Cabinet to review petroleum policies, but makes no concessions on calls for a ban..... In his presentation to Cabinet on Tuesday, June 15, the Director of the Geology and Petroleum Department, Andre Cho, indicated that Belize’s offshore potential is an estimated US$912.5 million yearly, or over BZ$1.8 billion. That estimate, said Cho, is derived from calculations based on what is known of the geology of offshore Belize.
A twenty-four-year old Ladyville woman was allegedly struck by a Ladyville police officer on June 5, 2010, and today the alleged victim, a mother of a two-year-old child, Lattania Choc, not only has to deal with the painful wounds to her eye, but is also facing 10 charges brought by the said policeman.
Yesterday, a technician who works in Lake Independence passed by and dropped off a can of refrigerant that he purchased at an establishment at the corner of Vernon Street and Central American Boulevard. Now what was strange about this particular can of refrigerant was that it had a label, DuPont Suva 134a, and when that label was torn off, the can itself read DuPont Freon 12.
San Ignacio police visited an area near the Sacred Heart High School at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday of last week. Upon their arrival, they saw a Hispanic man lying on the street side in some bushes, apparently dead.
A gun amnesty is being proposed, presumably as a means of reducing crime. The idea is that if there are fewer guns around, there will be fewer crimes of violence, such as, armed robbery and murder. Perhaps, perhaps. I am not in favor of a gun amnesty. These are my reasons.
Last year there was an increase in the number of dengue cases, with the soaring outbreaks beginning in the Cayo District, and then statistics showed that it had declined. The problem was that the Ministry of Health had failed to speak about it and for that, they were heavily criticized. For that reason, Senior Public Health Inspector, Mark Bernard paid a visit to KREM WUB morning show, with the intention of educating people about the seriousness of dengue and the different measures people can take in order to avoid catching the virus.
The country of Belize underwent a recession in 2009, but the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), the country’s premier distributor, turned an $8.9 million profit. That is according to a press release from the company, announcing that it had held its Annual General Meeting today, Thursday, at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza.
The country of Belize underwent a recession in 2009, but the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), the country’s premier distributor, turned an $8.9 million profit. That is according to a press release from the company, announcing that it had held its Annual General Meeting today, Thursday, at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza.
Vendors up in arms over proposed increase in rental fees despite owing; CitCo says its hands are tied while waiting for completion of new market in six months... Vendors of the old Queen Square Market, now temporarily located on the Pound Yard compound on Cemetery Road, are up in arms over a proposal from City Hall to increase rental rates to help in paying the rental to Hotchandani Holdings Limited, managed by Arun Hotchandani, owner of the compound, for a further six months from this month.
Vendors up in arms over proposed increase in rental fees despite owing; CitCo says its hands are tied while waiting for completion of new market in six months... Vendors of the old Queen Square Market, now temporarily located on the Pound Yard compound on Cemetery Road, are up in arms over a proposal from City Hall to increase rental rates to help in paying the rental to Hotchandani Holdings Limited, managed by Arun Hotchandani, owner of the compound, for a further six months from this month.
Although kidney disease is one of the leading killers in Belize, the country does not have a native nephrologist. Former Amandala reporter, Glenford Jones, Jr., who returned to Belize on Sunday, May 9, after completing six years of medical study in Cuba, told Amandala today that after completing his two-year work bond at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) in Belize City as a General Practitioner, he wants to pursue another three years of training to earn a specialization in nephrology, which would qualify him to focus on kidney patients.
Amandala received reports late Friday evening concerning a traffic accident that occurred earlier on in Indian Creek Village in the Toledo District, reportedly involving Minister of State and Toledo West area representative, Hon. Juan Coy.
Turneffe Atolls, Lighthouse Reef, adjacent to Ambergris Caye... From Belize-Guatemala border, near Jalacte, approaching the east coast communities of Independence and Big Creek... Every square inch of Belize can be parceled out, said Dept. Petroleum director, “...up to your backyard.”
We have come here to Wesley Methodist Church to celebrate the life of a very good and worthy Belizean and, it is altogether proper and fitting that we should do this. For, and I quote, “Life is real and life is earnest, and the grave is not its goal. Dust thou art to dust returnest, was not spoken of the soul.” So, let us celebrate the soul of the man, which is immortal.
