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As part of her state visit to the country, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was bestowed the Order of Belize during a brief ceremony on Thursday night at the Museum of Belize. The Order of Belize is the second highest honor that one can receive. President Tsai’s commitment to strengthened diplomatic ties with Belize over the […]
After the Special Joint Sitting of the House of Representative and Senate this morning, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen returned to Belize City for a brief visit of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Center. The strong diplomatic bond that has been forged between both nations was built on bilateral cooperation and financial assistance in […]
The Taiwanese community in Belize turned out in numbers to greet President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) upon her arrival at the Philip Goldson International Airport this afternoon. Belize and the island nation of Taiwan have both enjoyed a comfortable diplomatic relationship, however, Taiwan has lost two allies since President Tsai Ing-wen […]
Great Belize Production’s News Five received multiple awards on Tuesday night during the forty-ninth annual Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s Annual General Meeting which was held in Jamaica. This company earned top honors in nine of twelve television categories. Our station received eleven distinctions for the excellent work by our news and production teams. Stephanie Daniels and […]
The Organization of American States was established in 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among the thirty-five countries that make up its membership. The international union is commemorating its seventieth anniversary this year and on the local front, hosted a ceremony today in recognition of that achievement. This morning at the Radisson, […]
Throughout the programme there were testimonials of sorts on the O.A.S.’ contribution to the development of Belize, in areas including human development and the justice system. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin, in his remarks, touched on an initiative to tackle the issue of backsliding in drug addiction. The O.A.S. was crucial to getting that project off […]
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrives in Belize on Thursday afternoon on an official visit of the country. The seventh president of the Republic of China is visiting the Jewel for the first time since taking office in May 2016. While in Belize, the president will have a packed itinerary which commences with her arrival at […]
The official visit of the Taiwanese head of state is a brief one during which high-level meetings will be held with senior members of the Barrow administration. But is Belize to expect any new initiatives to come out of bilateral talks with Taiwan? That’s what we asked C.E.O. Pat Andrews this morning. Patrick Andrews, […]
Belizean athletes Taralee Ordonez and Kaylyn Gillett are back in the Jewel after competing regionally in a cycling time trial competition in Bermuda. The young riders performed well, capturing the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Earlier today, we caught up with the cyclists who shared with us their first-time experience competing outside of the country. […]
Written on August 15, 2018 | Posted in
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Popular Belizean cyclist Brandon Cattouse is exonerated of charges that he has been using performance-enhancing drugs as an elite rider. His vindication comes after it was initially confirmed that Cattouse had tested positive for EPO, a hormone produced by the kidney to promote the formation of red blood cells by the bone marrow. EPO has […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom held their annual convention called ‘Jalsa Salana’ earlier this week. The event which pulls thousands of Muslims from all cross the world is used to spread religious knowledge and promote peace and brotherhood. A mission from the Jewel, led by the Ahmadiyya Muslim group in Belize City, […]
The national volleyball team scored a huge upset this week that brought both pride and glory to the nation. The force behind the team is the incredible Lupita Quan, who has invested her life in the sport. First the girls neatly beat Costa Rica, a team that up until Tuesday had been undefeated for fifteen […]
In football news, the Belize National Under-fifteen Female Selection is presently in Bradenton, Florida where it is representing the Jewel in the CONCACAF Girls Championship. The Baby Jaguars recorded their first victory earlier today against the Virgin Islands with a final score of four-nil. Prior to that match, the team had fallen to Saint Kitts […]
We are less than a year away from deciding whether or not the take the Belize/Guatemala Dispute to the International Court of Justice for resolution. On April tenth, 2019, the majority of the tens of thousands of eligible voters will either authorize or restrain the Government on taking the territorial, maritime, and insular dispute to […]
The U.S. Senior Advisor for Central America, Todd Robinson, met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Nicaragua, among other regional security issues. Ambassador Robinson’s is on a whirlwind trip of the region seeking support for an O.A.S. resolution that was recently adopted to bring […]
For the first time in regional volleyball history, Belize defeated the number one seated team of Costa Rica in the twentieth Central American Games. And that win for Belize was a massive loss for the Ticos because they have not lost a match since 1997. And so for Belize, the win was historic and the […]
The Government of Belize through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade is engaged in creating a coherent and effective trade policy, following the development and approval of a National Trade Policy Framework in 2016. The idea of the trade policy is to stimulate, as well as contribute to the growth of Belize’s trade, both domestically […]
The public is invited to attend these important meetings and participate in the process through which government is soliciting collective inputs that would inform the National Trade Policy. Terrence Simfukwe, Trade Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat “We are doing this process to garner support so that we could own this process and own this policy as […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was the target of a failed assassination attempt on Saturday in Caracas. Six people have since been arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident. According to Interior Minister Néstor Reverol, they were part of a group that loaded two drones with explosives and detonated them during a military parade in […]
This afternoon in San Pedro, a regional preparatory meeting was commenced to review what is known as the SAMOA Pathway, short for Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action. It is a ten-year program of action for Small Island Developing States, adopted in 2014 in Samoa. The regional preparatory meeting will provide an opportunity […]
Is the Referendum Unit’s education campaign being overshadowed by the United Democratic Party and government’s push for electors to vote ‘YES’ to the I.C.J.? According to Foreign Minister Elrington, Belizeans are smart enough to know the difference between government’s position, as well as the U.D.P.’s stance on the pending referendum. He says that the job […]
Written on August 3, 2018 | Posted in
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The Belize Territorial Volunteers, led by Wil Maheia, has written a letter of complaint to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Through that statement, the BTV is registering its concern with the expenditure of monies set aside for the referendum campaign. This has to do with a half million dollar fund that has been provided […]
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The question of funding for the referendum campaign, however, remains a concern since it is a massive undertaking by the government. Estimated to cost roughly nine million dollars, the countrywide campaign is being led by Ambassador Alexis Rosado who heads the Referendum Unit. According to the Foreign Minister, the campaign will intensify in the weeks […]
Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia will take to the ring in a boxing match on Saturday night to defend his title against fellow unbeaten fighter Robert Easter Junior. Both athletes will fight for Garcia’s WBC lightweight title and Easter’s IBF championship. Garcia, who has thirty-eight wins under his belt, with thirty of them by knockouts, […]
Now for good news…Great Belize Television’s Channel Five has won its first award for this year’s Caribbean Broadcasting Awards Competition. Polling more than fifty-five thousand votes online, ‘Triple Joy’ a news story aired on this station in September 2017 won the People’s Choice Award. The story focused on three bundles of joy: Marlon, Malrick and […]
