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The General Assembly of the Organization of American States concludes tonight in Antigua, Guatemala. Aside from the drug problem in the Americas that foreign ministers have been debating, another issue that picked up traction has to with two Inter-American conventions that deal with racism and discrimination. Belize’s position in respect of the two conventions is […]
When the national gender policy was launched in mid-May, it immediately unleashed a firestorm of controversy from very vocal church groups and most recently, the Belize National Teachers Union. The most outspoken opposition has come from the west, where local pastors have led the charge to have the gender policy withdrawn and revisited. Prime Minister […]
Internet rates have gone down recently and while some people are counting the extra change in their pockets, there really should be quite a few dollars more that internet subscribers could save. Belize has the highest internet rates as well as the slowest bandwidth in CARICOM. How bad is it? Well, a survey of the […]
As we told you earlier, the O.A.S. General Assembly closes tonight at the historic Antigua, Guatemala. For two days delegations have been discussing the need to urgently address the drug problem in the region. Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington was among the last to make a contribution to the debate. He likened the drug problem […]
As we reported on Tuesday night, the Norwegian Cruise Line’s proposed one hundred million dollar tourism investment project in Belize is currently on hold. A technical team working with Cabinet’s subcommittee determined that Crawl Caye cannot be developed as a cruise terminal because of “numerous environmental considerations.” And that recommendation was endorsed by cabinet at […]
But all is not lost for Norwegian Cruise Line as it is now shifting attention to other islands for development in the southern Belize. Prime Minister Dean Barrow said that the rejection of Crawl Caye should not be interpreted as a rejection of cruise tourism. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The word from the technical […]
The revised Gender Policy is here to stay, even though it has caused a maelstrom of activity since the Women’s Commission had the policy document updated. Strangely, the upset has little to do with women’s affairs but rather a redefinition of words that would change the meaning of sexual identities in the policy document. The […]
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While the Gender Policy will remain as it stands according to the Prime Minister, in Guatemala, there is a resolution that is also being heavily debated and discussed by member states of the Organization of American States. The resolution includes issues of Human Rights Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression. Both Belize and Barbados […]
Turning to the referendum…when Guatemala announced it was not holding a referendum this year but in 2014, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington said that he will be meeting his counterpart in the margins of the O.A.S. to press for a specific date. But that meeting will not be taking place at this time. C.E.O. Alexis Rosado […]
A Guatemalan farmer who was encroaching inside the Chiquibul Forest has been shot by local soldiers. According to reports, on Monday June third, after two p.m., while on a routine patrol, Belize Defense Force soldiers discovered a plantation and a thatch building in the Caballo Camp area of the forest. A Guatemalan national, with a […]
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On June first one man was killed and another injured when they tried to intervene in an armed robbery at the La Choza bar in Belmopan. The robbers opened fire and customers at the bar Isabel Antonio Balona received fatal wounds to the chest and abdomen while Manuel Aquino was shot in the leg. Quick […]
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The body of an ex-cop was pulled out of the Belize River before noon today. It was spotted floating hours earlier and was finally retrieved in the area of the Haulover Bridge by a group of police officers with assistance from the B.D.F. who had been scouring the area. To the surprise of the police, […]
Thirteen newborn infants died in the neonatal intensive care unit of the K.H.M.H. in the first twenty days of May. Officials say seven can be blamed on an organism known as Enterobacter Cloacae and the death of the others was caused by the babies being premature. The origin of the deadly bacteria remains unknown and […]
Following the deaths of the newborns, K.H.M.H. authorities held only one group meeting with the parents involved. That meeting was held an hour before the press conference on May thirtieth. At the end, both Stephen Panton and Marisa Cruz were left with the impression that the session was not really about getting to the real […]
So what’s next for the parents who lost children to the bacteria at the neonatal intensive care unit? The ones we spoke to are planning to pursue legal action, especially after the press conference on May thirtieth. They feel that if they back down the powers that be at the K.H.M.H. and in government will […]
It is not officially confirmed, but News Five has learnt that in its meeting today, Cabinet supported the recommendation of the five-member subcommittee on the Norwegian Cruise Line’s one hundred million dollar tourism project. The subcommittee met on Monday at the B.T.B. headquarters in Belize City and rejected the proposal for the project at Crawl […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you believe that an independent investigation other than internal inquiry should be carried into the deaths of thirteen babies at the K.H.M.H? Yes or No? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an […]
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Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office, Santi Castillo, was involved in a cycling accident on the Western Highway this morning. Throughout the day, a battery of tests was taken to determine the extent of internal injuries and tonight, Castillo remains hospitalized. The accident happened near mile thirty-five at the peak of a sprint […]
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A Cabinet subcommittee met today at the Belize Tourism Board to discuss the Norwegian Cruise Line’s tourism project for Crawl Caye which is within a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The mega project has been met with strong opposition from stakeholders within the tourism industry including the Belize Tourism Industry Association, APAMO and Healthy Reefs. The […]
A robbery at a bar in Las Flores, Belmopan turned deadly for one of two patrons. The incident happened just past midnight on Saturday. There were at least four persons on duty as well as the manager, Joshua Lopez. A resident Salvadoran national and a visiting friend, also from Salvador, were at the neighborhood bar […]
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Two relatives were shot over the weekend and one of them is clinging to life and the other is in critical condition. On Saturday night at around seven-twenty p.m., twenty-four year old Arthur Baptist and his uncle forty-four year old Melvin Baptist were socializing inside Melvin’s Barbershop on Neal’s Pen Road in South side Belize […]
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Just minutes after forty-three year old Isabel Antonio Ballona was being killed by armed robbers at the La Choza del Cabrito Bar, another Salvadoran national also lost his life when he was knocked down and killed a mile away. Sometime around twelve-thirty on Sunday morning, Belmopan Police found the body of thirty-two year old Mario […]
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The Organization of American States will be meeting in Antigua, Guatemala beginning this Tuesday. Among the twenty-eight of thirty-four foreign ministers who will be in Antigua is Belize’s Foreign Minister, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington. The forty-third annual assembly will be looking at the problem of drugs in the Americas and will conclude with the Declaration of […]
Imer Hernandez – he’s the man at the center of the San Antonio Road controversy in Orange Walk Town. The nephew of Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, Hernandez drew media attention after government vouchers surfaced showing that he had been paid for the paving of the San Antonio Road even though that road had not […]
While that’s very likely the last we’ll hear about the San Antonio Road, it’s certainly not the last we’ll hear of the elusive Imer Hernandez. In fact, his name came up again today, this time in Belmopan. The Imer Hernandez Development Company Limited has been awarded a contract for the renovation of the Belmopan Market, […]
