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Back in November of 2018, Belizean beauty Monique Lamb represented the Jewel for the first time in the Miss Scuba International Pageant held in Malaysia. The unique pageant seeks to promote the marine ecosystem and was established in 2011 by founder Robert Lo, who is a supporter of the sustainable development of the marine environment. […]
There is word tonight that U.D.P. Senator Aldo Salazar is in trouble with U.S. authorities. Last week, Salazar was part of a delegation to Taiwan which included the President of the Senate, Lee Mark Chang. Salazar was returning to Belize via Houston over the weekend when he was pulled aside by U.S. authorities and questioned […]
The Sarstoon remains a hotspot in southern Belize because the Guatemalan Armed Forces has consistently behaved as if the entire island is under their control. Now, today is the anniversary of the 1859 Treaty which is very significant in the resolution of the Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory. The signing of the treaty took place […]
Three cases relating to the referendum have been unsuccessful for the government, but tonight, the referendum proceeds. The legalities started on April first when the Chief Justice ordered an interim injunction on the then April tenth referendum. That decision was taken to the Court of Appeal by the government, but the court said it did […]
Both parties are expected back before the Chief Justice until the end of June on the substantive matter which is on the legality of the Compromis. As you know, the claimants, the People’s United Party, have maintained that the 2008 Special Agreement is unconstitutional and have filed a cross-appeal in the Court of Appeal which […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has made it quite clear that the I.C.J. referendum will be held on May eighth. Now, on April twenty-sixth, the Elections and Boundaries Department notified the public that the cut-off date for registration as electors for persons wishing to vote was moved to April tenth, 2019. So if you did not […]
On Friday, the Ministry of National Security rejected claims made by Wil Maheia of the Belize Territorial Volunteers that three Guatemalan gunboats blocked citizens of Belize from entering the Sarstoon and stopped them at the mouth of the river. Maheia claimed the Coastguard and the B.D.F. were not at the Forward Operating Base, but the […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Hakeem Arzu, a Belizean who relocated to Mexico with his wife, was one of four men who were tortured and killed in Playa del Carmen over the weekend. Arzu, who is originally from Punta Gorda, reportedly left home on Friday night and was not seen or heard from until the discovery of the bullet […]
Following a one-year investigation, a documentary has been released on what is called the horrific captive-bred lion farming carried out in South Africa. Lord Michael Ashcroft commissioned investigators to look into the practice in which lions are being bred, killed and their bones sold to South East Asia and China. In other instances, they are […]
May eighth will be a historic day for the country when voters will make a monumental determination on whether or not the territorial claim will be taken to the International Court of Justice. Both major political parties a gearing up for the day and today, U.D.P. Cabinet Minister and Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred Elrington says […]
And to bring out every single voter will take some serious resources, especially money. Reports are emerging that U.D.P. standard bearers and area representatives are expected to received tens of thousands of dollars in preparation for the May eighth I.C.J. referendum. Foreign Affairs Minister and Pickstock Area Wilfred Elrington says he doesn’t know of that […]
So while that plays out, the People’s United Party has reacted to the ministry’s release on the incident at the Sarstoon. Party chairman, Henry Charles Usher, told News Five that it not only shows Guatemala’s aggression, but shows the GAF violating international law. Henry Charles Usher, Chairman, P.U.P. “Again, it’s just another case in […]
A Mixed Martial Arts competition will be held on Saturday night in Orange Walk. The event will feature twelve bouts with fighters from Belize, U.S.A. and Mexico. For the first time, there will be a female match. The event will culminate with a featherweight title fight in which Kriston Usher will go up against Johnathan […]
Earlier this month, on April fifteenth, we reported that the Guatemalan Armed Forces attempted to block the Belize Coastguard from travelling on the Sarstoon. Wil Maheia of the Belize Territorial Volunteers was leading a team of Belizeans on the trip on the Belize side of the river. Maheia is the point man in Punta Gorda […]
The situation involving the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams and the President of the Belize Police Association, Corporal Eldon Arzu has attracted the attention of the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations. The ComPol is not seeing eye-to-eye with Arzu, who was elected to another term as president in January, just before the ComPol deemed […]
For another consecutive year, the Light and Peace Basketball Foundation is taking to a group of young basketball athletes to compete in the Dru Joyce Classic Akron being held in Cleveland, Ohio. Hundreds of teams in various categories from across the world will compete in three days of matches to win not only bragging rights […]
A final report is still not ready in the inquiry by the Senate Special Select Committee which held hearings between 2016 and 2017 on the findings of the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality Department 2011-2013. But there is a recent news report circulating that between 2013 and 2015, Belize was […]
With a new date for the I.C.J. referendum set for May eighth, we revisit an old story in which former News Five reporter Janelle Chanona journeyed south to the illegal community of Santa Rosa. Her maiden visit to the southern village revealed a number of new details that weren’t common knowledge in 2002. The settlers […]
Belizean rock band Ascenthium is hoping to follow in the footsteps of musical forerunner Verge of Umbra by participating in and winning a regional competition that will secure them a place on stage in Germany in the weeks ahead. The group has spent countless hours preparing for its chance to impress the judges in Panama […]
Belizean/American heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller is scheduled to face Anthony Joshua in a title bout on June first, but the news tonight is that the well-known boxer has reportedly tested positive for a banned substance. The results are those of a random urine test that Miller submitted to on March twentieth by the […]
At around ten-thirty this morning, tensions were running high as members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces attempted to block the path of members of the Belize Coast Guard. Video footage of the event captured by Wil Maheia of the Belize Territorial Volunteers clearly shows three Guatemalan gunboats in Belizean waters. Late this evening, the Ministry […]
And one more thing on the referendum….late this evening, a joint statement was issued by the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In the wake of the postponement, the three appear not to be happy with the court’s outcome, but voice support in favour of the referendum and hope that […]
We’ve been reporting on the detention of two Belizean lawmen and two others in Livingston, Guatemala over the weekend. The men: coastguard officer Pedro Colomer, police officer Fabian Laurie as well as Kevin Hernandez and Jerille Laurie were charged for firearm offenses and were being held at a prison in Puerto Barrios. They appeared before […]
On Tuesday, a student was tasked to draw a map of Guatemala in a village school. At the request of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, the primary school boy complied in front of his classmates, but President Morales provocatively told him he missed two very important things. One of those things was Belize. President Morales was […]
Thirty-three-year-old Fabian Laurie, twenty-five-year-old Pedro Colomer and two others identified as Kevin Hernandez and Jerille Laurie remain locked up in a Guatemalan prison tonight after appearing in court in Puerto Barrios earlier today. The men, all Belizeans, were busted on Saturday in Livingston where they were found in illegal possession of weapons and ammunition. Fabian […]
