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Posted by greatBelize on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Rebels For Real: A Look Back At Mark And Cordel
Filed under Government, News, Politics, Social Issues · Tagged with Ashcroft, Belize, belizeans, BTL, Cordel Hyde, Economy, government, Jules Vasquez, Lord Ashcroft, Mark Espat, People's United Party, PUP, social justice, UDP
Posted by greatBelize on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
There are only 30 days to go before the double elections in March, but tonight The PUP is recovering from another wounding body blow. Albert Incumbent and three-time PUP representative Mark Espat this morning announced that he will not offer himself as a candidate in the March 7th General Elections.
Filed under Government, News, Politics, Social Issues · Tagged with Belize, belizeans, Cordel Hyde, Francis Fonseca, government, Mark Espat, People's United Party, PUP, social justice
Posted by greatBelize on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Three-time Lake I Area Representative Cordel Hyde has stepped down; he will not offer himself to run in the 2012 General Election. It’s the kind of thing that could have been expected – but still, it arrived as a genuine stunner.
Filed under Government, News, Politics, Social Issues · Tagged with Amandala, Cordel Hyde, Francis Fonseca, Jules Vasquez, Kremandala, leader of the opposition, Mark Espat, PUP, social justice
Posted by greatBelize on November 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A huge asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the moon Tuesday, giving scientists a rare chance for study without having to go through the time and expense of launching a probe, officials said.
Posted by greatBelize on November 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Meet a young Belizean who wants to build robots in the future. He is 19-year-old Ravesh Sukhnandan, a graduate of Edward P. Yorke High School in Belize City. “From I was a young child, I liked making things and understanding how things worked. Like many of my (male) peers, I grew up watching anime, including the ever-popular Dragon Ball Z. My favorite TV show, however, involved the ‘Gundam’ franchise, which, as you may guess, involved giants fighting robots. This sparked a fascination with how they worked, how they were made, how they operated. This continued my fascination with technology and machines,” stated Ravesh.
Posted by greatBelize on November 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Well, the final figure is in for Telemedia. It comes from a recognized firm of international consultants – and their figure is almost exactly a tenth of what the Alliance’s agents had said it would be. Those local agents have been warning of a compensation package of six hundred million Belize dollars.
Filed under Economy, Government, News, Politics · Tagged with Aschroft, Ashcroft Alliance, Belize, Belize Bank, BTL, Dean Barrow, Dean O. Barrow, fortis, Telemedia
Posted by greatBelize on November 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
As we’ve been reporting over the past two weeks, the Ashcroft Alliance won a major victory when the Privy Council ruled that the loan note for the Universal debt was valid and enforceable. The man who signed the loan note, Said Musa said it vindicated him, but it also put taxpayers back on the hook for at least 33.5 million dollars.
Filed under Politics · Tagged with Ashcroft, Ashcroft Alliance, BEL, Belize Bank, Dean Barrow, london court of international arbitration, prime minister, PUP, Said Musa, United Kingdom, USA
Posted by greatBelize on October 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Ninth Amendment went back to the House Of Representatives this morning to be passed by the lower House. It should have been automatic, but no piece of legislation has generated as much controversy as the ninth – and with that, the possibility arose that the government side might not get the requisite two thirds majority to pass it into law.
Posted by greatBelize on October 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Source: 7News, Published: Sept 6th 2011 If you follow international news at all, you’ll probably know what the WIKILEAKS files are. They’re a bunch of about a quarter million diplomatic cables sent to and from US embassies all over the world – copied en masse by a whistleblower and released on the internet – much [...]
Posted by greatBelize on August 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Higher sales of petroleum, citrus juices and papaya boosted the share of exports going to the US from 32.4% to 46.3% resulting in that country remaining Belize’s lead export market. While the UK’s share fell from 31.7% to 25.7% as the plummeting of sugar sales outweighed increased banana exports, improved citrus juice sales resulted in a marginal increase in the share of other EU countries.
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