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Prime Minister Dean Barrow is in Guatemala City where he attended the inauguration of President Jimmy Morales on Thursday and returns to the country on Sunday. In his thirty-four minute lofty speech, Morales referred briefly, for about fifteen seconds, on relations with Belize. He said, “We want to advance in the resolution of the territorial, maritime […]
At a ceremony this afternoon which was delayed by two hours, Jimmy Morales became the new president of Guatemala. Before president Morales took the oath, the outgoing president Alejandro Maldonado delivered his parting shots saying he agreed to step into the presidency because it was his duty to so do. Maldonado took office when the […]
In our coverage in Guatemala, we interviewed Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales on Wednesday. We asked him about the Cuban migration crisis which has caused a rift in the Central American region. A request by Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis to allow the passage of eight thousand Cuban refugees through Belize and Guatemala was […]
According to Foreign Minister Morales, specific guarantees should first be put in place before allowing the transit of Cuban migrants through Central America, en route to the United States. Carlos Raul Morales, Foreign Minister, Guatemala “We request two issues. We request two guarantees. The first one is that Mexico will accept these Cubans because […]
In less than twenty-four hours, Jimmy Morales will assume office as the new president of Guatemala. It’s an important event for Belize because of that country’s unfounded territorial claim to the country. Tonight, we begin our coverage of that event with a one-on-one interview by Marleni Cuellar with the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Carlos Raul […]
The government announced today the appointment of Daniel Gutierrez of Belize Natural Energy as Ambassador to CARICOM. Gutierrez presented his letter of credence to Secretary General Irwin LaRocque in Georgetown, Guyana where a committee of CARICOM Ambassadors are discussing the Community’s Reform Process. The appointment coincides with the assumption of the six-month chairmanship of CARICOM […]
This Thursday, a new president will be sworn into office in Guatemala and News Five will be there to bring you coverage of the event in both our newscasts as well as on Open Your Eyes beginning on Wednesday’s newscast. The ex-comedian Jimmy Morales will take the oath in the presence of world leaders, including […]
There is major news and cause for celebration today in Mexico where the world’s most wanted man is back in the hands of the police. At a predawn operation around four o’clock this morning, the notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo’’ Guzman was recaptured in the town of Los Mochies, in Sinaloa, his home state […]
The rice war between importer Jack Charles and various stakeholders, including producers in three Mennonite communities within the local industry, has been covered extensively since the issue resurfaced in early December and it continues so tonight. At the center of the standoff is whether or not rice from Guyana can be imported into the local […]
Among other issues pertaining to importation are specific conditions that safeguard markets within Lesser Developed Countries from being penetrated by goods being exported from More Developed Countries. Such is the case in Belize where it is being argued that the local rice industry should be protected by government from infiltration by Guyanese rice. Irwin […]
While a resolution in the Caribbean Court of Justice has not been determined, LaRocque says that the present issue is not a trade dispute. Instead, it primarily revolves around the SPS Agreement which deals with sanitary and phytosanitary measures dealing with animal and plant health. Reporter “Sir what is your vision in terms of […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow, as of the first of January, assumed pro tem chairmanship of the Caribbean Community. For the next six months he will preside over a series of CARICOM meetings, including the annual gathering of regional heads of state scheduled for mid-February in Placencia. This is why the Secretary General of CARICOM, Irwin […]
Still on issues impacting the CARICOM states…the explosion of Sargassum, otherwise known as gulfweed, across the Caribbean, is a phenomenon that is believed to be a direct result of climate change. It turns out however, that the spread of the brown macro algae isn’t limited to the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea. In fact, […]
A Belizean businessman was arrested today in Honduras; August Henry Tabony was detained while he was at the Juan Manuel Gálvez Roatan International Airport. According to reports from La Prensa Honduras, he had not declared more than sixteen thousand four hundred and ninety U.S. dollars in cash he was carrying on him. The sixty-five year […]
At about eight o’clock this morning, Jamaican cruise ship MSC Divina called to port in Belize City. The inaugural voyage to the Jewel departed from its home port in Falmouth, Jamaica three days ago, calling on Georgetown, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico before landing in Belize City. Director of Destination Planning and Cruise, Valdemar Andrade […]
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There is tentatively good news for Cuban migrants stuck in Costa Rica following a SICA meeting held in Guatemala on Monday. According to reports, an agreement has been reached for an undisclosed number of Cubans to be flown out of Costa Rica to El Salvador, and bussed from there to Mexico, and then on to […]
As many as six thousand Cubans are stuck in Costa Rica since November, unable to make their way to the United States. Once they set foot on American soil they would be granted residency under the wet foot dry foot policy of the United States. But to date Belize, Nicaragua and Guatemala have denied them […]
According to Elrington, there has been some indication that Mexico would be prepared to facilitate the passage of the Cubans, but nothing in writing. Belize is not prepared to budge without that written undertaking. In the meantime, Elrington says that Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis will just have to understand that this is the […]
There is now some action by Mexico. This Tuesday, technical teams will be meeting in Mexico City, to discuss a way forward for the Cuban crisis. The meeting was set for El Salvador but was moved to Mexico, which is seen as a key player in a solution to the crisis. One proposal from the […]
Belizeans in the thousands flock across the northern border to shop, but trade is about to go up even higher. On Tuesday, the mayors from Belize City and the City of Chetumal, Quintana Roo ratified a sister city agreement between both municipalities. The agreement is expected to bolster areas of trade and commerce, as well […]
With established relations between the municipalities of Belize City, San Pedro and Chetumal, Bradley says that the idea is for Belize to tap into the tourist population across the northern border, while also being able to market Belizean products in Mexico. When the Mexican Mayor visits in the early part of next year, Bradley says […]
The fate of approximately four thousand Cuban migrants marooned in Costa Rica continues to hang in the balance as countries along their intended route to the United States decide on whether to allow them transit north to the U.S./Mexico border. Nicaragua and Guatemala have refused them passage through their countries and on Tuesday, the Government […]
On Tuesday Cabinet made the decision to hold off on approving the transit of Cubans stuck in Costa Rica through Belize. An official release claimed that G.O.B. is willing to join a regional discussion to find a resolution to the matter, but pending that is not inclined to make a unilateral decision to allow the […]
While the Guatemalans seem to have had a change of heart in respect of the erection of an F.O.B. on the Belizean side of the Sarstoon River, its government, via a recent diplomatic note, has made a rather absurd request. It is essentially asking that Guatemalan fishermen who continually exploit marine resources in the area […]
There is no significant news on the fate of more than four thousand Cubans stuck in Costa Rica because they cannot access a transit point to the US. Late last week Prime Minister Barrow revealed that he had been contacted via phone by the Costa Rican President with a request to facilitate the transit of […]
