And finally from Beltraide, their 3rd training today was for private sector firms such as poultry, rum and pepper producers. The theme was market intelligence. We dropped by to find out how important this tool is in the success of a business especially when exporting.
There were 35 participants. It is a two day workshop.
Mysterious San Pedro Stabbing
Police from San Pedro don't know what to make yet of stabbing injury that the island resident, 26 year-old Adrian Suarez, showed up at the Poly Clinic with.
At around 3 a.m., on Monday, Suarez was taken to the clinic, and he was suffering from a very serious injury to the left side of the chest.
He had to be airlifted to the KHMH for medical treatment, where he is in a critical condition. The cops discussed the case with the press today:
Major Crime Sharply Up For 2018, Trending Down Since Command Changes
And, indeed, major crime for the first half of 2018 is up significantly over 2017. Figures through to June show 593 major crimes, 114 more than the same period last year.
Murders are up by 12, robberies by 58 and burglaries are up by 50.
But, if there's any sliver living on that very dark cloud, it's that since John Saldivar and a new command structure took over in April, major crime has been trending sharply down - but it's still above last year's mark.
The Alliance, Finding Another Way To Skin The 90 Million Dollar Cat
The Ashcroft Alliance failed to convince the Caribbean Court of Justice to force Belize to pay that 90+ million-dollar-award for the UHS debacle, but they aren't backing down.
On June 1st, the CCJ rendered a judgment dismissing the Belize Bank's application for enforcement against the Attorney General and Prime Minister Barrow, as the Minister of Finance. They were trying to do an end run around the Belize Parliament, where a bill for payment is currently lying on the table.
Unless that bill passes, the money cannot be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and the parliamentarians from the ruling UDP Government have more or less said that they may vote it down when it is actually brought up for passage in the House.
The CCJ instructed the Belize Bank that should go to the Supreme Court to seek enforcement, and that's just what they began doing at the start of the work week.
Solicitor General Nigel Hawke told us more today about the preliminary phases of the Alliance's latest attempt to collect on the judgment debt:
We'll keep following the latest developments in this case.
Kate Cas, La Reina Del Xunan
La Reina Del Sur, Kate Del Castillo was Le Reina Del Xunantunich last night as filming of her telenovela continues at the mayan site. Pictures snapped by a fan show them using the towering El Castillo temple as a backdrop - and fog machines creating an eerie ambience.
Her shooting wraps today and she flies out tomorrow.
Also arriving in Belize today was NBA hall of famer Tim Duncan and his family for vacation.
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