The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Laura Tucker-Longsworth and a group of parliamentarians are experiencing another parliament, the Westminster Parliament in London.  The Belize delegation has met with representatives of Tate and Lyle Sugars, toured the Thames Refinery, and participated in other activities. The parliamentarians have also been hosted by the Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Belize in …

The BTL Loan debate also featured a back and forth between Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber and Fort George Area Representative, Said Musa. The men argued over Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and Michael Ashcroft. Faber argued that before BTL was nationalized, VOIP was not available in Belize because Ashcroft, who Musa says he fought, did not allow it. PATRICK …

Also bucking heads over the BTL Loan were the PUP’s Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. As reported, the PUP does not support the sovereign guarantee for the loan. According to Musa, BTL revenues have been squandered and he accused the Prime Minister of nepotism. KAREEM MUSA, AREA REP., CARIBBEAN SHORES  “Why is BTL being …

While the parliamentarians were not able to debate the UHS Bill, they did have a back and forth over the seventeen point five million US dollar loan being obtained by the government from the Republic of China, Taiwan. The loan is being made for Belize Telemedia Limited and parliamentarians were asked to approve a sovereign guarantee. According to the People’s …

Today the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow tabled the General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2018 relating to the ninety-plus million dollar UHS debt owed to Michael Ashcroft’s Belize Bank Limited. On November 22, 2017 the Caribbean Court of Justice overruled the decisions handed down by Belize’s Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, ordering that the Government …

Today the House of Representatives met in Belmopan, but, not to vote on the ninety million dollar UHS debt. That sitting has yet to be called and the Belize Bank Limited is determined to collect what is owed. Courtenay Coye LLP Law firm has written to the Attorney General, Michael Peyrefitte, on behalf of the Belize Bank Limited. In the …

At the sitting of the House of Representatives today, the Petroleum Operations (Maritime Zone Moratorium) Bill went through its final reading. The bill seeks to impose a moratorium on oil exploration and other petroleum operations in the maritime zone of Belize. While the bill received bi-partisan support Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the Opposition Leader bucked heads when it came …

The crimes situation in Southside Belize City has been escalating for the past few weeks. There is a gang warfare between different fractions and while the murder count rises, authorities try to figure out a solution to the problem. During last week’s Sitting of the House of Representatives, Area Representative for Lake Independence, Cordel Hyde, spoke on the topic.  He …

According to Cordel Hyde, the Area Representative for Lake Independence, Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie, failed a lie detector test. During his presentation at the Sitting of the House of Representatives in Belmopan, Hyde had in his possession a letter dated November 6, 2008. The letter is from former US Ambassador to Belize, Robert Dieter, who wrote that Whylie failed …

At the sitting of the House of Representatives on Friday, the Land Tax Amendment bill 2017 was presented for its second and third readings. The bill seeks to amend the Land Tax Act to allow for the employment of a Commissioner of Land Tax who will be charged with some responsibilities previously held by the Commissioner of Land and Surveys.  …