Welcome Background Project funding How to apply What are your chances? Grant conditions Contact us
News and information

For news and information relevant to The Hayward Charitable Belize Trust please select from the list below.

Get Adobe Acrobat reader (link to download Acrobat reader).

15/05/2014
Decision by the Court of Appeal of Belize concerning the Constitutionality of the Second Nationalization of Telemedia
To read the full item please click here.
11/06/2012
Decision by the Supreme Court of Belize concerning the Constitutionality of the Second Nationalization of Telemedia
To read the full item please click here.
11/11/2011
Claim filed in the Supreme Court of Belize to have Government of Belize recognize the need for a referendum on the Belize Constitution (8th Amendment) Act, 2011 in light of a petition, signed by over twenty thousand Belizean voters, demanding it
To read the full item please click here.
25/10/2011
Belize Constitution (8th Amendement) Act, 2011
To read the full item please click here.
04/10/2011
Legal Opinion on the 9th Amendment Bill by Dr. Albert Fiadjoe procured by the Belize Bar Association, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and the Belize Human Rights Commission
To read the full item please click here.
04/10/2011
Academic Opinion on the 9th Amendment Bill by P A Gerangelos procured by the Belize Bar Association
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Channel 5 News Item – Opposition Still Opposes Refurbished 9th Amendment
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Channel 5 News Item – Attorney Hubert Elrington Unimpressed by Changes to the 9th Amendment
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Channel 5 News Item – Attorney Says 9th Amendment Should be Scrapped
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Channel 5 News Item – Government will Amend the 9th Amendment
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Channel 5 News Item – Godfrey Smith Questions Amendment to the 9th Amendment
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Flashpoint Article – Churches Drink from PM's Poisoned Chalice
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Council of Churches Press Release on Amendment to the 9th Amendment
To read the full item please click here.
22/08/2011
Government Press Release on Amendment to the 9th Amendment
To read the full item please click here.
21/08/2011
Jamaica Gleaner Editorial on 9th Amendment – Belize on a Slippery Road
To read the full item please click here.
27/07/2011
Bar Association of Belize Position on the Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2011
To read the full item please click here.
22/07/2011
Transcript of Special House Sitting to Introduce Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2011
To read the full item please click here.
22/07/2011
Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2011
To read the full item please click here.
15/07/2011
Belize Chamber of Commerce's Resolution Delivered to Government Concerning Acquisition of Private Property and Respect for the Rule of Law
To read the full item please click here.
04/07/2011
PM's Statement in House of Representatives on Re-Nationalization of Telemedia
To read the full item please click here.
04/07/2011
Second Re-Nationalization Act and Re-Acquisition Order
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News – PM Says Enforcement Order Means Paying Compensation and Damages
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News – Attorney Eamon Courtenay Says Government Board Illegally Occupying Telemedia Offices
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News – PM Says New Shareholders' Monies Safe in Central Bank
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News – Attorney for Dean Boyce Disputes Government's Claims that Employees' Jobs At Risk
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News – Attorney Eamon Courtenay Says Enforcement Order is a Formality
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News - Police Storm Telemedia to Effect Second Takeover by Government
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News – PM Initially Admits Government Defeat
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 5 News – Attorney Eamon Courtenay Explains Court of Appeal Decision
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 7 News – Attorney Godfrey Smith Talks About Government's Behaviour
To read the full item please click here.
27/06/2011
Channel 7 News – Government Takes Over Telemedia Compound
To read the full item please click here.
24/06/2011
Channel 5 News – Former Board Immediately Takes Control of Telemedia
To read the full item please click here.
24/06/2011
Channel 5 News – Court of Appeal Reverses Nationalization of Telemedia
To read the full item please click here.
24/06/2011
Channel 7 News – Government's Initial Response to Court of Appeal Decision
To read the full item please click here.
24/06/2011
Court of Appeal Decision Reversing Nationalization of Belize Telemedia
To read the full item please click here.
07/04/2011
Baby Daniel Estell survives against all odds
To read the full story please click here.
30/04/2010
Political Viewpoint column from Godfrey Smith (former Belize Government Minister)
To read the full item please click here.
08/12/2009
Media Release by The Hayward Charitable Belize Trust and Notice of Arbitration under the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Belize for the Promotion and Protection of Investments dated
30 April 1982
To read the full item please click here.
07/12/2009
Media Release by British Caribbean Bank Limited and Notification of the Government of Belize Claim by British Caribbean Bank Limited under the
Investment Treaty between the United Kingdom and Belize
To read the full item please click here.
25/11/2009
Media Release on website launch
To read the full item please click here.
21/10/2009
Constitutional Claim by British Caribbean Bank Limited, including affidavit of Philip Johnson (President of Belize Bank)
To read the full item please click here.

 

09/10/2009
Constitutional Claim by BTL Employees Trust, including first affidavit of
Keith Arnold (Trustee)
To read the full item please click here.

 

October 2009
Chronology of BTL from 2002 to 2009
To read the full item please click here.

 

04/09/2009
Political Viewpoint column from Godfrey Smith (former Belize Government Minister)
To read the full column please click here.

 

25//08/2009
Belize Telecommunications Amendment Act 2009
To read the item in full please click here.

 

25/08/2009
Belize Telecommunications Statutory Instrument No. 104 of 2009
To read the item in full please click here.

 

25/08/2009
Statement by The Hayward Charitable Belize Trust
To read the whole statement issued by the charity please click here.

 

24/08/2009
Letter from Allen & Overy to Government of Belize repudiating the Accommodation Agreement
To read the letter in full please click here.

 

18/03/2009
London Court of International Arbitration - Award of damages in favour of Belize Telemedia Limited against the Government of Belize, for breaches of the Accommodation Agreement to February 2009
To read the item in full please click here.

 

19/09/2005
Accommodation Agreement (and amendments thereto)
To read the item in full please click here.

 

 

22/04/2004
Legal and Regulatory Action required by the Government of Belize in respect to the Share Purchase Agreement between the Government of Belize and Innovative Communications Corporation
To read the item in full please click here.

 

March 2004
Master Agreement between the Government of Belize and Innovative Communications Corporation
To read the item in full please click here.

 

22/03/2004
Share Purchase Agreement between the Government of Belize and Innovative Communications Corporation
To read the item in full please click here.

 

27/02/2004
Memorandum of Commitment from the Government to ICC
To read the item in full please click here.