BTL says its proposed takeover of Speednet is a bold investment in Belize’s digital future. But before the deal can move forward, regulators and the public may want answers to a few important questions: Will this make telecom services better, cheaper, and more reliable, or
As BTL directors met to decide the future of one of the country's biggest telecommunications deals, union representatives stood outside demanding answers. They say a decision that could impact every Belizean customer shouldn't be made without public scrutiny. Now, amid reports that the acquisition received
As BTL pushes ahead with its proposed acquisition of Speednet, the National Trade Union Congress of Belize says one key voice has been sidelined: organized labor. NTUCB President Ella Waight says the union body has consistently placed its concerns on record, but those concerns have
The proposed BTL-Speednet buyout may still have to go before the Public Utilities Commission, but Public Service Union President Dean Flowers says Belizeans should not sit back and wait for regulators to decide the country’s future. Flowers is urging Belizeans to speak out against today’s
The proposed BTL-Speednet acquisition has now moved from the boardroom to the streets. Hours after BTL’s Board of Directors voted to proceed with the eighty-million-dollar buyout, the United Democratic Party mobilized its supporters. By one o’clock this afternoon, a group of protestors, led by UDP
The Public Utilities Commission will ultimately decide whether BTL’s proposed acquisition of Speednet gets the green light. But does the opposition trust the regulator to carry out a thorough and independent review? We asked UDP Leader Tracy Panton that question today, and we also asked
The fallout from BTL’s proposed Speednet acquisition did not stay outside the company’s headquarters. It spilled into the Senate chamber. While unions and UDP supporters protested outside BTL, independent senators and UDP senators walked out of today’s sitting at the National Assembly. Lead Opposition Senator
The long-delayed Occupational Safety and Health Bill languishes in the upper house, several weeks after it was placed before the senate. Before the ink is even dry on the new OSH Bill, Opposition Senator Patrick Faber says the government is setting itself up for failure.
The search for missing fisherman Samuel Chi has come to a tragic end. Early this morning, a joint search and rescue operation led by the Belize Coast Guard located Chi's body approximately eight miles north of Belize City, one day after his fishing companion, Albert
It was a crash that could have easily turned fatal. On Monday, Emil Zabaneh was flung from his vehicle after another driver reportedly clipped him near the Haulover Bridge on the Philip Goldson Highway. His vehicle flipped several times before he ended up unconscious, hanging
