Reynaldo Verde remains locked up in the U.S. on charges of extortion and attempted extortion having been denied bail on Wednesday. His attorney, Tyler Trumbach, says that his client denies all accusations. The F.B.I., however, has amassed damning evidence against Verde who reportedly attempted to use his position as Deputy Director of Belize Tax Services […]
On Wednesday, representatives from three butane companies namely Belize Western Energy Limited, Gas Tomza, and Southern Choice Butane (Zeta Gas) met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow. On the table for discussion was the newly formed National Gas Company which will oversee the LPG industry in Belize. According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the National Gas […]
On Wednesday morning, the body of Salvadoran national Raul Rivelo was retrieved from the Manatee Lookout area in the Belize River. Rivelo’s friend, Walter Gomez, reported to police that Rivelo was trying to swim across the river when he suddenly went underwater and didn’t resurface. The authorities searched the area didn’t find the body until […]
A surge of migrants from Central America specifically El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, is pushing governments in the region and beyond to re-examine relevant policies. Migrants, including a growing number of women and children, are fleeing the troubled region in record numbers. On average, about two hundred and sixty-five people have left annually in recent […]
U.S.A.-based Hobbs Brewing Company started distribution of twelve ounce cans and kegs from out of Placencia earlier this year. Hobbs’ production in Belize features two super-premium beers called the Wildcat I.P.A. and Hummingbird Belizean Golden Ale. Over the weekend, Hobbs Brewing Company launched its own calendar for 2020, which features twelve Belizean women. According to […]
The Public Service Union has been ordered to vacate its Belmopan Hilltop headquarters by October thirty first. The order is by Simplex Designs Limited which has hired Attorney Estevan Perrera. A recent letter sent to P.S.U. President Gerald Henry says that if the P.S.U. fails to vacate the premises by the allotted time, it will […]
The squatting problem along the Belize/Guatemala border by residents of El Barrio Judah in Guatemala has been a recurring issue. Pictures obtained by News Five show Guatemalans clearing lands near the border, on Belizean territory. The pictures and videos were posted by the Mayor of Melchor de Mencos, who reportedly told the residents that they […]
On Tuesday, P.U.P.’s Julius Espat spoke on the pending results of the senate inquiry that took place between 2016 and 2017. Back then, the Senate Special Select Committee met for more than forty sessions over the course of thirteen months as it investigated into the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality […]
Director of the Immigration Diana Locke will be leaving her desk at the immigration department as she nears the age of retirement. Locke assumed the post in early May of 2016. Before then she was at the Foreign Ministry where she served for twenty-four years as Chief of Protocol as well as Director of Consular […]
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, CRFM, held a joint meeting between ministers responsible for fisheries and aquaculture, CARICOM countries and country representatives of OSPESCA, a fisheries organisation in Central America. Milton Haughton, Executive Director of the CRFM, says they are aiming to address a series of issues that affect the region. Milton Haughton, Executive […]
Fifteen entrepreneurs are attending a training of trainers’ entrepreneurship workshop at the Department of Youth Services. A regional consultant, who works a CARICOM initiative called CEBO, the Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity, is conducting the sessions which have also been held in other CARICOM countries. We stopped in at the DYS on Regent Street […]
Today, Manatee Conservationist Jamal Galvez was presented with the Paul Harris Fellow Award. It is an award bestowed by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International to recognize and express appreciation for substantial contributions made. The Paul Harris Award recognizes individuals who have contributed or in whose names contributions were made to aid humanitarian efforts. The […]
The Public Service Union says it won’t be moving though it recognizes the purchase of Hill Top by Simplex Design Company Limited as legal. In November of 2018, the P.S.U. headquarters was sold by the Belmopan City Council to the company and despite their efforts and even a promise by the Prime Minister to get […]
Today, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Human Development, Judith Alpuche, acknowledged the need for more collaborative work with the police when it comes to detaining minors. Speaking about the video of the hostel escapee who was roughed up while being detained by the police, C.E.O. Alpuche says that her ministry stands ready to work […]
Between 2016 and 2017 the Senate Special Select Committee met for more than forty sessions over the course of thirteen months to carry out its investigation into the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality Department 2011-2013. Over the lengthy inquiry, key witnesses including ministers, C.E.O. and other government officials were drilled, […]
Julius Espat is also the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, PAC. The PAC is tasked at looking at government spending and holding public officers and politicians responsible According to Espat, despite many efforts, the PAC remains non-functional. Espat says that the committee which is made up of a majority of government ministers has no political […]
The Cotton Tree Village Council took the Government of Belize to court almost four years ago. The case revolves around two hundred and fifty-four parcels of lots that had been secured by U.D.P. Minister Anthony Martinez and given to Port Loyola constituents. The Village Council took the matter to court on the bases that the villagers […]
In Belize City, residents in the Port Loyola Constituency will be allowed to have their land woes addressed. U.D.P. Standard Bearer for Port Loyola, Phillip Willoughby has arranged for a land consultation sessions for the seventeenth and eighteenth October at the Y.M.C.A. compound in Belize City. Willoughby says the consultation will allow the constituents to speak with […]
The K.H.M.H.A. Board and the K.H.M.H. Workers Union have come to an agreement. The parties were at an impasse over several issues including the union’s demand for the removal of Medical Chief of Staff, Doctor Beatriz Thompson. A statement from the K.H.M.H. reads “The K.H.M.H.A. Board and Union met on Friday, September twenty-seventh where pending […]
The National Council on Ageing wants older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women and women with young children to have more access to essential services. To do this, the council partnered with BAPDA and the Ministry of Human Development to launch a campaign called “Front ah di line.” The campaign will see work done with […]
As you heard just now, the National Council on Ageing launched a campaign to increase accessibility to basic services for overlooked groups including older persons and persons with disability. As a part of today’s activities, the N.C.A. also held an expo featuring free health services, self-care information, and other essential services available for these vulnerable […]
Villagers in San Antonio in the Toledo District have been without water for two days. Area Representative for Toledo West Oscar Requeña says that the village’s water woes is a well of political interference by members of the ruling United Democratic Party. Requeña says that the village’s water board has not been functioning properly and is […]
Today the Protected Areas Conservation Trust made its singular largest investment in marine protected areas in Belize. As a part of its conservation investment strategy, PACT awarded over one million dollars to the Fisheries Department to be used to strengthen the management of five marine protected areas. Reporter Andrea Polanco has the details on how […]
The Commissioner of Police says that the cops, who were placed on interdiction in connection with the death of sixty-year-old Nestor Vasquez Junior, have been found guilty by a tribunal. The police officers from Precinct three, Sergeant Shawn Walton and Police Constables Edward Pitterson and Bernard Cayetano were put on interdiction with half-pay and faced […]
There was outrage over the manner in which members of the Belize Police Department carried out the arrest of a teenage minor in Belize City last week. The incident involved five officers manhandling a fifteen-year-old escapee from the Princess Royal Youth Hostel who was being apprehended for return to the facility. But in carrying out […]
