The Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas have been completed and Belize’s team of five athletes returned on Tuesday. Their results were less than stellar, with track runners Joshire Stanley and the lone female, Hillary Gladden, unable to qualify from their heats for the one hundred and two hundred meter races and tennis player Adrian […]
For the youngsters themselves, this was no time to hang their heads. Lino, Ysaguirre and Stanley are scheduled for further competitions this year – in fact, Stanley was due to leave again for a competition in Nicaragua later on Tuesday. They told us they are not discouraged and intend to compete even harder for themselves […]
The Belmopan Bandits won the Premier League of Belize and that qualified them as the team to represent the Jewel in the 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League. In its first round of the competition, the team will face off against Nicaragua in a home and away series, which starts with its first game on August […]
The Central American Commission for Maritime Transport in collaboration with the Belize Port Authority, the Port of Belize and the Port of Big Creek is hosting the thirty-ninth Central American Port Forum. Over eighty delegates from eight countries, who represent port managers and administrators, as well as representatives of Ministries of Transport, port authorities and other related entities, will also be discussing the cruise […]
One year ago, the Government of Belize began making payments to Dunkeld International, the B.T.L. Employees’ Trust and British Caribbean Bank Limited for the settlement of costs for the double acquisition of Belize Telemedia Limited in 2009 and 2011. The first payment, delayed after a dispute over the currency to be paid, rang up to […]
Belizeans United For Equal Rights at Home and the Diaspora – it is a group that is aiming to create a movement under one banner that will bring about the unification of Belizeans at home and abroad. In short term they go by the acronym BUFERHD. They say BUFERHD intends to end the divide that […]
Another matter that the movement hopes to see change is the matter of dual citizens in parliament. It is a controversial topic – but BUFERHD maintains that they will not rest until Diaspora Belizeans can offer themselves to represent in the democratic process and still maintain their dual status. Doctor Morgan spoke briefly on the […]
Former ambassador to CARICOM, Francisco Daniel Gutierrez has moved up to Washington D.C. where he presented credentials to President Donald Trump as ambassador before the State Department. Gutierrez replaces Patrick Andrews, who is now the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gutierrez applauded the role of the U.S. in the preservation of peace and […]
A Florida national is headed to jail for using hidden Belize accounts to conspire to commit tax and bank fraud. Forty-eight-year-old Casey Padula of Port Charlotte, Florida, pleaded guilty in March and was sentenced this week to fifty-seven months imprisonment; three years of supervised release; a fine of one hundred thousand U.S. dollars and payment […]
The UWI Arts Chorale, the premier choral ensemble of the University of the West Indies Saint Augustine Campus, and the UWI Arts Steel, the premier steel band ensemble, are on a concert tour called “Joyful Two” in Belize. It is a unique pairing of one of the world’s oldest types of ensembles, choir, with the […]
The Meso-American Reef Leadership Program is an initiative that promotes leadership towards the conservation of the reef which is shared by Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. Annually, the program brings together a cohort of conservationists and field professionals in the areas of tourism and the environment to look at projects currently in place to tackle […]
Going to the States anytime soon? It’s the season for Belizeans to travel to the United States of America on vacation and getaways. But you’ll want to be at the Philip Goldson International Airport in Ladyville at least two hours early. A notice from the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation reports that additional security […]
Beginning this past weekend, the commute to the popular shopping destination of Chetumal, Mexico ran into some issues. Blaming safety issues, Chetumal city authorities decided to have buses from Belize park near the old ADO bus terminal instead of at the new Lazaro Cardenas city market. The bus owners balked at the inconvenience and decided […]
Last week, Chetumal Police rescued a Belizean teenager who was briefly ensnared by suspected human traffickers in the Botes area. It highlighted the severe problem of human trafficking, for which Belize was roundly censured by the U.S. Government in its recent Trafficking in Persons report. Today, the Mexican press and consular officer commended the Belizeans […]
The Department of Youth Services announced today that Belize has been selected as host of the upcoming World Youth Conference. It’s a big event which brings together youths from around the world to focus on the United Nations program for action on youth. In announcing the event, the Department also launched an impressive song and […]
The CODICADER Under-fifteen Games are scheduled to take place in Honduras towards the end of August and Belize will be participating in the upcoming tournament. The announcement follows an official invitation from the president of the Central American sports organization earlier today. But while Belize is set to attend the competition, is it out of […]
A small contingent of athletes headed today for the Bahamas where the Commonwealth Games are taking place this week. One thousand athletes will be competing overall in nine sporting disciplines. News Five caught up with local athletes at the Philip Goldson International Airport where the hopefuls in track and field, cycling and tennis were all […]
The Under-twenty Central American Female Volleyball Championship will be hosted in Belize starting Wednesday. The tournament will see young athletes from across the region participate in a series of grueling competition to determine who will capture the coveted gold medal this year. It is the second time that Belize is accommodating the games and while […]
Allyanna Musa, the team’s setter, is particularly excited about participating in the tournament because it is being held in Belize City at the SCA gymnasium. Her eyes, like those of her teammates, are set on the sought-after medal. Allyanna Musa, Setter, Team Belize “I believe all of us are really excited, especially since it’s […]
For this past week UNICEF has been engaging eighteen adolescents from across nine municipalities to learn more about the issues affecting their peers around the country. The adolescents, who sit on the Child Advisory Board, are helping to share information that will guide the work that UNICEF and partner agencies to do target youth. Country […]
According to Taiwan News, a media outlet in Taiwan, citizens from a number of Caribbean countries, including Belize, are now able to enjoy visa-free travel to Taiwan. It is reported that Taiwan made the decision to ease restrictions to “demonstrate the closeness” between it and its “diplomatic allies” in the region. As a result of […]
As the coverage of this very tragic death continues, a former neighbor of the Doehms provides details on the life of the couple in Hawaii before they moved to San Pedro. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting In the face of a dead sexually abused thirteen-year-old Asian American girl, there has been […]
The body of thirty-seven-year-old Ervin Rene Huex awaits transfer to Guatemala, following a deadly shootout on Saturday with Belizean law enforcement. Huex was one of two thieves who robbed a pair of men at gunpoint before relieving them of a Toyota Hilux. The incident happened along the Chaa Creek Road and the fatal encounter took […]
Across the world July eleventh is observed as World Population Day. It is a day used to draw attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. Since the day was first marked on July eleventh 1990 in more than ninety countries, a number of UNFPA country offices and other organizations and institutions commemorate World Population […]
The thirty-eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded today in Saint George’s, Grenada. The conference discussed the Single Market and Economy as well as CARICOM Human resource Development 2030 Strategy, which proposes a work plan for a Single ICT space, regional transportation security and tourism. Belize […]
