The misuse of government resources has been a recurring public complaint under both administrations. In the Auditor General’s Report for the period April 2013 to March 2014, the audit team lends some of its focus on the issuance of fuel for the use of Government vehicles and equipment, specifically in the Ministry of Works. As […]
Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai today reported on the cleaning-up of the voters list during the still ongoing re-registration process. Now, Stann Creek West pulled out the biggest number of voters to register while the Fort George Division in Belize City had the lowest. Both are constituencies held by the People’s United Party. More women […]
Has the re-registration exercise, which is set to conclude at the end of the month, met its target? According to Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, Doug Singh, a comparison of the total number of voters who participated in the 2015 general elections against the number of persons who have re-registered thus far, shows […]
The ongoing re-registration precedes a re-districting exercise which is scheduled to take place prior to the next general elections. In two Belize City constituencies, namely: Queen Square and Fort George, the numbers have been particularly low. The outcome in those two divisions begs the question of whether or not the voter population will also be […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow continues to recover from spinal surgery in Havana, Cuba. On Wednesday, he received the President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who was accompanied by his wife and Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla. On the Belize side, was the PM’s wife, Kim Simplis Barrow and Ambassador Annie Burns. Barrow and Canales […]
Minister of Culture, Patrick Faber, who is the chair of the board for the National Institute of Culture and History, says that he is awaiting an initial draft of the findings of an external audit of the statutory body. The audit was sanctioned by Cabinet about three weeks ago; after a report from the Finance […]
How did Belize fair off in the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate, better known as CXC? As we reported a few weeks ago, several schools were not in receipt of their grades, despite the official results having been landed in the country. Some schools are still without their results. But what is causing the delay? […]
Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber has embarked on a tour across Belize which he says will reconnect him with the citizenry. Faber has visited the Toledo and Stann Creek Districts and will make his way to the Cayo District. The purpose, says Faber, is to identify the state of affairs in the districts with a […]
There is trouble brewing on La Isla Carinosa. A few weeks ago, the Chairlady of the Caye Caulker Village Council released an extensive letter publicly disclosing a number of thorny issues being faced by the council. Enelda Rosado explains that the village council realized that it had a problem with the Transport Department immediately after […]
Caye Caulker Village falls under the Belize Rural South constituency which is represented by Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Junior. Heredia told News Five that he is aware of the concerns raised by the village council and has discussed the situation with his cabinet colleagues. Manuel Heredia Jr., Area Representative, Belize Rural South “I have […]
Little Junior Miss Belize is returning to the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts with a bang. After taking a two-year hiatus, the children’s pageant show is set to light up the stage at the Bliss tomorrow night. It’s a fundraising event put on by Concerned Belizean Women and according to member, Karen Vernon, seven […]
The annual children’s rally returned to the Civic Centre this morning. Primary school children from schools in the Belize District converged there to show their love and respect for the country. With national celebrations underway, the event was a fitting occasion to encourage patriotism and nationalism at a young age. The day started with a […]
Two months ago, Placencia resident Shane Vellos stopped by our office to share his experience of police brutality. Vellos was locked up after he was accused of theft, but later released and never charged. However, Vellos claims that he was badly beaten by an officer who also broke his left arm. Today, his father, Rudolph […]
The Belize City Council says that allegations of union busting made by the Christian Workers Union are inaccurate. Earlier in the week, CWU President Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde made the allegation after the council denied the union’s request to be part of a meeting held on Tuesday morning. That meeting was convened after twelve union members […]
The dispute between the Belize City Council and the Christian Workers’ Union is based on complaints made by staff members who said that the council refused to pay them subsistence for works done outside city limits. While that matter, according to Mayor Bernard Wagner, has been resolved, there are several outstanding issues. Mayor Wagner says […]
In a few weeks, Traffic Manager for Belize City, Kevaughn Jenkins will be transferred to the Sanitation Department. He will be the new manager of that department, taking over the post of longtime city council employee and a staunch supporter of the United Democratic Department, Percival Murillo. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner says Jenkins’ transfer […]
Last week we reported on the donation of a fully equipped ambulance by the Rotary Club of Edmonton, Canada in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Dangriga. The medical van was acquired as an addition to the fleet of vehicles for Southern Emergency Services located at mile ten in Dangriga. But tonight, there is a […]
Joy Smith says that based on the agreement, she is asking for sixteen thousand dollars owed to her for the work she put into the development of the EMT service provider because her documents and that of her husband were used for the licensing of the company. While Smith says she was paid for her […]
School children are now settling back in the classrooms so if you didn’t, it is still a good time to check their eyes for any emerging vision problems. There are many ways to detect that there are issues with your child’s eyesight. Can they read letters and numbers from a distance or are they reading […]
The Human Rights Commission of Belize late this evening issued a letter to the Commissioner of Police, seeking a report and status of prisoners held as a result of the State of Public Emergency. The Commission says that along with the Bar Association of Belize, it has been monitoring the implementation and the legal progress […]
As you’ve heard, the legal fraternity, including the Bar Association and the Human Rights Commission of Belize, has weighed in on the state of emergency that has been declared in parts of Belize City. Their position has resounded across the media in the days that followed the rounding up of gang members. But what about […]
According to investigators, the burglars that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Kortobacco Belize building in the Benque Free Zone gained access into the compound from an opening on the western side of the zone. According to the C.E.O. of the Benque Free Zone, Al D. Sattler, the chain link fence that encompasses […]
For the past months, Caribbean and Latin America countries have been feeling the negative effects of massive amounts of Sargassum which have washed up along the coastlines. Tons of Sargassum have covered Belize’s beaches including those in San Pedro and in Placencia. The decaying Sargassum not only releases a foul odor, but also a hydrogen […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has issued a release on the U.H.S. loan motion for ninety-five point six million dollars and increasing which was taken to the House on August thirty-first. The B.C.C.I. is critical of both sides of the House saying that neither had the intention to constructively resolve the decade-old debt […]
On Tuesday, CWU President Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde came out swinging against the Belize City Council accusing the council of union busting. The claim comes after the council denied CWU’s request to attend a meeting concerning issues raised by the cemetery staff, twelve which are members of the union. Today, the council issued a statement in […]
