Last night we brought you an interview with former Prime Minister, Dean Barrow, who spoke about the state of affairs within the U.D.P., the party he once led. We also asked him if he sees the current party leader, his successor, Patrick Faber, as a fit leader to steer the party’s ship forward. While he […]
We also got a chance to ask the former Prime Minister about Digi’s failure to detect the misuse of the company credit card by the former chairman of B.T.L., now deceased Net Vasquez. His attorney had challenged some of the credit card charges during the ensuing investigation. The latest reports suggest that the funds are […]
News Five’s Paul Lopez also asked the former Prime Minister, who is still active in his own legal practice, how he is adjusting to his semi-retirement from politics. Paul Lopez “How much do you miss the political life? How much do you miss being in the spotlight and being in the hot seat?” […]
The area surrounding Holy Emmanuel Street, known as Gungulung, has seen its share of gang violence over the years. The neighborhood, otherwise known as Backa-Lands, is one of several designated hotspots in Belize City under the current state of emergency. Several active gang members from that location are presently incarcerated at the Belize Central Prison. […]
The U.S. Embassy has donated essential equipment to the Belize Agricultural Health Authority to aid in Mediterranean fruit fly eradication efforts. The donation, valued at over forty thousand U.S. dollars, includes insect traps and lures for field operations in two active Medfly outbreak initiatives in the Sapodilla Cayes and the Placencia Peninsula. The U.S. Government […]
Tomorrow officially marks the first day of September, the month when Belizeans show their national pride. In that spirit, the National Celebrations Commission has been planning a series of events to commemorate Belize’s forty years as an independent nation. The month kicks off with the national flag raising day. There are official events planned for […]
For music lovers, live concerts will be held across municipalities during the month of September. However, these will be performed without an audience and live-streamed, due to COVID-19 protocols prohibiting social gatherings. Also, there will be fireworks on the twentieth night. Only this time, you may have to watch the display from your porch or […]
A collection of five songs, each piece centering around the enduring friendship between Belize and Taiwan, was introduced this morning at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts. On hand for the live performances were Nello Player, TR Shine, Cocono Bwai, and Concego. Through the National Institute of Culture and History, NICH, and the Taiwanese Embassy, […]
Small tourism stakeholders who need financial assistance to get back on their feet and have complained it is taking too long to receive the help from the Ministry of Tourism. While some of the funds have been disbursed, many more applicants are still waiting. Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler gave an update on that initiative […]
They’ve been manning the borders of Belize for the past six months and doing extra police work in between. Today, twenty members of the Police Department’s Mobile Interdiction Team, or MIT, as they are better known, received recognition for their hard work. Marion Ali was at a brief ceremony held for the occasion at the […]
On the matter of the contract that Government has awarded to Smart, the Prime Minister said today that the Opposition has no moral grounds when it calls for the resignation of B.T.L. Chairman, Mark Lizarraga. Prime Minister John Briceño “I did not hear the Opposition then when they were in Government calling for the […]
B.T.L. was acquired under the Barrow Administration in August of 2009. Barrow has been heavily criticized for the price paid under his leadership to acquire the telecom giant. Notwithstanding, under his leadership, B.T.L. enjoyed exclusivity with regards to government contracts. So, it was no surprise when he decried the current administration’s decision to create a […]
Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow also took responsibility, in part, for the historic defeat experienced at the polls in November of 2020. Barrow admitted that towards the end of the last term, his administration “went off the rails.” He even invited those that are still in leadership to come to the same public realization. […]
Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow returned to Belize today after a tour in the U.S. where he met with several members of the U.S. Congress and city mayors. In Newark City, Mayor Ras Baraka announced that he has officially made Newark a sister city to Belize City. The Georgia Senate presented him with a […]
Its original purpose when it was built in the 1940s was to transport materials in the gulf during World War II. Then, for decades, it served as offshore storage for molasses for the Belize Sugar Industries. Now, the three hundred and seventy-five-foot-long concrete ship is being donated by B.S.I./A.S.R. and will be sunk in the […]
In honor of the fortieth anniversary of Belize’s Independence, a number of murals are going up across the country. The largest one has already been completed in Belmopan at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium. The four hundred-foot-long work took two weeks to complete with area artists volunteering their time and talent. The project also had the […]
Smart Belize has weighed in on the controversy surrounding its successful bid for a government contract to provide licensing for Microsoft products to the Government of Belize. Today, the company issued a release responding to a Digi Interoffice memo that has been circulating on social media. Smart Belize says it wishes to state the facts […]
On Thursday we heard from Minister of Health and Wellness, Michel Chebat, that veterinarian Doctor Michael Tewes had been chosen as the new C.E.O. of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. But just a few hours later, the K.H.M.H. issued a statement saying the post had not been filled. So we checked today to find out […]
The Public Service Union is calling out the Government of Belize over unpaid overtime for public officers. The P.S.U. says for the last two months they have registered the concerns of shift workers, including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, emergency technicians, and lab technologists but so far the situation has not been rectified. The union says that […]
The Prime Minister was out in the field today checking the progress of an electrification project for an area across the river from Orange Walk Town. It is part of a larger development plan for the area known as Petville which currently only has a handful of residents. But the Prime Minister says there is […]
On August eighteenth, cabinet endorsed the timeline of activities set out by the Statistical Institute of Belize to prepare for the May 2022 Population and Housing Census. Cabinet also agreed to provide the necessary funding to conduct the survey. It had been scheduled for 2020, but viewers may remember, it was postponed because of COVID. […]
A letter has been sent to Chief Environmental Officer Martin Alegria requesting access to several documents regarding the Environmental Compliance Plan for the Stake Bank project. Viewers may recall that a suit is presently before the Supreme Court involving Port Coral, the Attorney General, NEAC and the Department of Environment with Portico signed on as […]
Developer David Gegg, who has been in the tourism industry for almost forty years, also addressed the need for a cruise facility to be constructed on the mainland. Aside from being the founding director of Portico Enterprises, a special purpose vehicle for the realization of Port of Magical Belize, Gegg emphasizes that in order for […]
Last night we told you about the claims a group called the Garifuna Nation are making against the Government of Belize. Headed by Cynthia Ellis, Garifuna Nation says the Garinagu people are being pushed out of land that their ancestors have settled for over two centuries. According to a release from the group, the government […]
Garifuna Nation is now calling on G.O.B. to take a hands-off approach to settle Garifuna lands across the country, until those lands are properly demarcated. According to Ellis, Garifuna Nation is prepared to leave no stone unturned in its effort. On the Phone: Cynthia Ellis, Ambassador, Garifuna Nation “We are going to turn over […]
