The US naval Hospital ship, named the USNS Comfort sailed into Belizean waters earlier this week. It’s the first stop of a tour in the Caribbean and Central and South America. The USNS COMFORT has partnered with the Ministry of Health, B.D.F. and Belize Coast Guard to provide services and build capacity in a number […]
Earlier this week, we aired part one of a series produced by ITV News of the UK on the experience of British soldiers in Belize. Tonight, we have the remaining segments of the shoot that featured elite troops from other parts of the world training in Belizean territory undergoing combat preparation and more. Deep within […]
While battle readiness is equal parts physical and mental preparation, accuracy in identifying and eliminating hostile targets is a skill that is acquired with practice. Penetrating and negotiating thick foliage and surprising enemy troops with lethal force is an experience that cannot be lived in England. The British troops also detail the impact of jungle […]
And finally in our newscast, we turn to the Caribbean where a tragic event has occurred in Haiti. A total of twenty-one Haitians died and nineteen others are missing after the boat they were traveling in capsized off the northern coast of Haiti. The bodies began to wash ashore on Thursday morning in the coastal […]
An Electoral Observation Mission, led by Senator Lisa Shoman, Chief of Mission and erstwhile foreign minister, is headed to Guyana for the May eleventh general elections. Earlier today, the Organization of American States issued a release announcing that Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the O.A.S., Bayney Karran, have signed an […]
The Summit of the Americas takes place this week on Friday and Saturday in Panama City, under the “Prosperity with Equity: The Challenge of Cooperation in the Americas.” The event takes place every three years but this summit is likely to turn out interesting because Cuba’s Raul Castro is being invited for the first time […]
There is interesting news coming out of the United Kingdom tonight and it is that Lord Michael Ashcroft has resigned from the House of Lords but he will keep his title. Earlier today in London, Lord Ashcroft wrote to the Clerk of Parliament informing of his decision which takes immediate effect and which caught many […]
As you know by now, a World Cup qualifier game between the Belize Jaguars and the Cayman National Team ended one to one on Sunday in the Caymans. It means that Belize narrowly secured a spot to move up to play the Dominican Republic in June. The team has two months to prepare and so […]
The hopes and dreams of our nation rested on the shoulder of the Belize Jaguars as they headed to Cayman over the weekend to play compete against that nation’s ‘A’ squad. For the Belize Jaguars, following a draw at home last week – everything was on the line for our boys who needed an outstanding […]
BELTRAIDE and Caribbean Export Development Agency want to make SMEs more competitive and export ready. In a two-day training that started on Wednesday, business owners were engaged in a workshop to build their capacity to better take advantage of the European Partnership Agreement benefits, including the exportation of more goods and services. Exporters and potential […]
Game one of a home and away series between the Belize Jaguars and the Cayman Islands national team kicks off immediately following tonight’s newscast. Final preparations are underway at the F.F.B. Stadium in Belmopan where the Jaguars are hosting the visiting team in the first of several qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. While […]
This Wednesday, starting at eight p.m. sharp, the Belize Jaguars will be playing against the national football team from the Cayman Islands in the first leg of qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. Today, the Cayman delegation arrived in Belize on Taca Airlines, but interestingly, there were no officials from the Football Federation of […]
The Puerto Azul Development Project has remained very much below the radar since Chief Environmental Officer Martin Alegria gave an update to the media back in January. The proposed billion dollar investment touted as the world’s first eight star resort is the brainchild of developer Domenico Giannini and will be launched in December. That is […]
Going into the weekend, a shortage of diesel and premium fuel is having serious effects on the transportation industry so much so that public transportation is heading across the border to purchase diesel. Tonight only gas stations in Belize City have a limited supply of diesel; elsewhere in the country it is not available. While […]
Tonight there is a countrywide shortage of diesel and premium at the pumps amid heavy demand for fuel which is causing a mess in the transport and industrial sectors. The dearth has been attributed to an increase in activity in the north where the sugar industry is presently in full swing. The scarcity also coincides […]
The shortage of premium and diesel is a most unusual case and while the insufficiency persists, retailers have been told to give priority to government’s essential services, as well as ministers and their respective chief executive officers. According to correspondence, suppliers are being urged to continue the rationing and to monitor gas attendants with the […]
For years Friends for Conservation and Development has been battling the illegal incursions of Guatemalans into the Chiquibul National Park. These Guatemalans come to cut our timber, harvest our xate, pan for our gold and some even cultivate sizable farms on our land. It’s been an uphill struggle for the FCD, faced with the sheer […]
T he National Football Team was announced about three weeks ago and one name was noticeably missing. Belize’s star striker, Deon McCauley, was not listed as one of the members of the team and he said he hasn’t been named to the list of players who will be playing in the World Cup qualifying games. […]
On Wednesday, Belize’s Ambassador to the OAS, Nestor Mendez, soundly defeated Ambassador Bayney Karran, Guyana’s permanent representative to the organization, in a historic vote to become the new Assistant Secretary General. The office is second to the highest seat in the administration’s hierarchy where Ambassador Mendez will be posted for the next five years. News […]
So where does the Organization of American States fit into the encroachment equation at the Chiquibul National Park? The answer is that it hasn’t, not in a meaningful way at least. The Guatemalan encroachers have never respected the so-called adjacency zone, and nobody in authority seems to care much. But with the new development at […]
With the election of Ambassador Nestor Mendez as Assistant Secretary-General of the O.A.S., all eyes will be on the dynamics of the relationship between Belize and Guatemala. That relationship is mediated by the O.A.S., and in the past that organization has been accused of extreme reticence where Guatemala is concerned. For example, there is an […]
There is a report tonight on the issue of money laundering. Seven Caribbean countries find themselves on the U.S’ “Major Money Laundering List” for 2015. They are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic and Haiti. The seven are listed in the ‘2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report,’ which was […]
A historic vote took place at the Organization of American States in Washington. Belize’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Ambassador Nestor Mendez, who is also accredited to the US State Department is the new Assistant Secretary-General to the O.A.S., following elections held this afternoon. Mendez contested against Permanent Representative of Guyana to […]
Attorneys concluded arguments today at the Caribbean Court of Justice on behalf of the governments of Belize and Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaican gay rights activist, Maurice Tomlinson, is challenging the immigration laws of both countries on the grounds that the laws prohibit the entry of homosexuals. Tomlinson is claiming that by denying him entry, his […]
And this piece of regional news….The Summit of the Americas will be held this year in Panama on the eleventh and twelfth of April. It is deemed a historic meeting because for the first time, the Cuba will be allowed to participate following a proposed lift to the embargo between that country and the United […]
