And while Joseph Bennett’s cannot re-register, the application for naturalized Belizean Jason Guerrero was rejected. Guerrero is also well known in Belize in the music industry and for his founding role in BSCAP, the Belizean Society of Composers Authors Publishers. But he was told that his voter’s re-registration application was rejected by the Elections and […]
Meet Anne Olivera; we found her and her peers, including a resident who is one hundred and five years old, at HelpAge on Wilson Street. They were attentively listening to the Referendum Unit on its presentation of taking the claim to the International Court of Justice. The April tenth referendum is a big decision to […]
Tonight we have more from Belama Phase Four where several families were officially notified that they need to vacate from land sold to a Chinese businessman. They were told that they need to dismantle their house and move out in one month. So the residents were taken aback when they found someone attempting to destroy […]
The Public Service Union continues to grapple with the sale of its hilltop headquarters in Belmopan. The land and structure were sold off secretly to a Chinese businessman last October by the Belmopan City Council. Since that became public, the Prime Minister stepped in to minimize the public relations nightmare caused by the sale. The […]
A land dispute in Belama Phase Four is heating up and escalating into a political battle between the P.U.P. Area Representative Francis Fonseca and U.D.P. Standard Bearer Orson ‘OJ’ Elrington. As we have been reporting, thirty families have been told that they need to vacate a piece of land reportedly owned by Alex Chang of […]
P.U.P. Area Representative for the division, Francis Fonseca, was also in the area this evening. According to Fonseca, the residents told him of the matter about two weeks ago and he met with them shortly thereafter. Fonseca says that on Wednesday, he was alerted by the residents that their houses were being dismantled. While Elrington […]
The Belize National Commission for UNESCO last week appointed new serving members of the Belize World Heritage Advisory Committee. Fast track to this past Wednesday and the members of the Belize Memory of the World Committee were inducted at a brief ceremony held at the conference room of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. The chairs […]
The deplorable and filthy conditions of the holding cells at the Queen Street Police Station have shocked many. The images show the deteriorating detention cells and the unsanitary restroom conditions, which have moved the Human Rights Commission to speak out. On Tuesday, Vice President of the Human Rights Commission of Belize Kevin Arthurs said that […]
Several families in Belama Phase Four were ordered, via letters on Monday, to vacate their houses. Earlier in the month, the residents of this area were told that they were illegally occupying the piece of land which is owned by Asian businessman, Alex Chang of Fen Lan Development. The letter tells the residents that they […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says he wants to rebuild the trust with the public. He is going about that by opening up his doors to members of the public, providing a listening ear to their concerns as it relates to safety and security and the work of the police department. ComPol Williams reopened an […]
There’s a new grassroots organization in town. The members call themselves “Belize Economical Freedom Fighters.” It is being led by a name that you may recognize – Raymond Rivers. He says that this group will tackle economic disparities and corruption in Belize. Today, when we ran into Rivers and his colleague, they say that one […]
This morning, the Social Security Board handed over a cheque for thirty-thousand dollars to the Kidney Association of Belize. The monies have been earmarked to boost the association’s education awareness campaign in the prevention of chronic kidney disease. Vice President, Genevieve Baptist, told News Five that the monies will also be used for screening and […]
Over ninety thousand dollars in eyewear will be distributed to high school students at twelve high schools across the country. The donation is courtesy of Courts Optical Centre, which tested the eyes of about a thousand students and selected over two hundred to benefit from the programme. Students at two high schools in Belize City […]
For weeks, a developer in Belize City and the Department of Environment, have been entangled in a dispute. Businessman, Dion Zabaneh, according to the Department of the Environment has not been complying with an order to stop reclaiming sea front in the Caribbean Shores area where he intends to construct. It all came to a […]
Months ago, the hilltop property and home of the Public Service Union in Belmopan was sold to Simplex Designs in Corozal, owned by a Chinese businessman. The property was retailed at four hundred thousand dollars, even though the union has been headquartered at that location for almost two decades and has invested over two hundred […]
Former Cabinet Secretary Anthony Sylvester Senior passed away this morning after ailing for some time. Sylvester Senior slipped into a coma and at the time of his death, was at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Sylvester Senior was the consummate career public officer who rose through the ranks; he was named permanent secretary and ultimately […]
And to a case of sudden death. Police say that the man who was found dead inside a hotel room in Belize City died of natural causes. Forty-seven-year-old American National Jernal Rommel Cannon was found lifeless inside a hotel room at the Ramada Belize City Princess Hotel on Sunday night. The authorities were notified at […]
Former Boundary Commissioner Lindsay Belisle is adding to the I.C.J. debate through a different perspective. Belisle, who is also an international surveyor, is supporting a NO vote and is warning the government that, “The 1859 Treaty does not give title to Belize’s eight-eight-sixty-seven.” In fact, Belisle explains that taking the claim to the I.C.J. is […]
Belisle went further to state that the one of the discrepancies he identified in the 1859 Treaty is that the location of the Aguas Turbias does not correspond to the coordinates in the treaty. He says that if the 1859 Treaty is Belize’s trump card in our case against Guatemala’s claim then the government and […]
Today, the Customs and Excise Department joined the rest of the world to observe World Customs Day. The World Customs Organization is dedicating 2019 to the swift and smooth cross-border movement of goods, people and means of transport, with the slogan “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport.” Belize Customs, as a member of […]
If you’ve ever travelled through the borders or pass through the P.G.I.A., you would’ve come in contact with the Customs and Excise Department. Their role is to check for uncustomed goods, as well as to collect excise and duties for the government. And if you’ve never been taxed when coming into the country, then you […]
There is a raging social media debate over B.F.L.A.’s decision to hold a fellatio workshop. The Belize Family Life Association is an N.G.O. that focuses exclusively on sexual and reproductive health and rights. According to its website, sexual and reproductive health care is not simply a matter of imparting information about sexually transmitted infections or […]
Childhood obesity is a challenge throughout the region so policymakers are engaging the private sector to adopt standards that will make consumers more aware of making healthy choices when buying food. It will take front of package labelling to another level to include foods that are high in calories, saturated fat, sodium and other properties […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Organization is headquartered in the U.K. But here, the international movement has been working in the community in sports and spiritual services. On Thursday, the national presidents of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and Belize gathered on Buttonwood Bay Boulevard to announce its upcoming annual convention which began today at […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington answered a number of questions today posed by News Five. First, we asked about the leaked government memorandum which has been causing consternation. Dated the ninth of October 2018, the subject of the memo is a request for advice on a proposed study leave for Paulette Elrington, a contract […]
