Over the years we have seen many instances of disruption to life in Belize City, as a result of mutually exclusive activities being forced to co-exist with each other – examples include the battle over the ‘entertainment strip’ in 2017, or on Sixth Street a few years ago. The simplest explanation is that the Old […]
When last we left the situation of the Collet Canal, specifically the tributary that empties into the Caribbean Sea, the Belize City Council was beginning the process of draining out the massively heavy silt that has built up for many years in the area. But work just as quickly stopped. Today, the council’s finance director […]
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its partner agencies want to recognize fisherfollks who are doing good work in the fishing industry. Two outstanding fishers will be awarded along with a “Fisher of the Year.” This is the fourth year the award is being given out and again, the organizers want you to help nominate […]
The Gateway Youth Center held its annual health fair today at the Constitution Park in Belize City. A number of the organizations shared informational pamphlets, interactive games, as well as free testing. We stopped by to speak with Counselor Erolyn Sebastian about the fourth youth-led health fair. Erolyn Sebastian, Counselor, Gateway Youth Center “This […]
Reducing the use of salt is a priority for health officials in Belize to prevent and contain the risk of heart diseases. The focus this year on the occasion of World Hypertension Day is to raise awareness about hypertension, more commonly known as high blood pressure which causes heart attacks and strokes. Healthy Living tonight […]
The Prime Minister had not appeared in front of the media since his last press conference on March eighteenth, but today he did for the better part of two hours. Now, the Government has set a fixed date of April tenth, 2019 for a referendum to be held on whether the territorial dispute with Guatemala […]
The prime minister is on record stating that it is his personal view that the ICJ is the best option for the resolution of the claim. Barrow also says that a majority of those in his Cabinet are in agreement with that position and will be taking that message to the electorate in the months […]
While he would not put forward what percentage of Cabinet is in favor of a yes vote, the prime minister does acknowledge that there are indeed a few members who remain undecided on the matter. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I can say, even at this early stage, that the vast majority of the individual […]
The relationship between Belize and Guatemala is at times tense, but for the sake of carrying out the education campaign successfully, the existing state of affairs between both countries must be preserved. Key to maintaining the status quo is the O.A.S. Office at the Adjacency Zone. PM Barrow discusses the role of the Organization of […]
Before the I.C.J. referendum is held next year, there is the matter of the re-registration exercise spearheaded by the Elections and Boundaries Department, which is set to begin on July first. That exercise will run in the millions of dollars. Government has since allocated monies that will go toward a budget leading up to next […]
While she has not yet officially put in her papers, Senator Valerie Woods is very close to making a decision on whether she will contest the Albert Division for the People’s United Party. We met Woods this afternoon preparing to canvass the division she grew up in and where some family members, including her mother, […]
While Woods harbours greater political aspirations, as one of the most prominent female faces in the P.U.P., what does she think of the conundrum on women candidates? Former Port Loyola aspirant and City Councilor Candice Pitts vociferously condemned the alleged lack of support for her candidacy from within the P.U.P. and particularly the United Women’s […]
The prime minister’s personal health, more specifically, complications he has been having with his back, has forced him to take short leaves of absence while seeking medical treatment abroad. Today, he gave an update on his general physical condition and informed that undergoing surgery would have him out of office for two to three months. […]
In the context of his health, Prime Minister Barrow also outlined a timetable during which the U.D.P. will go about electing a new party leader. That process begins with a series of conventions that will kick off in November. The PM reiterated that he will demit office ahead of the date to be set for […]
Your cable bill is going up as of June first, and the recent push by international content providers to regulate signal piracy is the primary reason why. A few weeks ago, representatives from HBO Latin America were in Belize negotiating a copyright licensing agreement for their content with the Belize Cable Television Operators Association and […]
Brent Borland, principal of Borland Capital Group and an investment manager from New York, faces separate criminal and civil cases in the Southern District of New York and by the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Reuters news agency, forty-eight-year-old Borland is accused of securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy counts in relation to diverting […]
According to local statistics, approximately as many Belizeans – fifteen percent – are emigrants from the country as there are immigrants coming to Belize from places like Central America. To manage the national response to this evolving issue, the government and International Organization for Migration (IOM) today signed a memorandum of understanding to begin the […]
Meanwhile, a few months ago, legislation went to Parliament for a split of the Immigration and Nationality Department. At the time, the Opposition People’s United Party objected on various grounds. The move has still not been effected but processes are underway for that to happen. One of the concerns is that the second director being […]
The Ministry of Immigration and Nationality continues to investigate how two citizens of the Kingdom of Nepal were granted entry to Belize on landing at the Philip Goldson International Airport on Tuesday last, despite being considered high risk. News Five understands that they arrived on a COPA Airlines flight but their current whereabouts are unknown. […]
On Tuesday, we told you about a developing story in San Pedro where residents and tour operators are against the Cayo Rosario development. The ten-acre mangrove caye falls within the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, but it was sold to a developer who has proposed a massive resort off the island. The resort first proposed ninety […]
As connected as we all are via computers and the Internet, society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks on personal security and information. It can be quite a job keeping up with the hackers and others demanding open access, but companies are adapting to the new reality. Today a U.S. firm visited Belize to tout […]
The Belize City Council says it is not interested in taking back any of the six employees fired a week ago. A meeting took place today with the executive of the Christian Workers’ Union and employee representatives. Notably, Mayor of Belize City Bernard Wagner and C.W.U. president Evan “Mose” Hyde are brothers-in-law—a fact which Hyde […]
It was one of those rare court cases that didn’t wrap up when the courts normally close at five o’clock. But that’s not even the most unusual thing about the case of Andre Perez and others versus Daniel Guerrero and others along with Catherine Cumberbatch and the Attorney General. Perez and Guerrero were the two […]
Former Prime Minister Said Musa, in a statement, has called on the Government of Belize to join in condemnation of Israel for using excessive and deadly force to respond to Palestinian Arabs protesting the establishment of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem. More than sixty persons were killed and over two thousand injured by […]
A postmortem examination is pending following further investigation into a body found on Monday morning off the Placencia peninsula. Reports are that the remains of a man, who has since been identified as Juan Cordero Caducio, was seen floating near Harvest Caye in southern Belize. The seventy-three-year-old naturalized Belizean left his home on the peninsula […]
