Meanwhile, a few months ago, legislation went to Parliament for a split of the Immigration and Nationality Department. At the time, the Opposition People’s United Party objected on various grounds. The move has still not been effected but processes are underway for that to happen. One of the concerns is that the second director being […]
The Ministry of Immigration and Nationality continues to investigate how two citizens of the Kingdom of Nepal were granted entry to Belize on landing at the Philip Goldson International Airport on Tuesday last, despite being considered high risk. News Five understands that they arrived on a COPA Airlines flight but their current whereabouts are unknown. […]
On Tuesday, we told you about a developing story in San Pedro where residents and tour operators are against the Cayo Rosario development. The ten-acre mangrove caye falls within the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, but it was sold to a developer who has proposed a massive resort off the island. The resort first proposed ninety […]
As connected as we all are via computers and the Internet, society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks on personal security and information. It can be quite a job keeping up with the hackers and others demanding open access, but companies are adapting to the new reality. Today a U.S. firm visited Belize to tout […]
The Belize City Council says it is not interested in taking back any of the six employees fired a week ago. A meeting took place today with the executive of the Christian Workers’ Union and employee representatives. Notably, Mayor of Belize City Bernard Wagner and C.W.U. president Evan “Mose” Hyde are brothers-in-law—a fact which Hyde […]
It was one of those rare court cases that didn’t wrap up when the courts normally close at five o’clock. But that’s not even the most unusual thing about the case of Andre Perez and others versus Daniel Guerrero and others along with Catherine Cumberbatch and the Attorney General. Perez and Guerrero were the two […]
Former Prime Minister Said Musa, in a statement, has called on the Government of Belize to join in condemnation of Israel for using excessive and deadly force to respond to Palestinian Arabs protesting the establishment of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem. More than sixty persons were killed and over two thousand injured by […]
A postmortem examination is pending following further investigation into a body found on Monday morning off the Placencia peninsula. Reports are that the remains of a man, who has since been identified as Juan Cordero Caducio, was seen floating near Harvest Caye in southern Belize. The seventy-three-year-old naturalized Belizean left his home on the peninsula […]
Over the past few months, the Wildlife Conservation (WCS) has been rolling out a mobile app used to determine local fish consumption. The app, which is compatible with android phones, is being utilized to record which species of fish and how many pounds are being eaten. It is just one part of a bigger sustainable […]
A first of its kind election petition was heard in the courtroom of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin today between the slates of the two major political parties, who contested the March election in San Pedro Town. It pits United Democratic Party incumbent Daniel Guerrero against his People’s United Party rival Andre Perez, as well as […]
Representing the United Democratic Party seven, Estevan Perrera believes the case is going better for their side than for the P.U.P.’s and that the other side has not done enough to convince the court in his view. He told reporters this evening that the minor miscalculations in the official tally would not be enough to […]
At this morning’s break, U.D.P. Party Chairman Alberto August offered his guarded view of the proceedings. He felt the other side did not look good, but it was still too early to tell the outcome of the case. But he expressed some confidence in a positive outcome. Alberto August, Chair, United Democratic Party “Just […]
The occasion of the court case brought a handful of protestors from the island in blue shirts to the Battlefield Park. Like their political fellows they believe they were given a raw deal in the counting and reconciliation process and are calling out the Election and Boundaries Commission and by extension the government. We hear […]
Corozal fisherman Iginio Canto Bacab is tonight at home with his family in Caledonia, after being held in detention in Livingston, Guatemala for illegally harvesting lobster in its waters. Canto was busted along with Julio Rodriguez Blanco by military personnel in Guatemala on April twentieth. According to Ambassador Said ‘Badi’ Guerra, his mission to ensure […]
Teachers’ salaries for March twenty-second will not be docked. That’s the word coming out of the Belize Association for General Managers of pre and primary schools. In a release issued today, the association said that, “as employers of teachers, it is obliged to dock teachers’ salaries for any days that teachers willfully absent themselves from […]
The Belize City Council has broken its silence on the dismissal of six employees earlier this week, including City Administrator Candice Miller. While the writings were on the wall for the embattled senior manager, ever since her suspension on April fifth, the unforeseen termination of five others has taken the public by surprise. On Tuesday, […]
Sacking Candice Miller, whose contract as city manager extends to 2021, and several of her colleagues from City Hall, has likely exposed the Belize City Council to litigation. Those lawsuits challenging the legality of their dismissal, will only add to other claims that the Wagner administration has inherited. So is CitCo headed down a litigious […]
The torching of Human Resources Manager Sharlene Rudon’s vehicle continues to be investigated as a criminal matter. The Ford Escape SUV was scorched by a firebomb on Wednesday night while Rudon was asleep inside her home on 4th Street. The clear attempt at arson is believed to have been politically motivated, in the wake of […]
An early morning blaze completely destroyed a wooden home on the south side of Belize City. But tonight the question is – did those fourteen persons, nine adults and five children, really had to be without a roof over their heads following an electrical fire? The homeowner and occupants do not believe so and now […]
Deputy Fire Chief Benisford Matura has spoken on the dated fleet of trucks – and how it slowed them down from carrying out the kind of fire-fighting needed to save a family’s home on Iguana Street Extension. Matura says the faulty truck is already in repair and we asked him about the fire service’s readiness […]
An olive branch, in an attempt to mend a somewhat broken relationship between Councilor Micah Goodin and Mayor Bernard Wagner, has been extended via an online apology on Thursday. The outspoken and often impulsive Goodin took to Facebook to express remorse for an outburst during which the mayor was disparaged. But what does his colleague, […]
So how does the council feel about Doctor Candice Pitts who took a somewhat similar aim at her own party after being asked to step aside in Port Loyola in favor of Gilroy Usher Senior as the P.U.P.’s standard bearer in that constituency? Oscar Arnold, Deputy Mayor, Belize City Council “The situation with councilor […]
The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Government of Belize and three of the unions is a matter that is still on the table. The Public Service Union, the Belize National Teachers Union and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers are calling for the negotiations to be finalized for the new CBA. The B.N.T.U. says […]
On Thursday, the DPM also gave us an update on the Contractor General. If you’ll recall, Godwin Arzu’s contract was not renewed and his replacement has not been announced. Arzu had failed to submit reports during his tenure, but reports had circulated that last month he attempted to hand in those reports, but was turned […]
Earlier this year, amendments to the Immigration, Belizean Nationality and Passports Acts passed through the National Assembly. Collectively, they proposed to divide the functions related to immigration and nationality services, and in the case of the Immigration Act, regularizing the use of the term used to describe the head of the government department responsible for […]
