And from the Hard Rock Boyz, came the MVP for the Live Life Youth Basketball Tournament. He is none other than Kevin Hamilton. Hamilton, at only twenty eight years old, has enjoyed a great deal of personal success in the sport. He has defied many of the odds stacked up against him, coming from a […]
Around mid-September, the Government of Belize lost a legal battle with former Tourism Director Karen Bevans, who sued for unlawful termination from the Belize Tourism Board on March twelfth, 2021. At the time of her termination, Bevans was less than a year into a five-year legally binding agreement signed by the former Minister of Tourism. […]
The Belize Tourism Board has launched a tax amnesty program for property owners that have been operating illegally without a license and not paying their tourism taxes. Reports are that approximately two hundred small properties like vacation rental homes and guesthouses have been operating without a license. The delinquency is in the millions. Now to […]
Minister Ferguson and his team are working on improving road safety in Belize, in light of the recent increase in fatal road traffic accidents. One of the plans they hope to implement will require that motor vehicles undergo a thorough inspection before being approved for licensing. Minister Ferguson explained further, when asked about the recent […]
There have been issues with supply chain management, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. Organizations have had to either deal with long waiting times or sourcing goods and equipment from other regions. This was among the discussions held at the first-ever regional conference for customs brokers hosted by the Customs Brokers Association of Belize. Entitled, “The Twenty-First Century Customs Broker,” the conference […]
The 2022 Ocean Heroes Award ceremony was held virtually on Thursday night. And, in its tradition of honoring those who have been serving as champions in marine conservation, advocacy and education, OCEANA Belize welcomes two other heroes to its list of protectors. Those Ocean Hero awardees are doctors Rachel Graham and Leandra Cho-Ricketts. News Five’s […]
Belize Telemedia Limited hosted its sixteenth annual general meeting this morning. The A.G.M., held virtually by means of Microsoft Teams, was used to announce the company’s profits over the past fiscal year. B.T.L. reported a profit of sixteen million dollars after expenses during the financial period 2021/2022. According to Chairman Mark Lizarraga, the telecoms provider […]
In breaking down the company’s financial performance, Chief Executive Officer Ivan Tesucum acknowledged that there is a growing shift away from established services such as the use of a regular line to place phone calls. More customers are using internet-based services for making phone calls, as well as streaming online content. On the other hand, […]
C.E.O. Jose Urbina, a member of B.T.L.’s board of directors, himself a telecommunications expert, spoke about the future of the service provider in the context of embracing greater digitization in the future. Jose Urbina, Board Member, B.T.L. “Shareholders, this AGM is a highly significant gathering for B.T.L. as it provides an important opportunity for […]
The Minimum Wage Task Force is currently conducting public consultations to get feedback from the general public on the proposed five dollar minimum wage increase. To date, meetings have been held in San Pedro Town, Orange Walk, Corozal, Belize City and Belmopan, with one scheduled for tonight in San Ignacio Town. Reports are that only […]
During the Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech, he noted that the five dollar minimum wage will be implemented in January 2023. But, do the next three months give the Minimum Wage Task Force enough time to conclude its process? That is what we asked the President of B.C.C.I. Marcelo Blake, President, B.C.C.I. “Once that […]
For the past fourteen years, the Belize Central Prison has not had a Visiting Justice Program to take concerns or complaints from inmates, but today, that program was reintroduced at the facility. Present for the brief ceremony were the Minister of Home Affairs, Kareem Musa and his C.E.O., Kevin Arthurs, who spoke to what the […]
Chief Magistrate, Sharon Fraser explained that since magistrates are responsible for sending people to the Central Prison, they have a duty to ensure that the inmates are being held in a humane environment. Meanwhile, C.E.O. Virgilio Murillo of Kolbe Foundation, which manages the prison facility, told the media that the program should complement what the […]
Customs brokers and clerks from countries that make up CARICOM are in Belize for their first ever Caribbean Association of Customs Brokers Conference. The event will take place on Saturday at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel. President of the Association, Delroy Fairweather and Customs Broker from Suriname, Roestam Samoendeer briefed us on what […]
Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, Andre Perez is heading a delegation from his ministry to the Forty-First International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly in Montreal, Canada. Minister Perez and his team met with Doctor Amy Khor, the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Sustainability and the Environment of Singapore. According to […]
Belize High School was established in 2010 and since then has been leading the charge in robotics, as its students have been representing Belize internationally at a host of international robotics competitions. Next month, from October fourteenth to the sixteenth, a team of five students will be travelling to Geneva, Switzerland for a First Global […]
An ex-policeman turned taxi driver was murdered and his vehicle stolen on Wednesday evening in the Corozal District. The incident happened in the Dominguez Residential Layout shortly after six p.m. and the victim is fifty-seven-year-old Norris Albert Flowers, who lived in the Hermelinda Layout area. Flowers was reportedly parked in front of the Corozal Town […]
Five murders have been reported in the last ten days, a concerning increase for the Belize Police Department and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Today, we caught up with Minister Kareem Musa in Belize City, where we asked him about the recent spike in violent crimes and what the police are doing to mitigate these […]
And with the latest increase in murders, the Opposition continues to demand the removal of Kareem Musa from his position as Minister of Home Affairs. In a Facebook post earlier this week, Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow said “ if he can’t do the job of keeping our country safe, he should resign and […]
As we reported, police arrested and charged thirty-three-year-old Nimrod Catzim for the murder of Belize City resident Bernard Timmons on Independence Day. Catzim is no stranger to the law, as he had been to court twice before on separate charges of murder. Yet and still, he was roaming the streets as a free man up […]
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court returned a decision in a protracted lawsuit filed against the Government of Belize, following the passage of legislation that prohibited gas companies from importing butane into the country. The National Liquefied Petroleum Gas Project Act essentially enabled the National Gas Company by restricting other established concerns from bringing in and […]
The Government of Belize has retained the services of Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck in a civil case being brought against the Commissioner of Police, the Attorney General, and the Belize Police Department by Police Constable Alicia Trapp. As we have reported, attorney Orson “OJ” Elrington sued all three parties on behalf of his client, after […]
John Briceño Minister Musa also responded to questions about the Prime Minister’s comments to the United Nations General Assembly regarding homicides in Belize. Prime Minister Briceño told the U.N. General Assembly that homicides are on the rise in Belize. The comment stands out, because records suggest that the homicide rate to date, for 2022, is […]
The Prime Minister’s recent speech that was delivered at the Seventy-Seventh United Nations General Assembly in New York drew commendation from quite a few people. P.M. John Briceño spoke on issues such as the war between Russia and Ukraine, the rise in global poverty rates, among other topics. But while the P.M. was lauded for […]
Today, the People’s United Party is celebrating seventy-two years as a political organization in Belize. In a Facebook post, Prime Minister John Briceño reflected on the P.U.P.’s history saying “Our P.U.P. journey started people and nation focused. Father of the Nation, Right Honorable George Cadle Price’s life was committed to service, self-determination and the development […]
