A massive search and rescue effort to locate a seagoing vessel carrying ten fishermen onboard is underway in the waters of the Turneffe Atoll. It is reported that Nayadi set out to sea fourteen days ago from the village of Copper Bank in the Corozal District and neither the fishing boat nor its crew has […]
Late this evening, News Five spoke by phone with Melissa Garcia whose brother, twenty-six-year-old Aldo Antonio Hernandez is also missing at sea. According to Garcia, she spoke with her brother last Wednesday before he set out on the fishing trip. On the Phone: Melissa Garcia, Sister of Missing Fisherman “The only thing I know […]
Two years ago, in November 2016, Commandante Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former president, died at the age of ninety from natural causes. In the 1950’s, Castro emerged as the Leader of the Cuban Revolution after defeating dictator Fulgencio Batista. He became President of Cuba in 1959. The “fiery apostle of revolution’ as the New York Times […]
The Government of Belize today received approval from the House of Representatives to borrow fourteen million dollars from the Inter-American Development Bank. This is in addition to tens of millions of dollars that in loans from the I.D.B. in 2015 for rehabilitation works being done from Roaring Creek Village to Santa Elena Town. The extra […]
More than ten years ago, G.D.G. Acquisitions, a company controlled by Glenn Godfrey, sued the Government of Belize in the U.S. The lawsuit claimed that the government was liable for additional lease payments on telephone equipment under the master lease agreement for the now-defunct INTELCO. G.D.G. sought thirty million dollars in damages, but the government […]
In October, the Caribbean Court of Justice ordered the Government of Belize to repay businessman David Gegg more than half a million dollars. Gegg is the owner of Cruise Solutions Limited and Discovery Expeditions Limited, two companies which initiated a legal case against the government with respect to taxation. Gegg requested the C.C.J. to determine […]
The battle over the Belmopan Hilltop property between the Public Service Union, the Belmopan City Council and an Asian businessman from Corozal, seems to have ended amicably following a meeting on Thursday with Prime Minister Dean Barrow who is also the substantive minister for the Public Service. According to the P.S.U., during the meeting, the […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow says he is disappointed that Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte lost his bid to represent Port Loyola for the U.D.P. in the upcoming general elections. Peyrefitte, AC Shane Castillo and Dean Samuels were all defeated by former councilor Philip Willoughby. For some Willoughby’s win was an upset within the U.D.P., for others […]
Then there is the case of Doctor Carla Barnett and her failed political venture to represent the people of Freetown for the United Democratic Party. Doctor Barnett, a sitting cabinet minister and senator, was defeated by Orson “OJ” Elrington on November eleventh. It was Barnett’s second attempt at a political career. She was defeated by […]
PORT, an acronym for Pooling Our Resources Together, is the latest initiative to be undertaken by U.D.P. standard bearer Phillip Willoughby who aspires to represent the people of Port Loyola in central government. Since offering himself as the constituency’s next standard bearer, succeeding outgoing Area Representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez, he has been busy in the […]
Is there a land grab going on in San Juan Village? According to Chairman Carlos Peraza – it would appear so and the village council has no idea who is taking up the lands that has long been designated as an extension for the village. The community of San Juan, which has over six hundred […]
Chairman Carlos Peraza has notified the Ministry of Natural Resources about the developing issue in San Juan. Peraza told us that neighboring communities are experiencing the same problem. He says he has received names and possible connections to the land grabs happening in the village but he has not been able to confirm who distributed […]
BELTRAIDE held the final pitch for its Business Hackathon today in Belize City. Three four-member teams of I.C.T. professionals and students are the finalists having competed against other teams to present a solution to a problem that people experience in their daily lives. The problem they are hoping to solve is how to use technology […]
A meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow for his intercession in a land transaction which threatens to leave the Public Service Union without a roof over its head is perhaps a last resort in an attempt to save the labor organization’s headquarters. Since it was revealed on November twelfth that the Hilltop property had been […]
During the meeting, PM Barrow and the union representatives agreed that the P.S.U.’s Belmopan address should remain the same, despite the sale of the property. While Mayor Khalid Belisle has caught flak for selling the parcel of land without giving the union the first right of refusal, the PM says that in time the municipal […]
So what does the prime minister’s intervention mean for Mayor Belisle who went on record at a press conference last Tuesday to state that central government or the U.D.P.’s political directorate has not meddled in the administration of City Hall? Reporter “Is it regrettable for you that one of the young, rising stars of […]
‘tis the season for giving and while Belizeans across the country are preparing their annual wish list, government has also put together its budget for the Christmas Cheer program. This year, a sum of six hundred and fifty thousand dollars has been earmarked as funds to be used for social assistance across all thirty-one constituencies. […]
Since the Sanctuary Belize scandal broke earlier this month, the Government of Belize has been silent on the matter. That is because Prime Minister Barrow and Central Bank Governor Joy Grant opted not to make a public statement on the Ponzi scheme which has left quite a number of investors out of pocket. For fifteen […]
It is being reported outside of the country that the prime minister’s law firm of Barrow and Williams was involved with Sanctuary Belize. According to PM Barrow, only one of the companies was incorporated through his law firm which does not constitute any involvement in the operational aspect of Sanctuary Belize. Prime Minister Dean […]
“What Can Parliamentarians Do to End Aids?” That was the question surrounding a forum hosted today by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/Aids and the National Aids Commission in Belize at the Ramada Belize City Princess. Since 2013, there have been consultations with parliamentarians within the region to develop PANCAP’s Justice for All Programme. Its […]
Are you finding it harder and harder to wake up with that alarm for your early morning workouts? Well, listen up, because tonight in healthy living we highlight three reasons why you should stay on track. Marleni Cuellar “It’s that time of year where the nights start to get a little longer and the […]
Day-one of a teachers’ protest at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Primary School in Benque Viejo Del Carmen occurred today in that western municipality. The sit-out by the forty-one teachers at the institution threatens to leave nine hundred and thirty-plus students out of classes for the remainder of the week, which is used primarily as review […]
Former Prime Minister and Fort George Area Representative, Said Musa, supports the legalization of marijuana. The idea was thrown unto the national spotlight by Opposition Leader, John Briceno, in October when he published a video in which he calls for the legalization of the herb. The idea was shut down by Prime Minister Dean Barrow […]
In addressing the idea of legalizing marijuana, Prime Minister Dean Barrow touched on the U.S. factor. According to PM Barrow, if marijuana was grown legally in the country, the cartels would openly take over production in Belize. The fear is that the U.S. will bring down the hammer on the country and to quote the […]
We also asked Musa about the upcoming April tenth I.C.J. Referendum. Opposition Leader John Briceño has called on the Prime Minister, Dean Barrow, to postpone the referendum for several reasons, including the education campaign or lack thereof. Briceño suggested a date after the 2020 general elections and PM Barrow, however, shut down the suggestion, stating […]
