When we reached out to the Belize Coast Guard, they had a different version of the story. According to Captain Elton Bennett, they have offered multiple notices to the occupants of the small caye, dating back to last year. Bennett says that the Coast Guard is not targeting a specific group of people, but that […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is still settling into his seat as the new top cop in law enforcement and part of his familiarization entails revisiting the sometimes difficult relationship between the media and the Belize Police Department. Today, a cordial meeting was held with representatives of all major media houses in Belize City to […]
Hyde explains from the police’s point of view why the relationship with the media has been strained in the past. Douglas Hyde, Director, Media & Public Relations, BPD “The police, as you mentioned, is a disciplined body. The media is seen not as a disciplined body, to an extent, and so, by us sharing […]
News Five has confirmed that the parents of eleven-week old Dion Woodeye Junior have commenced legal action against the Ministry of Health. The parents have consulted a lawyer and are waiting for reports from the Corozal Community Hospital to proceed with their claim of negligence. Baby Dion died at the Corozal Community Hospital on December […]
In January Former Boundary Commissioner Lindsay Belisle made his media rounds voicing his complete opposition in taking the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice. According to Belisle taking the dispute for the I.C.J. to rule on is too risky because the 1859 Treaty does not give a title to Belize’s eight-eight-sixty-seven square miles. […]
“I am; I will” is this year’s theme for World Cancer Day. Every year, across the globe, there is an observance to bring awareness about the importance of prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer. This year, the theme encourages everyone to take responsibility and know their status. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, […]
Back in 2018, Infotel International was rebranded as Voyse International. On Monday, the community service arm of the organization, Voyse Cares donated four thousand dollars to the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Centre in Belize City. The donation is to assist with repairs and infrastructural upgrades at the centre. The handing over took place at Voyse […]
The People’s United Party on Saturday cranked up its ‘vote no to the I.C.J.’ campaign after its National Party Council unanimously supported the People’s Declaration. After completing his nationwide consultations, P.U.P. Leader John Briceño is convinced that the government has mismanaged the education campaign, leaving voter without enough information to make an informed decision. After […]
Mobilizing tens of thousands of voters on April tenth is a task which will require resources such as human capital and most importantly, money. Prior to the P.U.P.’s National Party Council meeting on Saturday, reports surfaced that Party Leader John Briceño had communicated to the party’s hierarchy that they will need to fund their ‘no […]
Many have called on the immediate removal of Wilfred Elrington as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The People’s United Party has been a strong advocate for this. In January, when the P.U.P. launched its People’s Declaration, the demand for the immediate removal of Elrington was renewed. Elrington, however; has described the demands as futile, saying […]
Assad Shoman has been making his rounds on the media pushing for a YES vote at the April tenth referendum. This morning he appeared on Open Your Eyes. Shoman is the face of a not-for-profit organization that goes by the name, Citizens for the Defence of Sovereignty or C.D.S., which emerged recently and is outwardly […]
Among the myriad of answers that Shoman provided was in respect to a question on the 1859 treaty, which is at the core of the territorial claim by Guatemala. Shoman claims Belize did not inherit the 1859 treaty from the UK. But he added that Belize inherited the boundaries of the 1859 treaty. Here is […]
One of the common concerns proponents of a NO vote have repeatedly expressed, is that it is unfathomable to Belize that Guatemala would go to Court if it did not have a strong case. This morning, Shoman maintained, as we’ve heard many times before, that Guatemala simply has no case. Assad Shoman, Citizens for […]
Members of CARICOM have called on Luis Almagro, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, to publicly clarify that he does not speak on behalf of all the member states of the O.A.S. This is in relation to the political instability and crisis in Venezuela. Almagro has taken to social media to denounce […]
Complaints against the Vital Statistics Unit on Hyde’s Lane have been raging for years. We’ve heard horror stories of frustrated individuals who have waited for hours in long lines to have their birth certificate or other documents corrected or free from errors—errors often committed by the staff at the unit. It’s a hellish experience for […]
And while Joseph Bennett’s cannot re-register, the application for naturalized Belizean Jason Guerrero was rejected. Guerrero is also well known in Belize in the music industry and for his founding role in BSCAP, the Belizean Society of Composers Authors Publishers. But he was told that his voter’s re-registration application was rejected by the Elections and […]
Meet Anne Olivera; we found her and her peers, including a resident who is one hundred and five years old, at HelpAge on Wilson Street. They were attentively listening to the Referendum Unit on its presentation of taking the claim to the International Court of Justice. The April tenth referendum is a big decision to […]
Political and economic pressures continue to mount on Nicolas Maduro, the embattled President of Venezuela. The South American country has been thrown into chaos and crisis over the past few months as tens of thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest. Opposition Leader Juan Guaido has declared himself the interim president of […]
Opposition politician Juan Guaido shot to fame on January twenty-third when he declared himself Venezuela’s interim president. Since then, Guaido has been getting the support of many powerful and influential nations as well as the European parliament, which recognized Guaido as de facto head of state. European governments, divided over whether to recognize Guaido, also […]
We also asked the Venezuelan Ambassador about the diplomatic relations between Belize and Venezuela. The two countries have always enjoyed friendly and bilateral relations. But in a strange twist of events, last week, Belize’s O.A.S. Ambassador Daniel Gutierrez, in a special session, told representatives of member states that the failure of the government of Venezuela […]
Tonight we have more from Belama Phase Four where several families were officially notified that they need to vacate from land sold to a Chinese businessman. They were told that they need to dismantle their house and move out in one month. So the residents were taken aback when they found someone attempting to destroy […]
The Public Service Union continues to grapple with the sale of its hilltop headquarters in Belmopan. The land and structure were sold off secretly to a Chinese businessman last October by the Belmopan City Council. Since that became public, the Prime Minister stepped in to minimize the public relations nightmare caused by the sale. The […]
A land dispute in Belama Phase Four is heating up and escalating into a political battle between the P.U.P. Area Representative Francis Fonseca and U.D.P. Standard Bearer Orson ‘OJ’ Elrington. As we have been reporting, thirty families have been told that they need to vacate a piece of land reportedly owned by Alex Chang of […]
P.U.P. Area Representative for the division, Francis Fonseca, was also in the area this evening. According to Fonseca, the residents told him of the matter about two weeks ago and he met with them shortly thereafter. Fonseca says that on Wednesday, he was alerted by the residents that their houses were being dismantled. While Elrington […]
The Belize National Commission for UNESCO last week appointed new serving members of the Belize World Heritage Advisory Committee. Fast track to this past Wednesday and the members of the Belize Memory of the World Committee were inducted at a brief ceremony held at the conference room of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. The chairs […]
