Over the weekend, we caught up with Minister Manuel Heredia Junior on South West’s Inaugural Flight to Belize. Now, prior to opening up a small market for local tour operators to ferry cruise passengers from Harvest Caye to mainland Placencia, there had been disquiet within the sector. That uneasiness came in part from FECTAB. The […]
Tourism numbers are expected to grow with the addition of a new route to Belize. Over the weekend, Southwest started flying from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood to the Philip Goldson airport. When it touched down at the P.G.I.A. on Sunday, a water salute greeted the new flight which brought on board an official delegation as well […]
Tourism officials, industry executives, the media, the Caribbean Diaspora, as well as travel agents and consumers are converging on New York City for Caribbean Week 2017. While there they will participate in an itinerary that showcases the best of Caribbean tourism. The event which is organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization brings together business and […]
The provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were brought together in 1867 to form what is now known as Canada. Since then, that North American country has expanded to include ten provinces and three territories. In celebrating one hundred and fifty years of confederation, Canada’s diplomatic missions across the world are hosting […]
The big day arrived for Senior Counsel Denys Barrow, who this morning became the seventh and final member of the Caribbean Court of Justice and will shortly be off to its seat in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to many years of practice, most recently as the Government’s chief legal eagle, Barrow served separate […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, along with Ministers Manuel Heredia Junior, and Minister Angel Campos concluded an official visit to the Republic of Cuba on Monday. The delegation met with Cuba’s Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa, as well as with several government Ministers and technical experts. They engaged in discussions on issues of collaboration for multi-destination […]
There is an important event that takes place this Thursday. It is the elevation of Senior Counsel Denys Barrow as a judge to the Caribbean Court of Justice. Barrow is the first Belizean to be appointed to Belize’s highest court of appeal, which is headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago; other members are Guyana, Barbados and […]
Caribbean Motors in Belize City today hosted a special donation ceremony by the Saint Paul Lutheran Church of Fort Worth, Texas and the Central American Lutheran Mission Society, in association with the Inspiration Center and Guatemalan organization Hope Haven. Ninety wheelchairs, special-built in the U.S., are being handed over this week to first-time users, giving […]
Two years ago, Guatemalan Armed Forces bullied their Belizean counterparts from the Coast Guard off Sarstoon Island, where the Coast Guard men had been seeking a platform on which to build a Joint Forward Operating Base with the Belize Defence Force. It was never confirmed who in Belize gave the order to back down, but […]
Does Belize really need a Sarstoon protocol? After all, Belize considers half the river and Sarstoon Island ours. That is, until Guatemala effectively took possession of the entire river over two years ago. Now, the protocol would give formal rules for the traversing of the southern boundary by Belizean and Guatemalan civilians. But Guatemala has […]
For the past three days, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been meeting with the country’s top pastors and priests. It has to do with the public education campaign on the Belize-Guatemala claim and the effort to reach as much of the population, before a referendum is held. Elrington told News Five exclusively this afternoon […]
In other Guatemala news, the slog continues toward a Sarstoon protocol covering the traversing of the southern boundary by Belizean and Guatemalan civilians. It has been over a year since Guatemala effectively took possession of the entire river and began enforcing that possession with Belizean soldiers, civilians and news media. Meanwhile, word has not reached […]
A delegation of government officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia Junior and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health Doctor Angel Campos, returned to Belize today after wrapping up an official visit to Cuba. While in Havana, extensive discussions were held in areas of trade and investment, multi-destination […]
A temporary closure has been ordered of the old border crossing at Subteniente Lopez entering Chetumal. The Mexican government asked Belize to cooperate in order to stop vendors who were sneaking over goods from the Commercial Free Zone. From the perspective of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to Minister Wilfred Elrington, it seemed a […]
Mayor Darrell Bradley returned to the country on Thursday following his participation at the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council’s Forum held at the U.N.’s headquarters in New York City. The purpose of the forum was to discuss the implementation of the sustainable development goals and how finance projects can achieve sustainable development. Bradley was […]
The Belize City and the City of Yeosu, South Korea have enjoyed a fifteen-year sister city relationship; and they further strengthened that cooperation today with a memorandum of understanding that seeks to see both countries benefit. For the first time, Mayor Ju Cheol Hyeon is visiting Latin America and his first visit is to Belize […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has adopted the mantra of “Let’s Get Growing.” They are trying to revive a flagging export economy that has long been concentrated on raw material like sugar, citrus and bananas, and to a lesser extent, marine products and even petroleum. Belize has been exploring various options for markets for its products, […]
Less than two weeks ago, acclaimed Belizean-American journalist Kendis Gibson, an Emmy Award winning reporter and anchor for ABC, visited Belize for the first time in over ten years. During his brief visit, Gibson documented his trip in a short video that was aired on World News Now on ABC. Gibson was interviewed by reporters […]
There is a report from Chicago that a Belizean was fatally stabbed over the weekend. The thirty-five-year-old Jermaine Jones, who also goes by the name “Rasta Jayblood,” lived in south side Chicago and was the son of Dianne Hall. According to the reports, he was stabbed near his house on Sunday night following an altercation […]
There’s some good news…On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on May seventeenth, the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Operators (CANTO) has announced that a Belizean won the annual competition for the fourth time since its inception eleven years ago. Eighteen-year-old Jo-Elisa Clarke of Calcutta, Corozal District won with a video demonstrating […]
The leadership of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro continues to be tested, the latest challenge being a new round of sanctions being imposed by the United States government. Those restrictions are aimed at eight members of Venezuela’s Supreme Court who are accused of usurping the authority of Venezuela’s democratically-elected legislature. That body of lawmakers is ruled […]
Maduro’s government has been faced with almost daily protests since his Supreme Court signed an order that deprived the Venezuelan congress of its powers in March of this year. The U.S., through its ambassador to the United Nations, has forced members of the UN Security Council to hold a closed-door meeting on Venezuela. According to […]
Just before news time today, a photographic exhibit was launched at the Museum of Belize. Approximately sixty photos from the Club of Photography of Panama will be on display, starting today and will remain open for two months inside the museum for viewing by the public. The exhibition is the result of a partnership between […]
When we left you on Tuesday evening, the breaking news was the discovery of a body, believed to be that of a Guatemalan national, inside the Chiquibul National Park. The body was located in the extreme reaches of the Ceibo Chico area, approximately eight kilometers east of the Adjacency Line. Earlier today, a joint operation […]
The Belize City Council has teamed up with the Belize Association of Planners and the Caribbean Network for Urban Land Management to host the 2017 Caribbean Urban Forum. Approximately one hundred and fifty persons will engage in discussions on how to better plan for growing cities and towns. News Five’s Duane Moody was at the Radisson […]
