As you heard, the Financial Secretary was ordered to discuss the Bank’s settlement offer with the Prime Minister. But according to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, the government has already made a decision, which will be relayed to the court on Thursday. Peyrefitte told News Five that G.O.B.’s position on the UHS debt has been made […]
Also in the Supreme Court, a Honduran woman, who is accused of human trafficking, was denied bail by Justice Colin Williams. Lourdes Guerrero Moreno is accused of making a thirty-six-year-old woman a victim of human trafficking. Moreno has been living in Belize for several years in a common-law-relationship. These factors were not sufficient enough for […]
Reports emerging out of the Vital Statistics Unit today are that four employees have been terminated. The employees are accused of issuing a fraudulent birth certificated to William “Danny” Mason, the very same man accused of leading the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas. In 2016, it was reported that Mason, who also used the names […]
Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide; it accounts for seven percent of injury-related deaths globally. But the World Health Organization says that the figure may significantly underestimate the actual public health problem. Often times we report on incidents that happen across the country and our records show that at least […]
Fuel consumers across the country are rejoicing tonight at a decrease in fuel prices. Premium gasoline went down by eighteen cents from eleven dollars and fifty cents to eleven dollars and thirty-two cents. The price for regular fuel dropped by nineteen cents to nine dollars and seventy-six cents. Diesel gasoline took the largest dip; it […]
The Financial Secretary also offered comment about the state of the country’s economy. Earlier this year, an internal memo issued by Joseph Waight was leaked. In that memo, Waight pointedly asks government ministries to cease and desist from looking for new funds because the country’s debt stood at one hundred percent of the gross domestic […]
Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, in collaboration with the European Union, hosted a one-day workshop on financing options available through the Angel Investment methodology. Belize is one of four countries within the SICA region to receive this training that seeks to promote entrepreneurship by teaching participants about the policies related to risk capital from […]
In recent weeks, the Belize Federation of Fishers’ raised concerns about a number of developments in the fishing industry. The federation called out the Gillnet Task Group, saying that gillnet users are jeopardizing the livelihoods of fishermen. Well, another organization, the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association, has come out swinging saying that the federation cannot make […]
…and on the matter of gillnets, Fuller and Dawson say fishers are not in agreement with a ban on gillnets. They note that fishers resoundingly agreed not to get rid of gillnets because they don’t believe it is causing any harm. In fact, they say gillnets are much needed in Belize since this form of […]
Well-known Belizean historian Lita Hunter Krohn has chronicled, as well as taught the history of the Jewel for many years. Her work as a student and scholar in the study of past events has taken her to many places. Krohn’s most recent publication is a reflection on her late father’s work as a former politician, […]
Disability Week is being celebrated countrywide and in Belize City today, a special clinic was being held at Stella Maris where children with learning disabilities, including dyslexia, were being examined by a team of medical professionals. Doctor Marco Tulio Mendez administered several of those tests using an E.E.G. machine to find problems related to electrical […]
The Inspiration calendar has become a feature at this time of the year for the past eight years. It is a unique calendar that carries the work of children with diverse abilities. From January to December, every month has a painting created by children associated with the Inspiration Centre. At the launch today, Special Envoy […]
Government will be disbursing six-hundred-and-fifty-thousand dollars for its annual Christmas cheer programme. At the last sitting of the House, Prime Minister Dean Barrow made no apologies about the distribution of the monies, which will see ministers receive twenty-five-thousand dollars and elected members of the Opposition will get half of that amount. That decision didn’t go […]
Still on the subject of Christmas cheer, the Corozal Town Council called on Minister Pablo Marin to put some of the twenty-five-thousand dollars towards its activities for the holidays. The council has been going through tough financial times and says it is “doing its utmost best given the dire financial constraints inherited from the previous […]
A few days ago, the top brass of the Belize Police Department was gifted five hundred pre-owned bulletproof vests by the Miami Dade Police Department through the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police. ComPol Allen Whylie said that the vests would be distributed to frontline officers, first responders and members of operational units such as […]
An official funeral service was held at La Inmaculada Church today for former Ambassador Rosendo “Chendo” Urbina, who was laid to rest in Orange Walk. Urbina, the founder of the A and R chain of stores and former politician passed away last Thursday. His contributions to his hometown of Orange Walk have been praised by […]
The Best Warrior competition started today at the Belize Coastguard Headquarters. During the next four days, participating law enforcement officers will compete to test their mental and physical acumen in a number of tough challenges. It is one way of identifying the best warrior from the ranks of the Coastguard and the Belize Defence Force. […]
A security officer of Libertad Village, Corozal died from blunt force trauma to the head a week ago. On November twenty-fifth, Corozal police were called to the Corozal Community Hospital where they saw forty-year-old Salvadoran national Eliseo Alfaro-Enriquez dead. Police observed wounds to his head and according to ACP Joseph Myvett; it appears that Alfaro-Enriquez […]
The top brass of the police department gathered today in the capital for the first conference dubbed COMSTAT. The intention is to move to a system that will provide the department with a better understanding of crime statistics. This information will be used to forecast and prevent crime before criminals commit offences. News Five’s Duane […]
On Monday, the Belize Credit Union League signed a project with the Inter-American Development Bank Lab to boost climate resilience for farmers and fisherfolk through green microfinance in Belize. Under the Caribbean EcoMicro Programme, the League and three of its credit union affiliates will receive technical assistance to design and pilot adaptation finance that will […]
The Ministry of Health kicked off its Mental School Health Literacy project. A training of trainers’ three-day workshop, in partnership with PAHO and the Ministry of Education, aims to help schools better address youth mental health in an efficient, effective and inexpensive way. The plan is to train other teachers to implement the programme at […]
Activist Dianne Finnegan and wife of Minister Michael Finnegan of the Mesopotamia Division, was elected U.D.P. standard bearer for Lake Independence. While small in numbers for the sprawling constituency, Sunday’s convention was high-spirited among the supporters of the four-person race. Finnegan, who works with the Youth Apprenticeship Programme credited the youth for her win. While […]
There was also a new U.D.P. standard bearer elected in the Cayo South division, but actually he’s a former area rep. Three persons contested to be the caretaker for that constituency, which is a stronghold of P.U.P. area rep, Julius Espat. A total of one thousand three hundred and ninety-seven votes were cast with nineteen […]
Minister Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez confirmed today that he was among a group of U.D.P. politicians who held a meeting with PM Dean Barrow prior to last Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. The group, he says, requested that the PM postpone his retirement and remain in office until 2020 when general elections are due. Martinez stayed on course […]
So while that the leadership bid is an internal U.D.P. matter, today we asked Leader of the Opposition what he makes of the PM’s decision to demit office until his term expires. John Briceño says it is clear that there is no confidence in Saldivar and Faber to take over the leadership – and that […]
