Today, McNab Visuals, in partnership with Maya Island Air, held an open house in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The purpose of the event was two-fold: it allowed for McNab to unveil its fourth instalment of Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle and the soft launch of the newly constructed terminal for Maya Island Air. Stakeholders from the […]
Hand in Hand Ministries today delivered house number three hundred and sixty-one to a Belize City family. The house, valued at seventeen thousand dollars, was built for Lisa Buller and her three children. Buller and her family had been living in an unsafe house which was also in a state of disrepair. The house was […]
Librarian and author, eighty-one-year-old Lawrence Vernon today launched his latest piece of literary work. “A narrative of Political Parties in Belize” looks at the history of twenty-six political parties in Belize. According to Vernon, he also dedicated a few pages to third parties and summarized major political developments in Belize’s history. Today at a brief […]
Today, app developers from across the country gathered in Belize City for the first annual ‘Belizean Apps for Development Competition. The competition was organized by Directorate General for Foreign Trade and Belize Coalition of Service Providers and the Belize Association of I.C.T. Ten groups from six different schools from across the country presented their developed […]
The Hilltop headquarters of the Public Service Union in Belmopan was sold off a month ago unknown to them. The new owner is a Chinese businessman from the north who paid significantly less to the Belmopan City Council than what the property had been assessed for. The Union is fighting back tooth and nail to […]
According to Mayor Belisle, were the P.S.U. to have honored the agreement, a significant portion of what is outstanding would have been cleared. The property, which was valued at no more than half a million dollars, was later sold for four hundred thousand. But, was City Hall too generous in discounting the cost for Xin […]
Mayor Belisle did not confirm if the land was paid for in cash and neither could he provide details as to how Xin Ni was aware of that the land was for sale. It is known, however, that the sale of the headquarters took place one day after the new owner registered the company. The […]
The annual Battle of the Drums Competition, aside from Garifuna Settlement Day, is one of the most anticipated events on the November calendar. Every year, hundreds of spectators travel down to Punta Gorda to attend the cultural extravaganza and this Saturday is no different, except that the organizers would have had to pay the National […]
Late this evening, Minister of Culture Patrick Faber intervened in the matter, giving verbal assurance to the secretariat that the fees being charged by the National Sports Council will be waived for the Battle of the Drums. Prior to that decision, Sports Director Ian Jones told News Five that the gate fee is how the […]
Both John Saldivar and Patrick Faber want to assume leadership of the United Democratic Party when Prime Minister Dean Barrow vacates the post. Saldivar and Faber have been running a close political race, especially when it comes to the party’s conventions. This past Sunday, we saw Faber’s pick Orson “OJ” Elrington defeat Saldivar’s choice Doctor […]
Known as one of the most deadly non-communicable diseases, diabetes can cause an array of life complications. One of those complications is diabetic retinopathy, or simply, blindness. Today, the Ministry of Health held an informational session in Belize City where participants learned how to prevent diabetic retinopathy. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. Hipolito Novelo, […]
For the past two years we’ve been reporting on a volunteer group called the Convention on the Rights of the Child Ambassadors. They represent an arm of the National Committee for Families and Children that go into the community to do outreach work on the convention. Those ambassadors, in collaboration with stakeholders, have developed a […]
The Belize national rugby team is currently preparing to face off against the national team from Guatemala on November twenty-fifth at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. After several local competitions, the international match takes place and Rugby Belize is asking the public to come out and witness the revitalization of the sport. […]
Thinking of a business idea, creating a business plan and transforming that plan into a real and viable business can be difficult to successfully accomplish. With the aim to create young entrepreneurs across the country, BETRAIDE kicked off its Entrepreneurship Road Show for its National Entrepreneurship Month. The aim is to create business owners rather […]
The Belize City Council partnered with the Global Entrepreneurship Network to host a Women’s Empowerment and Leadership session to help build the capacity of female entrepreneurs. It is part of a bigger project by the City Council to work with local businesses to establish sustainable micro, small and medium-size enterprises. Councillor Javier Castellanos says that […]
The Global Entrepreneurship Network works along with men, women and children and fosters entrepreneurial skills. The session also featured several successful career women such as Attorney Margaret McKenzie and Carpe Diem’s Crystal Samos. In her presentation, Samos notes that business is personal if an entrepreneur wants to be successful in providing goods and services. These […]
BERT received a much needed donation of six thousand dollars courtesy of Smart at its offices off Coney Drive today. But the donation was not for ambulatory services or to purchase a medical van for the institution. It was rather to fund an education campaign that’s being done by the non-profit organization to teach students […]
The Public Service Union is confirming that its headquarters and land in Belmopan have been secretly sold off on the cheap and the union is not taking it quietly. The PSU called a press conference today to reveal the details of the sale which they claim was carried out by the Belmopan City Council. The […]
The ITVET compound on Freetown Road in Belize City was the venue for yet another round of convention under the U.D.P. banner. Three candidates Fredy Cantillano, Doctor Carla Barnett and Orson Elrington were all confident that they would emerge victorious on Sunday. By five-thirty p.m., after a little over one thousand votes were counted; Elrington […]
Since 2003, Francis Fonseca has been the undefeated area representative for Freetown Division, winning that division even at a time when the People’s United Party was unpopular. Fonseca posted a message on his Facebook congratulating Elrington on his win. He also thanked Doctor Carla Barnett for being a worthy, gracious and tough opponent and for […]
According to Doctor Carla Barnett, the results of Sunday’s convention mark the end of her political path. While she is leaving politics, Barnett hopes that other women would run for office. Dr. Carla Barnett, Former U.D.P. Standard Bearer, Freetown “That goes without saying. I am not doing this again. You asked me Friday when […]
Barnett first entered politics in 2015 when she was endorsed as the U.D.P. candidate for Freetown, but she was bested by Francis Fonseca in the last General Elections. Barnett was made Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance through an appointment to the Senate. She was subsequently made Minister of State for Natural Resources […]
In other political news….the U.D.P. also held a convention in the Stann Creek West Division. Labour Commissioner Ivan Williams emerged victorious with one thousand two hundred and twelve votes. He thrashed Macario Augustine and Camelio Kal who received two hundred and forty-one and one hundred and sixty-two votes respectively. Williams is set to go against […]
The U.D.P. Convention for standard bearer in Freetown takes place in two days. Three candidates have thrown their hat into the ring: the incumbent caretaker, Doctor Carla Barnett, attorney Orson Elrington and newcomer Fredy Cantillano. The three have been on the ground for months in anticipation of Sunday’s convention. Barnett has campaigners from Belmopan and […]
In the 2015 elections, Chang stepped aside to make way for Barnett to run against the P.U.P.’s Francis Fonseca; he was subsequently named President of the Senate. This time around, things have changed and Chang has been running television and radio ads supporting Elrington. When we caught up with Elrington today, he told the media […]
