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On Tuesday, Guatemala announced that they have withdrawn diplomatic immunity from eleven officials who have investigated alleged corruption, including cases involving the son and brother of President Jimmy Morales. Morales ordered his Foreign Affairs Ministry not to renew the visas and diplomatic clearances of the eleven investigators assigned to the International Commission Against Impunity in […]
President Morales is accusing the CICIG of violating the presumption of innocence of those it has investigated. By refusing to renew its mandate earlier this year, the president effectively gave CICIG until the end of its current term in September 2019 to wind down operations and leave the country. His government later declared Commission Chief […]
Kendis Gibson is one of the Belizeans who have moved up the ranks in U.S. networks. This morning, the forty-year-old announced to his viewers that he is leaving ABC World News Now as its anchor. Gibson’s final show, after three long years of sleepless nights, included a segment filmed at Naia in Placencia. Gibson also […]
Earlier this month, the Global Status Report on Road Safety for 2018 was released. The report shows that the burden is disproportionately borne by pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, particularly those living in developing countries. It suggests that the price paid for mobility is too high, especially because proven measures exist. These include strategies to address speed […]
The education campaign in Belize has attempted to cover the extensive history of the Belize/Guatemala dispute. The over two hundred-year-old dispute hinges on a few pivotal moments in the history of both countries. One of those moments is the signing of the 1859 Treaty. If Belizeans vote ‘YES’ to the I.C.J., the 1859 Treaty is […]
For Belizeans, a decision to vote “YES” or “NO” to the I.C.J. depends on understanding what exactly is Guatemala claiming. During the education campaign in Guatemala earlier this year, some paraphernalia showed a claim of half of Belize, but there have been times when it has been the entire country. While in Guatemala over the […]
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales arrived in the country on Thursday evening via the P.G.I.A., in a private jet and departed today. He was here on an official visit for the fifty-second SICA Summit which we will tell you about later in this newscast. But first, we go to the very short interview President Morales afforded […]
Following President Jimmy Morales’ departure from the summit, we got a chance to speak with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who symbolically handed over the Tempore Presidency of SICA to President Morales. With regional matters concluded, Barrow and Morales held bi-lateral talks. One of the topics they discussed is the Belize/Guatemala dispute, specifically the rising tensions […]
On Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington suggested that if Belizeans vote “NO” in the April tenth, 2019 referendum, it could lead to an invasion by Guatemala. It’s the second time he has made such an assertion. News Five asked PM Barrow about Elrington’s comments. He did not agree with the sentiments of his foreign […]
Belize handed over the Presidency Pro-tempore of the Central American Integrated System, SICA, today to Guatemala, ending a six-month rotation of the presidency. The fifty-second meeting of the Heads of State of SICA took place at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. At least four presidents traveled to Belize for the event. For six months, […]
At this hour, global talks are still under way in Katowice, Poland, to develop a rulebook to enforce the 2015 Paris agreement to address climate change. After two weeks of negotiations, which countries have described to be slow and contentious, there is still not a final agreement because of persisting differences over key issues such […]
Countries have not been able to come to a consensus on certain points. One of the areas that the small island developing states are concerned about is the issue of double counting emission reductions. Here Carlos Fuller explains exactly what that issue is and why they have been sticking to it: Carlos Fuller, Negotiator […]
Jenelli Fraser, Miss Universe Belize, is undertaking final preparations for Sunday’s competition. She has already appeared in the swimsuit, introduction and evening gown segments representing the Jewel the best she can. On Sunday, she will be on stage for the final round in Bangkok, Thailand in front of a live audience and millions of viewers […]
A first-of-its-kind Football for Life peace match took place today at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. The under-eighteen national teams from Belize and Guatemala converged on the pitch for the international friendly organized by the In the Gap Institute in collaboration with Belize Telemedia Limited. While the mission is to promote sports […]
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is in Belize. President Morales touched down at the P.G.I.A. at twenty minutes passed three o’clock this afternoon and is here for the 2018 SICA Summit which Belize is hosting. This is the second time, as far as we know, that Morales has been on Belizean soil since he was elected […]
There have been ongoing lectures in different parts of the country and from what has been detected, there seems to be an anti-I.C.J. sentiment. Minister Wilfred Elrington is known to be very candid and has received a lot of heat for his comments relating to the Belize/Guatemala dispute. For instance, in September Elrington stated that […]
Two point five million dollars have been budgeted by the government for the I.C.J. Referendum campaign. An education campaign, apart from but similar to the government-sponsored I.C.J. campaign, concluded on Tuesday night in Belize City. The I.C.J. Lecture Series, funded by the University of Belize and the Social Sector Senators, ended in a heated debate […]
There is another protocol to report about tonight. It is the Sarstoon Protocol, which is still up in the air. In June 2016, the foreign ministers of both Belize and Guatemala met at the O.A.S. headquarters in Washington to with O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Almagro to begin to negotiate the terms of a cooperation mechanism […]
The leaders of all seven Central American countries are in Belize for the 2018 SICA Summit. For the past six months, Belize was at the helm of the Central American Integrated System, SICA, after it assumed the Presidency Pro Tempore from the Dominican Republic on June thirtieth. On Friday, Guatemala will take over the Pro […]
Tonight we have another report on COP 24 in Poland where negotiations are expected to go into the weekend since not much progress has been made in creating the rules for how the Paris Agreement will be implemented. The agreement recognises that to cut emissions to lower global average temperature well below two degrees and […]
Millions across the world tuned in this morning for the preliminary competition at the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand. Here, Belizeans woke up early to view the pageant that started at six a.m. Since the line up is in alphabetical order, the wait to view Jenelli Fraser, Miss Belize Universe, didn’t take too long […]
Belize has accepted the chairmanship of the Alliance of Small Island States. This week, during the COP24 in Katowice, Poland, Ambassador Lois Young accepted the leadership from the Maldives during a ministerial meeting. AOSIS was established back in 1990 – around the same time when climate change came to the fore. These same small countries […]
Ninety-four representatives from countries around the world are in Bankok, Thailand, for the Miss Universe Pageant. They have been there for about a week, preparing for the final competition which takes place this Sunday and will be shown on this station. Jenelli Fraser, Miss Universe Belize is also competing for the crown of the premier […]
The severity of storms in the last two years in the region has displaced and disenfranchised thousands. But did you know that women are the ones most affected by these hurricanes and super storms? Droughts, floods, vector borne diseases and other issues resulting from climate change in the region has threatened the lives and reduced […]
Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin addressed the judiciary this morning at the Radisson Hotel. The CJ was among several notable speakers at the gathering on gender equality protocol which is part of a larger initiative through the JURIST project to ensure that gender equality is practiced in the courts. Canada is funding the project which is […]
