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Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington was among the speakers this morning to address the United Nations Seventieth General Assembly. Nineteen minutes long, his statement covered hot topic issues such as climate change, the Syrian crisis and other matters on the international scene. Elrington also offered the traditional support to Taiwan, calling for an end to the […]
The Belize delegation also included two other ministers—Godwin Hulse and Joy Grant—as well as UN Ambassadors, Lois Young and Janiene Sylvester and Elrington’s wife, among others. While they applauded the offensive statement, here in Belize, there is outrage. The P.U.P. says that it can no longer place trust on the U.D.P. administration to deal with […]
The Belize Hospital Symposium 2015 commenced today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The event is the first of its kind in the jewel and was organized by Sagicor and Diversified Life Solutions (Belize) Limited. The two-day conference seeks to bring medical professionals, insurance agents and other stakeholders to the discussion table to look […]
But does Belize have the adequate facilities in place to deal with health conditions that are on the rise? According to Vice President of Group Insurance for Sagicor Life Inc, Patricia Brathwaite-Marshall, the purpose of the symposium is not to demean Belize’s health system, but to ensure that insurers as well as stakeholders in the […]
The United States Treasury is tightening the noose on US citizens who hold accounts overseas and have not paid up taxes in the US. Essentially, a US Federal Judge today issued an order to allow the IRS to serve what it calls “John Doe Summons” to compel Citibank and Bank of America to provide information […]
The Guatemalan claim to fifty percent of Belizean territory has surfaced as an issue in the Guatemalan elections. On Thursday, an interview with Guatemalan presidential candidate, Jimmy Morales, spread like wildfire on social media drawing comments from many Belizeans. Now, Morales is the winner of the first round of elections held just this past Sunday […]
The Belize Jaguars took on the national Canadian football team on Tuesday night in Belmopan. Football aficionados came out in numbers for the match which would decide whether Belize would advance in the World Cup Qualifiers. With the odds against the Jaguars, there was still hope that the home game would place the team on […]
There has been a major upset in the Guatemalan elections. Jimmy Morales, a businessman and comedian, is the front- runner in Sunday’s elections. Latest poll results show that while Morales enjoys a clear lead in the election results, he failed to secure the required fifty percent of votes which means he will now head to […]
There is also an election taking place today in Trinidad and Tobago where the polls have closed but a winner is yet to be declared. About one point one million voters were eligible to vote between the ruling People’s Partnership (contesting as comprising the United National Congress, the Congress of the People and the National […]
There is a new president in Guatemala; he is Alejandro Maldonado, who will serve until January when a new president takes office. His installation came within hours of the resignation of Otto Perez Molina. The former President caved in at midnight after months of prolonged and escalating anti-corruption protests outside the Presidential Palace. Perez Molina […]
Former President, Otto Perez Molina, who is in lockdown tonight before another Court appearance on Friday, was in Belize in December 2014. That’s when Belize and Guatemala officially signed off on thirteen bi-lateral agreements, which until today have not been implemented. PM Barrow says that because of the relationship established between the countries during the […]
The first round of voting in Guatemalan elections is scheduled for September sixth. Since Perez Molina’s resignation at midnight, polls show that the front-runner Manuel Baldizon from the Renewed Democratic Liberty Party, is now trailing behind independent candidate, Jimmy Morales. Baldizon’s proposed Vice President is also under investigation in another scandal. But according to PM […]
And it is likely that a surprise victory by Sandra Torres, currently running third in consecutive polls, wouldn’t be a bad thing either. Torres is the ex-wife of former President Alvaro Cocom, but she has very close ties with Belize. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I got to know her when her husband was President, […]
Mexico is one of Belize’s important trading partners, especially as it relates to agriculture and fisheries products. The trade and investment arm of the government, BELTRAIDE, is planning to increase exports across the borders. Today, a workshop with the private sector stakeholders and Mexican counterparts was held to explore the possibility of becoming the gateway […]
As the Opposition seeks the report of the Guatemalan incursion at the Sarstoon, Guatemala remains in turmoil as calls for the resignation of President Otto Perez Molina escalate. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court gave the green light to proceed with the impeachment of Perez Molina, but that still has to go before the Congress. Today, […]
Since the scandal broke in April, there have been waves of protests across Guatemala. According to McDonald, President Perez Molina can be made to stand trial as a civilian for his alleged role in the scheme should the Congress find him culpable. Isani Cayetano “Earlier I asked you to describe for me the political […]
Late last week, the Belize Tourism Board issued the figures for tourist arrivals for the period of January to July of 2015. When compared to last year, the report says that there has been an increase of one point six percent in June and three percent in July for overnight arrivals to the Jewel; an […]
A Belizean is tonight in big trouble in Nicaragua after he was busted near its border with Costa Rica with a large quantity of marijuana. Reports from the Nicaraguan media say that one hundred plus parcels of weed weighing in at a hundred and twenty-three pounds were stashed within a white van with Belize license […]
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Still on the matter of the Sarstoon….The O.A.S. report on the incident has been handed in to the Government of Belize. Today, News Five was able to confirm that the Ministries of National Security and Foreign Affairs have received copies. Last Wednesday at a press conference, Prime Minister Dean Barrow claimed that he had just […]
Over in Guatemala, there is huge political crisis which could lead to the collapse of the government of President Otto Perez Molina. On Friday, the former vice president, Roxana Baldetti who resigned back in May, was arrested at a hospital for customs fraud in which three point seven million dollars in bribes were accepted as […]
For the past few weeks, we have been reporting about the Bank of America severing ties with banks in Belize. Since then, Heritage Bank has been put on notice that it will also be losing its correspondent banking relationship with Bank of America. The pulling out of BOA from the banks in Belize has been […]
The Forty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union is currently taking place in Grenada. One of the highlights of the week-long event is the Caribbean Broadcasting Awards which are presented to journalists from across the region whose work captured the attention of a panel of eminent judges from the Caribbean. At the event […]
Today, the ITVET Compound in Belize City was buzzing with officers, prosecutors and scenes of crime personnel. A team of officers intercepted a heavily tinted Toyota four runner, detaining two persons. The men were bringing firearms into the country. An inspection of the vehicle led to a massive discovery – sixteen firearms ranging from shotguns […]
The twelfth annual CARIFESTA, the premier festival of the arts and culture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is set to open this Friday in Port au Prince, Haiti. The regional government cultural event puts on display the very best of the performing arts including dance, music and theatre; visual arts, literary arts, film and media […]
Alleged drug dealer Hugo Casanova, who is from Corozal, has been in detention in a Chetumal since February 2013 for drug trafficking. But Casanova is in further troubles tonight because a few days ago, the Quintano Roo Attorney General linked him to the double murder of Arena del Rocío Palacios Valdés, a pregnant woman and […]
