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The primary finding of the I.N.C.S.R. states, “Belize’s drug control efforts are hampered by the same challenges faced by the rest of the country’s security sector – corruption, insufficient investigative capacity, an ineffective judicial sector, and a lack of political will.” But U.S. Embassy acting deputy chief of mission Deborah Lingwood says while there is […]
Washington D.C. and the states of Alabama and Idaho in the United States are as far apart culturally and politically as they are geographically. So it made for a very interesting experience for nine young Belizeans selected by the U.S. Embassy for a cultural exchange programme starting three weeks ago. On their travels across America, […]
Seven point five million Guatemalans are eligible to vote in this Sunday’s historic referendum to be held in Guatemala. On the last leg of the campaign, President Jimmy Morales has been on the ground and on the airwaves campaigning for a yes vote to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice. Last week, […]
Earlier this week, a delegation of Garifuna presenters attended a two-day cultural exchange event in Guatemala City. The purpose was to highlight the historical coexistence of Garifuna communities in Belize and Guatemala, celebrating the uniqueness and oneness of the Garinagu across both countries. Ambassador Alexis Rosado spoke of the event’s organization. [Highlights from cultural […]
President Jimmy Morales from Guatemala has been making the media rounds in respect of the upcoming referendum which takes place this Sunday in Guatemala. Over the weekend, he was in the Peten area and on Monday night, he appeared on TV Azteca in a programme called Hechos with Ana Lucia Masariegos. The president was […]
Belize’s Under-fifteen Boys National Basketball Team left the country today en route to El Salvador to play in the COCABA championships. The contingent of twelve players and three officials will be in El Salvador for the next five days of competition and return on Monday. The team will play their first game on Wednesday against […]
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The United States Government has dealt another blow to Belize on the heels of a previous decision to rank Belize on tier three of the Human Trafficking Report, which also brought a one-year-suspension for temporary work visas for Belizeans. Earlier today, it listed Belize along with all of its Central American neighbors and Mexico and […]
The P.U.P. has reacted to a statement made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington to this station on April fourth. Elrington said that he had been advised that according to Guatemala’s constitution, it must take any result of a case at the International Court of Justice to another referendum. Today, the P.U.P. said it […]
Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales has hit the road in the last lap of his country’s campaign for the I.C.J. before the April fifteenth referendum. On Sunday, he was in Petén, one of two Guatemalan provinces that directly border Belize. Morales had a message for Belizeans: in one breath, he said that Belize has a neighbor […]
One of Belize’s staunchest friends in Central America since 1981 is formalizing ties in a number of important fields that will be beneficial to both countries. Today, the Ambassador of Panama to Belize and the Foreign Minister penned a cooperation agreement that will open up new opportunities for the public and private sectors. News Five’s […]
As you’ve heard, Foreign Affairs Minister Elrington says Panama has been supporting the territorial integrity of Government of Belize since 1981. Next Saturday, Guatemala will be holding its referendum on taking its territorial claim of Belize to the International Court of Justice. At the signing of today, Elrington noted that Panama is among the Group […]
The highly anticipated decision on the Belize Bank Limited versus Government of Belize in the matter of the thirty-six million Belize dollar debt, plus interest, originally granted to Universal Health Services and guaranteed by Government remains outstanding. Before the Easter break, the Caribbean Court of Justice set the post-judgment interest rate at six percent rather […]
In international news, U.S. president Donald Trump has signed an order to send National Guard troops to stop illegal immigrants heading to the United States. This comes on the heels of negative statements he has made against Mexico about building a wall to keep out criminals and rapists and other undesirable persons in the interest […]
Belize’s youth athletes continue to impress on the international stage. Tonight we feature a group of young ballers from the City, known as Future Shock. Their opponents in the recent Campeche Youth Basketball championship felt the shock right away as the team swept to victory and maintain an enviable unbeaten record nationally and regionally. The […]
For the next eleven days in Gold Coast, Australia, the focus will be on sports as the members of the Commonwealth of Nations meet in friendly sporting combat. Belize is in the thick of it with twelve athletes participating in four disciplines. Head of Mission Giovanni Alamilla of the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association […]
There is breaking news tonight that thirty-six-year-old punta rock artist Daniel Cacho, known to all as “Lova Boy”, is behind bars. The artist is being held without bail in a Los Angeles detention center. He is charged with two counts rape of a minor and two counts of kidnapping. The self-proclaimed “Prince of Belize” was […]
There is an international search for a U.S. marine believed to have spent time in southern Belize or may still be here. Earlier today, the San Diego Police announced it is offering an eleven thousand U.S. dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of a thirty-four-year-old veteran from Arizona suspected of murdering his girlfriend […]
According to Guatemalan newspaper El Periodico, a potential monkey wrench has been thrown into the plans for the April fifteenth referendum on taking the Belize-Guatemala claim to the International Court of Justice. Two Guatemalan men have filed a constitutional claim challenging the ratification by Congress of the December 2008 Special Agreement and its amendment in […]
The twenty-first Commonwealth Games gets underway later tonight in the land “Down Under” – Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Commonwealths are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympics and held about halfway during each Olympiad. The Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association has selected thirty-six-year-old cyclist, Alicia Thompson as Belize’s flag bearer for the […]
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But that is not the only issue that subscribers are facing. The other whammy is the copyright issues. At news time tonight, representatives of twenty-eight cable companies from across the country are concluding a late-evening meeting to forge a way forward in joint negotiations with a team of regional content providers for HBO and other […]
The national football team played its first international game on Thursday night. Though just a friendly match, the team showed its mettle when it took on Grenada’s Spice Boyz. It all leads to the CONCACAF Nation’s League set to commence in September. Once the ball got rolling at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium, the Belize Jaguars […]
Since the beginning of the week, stakeholders in the insurance sector have been meeting at the Biltmore to participate in a series of workshops on a range of issues, including anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. Today, compliance officers received specialized training in detecting new trends such as trade-based money laundering and human […]
The members of the national a selection team were introduced to the media. The group is a mix of well known footballers such as Ian Gaynair, Woodrow West, Dalton Eiley and Deon McCaulay. But there are also some new blood recruited from football clubs from across the country. The team will test its mettle against […]
The Belize National Team has been actively preparing for the past four weeks in anticipation of the international friendly match on Thursday at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium, in Belmopan. That match begins at eight p.m. But even before the teams take to the field, News Five found out how prepared both teams are. We spoke […]
There is some progress to report concerning the implementation of the historic April 2015 Consent Order on communal land rights. The Maya Leaders Alliance and Toledo Alcaldes Association, representing the Maya villages of the Toledo District, and the Government of Belize have set some deadlines concerning the setting up of a dispute resolution framework between […]
