Puerto Azul Project In The News Again - Time Share Now
The Puerto Azul Development Project has remained very much below the radar since Chief Environmental Officer Martin Alegria gave an update to the media back in January. The proposed billion dollar...
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…says Guyana Rice Is Unprocessed
Despite the argument that the local rice industry is self-sustained, over three million pounds of rice was brought into the country from Guyana in 2014. The importation, according to Rempel, was the...
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Major Rice Producer Speaks On Retail Prices
The retail cost of rice on the local market remains a topic of discussion since last Thursday when Belize City businessman Jack Charles issued a release shedding light on seemingly exorbitant prices....
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Cayman Footballers Arrive For World Cup Qualifier
This Wednesday, starting at eight p.m. sharp, the Belize Jaguars will be playing against the national football team from the Cayman Islands in the first leg of qualifying matches for the 2018 World...
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Brokered Deal …. Longsworth And Willoughby Step Aside For Tracy ….. Mark...
As we mentioned earlier in our newscast, Tracy Taegar-Panton is the woman almost set to run in the Albert division for the United Democratic Party. We say, ‘almost’ because while her candidacy has...
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Final 2014 Statistics Released
The Statistical Institute of Belize released its latest and final figures for the year 2014. According to the Institute, in the last three months of 2014, the Belizean economy grew by 1.6 percent. In...
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Gob Funds Training For Residents Of Pg On Sustainable Development
Residents of Punta Gorda Town are being given an opportunity to attend a training on capacity building training for sustainable national development. The training falls under the program,...
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Tracy Taegar-Panton Says She Is Now U.d.p.
Tracy Taegar-PantonPanton comes from a traditionally P.U.P. background, and even worked for years as Manager of the P.U.P.’s Belize Times. She has been affiliated with the very successful Mark Espat...
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U.d.p. Announces New Albert Candidate
It’s official. Albert constituency Area Representative Herman Longsworth is out. The wanna-be Area Rep., Phillip Willoughby, is also out. And Tourism C.E.O. and first-time, full-time politician Tracy...
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G.o.b. Wants Access To Petrocaribe Without Oversight
There is a lot of political news tonight. We’ll come to that shortly, but we start with a rather unprecedented proposed new law. This Thursday, Belize’s Parliamentarians go to the House to debate the...
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P.u.p. Leader Says Budget’S Short, Empty And Full Of Political Rhetoric
Francis FonsecaWith that out the way, P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca got the budget debate started. He lashed out in short order, stating that not only was the 2015-2016 Budget the shortest ever, it is...
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Pm Lashes Out At Julius Espat
Dean BarrowThe Prime Minister reserved a special dose of vitriol for Public Accounts Committee Chairman, Julius Espat. Espat on Wednesday said that the Bill, if passed, would in effect allow the Prime...
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Unprecedented & Controversial Petrocaribe Bill Tabled In The House
Dean BarrowDay one of the Budget Debate was uneventful and, as predicted, bursting at the seams with much political rhetoric and very little substance. We’ll have some of the highlights, such as they...
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Farewell To Justice Dennis Morrison
Dennis MorrisonIn related news, the Court today bid farewell to long-standing jurist Justice Dennis Morrison of Jamaica, who served just shy of eleven years on the bench after more than three decades...
View ArticleAppeals Court Upholds Thurton’S Conviction
Twenty three year old Akeem Thurton had expected to go home today after Court of Appeal Justices Samuel Awich, Dennis Morrison and Christopher Blackman ruled on his case. Despite being convicted in...
View Article2 Southern Cops Accused Of Raping A Minor
At this time, two law enforcement officers from the south are in deep trouble with the law, and under investigation for a most despicable act. The duo from Mango Creek is being accused with the rape of...
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Father Suffers Memory Loss After Defending Teenage Daughter
On March 2, we told you of the heroic stance that a father of two young girls took against six men who were hurling obscene and disrespectful remarks at one of her daughters. While admirable, the...
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Women’S Month Ends With Award Ceremony
Last night the Women’s Department held an Awards Ceremony at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts in Belize City. The event was held to mark the closing of Women’s Month celebrated throughout the...
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Parliamentarians Squabble Over Agriculture
Jose Abelardo MaiElrington was followed by the Area Representative for Orange Walk South Jose Abelardo Mai, who criticized the budget because he says it offers nothing for the agricultural sector, and...
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Sedi Says Cj Has Not Requested Additional Allocation
Wilfred ElringtonDay two of the budget debate, for the most part, was as unremarkable as day one. The Opposition side criticized every aspect of the Budget and the government side criticized the...
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