In news from Belmopan, the office of the Prime Minister announced today that PM Dean Barrow will be attending the inauguration of the new president of the Caribbean Court of Justice on Thursday. The installation takes place in St Kitts and Nevis where Sir Charles Michael Byron will assume the presidency of the regional highest […]
All week we have been reporting on the shooting of a Guatemalan which the Belize Defence Force maintains happened on this side of the border and east of the Adjacency Zone in the Chiquibul area. Representatives from the B.D.F., the Guatemalan Armed Forces and the Organization of American States met on Wednesday in a quarterly […]
Mexican transportation giant ADO begins its long distance bus runs to Cancun and Merida from Belize City tonight. Although the excursions are part of a marketing research being conducted by the company an official launch remains pending. In the meantime, the runs are being tested to ensure the quality of service that ADO will be […]
Earlier this week we reported on the most recent armed confrontation between members of the Belize Defence Force on routine border patrol near the Chiquibul National Park during which a Guatemalan from nearby San Jose, Las Flores was shot. On Wednesday, the Guatemalan government complained about the incident and today the government of Belize followed […]
Relations with Mexico have significant importance to Belize. That country’s new Ambassador presented his credentials this past Tuesday and this morning Ambassador Mario Velazquez hosted a breakfast with members of the media at the Belize Biltmore Hotel. There are two major issues that were raised with the head of mission: Mexico’s bus line ADO is […]
The Belize Defence Force, the Guatemalan military and OAS representatives convened today in Santa Elena, Petén. The meeting is taking place on the heels of an incident along the border on Monday in which a Guatemalan national was shot by a B.D.F. patrol. The B.D.F. has increased presence along the borders because of persistent illegal […]
There are lingering questions tonight about a list of single entry visas issued to a long list of Sri Lankan and Indian nationals. The twenty-one visa approvals were granted by Immigration and Nationality Services to two Indian and nineteen Sri Lankan nationals to scout film locations in the country. The visa approvals are dated July […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is at the forefront of issues affecting children and adolescents. The situation of children and women were analyzed by UNICEF to determine the challenges and progress made since the United Nations adopted the convention on the rights of the child. That report will be released this Wednesday, but today […]
As we said, the Jamaica’s Gleaner, in this Sunday edition, took on the question of the Ninth Amendment, head on. The editorial surmised that Belize was heading down a slippery slope. The Gleaner likened the government’s attempt to the skinning of a cat, which in the end, would result in great collateral damage and at […]
Today, His Excellency Mario Velasquez, the new Ambassador of Mexico to Belize presented credentials to Governor General, Sir Colville Young. Velasquez previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Finland. He takes over from former head of mission, Luis Manuel Lopez Moreno who is now posted in Haiti.
A super king air plane landed on the Southern Highway on November tenth, 2010. It resulted in the largest drug bust ever in the history of Belize. According to the security forces, the plane has been locked away at the B.D.F. air wing. However, a report from Venezuela shows that an identical plane with the […]
The Embassy of the United States of America launched the tenth annual Made in the U.S.A. Exhibition this morning at the Fifth Floor of the Radisson Fort George Hotel’s Villa Wing in Belize City. The exhibition showcases a variety of private sector entities that offer American products, services, and investments in Belize. The goal of […]
The Caribbean’s proud history of experience and desire to spread knowledge to the region’s common Diaspora had culminated into the formation of the Caribbean Broadcast Union, a group whose passion for media has no bounds. And during the first day of its Annual General Assembly in Belize, the CBU awarded those members with a minimum […]
One topic that the CBU members have been reporting is the results of the standardized high school examinations. The Caribbean Examinations Council grades are not out as yet, however, students who sat the CSEC have been able to access their scores online. Although CSEC has been releasing the rankings to the participating countries through its […]
Since joining the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) in 1991, Belize is hosting its annual general assembly for the third time. While CBU executives have held meetings in Belize City and Placencia on prior occasions, they are tonight on Ambergris Caye where a two-day session is being held to discuss the development of the broadcasting industry […]
The trans-Atlantic slave trade cost millions of lives and disrupted and forever changed the future of Africa. But once transplanted in the Caribbean and Central America, the descendants of Africans mingled with the native people of the so-called New World and forged thriving cultures and traditions. According to Emerson Guild, several Belizeans are headed to […]
The forty-second Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), of which Channel Five is a member, is set to commence at the Coco Beach Resort in San Pedro on Wednesday. Media houses from across the region have flown in to attend the three-day gathering to discuss the current state of affairs within the […]
In its ongoing series called “Did You Know” the Chamber of Commerce unearths a scandalous increase in the budget of our diplomatic mission in Brussels for this year. According to the tid-bit of information, the government approved a budget of more than three-quarter million dollars for Brussels in the sum of eight hundred and twenty […]
Still reeling from the effects of hurricane Richard in 2010 and with an active projected hurricane season, the need for insurance to reduce costs from hurricanes and earthquakes in the Caribbean is higher than ever. The Caribbean region, with a number of small developing territories in the hurricane belt, has been pursuing a number of […]
La Reina De La Costa Maya 2011 was selected on Friday night in La Isla Bonita. Eight contestants from Central America and Mexico vied for the crown and strutted their stuff in traditional costumes, swimsuits and evening gowns. But it took more than physical beauty to make it through the question and answer section. The […]
It was announced two weeks ago that fifteen Belizeans were granted scholarships to pursue degrees at Mexico’s School for Technical Professional Studies (CONALEP). In return, twenty-five Mexican nationals have been awarded scholarships to study English at the University of Belize’s Regional Language Center in Belmopan. The students arrived on Wednesday and will be studying in […]
San Pedro has been overflowing with visitors for the past week since activities for the Costa Maya Festival began last weekend. But the most anticipated event is coming up within minutes and it will draw an even bigger crowd to La Isla Bonita. It’s the festival is the Reina De La Costa Maya Pageant. Eight […]
There’s dire economic news tonight. The warning came shortly after the nationalization of Belize Electricity Limited and today Standard and Poor’s officially decreased Belize’s credit rating. The foreign currency credit score was downgraded from a B to B minus. According to S&P, by acquiring a seventy percent stake in the financially distressed utility company, government […]
International Living, an online and print magazine, has completed its latest special on Belize, which was compiled by Dan Prescher and Suzan Haskins. The two I.L. editors, have been coming to the Jewel for over twenty years, but their last two-week visit, gave them a more in-depth look at what the country has to offer. […]
The British Caribbean Bank is going to the Caribbean Court of Justice based in Trinidad and Tobago seeking an injunction in respect of the hugely controversial proposed Ninth Amendment. The bank is also seeking a declaration that the re-acquisition on June twenty-fourth of Telemedia is void. The Court of Appeal back on June, twenty-fourth ruled […]
