Beginning today and until next week Tuesday, Hugo Patt, the Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities will be acting as Prime Minister. It is the first time that Patt is assuming that role which is reserved for the Deputy Prime Minister, Patrick Faber, who we are told, is out […]
One of Belize’s staunchest friends in Central America since 1981 is formalizing ties in a number of important fields that will be beneficial to both countries. Today, the Ambassador of Panama to Belize and the Foreign Minister penned a cooperation agreement that will open up new opportunities for the public and private sectors. News Five’s […]
As you’ve heard, Foreign Affairs Minister Elrington says Panama has been supporting the territorial integrity of Government of Belize since 1981. Next Saturday, Guatemala will be holding its referendum on taking its territorial claim of Belize to the International Court of Justice. At the signing of today, Elrington noted that Panama is among the Group […]
Elrington says that the relationship between Belize and Panama got a further boost with the start of direct flights between both countries by COPA Airlines, which connects Belize to South America. According to the Foreign Minister, almost all South American countries have been granted visa waivers to enable smooth travel of their residents to this […]
The highly anticipated decision on the Belize Bank Limited versus Government of Belize in the matter of the thirty-six million Belize dollar debt, plus interest, originally granted to Universal Health Services and guaranteed by Government remains outstanding. Before the Easter break, the Caribbean Court of Justice set the post-judgment interest rate at six percent rather […]
The quiet Easter weekend in Belize City was due as much to police watchfulness as to the fact that most Belizeans left town for cooler climes like the cayes, Placencia, or the interior. But the new police command remains adamant about starting to heal the wounds and scars from generations of warfare on the streets, […]
We have told you of the Police Department’s plan to introduce “green gardening” – agricultural greenhouses to bolster the school feeding program and specific classes to teach backyard gardening to youngsters. South side regional commander Howell Gillett today offered his thanks to the Ministry of Agriculture and Social Security Board for funding the programme. […]
On our visit to Maskall today we were confronted by a common problem in the agriculture sector: poor road infrastructure. While the Nago Bank Road was at least in serviceable condition, it was quite a bumpy ride over the black dirt road, with heavy grooves and other obstacles, to Alex Pineda’s cooperative farming community site. […]
The Christian Workers’ Union holds its annual general meeting on Saturday at the Bishop Sylvestre Memorial Center. It will be highlighted by elections for a new executive after the departure of President Dale Trujeque last year. While the names of the candidates for president – Moses Sulph, Evan “Mose” Hyde and Wilmore Staine – are […]
In international news, U.S. president Donald Trump has signed an order to send National Guard troops to stop illegal immigrants heading to the United States. This comes on the heels of negative statements he has made against Mexico about building a wall to keep out criminals and rapists and other undesirable persons in the interest […]
As we told you, Regional Commander Howell Gillett is bringing a new approach to crime fighting in the city by creating opportunities for at-risk youths from the city’s south side. Thanks to the outpouring of support from the business community, three full-time and two part-time jobs have been secured at Chon Saan Palace and Bruce […]
If you liked the products we showed you earlier tonight from the Maskall area, there is an opportunity in a few weeks’ time to go get some yourself, and get to see how they are made. Belize Rural North area representative Edmond Castro, a Maskall native, invites you to his home village for the annual […]
There is no reprieve for consumers as prices for essential goods keep going up. Fuel went up just before the Easter and your light bill is likely to go up soon enough by as much as seven percent. Tonight, the news is that you will be spending more for the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas […]
The Government’s chief financial officer has confirmed that there is no such thing. So what did General Manager of Belize Infrastructure Limited, Christy Mastry, intend to convey when she said on March nineteenth that the Government is guaranteeing eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year to cover the maintenance costs of the Belize Civic […]
Tonight, the Belize City Council has confirmed that City Administrator, Candice Miller has been sent home on suspension. Miller will be at home for one month after being accused of dereliction of fiduciary duty. Leading up to the municipal elections, she was given a substantive contract by the previous administration at City Hall. That contract […]
In July, more than one hundred and ninety-thousand registered voters will take part in an exercise first established in 1997. It has been postponed twice due to both financial issues and, according to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, tackling the thousands who got illegal nationality through the schemes in the Immigration Department prior to 2013. Immigration […]
Also aiding to G.O.B.’s crime fight is a series of bills first introduced in the House during the Budget presentation and passed by the Senate last week. The new Protection of Witnesses Act of 2018 allows a magistrate to grant an order prohibiting the disclosure of the identities of persons who are, or are willing […]
Three Honduran fishers are behind bars tonight after they were charged for fishing illegally within a marine protected area. Southern Environmental Association and Belize Coast Guard were on a joint patrol on Monday night within the spawning aggregation zone at the Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve. There, they arrested three illegal fishers, seized […]
Belize’s youth athletes continue to impress on the international stage. Tonight we feature a group of young ballers from the City, known as Future Shock. Their opponents in the recent Campeche Youth Basketball championship felt the shock right away as the team swept to victory and maintain an enviable unbeaten record nationally and regionally. The […]
For the next eleven days in Gold Coast, Australia, the focus will be on sports as the members of the Commonwealth of Nations meet in friendly sporting combat. Belize is in the thick of it with twelve athletes participating in four disciplines. Head of Mission Giovanni Alamilla of the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association […]
Regional Commander of Eastern Division South, Howell Gillett has hit the ground running. Among the many initiatives he’s undertaking in the city, there is one with the Ministry of Agriculture to start an agriculture programme with three south side schools. Gillett, in his former capacity as O.C. in Belmopan, ran a very successful green garden […]
An eight-year-old boy from Ladyville needs your help. Paul Leal has been sick for about a year. When he started throwing up blood clots, he was taken to doctors and following several tests, he was diagnosed with a likely case of Portal Hypertension with Esophageal Varices, which means that there is an increase in the […]
There’s a new place in town to have an array of vegan and vegetarian foods. Only one month since its opening, Om Shanti Cafe is an expansion of the well-known yoga studio. Tonight in Healthy Living, we visit the cafe to find out what one can expect from an all vegan and vegetarian menu. […]
In the aftermath of a horrifically violent weekend in March, Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced a package of anti-crime measures. Under Section eighteen of the Constitution, the Governor General was to be asked to declare “public emergency areas” under terms to be defined by the security agencies. This, according to the Prime Minister, was intended […]
The Opposition People’s United Party had objected to the calling of any state of emergency or declaration of public emergency areas by the Governor General, accusing the Prime Minister of skirting the National Assembly which has the same powers under section eighteen of the Constitution. But more importantly, the P.U.P. said the Government’s approach fails […]
