveries
There is perhaps an unprecedented level of turmoil in the sugar industry tonight. The issues delaying the start of crop are complicated, but we’ll keep it simple. On Sunday cane-farmers voted to reject...
View ArticleLegal Experts Clarify Misleading Statements By Belize Prime Minister On Sugar...
STATEMENT ON THE UNCONSTITUIONALITY OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY ACTON BEHALF OF LUCILO TECK It is with very deep regret that we must make a correction to the false statements made by two legal minds of this...
View ArticleBscfa Director Says Caneros Are Being Cornered Into Signing Agreement
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View ArticleDid Pm Barrow Get It Right On Sugar Industry Act?
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View ArticleSupreme Court Green Lights Cane Farmers’ Application For Writ Of Mandamus
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View ArticleDisbursement Of Fairtrade Monies Commences
<p><strong style="font-size:13px;">And that brings us to the Fairtrade disbursement of four million dollars. Up to Friday, we understood that following warnings from that certifying body,...
View Article…and Branching Off From The B.s.c.f.a.
<p><strong style="font-size:13px;">As Cansino mentioned, there are branches who have decided to disassociate themselves completely from the B.S.C.F.A. Now can they legally do that? Prime...
View ArticleB.s.c.f.a. Branches Signing On…
<p><strong style="font-size:13px;">There is some movement, though little happiness, in the sugar industry tonight which has been in crisis for months now resulting in a delay of the 2014...
View ArticleWhy The Belize Gov Favors Transnational American Sugar Refining Over Belizean...
When the Belize Estate and Produce Company (BEC) muscled the Maya out of their ancestral lands in Yalbac, and forced them to resettle in what is now known as San Jose Palmar, this was 1936, and roots...
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Did G.o.b.’S Attorneys Exploit Opportunity To Delay Mandamus Hearing?
Alfredo OrtegaAccording to Ortega, the P.M.’s press conference last Thursday was unfairly weighted as it appeared that he was in support of ASR/B.S.I. While P.M. Barrow openly said that he expected...
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Caneros Suggest Petrocaribe Funds To Replace Disbursed Fairtrade Monies
It is safe to say tonight, that the sugar industry has plunged into further chaos. According to stakeholders, there is still abundant uncertainty as to when the mill at Tower Hill will crank up to give...
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Four Charged For Heroin Bust
Four men were arraigned this morning in the Orange Walk Magistrate Court for drug possession and trafficking of forty pounds of heroin, worth ten million dollars. It follows a huge bust by the...
View ArticleHealthy Living: Meditation To Improve Physical And Mental Fitness
<p><strong style="font-size:13px;">The ancient practice of meditation has long been extolled as a life changing practice capable of improving one’s health both mentally and physically....
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Asr/b.s.i. Signs Agreements With New Associations
As we told you earlier, there is news to report not only from the farmers, but also from ASR/B.S.I., and it is fairly monumental. Early this morning two associations outside the auspices of the...
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Matura-Shepherd Embarrassed By Pm And Ag
Audrey Matura-ShepherdWhen it comes to the government in this scenario, attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd pulled no punches. She believes that Prime Minister Dean Barrow deliberately and with great...
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N.t.u.c.b. Pledges Support To Farmers
Even as the start of the sugar cane crop seems inevitable, the chaos within the industry continues unabated. Tonight, there is much to report—both from the farmers and the factory, which includes the...
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All Parties Must Agree On Crop Start
Dean BarrowNow here’s the thing. News Five has been reliably informed that if ASR/B.S.I. does open its gates to those Associations with which it has signed, farmers registered with the B.S.C.F.A. can...
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Pm Barrow Says He Will Protect The B.s.c.f.a.
Dean BarrowArising from ASR’s new stance, there is some speculation that the company is seeking to punish the organization for its insubordination, so to speak. And following from that, there is also...
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Asr Will Not Sign With B.s.c.f.a.
Prime Minister Dean Barrow called a press conference just before noon stating that government is once again intervening to save the sugar industry. Actually, it wasn’t quite as simple as that....
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