Airbnb, an online marketplace which allows travelers to lease or rent short-term accommodations, is budding in Belize. The hospitality service includes vacation rentals, apartments, homestays and hotel rooms. While it does not own any of those properties, it serves as a commercial agent, receiving percentage services fees from both guests and hosts. There are presently […]
Director of Tourism at the B.T.B., Karen Bevans, says that the collaborative consumption and sharing that Airbnb enable are the future of the travel industry. It is, however, being met with mixed reception from local stakeholders in the hotel sector. Karen Bevans, Director of Tourism, B.T.B. “This is the way the industry is going. […]
On Wednesday, former Minister of State for Immigration and Nationality, Elvin Penner, is to be questioned by the six members of the Senate Special Select Committee. It makes for high stakes and high drama especially as many of the witnesses that have gone before him have implicated him by name as the moving hand behind […]
Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley enjoyed significant majorities in his two elections to the post in 2012 and 2015, continuing a dominant run by the United Democratic Party at City Hall. But his personal ambitions for national office have not fared as well – he lost to Kareem Musa in general elections in the Caribbean […]
The last we heard, vendors in the Fort George Tourism Zone were resistant to the efforts of the Belize City Council to collect a three-hundred dollar trade license for service in the vicinity of Memorial Park. In conjunction with the Belize Tourism Board, there is also effort to regulate traffic around the Zone, out of […]
The annual symposium organized by the Central Emergency Management Organization, arm of the Belize City Council, begins on Wednesday at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. In addition to discussions about preparation for tackling massive disasters such as fires and hurricanes, an expo will be held featuring information from key stakeholders targeted at a younger audience. CEMO […]
The alleged rape of the Dangriga resident has raised numerous questions on the role of the judiciary in respect of indicting one of its own. While there is a gap in law where sexual offenses are concerned, rape is a crime for which the accused can be granted bail. Senior Counsel Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley does […]
The fact that the woman has gone on record in the media to tell her story may very well prejudice her case. Should charges be preferred on the magistrate in the days ahead, it is expected that he will vacate his office. Attorney ‘Dickie’ Bradley explains the process that the Solicitor General’s office will take […]
This morning, Supreme Court Justice Courtney Abel dropped the case against Hilmar Alamilla, associate of Andre Vega and the former deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, as it relates to a claim for return of compensation of four hundred thousand Belize dollars to Government. Alamilla was named as the man who originally bought just over an […]
He is known countrywide for his work in the creative arts, specifically the National Festival of Arts. Most recently and leading up to his retirement last November, Leroy Green had been working with the Ministry of Education to implement a creative arts curriculum into the formal education system. But tonight, the career teacher of thirty-four […]
Green says that according to the Retirement Act, it is the responsibility of the ministry to address the issue of his pension and to locate his records. As we said, Green has many years of teaching under his belt dating back to 1975, when he started teaching at age fifteen at the Belmopan Comprehensive High […]
There is news tonight of a civilian incursion of Belize by Guatemalan farmers seeking greater pastures in the south. The village of Otoxha has been dealing with a takeover of acres of territory. So far, the situation has not come to blows, but it is further evidence of what some have called ‘peaceful conquest’ of […]
The matter has officially been reported to the Belize Defence Force’s local barracks at Fairweather Camp. Maheia told us that the farmers left a mile-plus-long trail from Guatemala into Belize for easier access to their ‘conquered’ territory. He says it is now up to the Belize Government to accept the status quo or move to […]
The Red Cross Movement is the world’s largest humanitarian organization; it is also among the first responders in times of emergency and disasters. It has been active for more than a century in Belize and currently has eight branches; two in the Belize and Cayo districts and one in every other district. Today, on the […]
This past Saturday, the annual event for the Ariel Rosado Education Foundation took place on the George Price Highway. Riders rode from Galen University Campus in Central Farm to Belmopan City, then travelled on to Belize City, ending at the Hour Bar Field. The Ariel Rosado Foundation was established to commemorate the life of Rosado, […]
Corozal police have detained two of four men accused of robbery and kidnapping and are seeking two others. Twenty-three-year-old Jason Espinosa and forty-five-year-old Elio Lopez handed over a bag containing a gold chain and ring stolen from twenty-six-year-old Eder Stevenson Hall of Corozal Town, while Lopez handed over six thousand, five hundred dollars, half of […]
The clinic which treated five-month-old Ricardo Quintero is shut down tonight, following an investigation by the Ministry of Health. Following the departure of the original owner a few months ago, the clinic continued operations even though its sole nurse was not licensed to practice her profession and the manager had no sort of medical qualification […]
Doctor Manzanero told News Five that their investigation of Baby Ricardo’s death overlapped with that of the investigation into the clinic, but to affix a particular cause of death and apportioning blame will be difficult because of the murky circumstances of the baby’s treatment and care, both at the home and at the clinic. The […]
The study of epidemiology involves analysing statistical data to identify the causes of outbreaks, or epidemics, of diseases from AIDS to Zika, and using that analysis to isolate potential causes and hopefully eliminate them. Belize has three full-time epidemiologists, but the Ministry of Health is partnering with the regional Council of Ministers of Health and […]
Saint John’s College launched an educational history program today that focuses on the Caste War. The mix media project uses technology, creativity and the community to tell stories about a piece of history that has helped to shape a part of Belize. As a part of the programme, S.J.C. also set up an exhibition of […]
Today, one of Belize’s referee is getting the opportunity to officiate a CONCACAF match in Panama. Ricardo Daniel Ake, Belize’s assistant referee, has been assigned to referee a match today between U.S.A. versus Cuba in the semifinals of the CONCACAF U-seventeen Tournament. Ake was selected for the CONCACAF tournament after he passed a physical fitness […]
The National Agricultural and Trade Show, better known as Agric, got off over the weekend. The annual event provides a space for the productive sector to meet with its customers and potential buyers of the various items that were on display. News Five’s Duane Moody reports from Belmopan. Duane Moody, Reporting The sweltering heat […]
The family of missing secondary school teacher, Pamela Lino, is seeking closure for what can only be described as a most puzzling disappearance. It is widely believed that the Belmopan resident perished in an automotive fire on Tuesday morning. The police, however, have not been able to conclude definitively whether the charred skeletal remains found […]
The murders of Canadian national Francesca Matus and her American partner Drew Thomas DeVoursney continue to receive news coverage in both countries and around the world. Unfortunately, it’s not the kind Belize would want. And while they have been few and far between, murders of foreigners visiting Belize, like those of Anne Swaney and Matthiew […]
Former Minister of State with responsibility for Immigration and Nationality, Elvin Penner, is confirmed to be testifying before the Senate Special Select Committee next Wednesday. It has been a long time – in fact, nearly five years – since he was fired from Cabinet by Prime Minister Dean Barrow for facilitating South Korean fugitive businessman […]
