Farmers in La Gracia say that they will be hosting a meeting this week in the village to discuss next steps to resolve a land dispute. They say that government surveyors did not return today. In our story on Tuesday night, we reported about a land issue that started last week in the farming community […]
The Complaint Information System, or CMS, is an essential partner in the economic growth and development of Belize. It is a collection agency that was established in 1993 by Maurice Underwood to collect bad debts for Quick Cash Card and JL’s Quick Loan. The system keeps track of complaints that have been lodged by the […]
Founder and owner, Maurice Underwood, says that the idea is to take CMS to the Caribbean by introducing the system to other countries within the region. Maurice Underwood, Owner, CMS “We’re planning, with the Chamber of Commerce, going all through CARICOM within the next five years and this will create jobs. We have some […]
There was another death over the weekend. On Saturday evening, Rye Pott lost his life in an unfortunate incident. Pott was working at a construction site in Carmelita Village, in the Orange Walk District, when he fell into a deep hole. He was standing near the opening when a portion of it caved, causing Pott […]
A father of two from Libertad Village in Corozal died during a recruitment screening at the Belize Coast Guard Headquarters over the weekend. According to the Vice-Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, they were conducting their annual recruit drive on Saturday. They had received around eight hundred applicants, but only three hundred and sixty of […]
Commissioner Chester Williams also responded to heavy criticism that has been thrown at him by members of his very own department. Those criticisms deal with a reported level of unfairness and favouritism linked to the police promotion exercise. Hundreds of officers who sat the exam in May failed. Only one hundred and ninety-four officers were […]
Thirty-six-year-old Allyson Major Junior will be laid to rest on Saturday in Belize City, while an investigation is yet to be concluded into the circumstances surrounding his shooting death at the hands of a team of police officers. Despite the tragedy that has befallen friends and family of the well-known athlete, the Caribbean Shores community […]
The Ministry of Labour and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) held a workshop today in Belize City to offer specialized training for labour officers in the areas of trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling. The training will equip the offices with skills that will help them to identify and interview persons who are being […]
Today the Belize Police Department held its closing ceremony for its national annual cadet summer program. The programme, in its twenty-second consecutive year, saw the participation of almost two hundred cadets and forty-six instructors. The cadets, ages ten through to seventeen, were selected from across the country. They gathered in Ladyville where they participated in […]
One of the most anticipated summer camps is underway; it gives children an opportunity to learn discipline and team work in a fun way as they enjoy activities of their choice. At Price Barracks today, the first phase of the summer camp of the Belize Defence Force is coming to a close. Some of the […]
The B.D.F. is looking for a few good men and women to add to its ranks and over the weekend the force concluded the first phase of its recruitment process where aspiring soldiers from across the country were tested in both theory and practical. A provision was also made for female recruits outside of the […]
While at Price Barracks today, we caught up with the B.D.F. cricket team, who has been preparing for the nationals in the sports. This year, a team of avid cricket athletes from the regular force and the volunteer battalion has their eyes set on the trophy and the bragging rights to become the 2019 Harrison […]
Earlier this week, a protest was held by a group of energized Belizeans seeking to give the old Paslow building a more appropriate name when it is completed. Construction for the building has begun in the downtown area of the city under the Belize City House of Culture and Downtown Rejuvenation Project and is expected […]
CARICOM Youth Ambassador Kris Miller participated in the fifteenth regional youth parliament debate in Port of Spain, Trinidad last week. Miller and other youth ambassadors from across the region debated on the issue of strengthening borders to militate against crime while maintain humanitarian efforts. The topic, Miller says, is relevant to countries like Belize and […]
The Belize City Council is launching its second annual back to school and pantry programme next week. The Council says that this time, even more underprivileged families will benefit. Last year, around this time, we reported on CitCo’s back to school and pantry programme that they launched under a ‘social infrastructure’ platform. The programme provides […]
If you don’t have any plans for this weekend, the City Council wants you to check out the downtown super sale. The monthly event, organized by the City Council in conjunction with the business community, will be offering big sales with the chance to stretch your dollars. The super sale kicks off at six on […]
The deeper we dig, the more details emerge on the Sanctuary Bay saga. News Five has obtained the copy of an affidavit by Anthony Bailey; he is a resident of Dangriga. Now, Bailey is a humble man who may not have understood the international implications of the scam described as the biggest fraud to be […]
The once powerful Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources has been keeping a low profile. Gaspar Vega has missed countless meetings of the House of Representatives on behalf of the people of Orange Walk North, who elected him to represent them. Vega, it is known, did not take too well a demotion from […]
A manual combining research, field experience and good practices for providing health services to victims of human trafficking has been introduced by the Ministry of Health and the International Organization for Migration. The Caring for Trafficked Persons handbook combines collective experience from an array of experts from various international organizations, universities and civil society in […]
Sanctuary Bay is quite a beautiful place. Well, this is what the Prime Minister was told and undoubtedly what recidivist scammer Andris Pukke and associates used to convince more than one thousand U.S. investors to depart with their life savings and pump their hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars in the project. As part of […]
In September 2016, the then Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Joy Grant, received an email alerting the F.I.U. of an ongoing investigation into massive violations of our Foreign Exchange Regulations by the principals and developers of the S.R.W.R. real estate project. While evidence was collected, the F.I.U. determined that the likelihood of a successful […]
The People’s United Party says that the F.I.U.’s determination to not proceed with criminal charges is bogus. During a press conference last week, P.U.P. Kareem Musa suggested that charges such as obtaining property by deception could have been proceeded with. Prime Minister Dean Barrow disagrees. On the Phone: Prime Minister Dean Barrow “But that […]
The multimillion-dollar Sanctuary Bay real estate scam is the biggest scam that the F.T.C. has investigated. It has certainly scared off future foreign investors and forced Atlantic International Bank Limited to fold. The scam has given Belize an international black eye. In order to prevent such reoccurrence, the PM says that a consumer protection entity […]
This morning at the office of the Prime Minister in Belize City, a significant financing agreement of thirty-one point nine-six million dollars for the energy sector was signed by the PM and E.U. Ambassador to Belize Malgorzata Wasilewska. The grant is allocated under the Eleventh European Development Fund to assist in the social and economic development of Belize. The […]
An event that happened a century ago; has not been featured prominently in our history books, but it could have sparked a change in history of the then colony. According to organizers of an event today, the 1919 revolution was the first revolt that could have had significant impact to change the course of what […]
