PM Barrow says excess liquidity should send loan interests rates down
The House of Representatives met in Belmopan this morning; two bills were introduced and passed, but we will have more on that later. The sitting ended by midday and we [...]
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Central Bank expected to regulate the banking system
The overabundance of local currency will predictably have an adverse effect on the availability of foreign exchange, particularly U.S. dollars. The Central Bank of Belize which is the supervisory body [...]
Will general elections be called early?
When will elections be called? There’s a guessing game that the next General Elections will be early and that Belizeans will be going to the polls long before the term [...]
BMDC’s affairs not being managed efficiently says PM
The state of affairs within the beleaguered rice industry remains a hot button issue for farmers across the country who continue to suffer major financial losses on excess tonnage of [...]
GOB gave the green light, but Toledo Rice Growers have not been paid
In the south, over a thousand five hundred rice growers are similarly irate because of a delay in final payment for their crop which was due on Thursday. According to [...]
Majority of viewers would not vote for the current government in early elections
You’ve heard the Prime Minister say that you can expect general elections by the end of 2012. But on Tuesday we asked our viewers if they would vote for the [...]
$15 Million in dividends declared at Telemedia AGM
On Thursday night, the government-owned Belize Telemedia Limited held its annual general meeting; its chairman Net Vasquez declared dividends of fifteen million dollars. That translates roughly into thirteen million dollars [...]
Leader of Opposition’s Christmas greeting
As we said, there was smooth sailing at the House today and if you’ve been following the sittings, you’d know that they are usually characterized by high theatrics. Well we [...]
SATIIM’s efforts haven’t changed GOB’s position on drilling in Sarstoon Temash
Seismic testing within the Sarstoon Temash National Park remains ongoing despite strong objections from SATIIM and its umbrella organization, the Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage. U.S. Capital Energy has [...]
Written on December 16, 2011 | Posted in Environment | 1 comment
Minister of Education defends HFLE curriculum
Since hosting a series of workshops on the teaching of Health and Family Education, QUADS, a department with the Ministry of Education as well as the U.S. Peace Corps, have [...]
3 men committed to stand trial for separate sexual offences
In the courts, Kareem Hamilton, Steven Armstrong and Carlos Matura, were committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court on April sixteenth of 2012 for three separate sex offenses. In [...]
B.T.L. employee spared prison time after battering his girlfriend
He spent fifteen days behind bars at the Belize Central Prison, but today, B.T.L. employee, forty-five year old Bernard Bent was spared from doing more jail time. Bent was remanded [...]
100 students visit Mexico’s new planetarium and museum
More than one hundred of Belize’s brightest primary school students, selected by the Mexican Embassy, travelled to Chetumal on Thursday to visit the new “Yook’ol Kaab” Planetarium and the Museum [...]
Several Punta Gorda students and teachers injured in accident
But other students did not make it to Chetumal. A van carrying thirteen persons ran off the road early Thursday morning as it made its way from Punta Gorda. The [...]
Written on December 16, 2011 | Posted in Auto Accidents | Comments
Government will be giving residents some bonus Christmas cash
The Barrow Administration has embarked on a Christmas Assistance Program. It is providing cash to ministers for their constituents countrywide. While the Prime Minister did not confirm the dollar amount [...]
Belizean Americans provide toys and other goodies to needy children
There were happy faces today on children from three institutions who were gifted with an assortment of wares just in time for the Christmas. The goods were collected in the [...]
