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Castillo Pena railed at the international powers that have refused to recognize Venezuela’s electoral process, citing their own internal problems in response. He also noted that some of Venezuela’s allies, from Russia in the far east to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, have shown their support, and the results of the election […]
Despite his assurances that the Petrocaribe program would continue, Castillo Pena was not able to be pinned down on how the Belizean and Venezuelan governments would handle the ongoing issues. However, he says that will not stop the South American state from other projects to assist Belize, including in the areas of health with ophthalmology […]
Votes are being counted at this hour, two hours east of Belize on the island of Barbados, where voters went to the polls today to elect a new government. The incumbent Democratic Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, is being challenged in its bid for a third term by the Barbados Labour Party, […]
Tonight there is grim news in the offshore industry. Indications are that Choice Bank, an offshore bank operating from Belize City, is winding down due to a cash flow crisis involving the prepaid card component of its international banking business. After ten years in operation, the banks website claims it is the largest international bank […]
On Tuesday, former Prime Minister Said Musa got the ball rolling by publicly condemning the unnecessary deaths of over sixty Palestinian nationals, including children, and thousands of injuries caused by confrontations at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip. And on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow joined in. Today, an official statement from the Ministry […]
On Monday, the United States inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem, as the first country to relocate its headquarters from Tel Aviv, in the State of Israel. On Wednesday, Guatemala followed suit by also moving its embassy to the capital city, amid considerations being made by other countries, including Paraguay, Honduras, Czech Republic and Romania. The […]
The average Belizean doesn’t know that much about the island nation of Cuba – perhaps that it is a socialist state in a mostly capitalist region of the world, or that a classmate or two went there to study medicine. But there is much more, including that Cuba was one of the first nation-states to […]
The Prime Minister had not appeared in front of the media since his last press conference on March eighteenth, but today he did for the better part of two hours. Now, the Government has set a fixed date of April tenth, 2019 for a referendum to be held on whether the territorial dispute with Guatemala […]
The prime minister is on record stating that it is his personal view that the ICJ is the best option for the resolution of the claim. Barrow also says that a majority of those in his Cabinet are in agreement with that position and will be taking that message to the electorate in the months […]
While he would not put forward what percentage of Cabinet is in favor of a yes vote, the prime minister does acknowledge that there are indeed a few members who remain undecided on the matter. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I can say, even at this early stage, that the vast majority of the individual […]
The relationship between Belize and Guatemala is at times tense, but for the sake of carrying out the education campaign successfully, the existing state of affairs between both countries must be preserved. Key to maintaining the status quo is the O.A.S. Office at the Adjacency Zone. PM Barrow discusses the role of the Organization of […]
Brent Borland, principal of Borland Capital Group and an investment manager from New York, faces separate criminal and civil cases in the Southern District of New York and by the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Reuters news agency, forty-eight-year-old Borland is accused of securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy counts in relation to diverting […]
Former Prime Minister Said Musa, in a statement, has called on the Government of Belize to join in condemnation of Israel for using excessive and deadly force to respond to Palestinian Arabs protesting the establishment of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem. More than sixty persons were killed and over two thousand injured by […]
Tensions flared up at the western border over the weekend when authorities sought to clear the area to allow for the discharge of construction material. Government has decided to upgrade the perimeter fence to improve the flow of traffic and other activity. Now, Guatemalan taxi drivers are known to operate freely in the adjacency zone, […]
Amid the chaos that ensued at the border on Sunday, the Guatemalan media also reported that students from neighboring Melchor who commute to Benque Viejo daily to attend school, would be refused entry at the border. According to Ambassador Guerra, that was furthest from the truth. He says the rumor was immediately cleared up during […]
Belize’s men of faith are meeting with regional authorities as part of the plan to end HIV/AIDS as a chronic disease in the Caribbean by 2030. Today there was a consultation hosted at the Radisson involving discussions of the churches’ role in reaching out to the affected in their congregations and communities. The president of […]
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) describes its ambitious strategy for ending HIV/AIDS in about twelve years as “test, treat and defeat.” Director Dereck Springer says the goal is for ninety percent of those living with HIV to know their status; ninety percent of HIV-positive persons to begin treatment; and ninety percent of those being […]
There’s news about a reduction in gas prices tonight, but don’t jump up and down – because it’s not in Belize. The Jamaica Gleaner reports that prices in that island nation go down by sixteen Jamaican cents effective midnight Thursday. It’s important to note that Jamaica’s gasoline is manufactured by its state-controlled oil refinery, known […]
Today, the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service is hosting an inbound mission from Belgium and the Netherlands that is here to learn about the cacao industry and explore opportunities of trade and investment. BELTRAIDE, in partnership with the Embassy of Belize in Brussels, held the first of its four-day tour with the European-Central America […]
As expected, Belize’s announcement on Monday of the date for our referendum on the taking of the unfounded Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice was good news for our western neighbors Guatemala. According to Prensa Libre, within a few minutes of the announcement, Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales had tweeted, “I appreciate the decision […]
But don’t expect Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) to pop any champagne. It issued a strong blast at both sides via press release this morning, pointing out that the government has practiced appeasement all along, in respect of the Guatemala claim, instead of standing up for Belize. It argues that there is apparently […]
COLA also noted in its press release that of those Guatemalans interviewed by Belizean reporters, including our News Five team which covered the recent referendum, the majority only want their government to recognize the borders, as they did in 1991, and avoid conflict. So what does COLA propose? Brackett told us Belize needs to lean […]
Fresh off the recent Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and Peruvian Ambassador to Belize Jorge Roman Morey, based in El Salvador, signed a special friendship and cooperation agreement at the Belize City office of the ministry, the Edward Laing building. Ambassador Morey is in his final days in the […]
Belize was represented at the eighth Summit of the Americas by both Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte. This triennial meeting of members of the Organization of American States offers Belize the opportunity to network with fellow states on important issues, some of which Elrington outlined. Wilfred Elrington, Minister […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte is off to Taiwan for a three-day international conference on anti-corruption in the Republic of China (Taiwan), representing Belize as focal point for the United Nations Convention against Corruption. He joins colleagues from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Other meetings are planned with counterparts from the Taiwanese Justice Department, […]
