In April 2015 four persons were arrested for their involvement in a Treasury Department scam which allegedly netted them more than half-a-million dollars. Preliminary investigations indicated that money due as subvention for the Toledo Community College was diverted into other accounts, and then siphoned off from those accounts. It was a bold scam, uncovered by […]
The Department of Youth Services, in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat, is doing a follow-up training to Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity. The regional initiative was piloted in five CARICOM member states back in 2012 and has now been introduced to a total of thirteen countries in the region. It looks at providing youths […]
But the visit by the regional delegation is also to establish local CEBO trainers in an effort to sustain this youth and entrepreneurship effort locally. Hilary Brown, Program Manager, Culture & Community Development, CARICOM Secretariat “Initially, we only trained three facilitators in the CEBO methodology from each of the countries in a regional workshop. […]
Newly-elected Dangriga Area Representative Frank ‘Papa’ Mena was sworn in as Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security this morning in Belmopan. The installation took place before Governor General Sir Colville Young at the Belize House where a small gathering of family and friends was on hand to witness the formalities. Mena’s official […]
Is there an inextricable link between the new pecking order of the People’s United Party and that of the previous regime led by Said Musa? Well, that’s an assertion put to Francis Fonseca during Thursday’s post bye-election media brief. The bold suggestion that the P.U.P.’s inner circle remains relatively unchanged since 2008 got the party […]
Despite losing almost a quarter of its constituents since the 2012 general elections, Fonseca says the party is encouraged by its accomplishment on Wednesday given the circumstances leading up to the bye-elections. Francis Fonseca, Party Leader, P.U.P. “We have a good candidate, we have to be better organized, we need even more resources and […]
On Wednesday, Frank ‘Papa” Mena was victorious by a significant margin in bye-elections held in Dangriga Town, Hope Creek and Sarawee. Even more than the numbers, the political muscle on the ground from both parties has received much scrutiny. The P.U.P., at least outside the voting area, put on a good show, but when ballots […]
Kremandala journalist Kareem Clarke was gunned down early Monday morning, as he headed home on Vernon Street. His murder has shocked and saddened his family, friends and colleagues. Today, journalists from various media houses came together in the city to brainstorm…to find some way to honour the memory of this quiet but ambitious young man […]
On Wednesday, Ambassador Alexis Rosado presented his credentials as Belize’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Costa Rica. Accepting and accrediting those credentials was Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera, Costa Rica’s president. A release from the Government Press Office says, “there are several agreements in the areas of trade and cooperation that we now […]
Courts (Belize) Limited is expanding its services offered to Belizeans and is now venturing outside household items and gadgets. The company, which concentrates mainly on providing customers with much needed items through a higher purchase facility, is now making optical services available to its clientele. Courts Optical is a new unit created within the main […]
The installation of Courts Optical has been in the works for some time. For the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, BCVI, Courts Belize’s debut into the business of optometry threatens the non-profit organization’s existing market. As it is, the income derived from BCVI’s services account for roughly fifty percent of its annual revenue. The […]
The Public Relations Unit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is asking for some assistance from the general public in locating relatives or friends of Horacio Cardova whose last name is also documented as Cordova. Horacio was admitted to ward on Thursday June eighteenth, 2015. He’s of Hispanic decent, clear complexion, slim built and has […]
Soca Mode….it’s the latest song and music video to be released by the female Belizean artist. Earlier this morning, Melonie Gillett made her media rounds and appeared on Open Your Eyes to officially launch the new music video. Gillett, who is traditionally an R and B and reggae soul singer is tapping into another genre […]
The Miss Carnival Pageant is underway at the Bliss. The show, held for the first time, is being organized by the Belize Carnival Association. While it is about celebrating the spirit and unity that should be carnival, organizers say it is also a preview of what this year’s carnival season will be all about. We […]
The results of the Dangriga bye-elections were known early on Wednesday night. In fact by seven thirty it was clear that the U.D.P.’s Frank “Papa” Mena had established a commanding lead over the P.U.P.’s Anthony Sabal. At the end of the counting of votes, the difference stood at six hundred and thirty eight votes which […]
One of the biggest stories on Election Day was the political muscle present from both parties – and indeed, it’s hard to remember the last time the P.U.P. put on any kind of impressive show. But both parties were out in numbers, and they weren’t quiet. In fact, there were a number of skirmishes reported […]
While some may quibble over and analyze the numbers to suit their own specific agendas, a win is a win, even if only by one vote so six hundred and thirty-eight is a perfectly respectable margin of victory. So respectable, in fact, that it’s earned Frank ‘Papa’ Mena a seat in Cabinet. Today, an official […]
Despite a brief and spirited campaign, the People’s United Party has suffered yet another loss at the polls. In the wake of a fourth consecutive defeat under the direction of party leader Francis Fonseca, the P.U.P. says it is conducting yet another thorough review of the electoral process. That post mortem includes the overall campaign […]
In his first crack at electoral politics, retired educator Anthony Sabal was squarely routed by his former student, Frank ‘Papa’ Mena, by a margin of fifty-nine to forty-one percent at the polls. So, what’s his future with the P.U.P.? Well, according to party leader Francis Fonseca, all efforts are being made to have Sabal remain […]
The People’s United Party, under the leadership of Francis Fonseca, is yet to win an election. Having suffered defeat in the 2012 general elections, a singular trouncing in the January fifth, Cayo North bye-election, the 2015 municipal elections and now the Dangriga bye-election, there is speculation about the leadership of the party. Back in March, […]
This is the third significant election victory for the United Democratic Party just this year – the Cayo North bye-election in January, followed by the municipals in March and now the by-election in Dangriga. For Prime Minister Dean Barrow, there’s no greater sign of confidence that the U.D.P. is doing the right thing, even when […]
In the next few weeks Belize, FIFA will determine which country national team will play in round three of the World Cup qualifying games having badly beaten the Dominican Republic and winning the Cayman Islands. But even before that is known, today the Jaguars got a huge boost. FIFA has moved up the national team […]
Move over, Deon McCaulay! There is a group of boys getting ready to take over that striker position with the Jaguars. Well, not just yet, but they are well on their way there. Today News Five joined a bunch of eager and skilled children at the MCC for their football camp which comes to a […]
As we bring you the news tonight, Elections and Boundaries officials, escorted by Police, are transporting boxes from six polling areas to the Father Phillip Marin Parish Hall where they will be counted to determine the new area representative for the Dangriga constituency which includes Sarawee and Hope Creek. As is traditional in every single […]
The last figures for voters’ turnout in the Dangriga bye-elections were issued at five this evening, an hour before the polls closed. That figure stood at fifty-three percent and the six o’clock figure will be known later tonight. There are a total of six thousand two hundred and five voters in Dangriga, Sarawee and Hope […]
