The Best Warrior competition started today at the Belize Coastguard Headquarters. During the next four days, participating law enforcement officers will compete to test their mental and physical acumen in a number of tough challenges. It is one way of identifying the best warrior from the ranks of the Coastguard and the Belize Defence Force. […]
A security officer of Libertad Village, Corozal died from blunt force trauma to the head a week ago. On November twenty-fifth, Corozal police were called to the Corozal Community Hospital where they saw forty-year-old Salvadoran national Eliseo Alfaro-Enriquez dead. Police observed wounds to his head and according to ACP Joseph Myvett; it appears that Alfaro-Enriquez […]
The top brass of the police department gathered today in the capital for the first conference dubbed COMSTAT. The intention is to move to a system that will provide the department with a better understanding of crime statistics. This information will be used to forecast and prevent crime before criminals commit offences. News Five’s Duane […]
On Monday, the Belize Credit Union League signed a project with the Inter-American Development Bank Lab to boost climate resilience for farmers and fisherfolk through green microfinance in Belize. Under the Caribbean EcoMicro Programme, the League and three of its credit union affiliates will receive technical assistance to design and pilot adaptation finance that will […]
The Ministry of Health kicked off its Mental School Health Literacy project. A training of trainers’ three-day workshop, in partnership with PAHO and the Ministry of Education, aims to help schools better address youth mental health in an efficient, effective and inexpensive way. The plan is to train other teachers to implement the programme at […]
Activist Dianne Finnegan and wife of Minister Michael Finnegan of the Mesopotamia Division, was elected U.D.P. standard bearer for Lake Independence. While small in numbers for the sprawling constituency, Sunday’s convention was high-spirited among the supporters of the four-person race. Finnegan, who works with the Youth Apprenticeship Programme credited the youth for her win. While […]
There was also a new U.D.P. standard bearer elected in the Cayo South division, but actually he’s a former area rep. Three persons contested to be the caretaker for that constituency, which is a stronghold of P.U.P. area rep, Julius Espat. A total of one thousand three hundred and ninety-seven votes were cast with nineteen […]
Minister Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez confirmed today that he was among a group of U.D.P. politicians who held a meeting with PM Dean Barrow prior to last Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. The group, he says, requested that the PM postpone his retirement and remain in office until 2020 when general elections are due. Martinez stayed on course […]
So while that the leadership bid is an internal U.D.P. matter, today we asked Leader of the Opposition what he makes of the PM’s decision to demit office until his term expires. John Briceño says it is clear that there is no confidence in Saldivar and Faber to take over the leadership – and that […]
In early November, Martinez came out in support of Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, who was considered the dark horse who would have gone head to head against DPM Patrick Faber and National Security Minister John Saldivar for the leadership. With a delay in the leadership fight, can Faber and Saldivar expect others to make a […]
Last week we reported on the US Government’s decision to cut non-humanitarian aid and non-trade assistance to Belize. United States President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum which listed Belize as one of several countries that has failed to comply with minimum standards of international human trafficking regulations. As a result, aid to Belize will […]
The AFP, or the Agence France-Presse, is an international news agency with over fifteen hundred journalists contributing to its twenty-four-hour news coverage from across the globe. The AFP has one news outlet in The Hague with a staff of four. They cover news from the Netherlands, the International Criminal Court, the Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals […]
Another question the journalists sought answers for was about the liberal use of marijuana in the Netherlands. It was not so common in The Hague; in fact, it was hardly noticeable. But in the capital city of Amsterdam, there are hundreds of what are called coffee shops, essentially marijuana shops, that are given permits to […]
A five-day conference kicked off today in Belize City. Policy makers are attempting to strengthen what is in place to eliminate poverty among the various pockets of the vulnerable populations. Issues of healthcare, income security for children, the elderly or the disabled are also on the table. On the first day, social protection registries and […]
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, through the U.S. AID-funded Climate Change Adaptation Programme, launched its Light Detection and Ranging system today in Belize City. The system, known as LiDAR will help to significantly boost the Caribbean’s ability to limit the devastation of climate change by improving its capability to monitor and plan for physical […]
Friends of Conservation and Development held its nineteenth annual general meeting on Sunday in San Ignacio Town. The AGM, which was held at the San Ignacio Hotel Resort, was well attended. Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of National Security, Felix Enriquez reiterated support for F.C.D. as it strives to maintain stability in the Chiquibul […]
U.D.P. Leader Dean Barrow will remain as Prime Minister until the year 2020, which is when the next general elections will be held. PM Barrow had initially announced that he would demit office prior to the elections to allow his successor enough time to rally the party together under a new leadership. This gave aspiring […]
We also asked Minister Godwin Hulse about U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision not to provide non-humanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to the Government of Belize. The determination is based on Belize’s ranking on the U.S. 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report. At Tier Three, it means that the Government is doing little to nothing to address the trafficking […]
On April tenth, 2019, Belizeans will be tasked to make one of the most important decisions of Belize’s young history. That decision to take the territorial dispute with Guatemala to the International Court of Justice would be a major milestone in this longstanding issue. But many have found themselves indecisive; as making an informed decision […]
A one week of coverage from The Hague, Netherlands concludes today. News Five’s Marleni Cuellar and eight other media colleagues from seven media houses and the government press office have participated in a week-long immersion trip to increase their knowledge of the functioning of the International Court of Justice. There has been coverage on many […]
After a number of fake investors slipped through the net, the Government of Belize says it is working to strengthen the review process for those who seek to establish businesses in the Jewel. That was the response from Minister of State for Economic Development, Tracy Taegar-Panton, during an interview with News Five at BELTRAIDE’s annual […]
Millions of dollars were scammed from persons who invested heavily in securing a prime parcel of land in Sanctuary Bay, by a convict carrying out the operation from behind bars in a U.S. prison. Unsuspecting investors were shown pictures of various developments purportedly occurring within the gated community in southern Belize. So is it a […]
Small and micro business owners converged today in Belize City at the annual entrepreneurship convention. The event provides the sector with information on how to tap into opportunities and grow their businesses. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting The fourth annual national entrepreneurship convention 2018 was held at the Biltmore Plaza in […]
Cabinet has approved a national trade policy that will be officially launched in January. While some entrepreneurs have been able to sell their products to the region and elsewhere, many have not been able to access international markets with ease. Minister of State Panton says that when rolled out, the national trade policy will foster […]
Orange Walk Town has lost one of its most prominent members. Former politician, teacher and businessman, Rosendo Urbina Senior passed away on Thursday night. The founder of A and R chain of stores, U.D.P politician, and former Ambassador to Mexico, “Chendo” Urbina is well-known across Orange Walk Town, having served on multiple boards of educational […]
