As the country prepares to put her to rest, Leela Vernon’s sprit was alive on Monday night. A tribute to honor the iconic ambassador of Belizean Creole culture took place at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts; the lineup of artists paying tribute was impressive and included the singing of the national anthem in […]
Beloved Bishop Emeritus OP Martin was laid to rest at Belmopan’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral, as was his wish. The Bishop had been ailing for some time and passed away on February sixteenth in his hometown Dangriga. In life, he touched the lives of persons from all walks of life and at his final […]
Belize gave a fond farewell this afternoon to first Belizean-born Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Belize, the Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin. The eighty-six-year-old Bishop Emeritus was memorialized in Catholic masses in his hometown Dangriga on Sunday morning and in Belize City this morning, but this afternoon’s funeral service was an official remembrance […]
Senior Counsel Denys Barrow is a few months away from becoming Belize’s highest ranked appointed judge regionally. He will join the bench of the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in June, leaving behind a lucrative career as top pick for the Government of Belize to litigate cases in the local and […]
Veteran labour officer, human resources manager and labour and industrial relations expert Dale Trujeque now heads the Christian Workers’ Union. Elections took place at the annual general meeting over the weekend at the UWI Open Campus Auditorium in Belize City. Trujeque defeated Wilmore Staine in a balloting and succeeds attorney Audrey Matura after a three-year […]
Belmopan police are reporting the apparent escape of a prisoner from the Central Prison at Hattieville sometime over the weekend. The escapee has been identified as one Jonathan Trigeros Galan. The twenty-seven-year old Salvadoran national was incarcerated for a drug trafficking conviction. Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett, in a communication with the media, indicated that he […]
The seventh edition of the anticipated Street Art Festival took place over the weekend in the downtown area of Belize City. The arts were in full display, from paintings to music and fashion. But one activity that had a strong following was the impressive sidewalk chalk competition. News Five’s Duane Moody was there and has […]
The C.W.U.’s membership is at about nine hundred and stretches across the country from north to south and east to west: Belize City Council and Central Bank to Saint Martin’s Credit Union to Citrus Products of Belize Limited. But it is safe to say that the humble stevedores working at the Port of Belize Limited […]
The National Beach Soccer Team of Belize returned to the country today following its participation in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 held in the Bahamas. Team Belize won four out of the six games they played and placed thirteenth out of the sixteen teams that participated in the tournament. Their biggest win was in […]
Andre Vega, son of former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, remains at the heart of a land scandal involving a parcel of prime real estate near the Haulover Creek and for which he was handsomely compensated. The land in question was acquired from the Ministry of Natural Resources by Andre for a paltry sum back […]
Since the weekend, the social media page, Belizean Cheaters and all its evolutions have been wreaking havoc across the country. Even as the pages are reported to the Facebook Administrator, visits have increased by leaps and bounds. Using fake profiles, information and pictures of men and women have been posted, slandering many reputations in the […]
The chorus of disapproval in the wake of the social media spectacle is forcing lawmakers to look carefully at new legislation to address the issue of cyber bullying. As it stands, Belize’s laws do not cover internet crimes, allowing for online users to virtually get away with these offenses. Earlier today, Solicitor General Nigel Hawke […]
Lord Michael Ashcroft’s interview with News Five this week touched on a wide range of topics but the one of most current interest is the various arbitral awards under litigation in the United States. The U.S. courts in Washington D.C. have approved BCB Holdings and the Belize Bank to attempt to enforce their award over […]
As pointed out by the principals of Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, the language in the Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act is similar to those passed in the Supreme Court of Judicature Act a few years ago that were subsequently struck down by the Caribbean Court of Justice. It is Lord Michael Ashcroft’s view that the similar […]
And this coming Monday, February twenty-seventh, the Supreme Court will hear an application by CIHL to discharge an injunction granted by Justice Michelle Arana restraining the company from enforcing a more than fifty-two million Belize dollars arbitral award and U.S. District Court judgment against the Government. CIHL has also filed a constitutional claim in the […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, have begun deportation raids in support of new policy by the Donald Trump administration. Hundreds have been rounded up across the country and reports in international media suggest that Belizeans may be among them. When deportees come home via the Philip Goldson International Airport, they are typically […]
Belizean entertainer Supa G is back in the country after being denied entry into the United States earlier this week. The popular artist, born Lensford Martinez, was traveling to Houston, Texas at the invitation of the Houston Tri-country Regional Black Chamber of Commerce when he was turned back by immigration officials at the port of […]
Earlier this week, the Government of Belize announced deferral of the coupon payment of almost twenty-six million Belize dollars to holders of the Belize 2038 Bonds. Officially, the plan is to continue seeking an agreement with the bondholders, and on Thursday, the Government moved to extend the period during which holders of the bond may […]
Turning to the current state of the economy…Lord Michael Ashcroft says that Belize has not shown the promise engendered by the various monies spent here over the last decade or so, particularly the Petrocaribe monies which he said were “squandered.” But the bigger concern for him is as an investor – and one that has […]
We asked Lord Ashcroft how things seemed to get so personal between himself and Prime Minister Dean Barrow over the various situations involving B.T.L. and the subsequent arbitral awards. To turn around and choose to settle the B.T.L. matter in particular with a man widely vilified in the Belizean sphere came as a shock to […]
Will government proceed with the purchase of the Chon Saan Building in Belmopan? As we’ve reported, the Immigration Department is looking for real estate to house a new passport system donated by the United States Embassy. While the restaurant building, property of businessman Lee Mark Chang, who is also President of the Senate, is being […]
The unpaid national debt that looms over Belize’s fragile economy continues to be a matter of concern in various sectors, including the business community. On Thursday, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry sent out a release addressing a number of issues pertaining to the upcoming fiscal budget, as well as the present economic situation, […]
Residents living at mile two and half on the George Price Highway on a street called “Lucky Street” say that it appears that one of the designated streets in their area has been sold off. The area lies within the Lake I division, has one principal street, a side street and is closed off with […]
A Mexican artist and students from Saint John’s College collaborated on mural earlier this week. The use of stencil and graffiti style art piece was started earlier this week and was completed today. With support from Belize Signs, the creators of the mural used a stencil to do their art next to the Mexican Institute […]
Reported cases of domestic violence are on the increase even though there are many that never make it to the police; and in other instances statements have been made, but then withdrawn. This morning, well known artist Briheda Haylock’s idea of an art action highlighted the abuse against women, children and men came to life […]
