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John Avery (journalist)

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John Avery is Belizean Public Utilities Commissioner, and was a journalist.

Life

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In 2005, Avery became the editor of the Guardian newspaper, the chief media outlet of Belize's United Democratic Party. He is responsible for the weekly editorial and various columns in the newspaper, published on Thursdays.

Avery also appeared on radio on Thursday mornings to promote the newspaper and serves as a political commentator.

In 2008, he became Public Utilities Commissioner.[1] The PUC is litigating against the electric utility, Belize Electricity Limited,[2][3][4][5] and telephone company, Belize Telemedia Limited.[6] This was controversial.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Channel 7 – John Avery Replaces Roberto Young as PUC Chairman | Belize Free Internet Consortium". Bfic.wordpress.com. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. ^ "PUC Charges BEL Criminally - the Guardian Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  3. ^ "Amandala Newspaper". Amandala.com.bz. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  4. ^ "7 News Belize". 7 News Belize. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  5. ^ [1] Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ [2][dead link]
  7. ^ "The Belize Times » UDP Politics as Usual". Belizetimes.bz. 2009-12-18. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2013-10-14.