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Foreign Affairs Minister, Wilfred Elrington, has come under heavy criticism for the nature of the ministry’s I.C.J. Referendum Campaign. On April tenth, 2019 voters will head to the polls and answer one of the most important questions in Belize’s history: “should the Guatemala’s claim be taken to the I.C.J. for final resolution?” From the unofficial […]
While there is a chorus for a ‘YES’ vote in line with the Prime Minister’s position, we did find today an elected representative who hasn’t made up his mind. Whne we asked U.D.P. area representative for Belize Rural North, Edmond Castro, for his take on the I.C.J. referendum, he says he is waiting to see […]
The People’s United Part endorsed Andre Perez as the Standard Bearer for Belize Rural South. On Saturday, party supporters of the Belize Rural South constituency gathered at the Saca Chispas field on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, for the Perez’ endorsement where he pledged his full commitment and promised to deliver a victory for the P.U.P. […]
In 2012, the Belize Audubon Society awarded the first of its small grants to fisherfolk to support income diversification in northern fishing villages like Chunox, Copper Bank and Sarteneja. To date, business ventures include poultry and honey productions, food catering, beauty and wellness services, through which thirty-seven individuals have benefitted. According to the Belize Audubon […]
In 2015, there was huge controversy when a section of a mound at the Uxbenka Archaeological Site was cleared by Rupert Myles, a resident of Santa Cruz Village. Because the site is sacred to the Mayas, Myles was asked to remove the house he had built on the mound. He didn’t, so the Maya tied […]
A regional conference aimed at empowering women in the maritime sector began today in Belize City. Representatives of sixteen Caribbean nations are participating in the third annual Women in Maritime Association Caribbean symposium to foster the development of the industry within the region. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. Hipolito Novelo, Reporting The third annual […]
Fourteen-year-old Danielly Tillett left her home in August Pine Ridge en route to a nearby shop on September twenty-fourth and has not been seen by her mother since. Despite communicating with her parent by phone, authorities have not been able to locate the minor whom it is believed is in the company of a male […]
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Mexico’s President-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated earlier this week that Chetumal will return to a ‘free zone’ status. While visiting Cancun, the president-elect announced that on January first, 2019, the Mexican government will roll out the programme in the entire northern border area of Mexico. Thereafter, it will be implemented in Quintana Roo along […]
On October first, the fishing season of the Queen Conch officially opened. Conch represents a significant source of revenue for traditional fishermen across Belize, and generates millions of dollars for Belize’s economy. But the conch, like the lobster, is a fishery that must be sustainably managed, hence the closed season. But even then, conch and […]
On Thursday, the Belize National Teachers Union expressed its support for the Christian Workers Union which is currently at a standoff with the Port of Belize Limited over working hours of stevedores. The C.W.U. has initiated its twenty-one-day notice, prompting Minister of State responsible for Labor, Senator Carla Barnett to act as a mediator. It […]
The Toledo Institute for Development and Education is hosting its annual conservation festival. In the past, it was called the TIDE Fish Festival, but this year, it has been renamed to the TIDE Conservation Festival, capturing marine and terrestrial conservation efforts. The event opened today in Punta Gorda and continues over the weekend. The focus […]
The Paz family in San Pedro Town has received confirmation of the death of forty-nine-year-old Jose Milo Paz. The veteran pilot and aviation pioneer died in a plane wreck in the mountains in Panama sometime on October seventh. While the news of his death had been widely reported, the Paz family was hopeful until today. […]
An elderly man is recovered at the Southern Regional Hospital following an explosion in San Isidro Village in the Stann Creek District. On Wednesday evening around six-twenty, Bella Vista Police were called out to the village where a vehicle was seen engulfed in flames at Garcia’s Butane Gas Depot. Sixty-five-year-old taxi driver, Jose Morales, was […]
Independence Fire Department personnel responded to the explosion, which occurred approximately nine miles away from the station. On arrival, they spotted the thirteen-seater van completely destroyed by fire, but they sprung into action to extinguish the blaze. But according to Deputy Fire Chief, Benisford Matura, the information they’ve gathered so far does not indicate whether […]
The Belize City Council says that today it returned the two-thousand five hundred dollars in cash that was left on the desk of City Administrator Stephanie Garbutt. Deputy Mayor Oscar Arnold says that it was a matter they were dealing with internally, but after a letter sent to Chinese Businesswoman Tung Wang Huang of a […]
Written on October 11, 2018 | Posted in
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Preparations are underway for another round of discussions in the days ahead, as the twenty-one day notice given to Port of Belize Limited inches closer towards expiration. The impasse between discontented waterfront workers and the management of the docking facility persists, despite a number of meetings over the past week in an effort to break […]
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President of the Court of Appeal of Belize, Justice Manuel Sosa, was among seventy alumni of the University of the West Indies who were honoured at the University’s seventieth anniversary of service and leadership across the region. The judge is conferred on the “University’s most outstanding alumni, who have excelled in their fields of endeavor.” […]
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Two Belize City students will be moving on to the National Father Marion Ganey Quiz competition, which takes place on November twenty-third in Cayo. The duo beat other students from the Belize District with their impressive knowledge of the credit union movement as well as financial literacy. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, […]
A five-day course on lifeguard training is winding down at the Young Women’s Christian Association in Belize City. Taking part are women from the police department and the Belize Coastguard. The initiative is part of a human rights project which seeks to empower the women and teach them a skill they will rely to save […]
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The sixteenth annual conference of the Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators is being hosted by the Public Utilities Commission here in Belize City. Across the region, stakeholders in telecommunications, information and communications technology, water and sewerage, and several other related utilities have gathered at the Biltmore. They are discussing a variety of matters, including a […]
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In respect of information and communications technology, there has been a shift toward the use of mobile applications such as Whatsapp and Snapchat. According to Riviere-Smith, regulators are encouraging teen users to become developers and monetize their use of those platforms. Kathleen Riviere-Smith, Executive Director, OOCUR “Teens are using Whatsapp and Snapchat. They’ve moved […]
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On Tuesday we reported on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change one point five Report. It spelled out a serious warning for the Caribbean and the rest of the world. Today, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, known as the five C’s, issued its own release to echo the warning that Caribbean leaders need […]
In San Antonio Village, Cayo, a women’s group exists which aims at empowering women and preserving the Yucatec Mayan culture by teaching visitors how to make handmade tortillas and pottery. It is taught through attention-grabbing presentations of traditional Mayan practices of pottery and tortilla making. The media was taken to visit the group as part […]
Earlier today, Miss Universe Belize, Jenelli Fraser made an appearance on the KTLA Five News. The recently crowned beauty ambassador will be representing the Jewel in the 2018 Miss Universe pageant on December sixteenth in Thailand. Fraser has been in the Los Angeles since September thirtieth where she is in training as part of her […]
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A unique fundraiser is taking place this weekend. In this instance about a hundred persons are camping out at the Memorial Park throughout the night to experience what it is to be homeless. The event is being organized by the Welcome Resource Center that caters to the City’s homeless persons as a way to bring […]
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