The financial scandal that rocked City Hill last year, prompted the UDP executive to expel Mayor Zenaida Moya, stressed B.C.C. Financial Manager Dwayne Davis to a fatal heart attack and introduced a new word “under-deposit” into Belizeans’ vocabulary, but how deep the rot had set is only now revealed in a copy of the Auditor General’s report obtained by the Reporter.
Belize National Teachers Union president Jaime Panti has issued an ultimatum to the government to urgently address their pay increments and collective bargaining agreement within a week, or face the consequences.
The project to rehabilitate the Gracie Rock community centre with a view to helping the villagers tap into tourism was launched by the Social Investment Fund on Sunday, January 31.
Police have yet to arrest anyone for Christopher Galvez’s murder, even though the family has produced a witness who says he saw a policeman shoot and kill Galvez at the Pipersburgh Boat Yard on the night of December 12th.
Funding for higher education institutions was the principal topic of discussion at a board meeting of representatives of 15 Erasmus Mundus member universities from Europe and from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (A.C.P.) countries and members European Commission, hosted by the University of Belize (UB) at the Radisson Fort George Hotel February 3 - 5.
The Country Poverty Report Assessment just completed by the Ministry of Economic Development has confirmed what we all already know –That poverty in Belize has been growing. What this study has done is expose the full neurosis of our poverty – that it affects two out of every five Belizeans.
Money transfer giant, the Western Union of Belize inaugurated its new location at Coney Drive Business Plaza, at 4792 Coney Drive located, opposite the Gordon House Building of the RF&G Insurance Company on Wednesday February 3.