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The arrival of COPA Airlines’ maiden voyage to Belize at midday heralded the beginning of air traffic to and from Belize and Panama City. It has been a little over four months in the making and today Panama’s flagship carrier, Compania Panamena de Aviacion, COPA, landed at the PGIA to much fanfare. The non-stop airlift […]
The Maya Leaders Alliance received the prestigious Equator Prize 2015 Award earlier today at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. The organization is being acknowledged on the world stage for its outstanding achievement in improving sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities. The MLA is among twenty-one winners of the prize this […]
Costa Rican and Belizean officials are in negotiations over the fate of thousands of Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica for weeks where they were detained as they made their way to the United States through Central America and Mexico. Their journey took them first to Ecuador, then on to Colombia, Panama then Costa Rica. […]
According to the Prime Minister, there are more questions than answers and a whole lot of verification that would need to be done. One question which immediately arises, says the PM, is why the Cubans could not be flown directly to Mexico rather than flying to Belize City then travelling north. That is only one […]
This week, top achievers from the Caribbean have been in Belize to be recognized for their impressive performances at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) C.X.C. An award ceremony paying them tribute was held on Wednesday night at the Biltmore where the brightest regional students and officials converged. Sitting in the audience was Brandon Judnarine, […]
The private sector Belize Tourism Industry Association is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, and today members and stakeholders converged on the Ramada Princess for the organization’s thirtieth AGM. As the largest industry in the nation, tourism has grown by leaps and bounds, but while success can be measured by the numbers, there are also significant challenges. […]
Bail for such a fugitive as Nanes is one thing…one very strange thing. But then there’s the matter of Police scrutiny. How is it that Nanes was allowed to just skip merrily away, with the Police none the wiser until he didn’t show up for his court-ordered check-in? PM Barrow said the media needs to […]
Then there’s the fact that when Mexican-American Nanes Schnitzer was apprehended, he had more Belizean ID on him than the average Belizean. The Prime Minister pulled no bones in citing corruption at the highest level. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “When there are things that make clear that there is obviously a level of collusion, […]
Written on November 30, 2015 | Posted in
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Dance X Belize 2015 started on Monday of this week with master classes being held with local dance groups throughout the country. following a Forum and Barefoot Belize production on Wednesday night at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, today there was a lecture and mini performance for primary and high school children. Duane […]
Jimmy Morales has embarked on a traditional tour of Central America and Mexico undertaken by incoming presidents of the region. In the case of Morales, who takes office in January fourteenth 2016, his first leg took him to Honduras to privately meet with President Juan Orlando Gutierrez. Custom issues as well as matters of security, […]
After being dormant for eighteen years, Belize has activated the Refugee Eligibility Committee. The committee of nine persons serves as a refugee assessment group and according to the United Nations Refugee Agency; the number of refugees seeking protection in Belize is increasing. In the face of an escalating refugee crisis in the region, UNHCR officials […]
There is another homicide to report, but local police could not offer any details. A sensational double murder took place over the weekend in the neighbouring Chetumal. A businessman from the Belize Commercial Free Zone, Ernesto Alonso De Miguel, also known as “El Espanol,” was murdered on Saturday, at a popular restaurant across the border. […]
Written on November 16, 2015 | Posted in
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A high level delegation from Taiwan is expected in Belize later this week. Headed by Doctor Po Ya Chang, the delegation arrives this Thursday to sign an agreement with their local counterpart, which is the Office of the Ombudsman. Po Ya Chang is the President of the Control Yuan which is the supervisory agency of […]
An O.A.S. Electoral Observer Mission is wrapping up a visit to Belize. And this afternoon at the Biltmore Plaza, it issued a preliminary report in respect of Wednesday’s elections. According to the Chief of Mission, Jacinth Henry-Martin, an allegation was made to at least one of the observers that there was some irregularity in reference […]
The Intelligence Unit of the Economist, an English magazine published in London, produces a number of reports each year focusing on current issues affecting specific countries, regions and industries. The publication recently circulated an article in which the outcome of Belize’s general elections is being forecasted. According to the editorial, the United Democratic Party be […]
Members of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of the American States began arriving today in Belize ahead of the November fourth elections. There are thirteen members to the delegation, headed by Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin, Chief of Staff to O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Almagro. Henry-Martin and her team will meet with officials of the […]
The president-elect of Guatemala, Carlos Jimmy Morales, assumes office in January 2016. And since his landslide victory on Sunday, he has been making statements on a number of issues. Belizeans have been paying keen attention on what he has to say about the territorial dispute over Belizean territory. Morales says he will not give up […]
Carlos Morales, a comedian, won by a huge landslide in Sunday’s elections in Guatemala, beating Sandra Torres by a margin of two to one. He received sixty-seven point four percent of the votes, while Torres received thirty-two point six. Morales campaigned on a promise to fight corruption, which plagued President Otto Perez Molina last month. […]
A two-day regional meeting of the Caribbean Executive Council for the Public Service Association is being held today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The heads of some seventeen unions and associations affiliates from fifteen CARICOM states are present to discuss and plan activities for the umbrella organization for the next year. The purpose […]
The local affiliate of CPSA is the Public Service Union of Belize. Its newly installed President, Eldrid Neal, told News Five that the meeting exposes union executives to issues and best practices in the Caribbean which, in many instances, are similar across the region. For local public service officers, critical issues include the training of […]
Belize has picked up a pair of prestigious honors as an ideal tourist destination at the 2015 World Awards. The Jewel won both Mexico and Central America’s Leading Beach Destination 2015, as well as Mexico and Central America’s Leading Destination 2015 for Placencia and Ambergris Caye, respectively. Vice Chairman of B.T.B.’s Board of Directors, Einer […]
In an unprecedented move last week, the Bar Association has applied to the Caribbean Court of Justice to release its decisions on the nationalizations of B.E.L. and B.T.L. Both matters were hastily settled only weeks ago, and the settlement stays the decision by the CCJ. But the Bar Association has asked to be included as […]
An ex-eighteen street gang member from El Salvador was nabbed in Belize two Sundays ago by Orange Walk Police. Twenty-three year old Carlos Enrique Alvarado Lopez is wanted by Interpol for a string of offenses including extortion and belonging to a criminal gang and has been living in Belize since 2013. But Alvarado Lopez was […]
The referendum for Belizeans to decide on whether the issue of the unfounded Guatemalan claim should go before the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, for resolution continues at the forefront of public discourse. The matter has been thrust, yet again, into the spotlight, following Foreign Minister Elrington’s recent address before the UN General […]
Is the political quagmire that Belize presently finds itself in with Guatemala made worse by the foreign minister’s apparent lack of personality? It’s a question that was posed to his predecessor during a press conference held by the People’s United Party on Monday. According to former Foreign Minister Lisa Shoman, the existing state of affairs […]
Written on October 6, 2015 | Posted in
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