“I do not trust you all” -- Miss Emma... Still holding ministerial talks over their territorial dispute, Belize and Guatemala met in Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday, and reports coming out of the Organization of American States (OAS), which hosted the meeting, indicate that a “high level” working group will be set up by ambassadors of both countries to address cross-border concerns.

The scandal-rocked City Hall has had one heck of a year in 2009, with allegations of the under-depositing scandal which have led to criminal charges being levied against Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers and her finance team, as well as the untimely passing of the former Director of Finance, Dwain Davis.

“They will fight like the devil, but Telemedia is equally prepared to fight them.” - Prime Minister Barrow... The court ruling “is telling BTL to break the law, by telling BTL to do something the PUC does not approve of.” – PUC chairman John Avery to Amandala

“All around us, fish stocks are disappearing. Guatemala, Honduras and Jamaica all have their eyes on our prize. The volume of traps on just one of these boats far outnumbers the traps that presently exist in the entire town of Punta Gorda.” – Wil Maheia

Ashcroft’s bank threatens to put an end to BTL... The nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) has turned nasty with a move by the Michael Ashcroft camp to shut down BTL through a procedure set out in the Companies Act that allows for a bank to instigate the winding up of a company unable to pay its debts—a $45 million loan now running a $50 million tab, according to Ashcroft’s British Caribbean Bank (BCB) in the Turks and Caicos, sister company of Belize Bank in Belize.

Keith Arnold, former Central Bank governor and ex-chair of BTL, asks court to void Telemedia nationalization... Claim filed in the name of BTL Workers Trust, but BTL workers not onboard

As the KHMH Commission of Inquiry begins, recently completed audit report cites numerous questionable activities at hospital and Ministry of Health, involving senior officials and employees... The long-awaited Commission of Inquiry into the process for procurement of pharmaceutical and medical supplies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) began this morning in Belize City with the reading of the recently completed general audit report into the record.

British Caribbean Bank and Belize Bank sue for $58 million... There is more contention over the nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) as we go to press tonight, and it centers on recent reports of lawsuits by two Michael Ashcroft banks to recover $58 million from the government-controlled BTL and its affiliate, Sunshine Holdings Trust, as well as claims that the government has wrongly taken on the private sector debts.

Belize’s proud ethnic group celebrates arrival in The Jewel, calls for “return to roots”... The Garifuna people have had many crosses to bear, many injustices to face, and one of the toughest battles of any ethnic group in Belize to keep what is their own, in light of an increasingly globalized world encroaching on them as the British did in St. Vincent two centuries ago.

In Sunday night darkness, Right Now, Tio John collide off North Ambergris Caye…. Right Now’s assistant captain dead, skipper critical; captain of Tio John alleges Right Now had no lights on

Retired public servant died of internal problems; delayed surgery caused complications... The family of the late Luis Rodriguez, 77, an official of the Forestry Department until his premature retirement due to an on-the-job accident, is in mourning after his untimely passing around 8:45 Wednesday morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City.

“Blue” baby dies an hour after birth at San Ignacio Hospital... Nurse tells mother, in labor, to “stop screaming …or [I] will put you out of the hospital!” family alleges... Still mourning bitterly this afternoon, Christina Garcia, 20, a first-time mother of Billy White, Cayo, told Amandala that she had a horrible experience at the San Ignacio Town Hospital on Sunday, November 8, when she arrived at the hospital to deliver her firstborn, Marisol Elizabeth Perez. After 12 hours in labor, the child was delivered via C-section – blue all over – but within an hour, she was dead.

Captain Good was a soldier, sportsman, nationalist, a brave man of principle, and an uncompromising warrior to the very end... Good may have died from injuries sustained from alleged police brutality – family to sue AG and police after autopsy report...

San Narciso housewife with domestic problems throws herself in front of car... Claiming “she wanted to die,” a Corozal housewife with domestic problems apparently threw herself into oncoming traffic on Friday night and was run over, causing her death.