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According to Jose Antonio Meade, Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Enrique Pena Nieto, a guide has been established in order to achieve the purposes of bolstering the management of the countries’ marine and tourism resources. Jose Antonio Meade, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs “We have not really constructed a […]
The murder of Danny Conorquie continues to be the number one topic of public importance on the airwaves five days after it occurred on the Caracol Maya site. The PM issued a statement on Monday; he said the government believes Conorquie’s killers are Guatemalans. But the Foreign Minister’s interviews following the murder last week, did […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington will be addressing the General Assembly of the United Nation as in the coming days. A top heavy delegation is already in New York but today the Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis Barrow took center stage in a side event. She hosted what is referred to as the […]
While Elrington spoke candidly on the case against the principals of Titan International Securities in his capacity as Attorney General, he was unaware of Belize’s designation as one of several countries within the Latin American region that have been named as drug producing or drug transit nations. On Monday, the White House issued a press […]
The Organization of American States Anti-Corruption Mechanism has released a fifty-five page report on Belize. It follows the visit of the Committee of Experts for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption back in April. The team interviewed representatives of four oversight bodies responsible for preventing, detecting and punishing corruption as well as members […]
Allegations of securities fraud and money laundering, in recent days placed Belize on the international headlines. Tonight, the issue of drug trafficking is attracting negative attention for the country. On Monday, by presidential determination, Belize was named again by the US as a major drug transit country. Other Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Haiti and […]
Written on September 16, 2014 | Posted in
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Tonight, our Channel Five family is pleased to announce that we have onceagain made Belize proud of our regional accomplishments as a national station. This year, we won the most awards in television in the Caribbean. As a member of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, this station has always strived to maintain its high broadcasting standards […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice handed down a six-page decision today in respect of an application by the Ya’axche Conservation Trust which sought special leave to appeal a March fourteenth decision by the Belize Court of Appeal. The C.C.J. refused the application ruling that the N.G.O. had failed to meet the required threshold to proceed […]
Written on August 7, 2014 | Posted in
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Today, while attention was on the BML workers in front of court, there was another small protest taking place in Central Park. Small protest – but big motive and big message! The men and women were speaking out against the killing of men, women and children in Palestine caused by the unrest between Palestine and […]
A delegation of youths recently returned from Guatemala where they attended a religious forum for members of the Seventh Day Adventists. While in Guatemala, the group took the opportunity to engage in community outreach, sprucing up parks and playgrounds, as well as schools and other public spaces in Rio Dulce, Moralez and Puerto Barrios. The […]
Belizean cultural music made it today at an incredible sixteen-day pop-up festival celebrated at the River Clyde in Scotland where the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are coming to an end. The final connections Heritage Track was submitted to the B.B.C. by attorney and jazz aficionado, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia. The two songs were “Budd Bank Wedding” by […]
Delegates from Central America and Mexico are now in San Pedro for the annual Reina de la Costa Maya Festival. The pageant is one of the main events of the annual festival that seeks to promote culture in the Spanish speaking region. The Belizean delegate is from orange Walk, she hopes to keep the title […]
A Belizean fugitive wanted by the US has been spotted in Belize. Physician, Errol Elrington, a sibling of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is wanted in the United States on a slew of criminal offenses related to his profession as a medical practitioner. His name appears in the list of the U.S. Office of the […]
The Commonwealth Games 2014 opened in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday night to much fanfare. Belize is among seventy-one nations participating in the multi-sport event. With a delegation that spreads across several disciplines, including cycling, shooting and table tennis, the Jewel is being represented by its best athletes. Belize’s debut earlier today in the triathlon competition […]
Written on July 24, 2014 | Posted in
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The Commonwealth Games opened earlier today in Glasgow, Scotland. This station is airing the games daily at two o’clock in the afternoons beginning today through August third with two-hour highlights. At the momentous opening ceremonies of Glasgow 2014, the Commonwealth Federation and UNICEF partnered to raise funds for Children of the Commonwealth in a programme […]
Written on July 23, 2014 | Posted in
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Each year, through the sponsorship of the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), approximately two hundred volunteer groups from various universities in Taiwan are sent abroad to assist communities in public and private sector initiatives. On Sunday, for the fourth year consecutively, a group of twelve students from the National Tsing Hua University in […]
In other news…Inter-American Development Bank’s President Luis Alberto Moreno was in the country briefly today. He met in Belmopan with Prime Minister Dean Barrow during which the bank’s activities, portfolio as well as future projects were discussed. The Bank is shifting its focus and targeting education, tourism, transport, trade and tax policies. According to […]
Thirty-seven-year-old Manuel Mendez Castillo remains on the lam, following the heinous murders of seventy-one-year-old Ramon Cervantes Senior and forty-six-year-old Sonia Abac in the Orange Walk District. We can confirm tonight that ‘El Pelon’, as he is also known, is wanted by Interpol, as well as the Belize Police Department for the brutal killings. Castillo absconded […]
The death of Ambassador Fred Martinez has sparked an outpouring of tributes from his colleagues in the diplomatic community, as well as from persons from all walks of life. Martinez had been ailing for some time and was hospitalized on Saturday in Guatemala City. His condition deteriorated and on Monday he was transferred to the […]
In recent months Belize’s military branches have benefitted from millions of dollars in equipment, infrastructure and training, courtesy of the US. Those donations are a part of a larger regional security initiative. But with a new Ambassador taking over, will the B.D.F., Coast Guard and Police continue to reap the benefits of a very beneficial […]
Belize is assuming the presidency of the Central American Integration System, SICA, for a period of six months, beginning July first. Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country for the Dominican Republic today to receive the presidency which is rotated between all Central American countries and the Dominican Republic. Barrow is attending the SICA Summit […]
In early June, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington led a delegation to the forty-fourth regular session of the O.A.S. General Assembly held in Paraguay. This wasn’t a scheduled session for ongoing discussions on the new roadmap created to strengthen the Belize – Guatemala relationship. Elrington told News Five today that he did meet with […]
In the Jamaican Supreme Court, an order has been granted preventing the dismissal of Professor Brendan Bain as Director of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Training Network. That is, until a lawsuit against the University of the West Indies is presided over. Professor Bain is challenging the cancellation of his contract, following his decision to provide expert […]
Written on June 16, 2014 | Posted in
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A judicial review of a decision handed down by Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith in the extradition case of Deon Bruce commenced inside the chamber of Justice Courtney Abel today. Bruce is wanted in Chicago for murder, attempt murder and firearm offences. On January seventeenth, the Chief Magistrate ruled that Bruce be handed over to […]
A two-day workshop began today at the Radisson Fort George in Belize City. It focuses on branding the Belizean products that are exported to various markets around the world. Dubbed the Belize Export and Origin Consortia Workshop, the Caribbean Development Bank in partnership with the Belize Coalition of Service Providers has organized the initiative to […]
