Five pieces of legislation, among them the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Amendment Bill, Belize Constitution Eight Amendment Bill, Indictable Procedure Amendment Bill, Juries Amendment Bill and the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Bill were introduced in the House in May. They are a bundle of initiatives by the government to tackle crime and violence […]
While the P.U.P. has rejected four of the five proposed amendments, including the controversial preventative detention, it does endorse the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Bill. Francis Fonseca, Deputy Party Leader, P.U.P. “The one that we support has to do with the amendment to the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Bill which is the bill […]
Celebrations to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Belize’s independence are just around the corner. A logo and theme were unveiled today and this year a number of new events will be incorporated in the revelry. There’s a Prime Minister’s Forum, a National Wear initiative and the carnival will be launched earlier than usual. News Five’s […]
During this graduation season, there are often jitters and bouts of nervousness experienced by students as well as their families. Graduations are considered important milestones, especially when children are transitioning to adolescence and high school. Unfortunately, there is a twelve year old child in Esperanza Village in the Cayo District that has been banned from […]
A new writer has been added to the growing list of published poets. The Factory Books product line is proud to include seventeen year old University of Belize student, Bastien Cantareul. The youth’s collection, called Citizens of Decadence, is filled with forty poems of pure, though dark, emotions. Cantareul shared some of his poems at […]
From poetry to a local musician that easily blends in with the crowd. Dan Man is currently working on a new album but the funds are not easy to come by. Dan Man is actually selling copies of a song he recently recorded, a song that will be on that album. But unlike most musicians, […]
It’s the beginning of the summer months and from the looks of it, the days ahead are likely to get hotter as militant citizens take to the streets. Another demonstration being spearheaded by Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action is planned to take place in Belize City this Wednesday morning. Organizers are billing it as […]
Belizeans for Justice was established as an NGO in March 2010 and has since transformed itself from what began as a support group for grieving mothers to an organization championing a wide range of other social ills. The group was founded by Yolanda Schakron whose nephew Christopher Galvez was shot and killed a few months […]
A memorandum of understanding was signed this afternoon by the Belize City Council, vendors at the Michael Finnegan Market and residents of Bocotora Street. The MOU follows a week of unrest among wholesalers and retailers at the market. Last Tuesday an association was formed by wholesalers who elected Alvin Hyde Jr. as its president. The […]
Mega Bingo today made the largest cash payout ever given in Belize’s gaming history. Players and viewers watched as the jackpot rose to two hundred nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy three dollars. When the winning ball was called last Wednesday, it was presumed that a Burrell Boom resident had won since the ticket was […]
Fortis, the parent company of Belize Electricity Limited has issued a release today on the current state of B.E.L. Fortis, which is headquartered in Canada, pointed out that it has not received any purchase proposal from the government of Belize. Fortis holds seventy percent of B.E.L., which accounts for less than two percent of its […]
Last Friday we told you about a walk and run campaign that intended to take foot in the old capital over the weekend. Well, apparently it did. Over five hundred Belize City residents got up at the crack of dawn on Saturday to run. The Get Up and Run health initiative aims to inspire a […]
The issue of bus runs which operators are facing within the transportation industry, according to officials from the Belizean Bus Association, is far from being resolved. On Friday, a press briefing was held inside the conference room of the National Sports Council to further discuss the matter. While a definitive solution to the ongoing crisis […]
She’s a former area representative and come 2013 Ana Patricia Arceo, better known as Patty Arceo, will have another shot at Belize Rural South. On Sunday, Arceo was elected P.U.P. standard bearer for that division with nine hundred and fifty votes. That’s a margin of over six hundred compared to Ramon Reyes Junior, who garnered […]
In other news on the political front, Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers as you are aware, is not running for a third term at the municipal level. Since her reinstatement into the United Democratic Party, she has had some time to consider her political future. Insiders have often considered her to be the heir […]
There’s a new face on the panel of judges at the Court of Appeal and he hails from Trinidad and Tobago. Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes was today sworn in as a Justice of the Belize Court of Appeal by Governor General Sir Colville Young at Belize House in Belmopan. According to a government release, Mendes […]
Will the lights go out when Belize Electricity Limited’s bank account dries up? That has been the burning question in many homes since the country’s sole electricity provider declared that it could not meet financial debts with its suppliers on schedule. Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced at his quarterly press conference on Wednesday that B.E.L. […]
And though there are tough words coming from the Prime Minister, it is not difficult for critics to compare it to the takeover of Telemedia. Lynn Young says that he would convey the PM’s buyout message to Stann Marshall, the CEO of Fortis. News Five also spoke to Young this evening but he did not […]
During the Prime Minister’s second quarterly press conference on Wednesday, he addressed a myriad of issues, including the current state of the transportation industry. But while Barrow may have painted a wonderful picture of an agreed solution to the transportation crisis, today the Belizean Bus Association (BBA) held its own media briefing to offer a […]
While the hoop dreams of the Under Fifteen National Basketball team has them reaching for the stars, the vision of a local entrepreneur also has him and some local youths in the spotlight. Back from the U.S less than three years ago, Aaron Lauriano was disheartened by the increasing number of crime he sees everyday […]
Arthur Saldivar has the distinction of being the only attorney that has been banned from visiting his clients in prison. The Belize Central Prison in Hattieville implemented the ban after he allegedly facilitated a phone call from his client Mike Menjivar to the media. The prison wrote the Bar Association hoping that they would punish […]
After Wednesday’s press conference in which Prime Minister Dean Barrow dropped the bombshell that he might have to consider nationalizing Belize Electricity Limited, the nation has been on edge on both the possibility of blackouts and the effects on investors’ confidence if another company is nationalized. B.E.L. has been unable to meet debt obligations or […]
The Orange Walk community is still coming to terms with the death of Dr. Enrique Guerra who was attacked in the early hours of May twenty-first. Guerra was hospitalized in a coma ever since and passed away early on Wednesday morning at the KHMH. The doctor was walking on Main Street in Orange Walk Town […]
Tourism is on the rebound from the global recession that threatened the industry that provides jobs for one out of every four Belizeans. The Prime Minister said today that the numbers are going up and that Belize has survived the worst of it. Government is investing millions of dollars in different projects including infrastructure and […]
This morning the BTB held a presentation on the state of the industry. That was preceded on Wednesday by its annual award show. It is the premier event in the BTB calendar of activities in which the stakeholders get recognition in a number of categories; from the Frontline Person, to the best restaurant and the […]
