We told you last week that a Belizean cuisine restaurant in Chicago would be featured on the Food Network’s hit show, Diners Drive-ins and Dives. The episode aired on Monday night and it definitely put our local dishes on the map as the host, Guy Fieri, as well as the patrons, had rave reviews about […]
News Five has learn that on May fourteenth, an OAS employee working at the adjacency zone was the victim of an armed holdup by criminals posing as Mexicans. According to the report, the OAS driver was returning from Flores, Petén when he was held up by a band of armed men. Petén is situated northwest […]
The United States Government runs a Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, through which fifty-five thousand persons are granted visas each year using a random selection process. A release from the US Embassy today explained that there has been a major error on the program’s website. According to the release, the selection results for the 2012 visas […]
As we reported on Tuesday, a delegation from the newly formed organization, Friends of Belize, is on a three-day working visit to Washington D.C. The delegation was led by former U.S. Ambassador Robert Dieter and former British High Commissioner Philip Priestley. In D.C. they met with several high level government officials to discuss ways in […]
Friends of Belize, it’s the newly formed organization of high profile personalities, seeking to promote foreign investment between Belize and the United States. A FOB delegation is currently in Washington D.C. where they are meeting with senior staff on Capitol Hill and the US Chamber of Commerce on ways to bolster trade relations in light […]
Belize received some positive publicity in the international media when CNN, one the largest broadcasting stations in the US, posted a feature about the picturesque Hummingbird Highway. The piece was done by Holly Firfer, an Editor for the travel guide website, Frommers.com. Firfer took a road trip on the Hummingbird and speaks of how relaxing […]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It’s a scientific group that deals with the complex issue of climate change. Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the group on a voluntary basis. They are meeting at the […]
Belize formally adopted the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final appellate court in June of last year. Barbados and Guyana are the other Caribbean countries that have joined the CCJ. Belize has elevated several cases to the CCJ most notably that of former ministers Florencio Marin Sr. and Jose Coye over the sale of […]
A ruling was handed down in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in a case brought by Maranco LLC against Susan Morrice, Tony Quinn, International Natural Energy LLC and Belize Natural Energy Limited. Maranco is a minority shareholder in I.N.E., which in turn is the sole shareholder of B.N.E. In a media advisory issued on Wednesday, […]
Wednesday was the anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. Many local organizations in Belize contributed to the relief effort and donated their contributions to the Red Cross, who also sent volunteers to the ravaged country. Another international organization, the Inter-American Development Bank (I.D.B.) has also played a vital role. On anniversary of the earthquake, I.D.B. President […]
It has been one year since an earthquake measuring seven point one on the Richter Scale shook the lives of residents of Haiti. The National Palace, one of the strongest structures, was amongst the rubble by the time the earth stopped shaking. Those who were spared of their lives lost their homes and dreams. Over […]
The Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) is a powerful lobby of fourteen cruise lines that operate in the Latin America and the Caribbean. Their combined power can make or break the multi-million dollar industry in Belize. Their mission is to advance the development of cruise ship tourism which means that improved standards at destinations along […]
The Christmas season is over. However there is one festive tradition every year in January. It’s called Epiphany Day, Dia de los Reyes, which is a Mexican celebration that fuses different traditions. Primary school students were invited to the Embassy of Mexico this morning to partake in the event. Marcelino Miranda, the Embassy’s press officer […]
Traditionally, the high season in the tourism industry, is well underway at this time of the year. But it has had a disappointing start so far. At the Fort Street Tourism Village, a large number of traders are looking for business among the low number of visitors, even though a cruise ship called on port […]
We’ll have more on this story on the Caribbean Newsline, but the international press today reported that a passenger on board an American Airlines flight that landed at the Miami International Airport on Tuesday morning is in custody pending charges that could land him in jail for up to five years. The thirty-seven year old […]
Belize’s tourism package will be getting an additional boost in the United States. The Outdoor Channel recently recorded a series about fishing in the Jewel. And come January Buccaneers and Bones will premiere featuring anglers such NBC’s Tom Brokaw, the actor Michael Keaton, and acclaimed photographer R. Valentine Atkinson. The series will be narrated by […]
Presidents Alvaro Colom of Guatemala and Porfirio Lobo Sosa of Honduras were both in Belize on Friday for the Central American Summit of the Integration Movement. While in San Pedro on a five hour visit, the presidents spoke exclusively to this station in the margins of the SICA summit. News Five’s Delahnie Bain has that […]
Belize is concluding its pro-tempore presidency of SICA, the regional integration movement in Central America. President Alvaro Colom who takes over the presidency was the first to arrive this morning at the San Pedro municipal airstrip. Colom has close ties to Belize, his wife Sandra studied at primary and secondary schools here, her mother and […]
We told you earlier that three SICA presidents had arrived in the country for a regional summit. In the afternoon, they discussed a wide range of issues that transcend the borders, including security and human and drug trafficking. News Five’s Marion Ali Reports. Marion Ali, Reporting While Belize and Guatemala have a pending border dispute, […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists has been in existence for almost thirty years. The organization is one of the largest organizations in the world and publishes the most comprehensive references books on the state of press freedom around the world. The CPJ has been working on the frontline of press freedom and defending the rights […]
There is grave news to report tonight that will put the government out of pocket by millions of dollars. Today’s edition of London’s based Telegraph newspaper, reports that the British Ministry of Defense has announced that the British government is ending jungle training in Belize. Reports of the closure were in the air for some […]
The Barrow administration’s ban on government employees speaking to Channel Five is considered to be an act against the free media. We have still not been told by the government what conditions of our license were in breach. But the VIP, the PNP, Orange Walk television station CTV3 as well as Freetown Area Representative Francis […]
The Organization of American States today presented its own report card on its activities in the course of the year. Aside from its work at the Adjacency Zone, the regional organization had a busy year. Kim Osborne, the resident representative, introduced the long list which includes work in the social sector, tourism, sports and the […]
Honduran authorities still have no suspects for Thursday night’s grisly killing of fifty-five year old Milan Egrmajer. The Canadian sailor was killed on his private yacht while he and his daughter, twenty four year old Myda sheltered from a bad storm in a lagoon off the coast of Honduras. Myda has since travelled to northern […]
The high season in the tourism industry is about to get off, but before tourism dollars can be made; several overbearing matters are already falling off the plate of cruise tourism stakeholders. The latest issue involves zoning to regulate the chaotic Fort Street Tourism Village which has resulted in the displacement of seasoned tour operators […]
