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We can confirm that a Guatemalan national has been found dead in the Chiquibul National Park. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs late this evening confirmed the death of the national, but says that the identity and cause of death have not been ascertained; and the deceased is still at the location. According to the release, […]
Fuel from Venezuela, refined in Curacao, is Belize’s main source under the Petrocaribe program. But because of continued unrest in the South American state and ongoing issues related to world fuel oil prices, questions have been raised about whether Belize is ultimately being compromised by its close relation to this troubled state. Three weeks ago, […]
The public is being advised to be on the alert for twenty-two escapees from Honduras who are considered dangerous. The gang members escaped from one of the most crowded prisons on Thursday night, and up to today none has been recaptured. The men were being transferred to a higher-security facility when they escaped from armed […]
There was another border incident over the weekend in the north. Last week we reported that the Governments of Belize and Mexico had agreed to close the Chactemal area, which is the old Subteniente Lopez border crossing. The move was to deter contraband from the Free Zone spilling into Mexico. Well over the weekend the […]
Over the weekend, Belize hosted the nineteenth extraordinary meeting of the forum of presiding officers of national parliaments of Central America and the Caribbean (FOPREL). Belize assumed the presidency of FOPREL since February and will be at the helm until next year. The core purpose of FOPREL is to create legislative framework that applies across […]
In commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, local journalists and media personalities were invited for a fly over of Belize from the Belize District over to the Cayo District. Treated to unfettered access of the U.S. Army’s UH 60 Blackhawk, the press not only got the chance to take in the views of Belize’s geography, […]
Key stakeholder of the government, business sector, media and other agencies were in attendance of a training on the implementation review of the mechanism of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. After pressure from the Belize National Teachers Union and the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the government signed on to the convention in December. The […]
In October of this year, the EU regime changes allowing for European beet sugar to compete directly with sugar cane. For the past ten years the E.U. has been working with the local industry in the north to prepare and adjust to the upcoming change. In an interview with the media today, E.U. Political Counselor […]
The Government, a year ago this week, passed legislation to stop Wil Maheia’s Belize Territorial Volunteers and others from peacefully traversing Belize’s southern boundary, the Sarstoon River. Later the B.D.F., Coastguard and Police physically blocked the dock to prevent the expedition. But the Government’s promise that it could get a deal with Guatemala on managing […]
Ambassador of Belize Joel Nagel remains accredited to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The U.S. attorney was also accredited to Austria and several other European countries, but was dismissed by the Government of Austria for improper promotion of his private business. Nagel is a practitioner of law in […]
A family in the U.S. is suing a local organization over the drowning death of their son. Back in February 2016, fourteen year old Tomari Jackson of Georgia, U.S.A., was in Belize with more than thirty other students – all teens – for a “study abroad learning service” school trip at Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. […]
On Thursday marked seven years since the massive “Deepwater Horizon” oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In light of this day remembered largely by conservationists and those whose lives were affected, the Belize Coalition to save our Natural Heritage took the opportunity to remind the public that Belize’s Barrier Reef System is still largely […]
In an update to our story aired Tuesday night on persons wanted by INTERPOL, Belmopan police have informed that David Cruz, accused in connection with the Income Tax Belmopan robbery last July, has been captured and is back at the Central Prison. Cruz escaped in October along with another wanted man, Lincoln Bejerano, when an […]
The International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol, has fingered six Belizeans among two hundred fifty-seven Caribbean nationals wanted this Easter by the agency, according to website News Americas Now. Boris Vostry is a national of both Belize and the Czech Republic who is wanted by the Czech Republic to serve a sentence for fraud. […]
Indigenous women from Belize participated in a three day symposium in Trinidad earlier this month. Cristina Coc, Cynthia Ellis-Topsey, Annelita Garcia and Sandra Miranda, along with Selene Solis of the ISCR, attended the “Indigenous Geographies and Caribbean Feminisms: Common Struggles against Global Capitalism” symposium. They brought together Indigenous and other women in the Caribbean to […]
The Ahmadiyya Basketball League has been running for about three years in Belize City. This year, they were invited to play in the under-seventeen and under-nineteen categories in a basketball tournament in Campeche, Mexico. The league put together the teams with the best players from the city and around the country and travelled to Mexico […]
Guatemala and the resolution of the unfounded claim to Belizean territory, as well as ascendant issues, have been at the top of the agenda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While Guatemala has agreed to having a referendum on taking the claim to the International Court of Justice, Prime Minister Dean Barrow has indicated that […]
Dan Thompson, a cancer research advocate, has embarked on a run around the world for a good cause. Thompson visited Belize on Tuesday to run a leg of his journey – which he has done in almost half of the world’s countries – he hopes to complete the journey around the world by the 2020 […]
Is the Guatemalan Government stepping up its aggressive campaign against Belize, even before a referendum to take the unfounded territorial claim to the I.C.J. is held? Reports surfaced today that the Guatemalan government proposes to annex the Sarstoon Island as part of Guatemalan territory. The report states that the Government of Guatemala is preparing to […]
A group from across the Caribbean is in Belize to learn more about our Criminal Justice System. The team is here under a project called CARISECURE. The project aims to strengthen youth and violence policies and programmes through the use of quality, comparable and reliable citizen security information. The opening of the working tour kicked […]
Belizeans are lovers of corned beef; there are seven brands of corned beef on supermarket shelves. There was a scare over the weekend when Brazil’s Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply issued a warning that the Brazilian Federal Police had detected irregular practices in the certification […]
A B.D.F. soldier is making a name for himself in Guyana. Officer Cadet Francisco Choc was awarded best overall trainee in the Guyana Defence Force standards officers’ course. Choc also received the Sword of Honour and Best in Fitness and Military Knowledge. The Standard Military Officers Course is an intensive training programme of leadership and […]
The Government of Belize has signed into a major insurance agreement with Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, known as CCRIF. The signing took place today in Belize City and will benefit the work of the National Meteorological Service. CCRIF has been providing funding for post hurricane relief. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, […]
A team of athletes from the Belize National Coast Guard, the Belize Police Department and the Belize Defense Force is headed to the United States next week to participate in the 2017 Challenge Cup/Baker to Vegas. The law enforcement officers will join other runners from across the U.S. in a relay race that is set […]
We reported on Tuesday night, that the O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Miguel Almagro arrives in Belize on Thursday though the nature of his visit has not been confirmed. A number of high-level meetings are on the agenda for the overnight visit, including one with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. Almagro is heading here […]
