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When we sat with the Foreign Minister Elrington today, we asked him about developments in Venezuela where the Opposition leader, Juan Guaido, has installed himself as the interim president though Nicolas Maduro is the elected president. For Belize, it is a very sensitive matter because the country has benefited from the Venezuelan largesse through the […]
The third in a series of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States workshop on citizen security is being held in Belize. The two-day event opened today at the Biltmore in Belize City and brings together over fifty representatives from countries across Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean. The […]
The CARICOM IMPACS, with support from the European Development Fund have been working with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to implement the Advanced Cargo Information Systems in the CARICOM member states. ACIS will first be piloted in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica and Grenada where they have already enacted legislation for the system […]
If you’ve been at the Philip Goldson International Airport on a Saturday then you might have noticed the long lines of international visitors attempting to enter the country. The snaking lines have been having an effect on passengers who have connecting flights to the islands. So what’s causing the long delays and processing? In December […]
Global statistics indicate that there are more than two hundred million international migrants who have decided to leave their birth country in search of a better life. Migration is one of the significant instruments for globalization and here at home; for every Belizeans who leaves the country, an undocumented migrant enters. There are over three […]
Belizean Citizens Abroad has taken offense to comments made by Foreign Affairs Minister, Wilfred Elrington. On Monday, Elrington was asked about the possibility of Belizeans who are living in another country to vote in the upcoming I.C.J. referendum on April tenth. Elrington responded by saying that the referendum should be for Belizeans who live and […]
And while that is Elrington’s views – Minister Edmond Castro says he believes Belizeans living abroad can vote as long as they meet the requirements set forth by law. The requirement is that they must be living in the country for two months which is most difficult for most Belizeans who live in the U.S. […]
Last week, we saw the monumental signing of a declaration by five former Foreign Ministers, including Prime Minister Dean Barrow, to say “Yes to the I.C.J.” And as you have seen on this newscast over the past few months, several members of the House of Representatives have gone on record to say how they will […]
On Saturday at eight-thirty p.m. at the Belize City Civic Center, MAA Events Inc. from Los Angeles, California will be hosting a Battle in Belize Tournament. The mixed martial arts event will see athletes from the Central American region as well as the U.S. compete in several rounds of fighting. Today, a meet and greet […]
Written on January 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Three years ago, on January sixteenth, 2016, American producer for ABC Anne Swaney was violently murdered in western Belize. Swaney was vacationing at the Nabitunich Resort and was last seen heading towards a river deck to practice yoga. Twenty-four hours later, her body was fished out of the Mopan River near San Jose Succotz Village. […]
At midnight on December twenty-first, the U.S. Government initiated a partial shut-down and it has stretched on to be the longest shut down in that country’s history. Because President Donald Trump rejected a congressional budget compromise that triggered the shutdown, suggesting that it could “ last a very long time” unless he get the funds […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is in Cuba on his state visit to the island where he recently underwent surgery. He met Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and both paid tribute on Tuesday to José Martí, a national hero of Cuba. During their meeting, President Díaz-Canel and PM Barrow discussed issues of regional integration and areas […]
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Courtenay has made it quite clear what he thinks about the Government’s latest move to push a ‘yes’ vote for the upcoming April tenth ICJ referendum. On Wednesday, five former Foreign Affairs Ministers Said Musa, Godfrey Smith, Lisa Shoman, Assad Shoman, and PM Dean Barrow signed a declaration in support […]
According to Courtenay, one of the fundamental reasons why he decided not to be part of the collaborative work of the five former Foreign Affairs Ministers is because the declaration is misleading the Belizean public. Eamon Courtenay, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs “This thing for example as far as I am concerned misrepresents things, […]
During the discussion this morning, Courtenay proposed an alternative to holding a referendum and taking Guatemala’s claim to the I.C.J. Courtenay is proposing a ‘deep freeze’ scenario in which both countries would agree to halt negotiations for two and a half decade. Eamon Courtenay, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs “My belief is that we […]
Courtenay says that if Belizeans go to the polls on April tenth, he will not attempt to convince them to vote ‘yes’ unless certain conditions are achieved by the government. Eamon Courtenay, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs “One, there must be and update for a legal opinion. Two, there must be a legal opinion […]
It is no secret that Belize’s location makes the country vulnerable to transnational organized criminal groups such as the drug cartels. In recent months, we have seen an alarming number of drug plans land across the country. And on January third, Vicente Zambada, son of one of the bosses of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, dropped […]
The Belize Tourism Board has released its stats for the 2018 tourism arrivals. The number of visitors that came to the Jewel grew by sixty-two thousand, a huge increase from the previous year. Cruise tourism also grew by sixteen percent, keeping tourism as the most thriving industry to grow the economy. The months of March […]
Today inside the Fort Street Tourism Village, there was a flash mob. Taiwanese Americans from Houston, Texas arrived in the Jewel this morning on a cruise and performed cultural songs and dances as part of a mission to promote their heritage. The group, the Taiwanese Chorus, has been performing for over four decades and today […]
The Embassy of China (Taiwan) is pleased to announce that the 2019 Taiwan ICDF Scholarship Programme has officially opened. The embassy is now accepting applications from Belizean students who are seeking to further their education in their respective fields in Taiwan. It is one of the most popular scholarship programmes with more than three hundred […]
The start of 2019 was a bloody one, with a shocking five homicides. Uncle Sam has taken note and on Friday, the U.S. Department of State issued a level two travel advisory for Americans who are considering visiting Belize. The travel advisory is due to the increase in crime and it recommends its citizens to […]
Guatemala is pulling out of the U.N. International Commission Against Impunity, known as CICIG. The announcement was made today by Guatemala’s Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel Polanco after meeting with UN’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Jovel accused the group and its members of politicizing its work, violating Guatemala’s sovereignty, failing to respect the presumption of innocence and […]
Playa Del Carmen is a choice tourist destination for Belizeans and many other visitors who travel there for sun, beach, and cuisine. But the once idyllic location has also become a hotbed for narco-traffickers. Over the weekend, as many as seven persons were killed at a bar. News reports say the violence has to do […]
Written on January 7, 2019 | Posted in
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Belize is named as part of the network of the Sinaloa Drug cartel. It came during the trial of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, head of the infamous drug cartel, which is underway in the United States. The elusive leader, Mexico’s top drug kingpin, escaped from a maximum-security prison in July, 2015 and was recaptured on […]
The inaugural flight from Minneapolis courtesy of Sun Country Airlines landed at the Philip Goldson International Airport around eleven a.m. on Saturday. The flight, which will bring tourists to Belize every Saturday, is seasonal and will only add to the already increased number of airlines now coming to the Jewel. News Five’s Duane Moody was […]
