Barrington Slusher, 30, one of 3 men charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated assault with firearm on an elderly couple, pleaded guilty to all charges when he appeared today in the #1 Magistrate’s Court
“But instead of taking a bi-partisan approach to a solution that would benefit everyone affected, the UDP City Council use the bad condition of the roads for political mileage against the PUP …”
“We must make our limited resources work for us …in many instances this will dictate cooperation between the political parties for the benefit of the people …the UDP City Council must accept some of the blame for this spirit of non-cooperation …”
Belize Ports Limited (BPL) chief executive Luke Espat gave interviews to both Channel 5’s Stewart Krohn and Channel 7’s Jules Vasquez this evening. Lucas was responding to a Godfrey Smith column in the issue of THE BELIZE TIMES published earlier today, a column which blew the whistle on a problem between BPL and the cruise shipping giant, Carnival, a problem which the Hon. Minister of Tourism (the said Smith) described as a “schism” which “appears to be irreconcilable.”
Jodie Myvett, 23, a receptionist/secretary at the Central Bank of Belize, is lucky to be alive tonight after being shot at by her boyfriend, Mark Medina, 22.
Cormack Lopez, Jr., a 38-year-old labourer, is hospitalized tonight at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being chopped with a machete, allegedly by his brother-in-law, Findley Gladden, 41, a field worker for Belize Water Service and a former football star who played for Milpros and most recently for Kulture Yabra, both championship teams.
Amandala today spoke with Anuar Leslie, son of Arthur “Art” Alexander Leslie, 48, Assistant Comptroller of Customs and Excise Department and a resident of #5817 Bachelor‘s Avenue, who passed away yesterday at Belize Medical Associates Hospital.
The proposal for the amalgamation of services of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) and the Universal Health Services (UHS) is again on the front burner, since, for the first time the staff of Universal Health Services (UHS) have made their position known. But what is peculiar about their position statement is that they are rebuffing what they say is a proposal for a full Government takeover or full sell-out of Universal. Their release refers to “100% Government ownership or…liquidation of Universal Health Services.”
General Robert Garcia, who oversaw the operations of the Novelo’s Bus company while it was under receivership between March 2004 and December 2005, has been given a much bigger job – to manage the receivership of another major company whose name also begins with the letter “N” - Nova Companies Ltd., which is the country’s largest shrimp farm.
Reports to Amandala are that Nova Companies Belize Limited, touted as the country’s largest shrimp farm, formally suspended operations after the New Year due to an ongoing debt crisis and a possible foreclosure by the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank group.
Despite repeated attempts, Amandala was unable to get comment today from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belize on a statement posted on the website of the Mexico Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claiming that Belize and Mexico are renegotiating a border treaty of July 1893.
The dispute over a $25 million investment agreement between Citrus Products of Belize Limited, the Belize Citrus Growers Association and a pair of Caribbean investors is likely to become more embroiled in controversy.
The police’s investigation of a shooting incident believed to be due to a feud between two rival street gangs has resulted in the arrest of Errol Haynes, 22, a construction worker of #5912 Third Street, Buttonwood Bay.
