Right now at the Mexican Institute, ‘Mario Nandayapa,’ a world famous Mexican Quartet is set to kick off a free show. The family quartet plays Mexican and international selections on their decades old instrument. It’s a showcase of culture at its finest and the Mexican Embassy wants you to attend. The show is set to […]
CARICOM Week started on Sunday and runs through to Friday of this week. As part of its public education, the CSME Unit within the Ministry of Trade has embarked on a number of public education activities. Partnering with the Chamber of Commerce, a panel discussion was held with Belizeans who work within the region as […]
Teenage pregnancy is a growing issue for Belize and the wider Caribbean region, and more so as the teen moms are of a younger age every year. The call for action has sounded loudly again and this time, the spouses of Heads of Government from around the Caribbean answered. Special Envoy for Women and Children […]
Phase Two of the annual Trade Winds exercise is underway in Belize, as officers with various armed forces from across the region are taking part in a series of drills on land and at sea. This afternoon, off the coast of La Isla Bonita, a team of navy divers descended into the choppy waters beyond […]
On Monday, the new Guatemalan Ambassador to Belize, Manuel Estuardo Roldan, was sworn in to assume his diplomatic mission in Belize. He begins his appointment at a time when there is a strong public anti-Guatemalan sentiment because of recent incidents such as the Guatemalan gunboat that crashed into the reef and the detention of four […]
Ambassador Roldan says that his primary focus will be to build the relationship between Guatemala and Belize. And one of his priorities is to help alleviate the pressures on the border by establishing economic opportunities for Guatemalans. When he leaves office, he says that he hopes that he would be known for improving the relations […]
On Wednesday, Moody’s Investors Service reported that Belize’s debt is unsustainable. Tonight, we report that Belize is among fourteen Caribbean countries blacklisted by the European Union as the world’s worst tax havens. The others are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, and the British Overseas […]
The Mexican Embassy today hosted a half day trade mission for Mexican businesses to meet with local businesses. The aim is to build a relationship and forge business opportunities that will be mutually beneficial to each country. Majority of the businesses were from the tourism industry, and as the Mexican Ambassador explains, the tourist industry […]
If you see increased military activity in your neck of the woods, don’t be alarmed. It is a well organized military training taking place. Personnel from the US, Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean are taking part in Trade Winds 2015. The exercise is two-fold: to improve regional capacity to fight the drug war and to […]
Earlier this month, BMI Research, a leader in financial information services, made public the results of a research into Belize’s existing economic state of affairs. That forecast was dismal, as it is expected that the country’s debt dynamics will remain unstable, with an imminent threat that Belize will strive to access capital markets or even […]
Sunday’s momentous victory in front of hundreds of cheering fans at the F.F.B. Field ensures Belize a place in the third round of qualifying matches ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It is the first time in football history that the Jaguars have made it this far, overwhelming the Dominican Republic with a […]
It’s not a game that is followed by the masses but for those who know a thing or two about poker; it is understood that the World Series of Poker tournaments are a very big deal. One group of eleven persons representing Team Belize traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada last week to compete in one […]
In 2011, Bob BouNahra made history being the first Belizean to make it to the Final table of the World Series of Poker also known as the November nine. BouNahra walked away with seventh place. At the time, BouNahra expressed his hope that Belize would become more prominent in international level poker. Well today, the […]
A national dialogue on the importance of quality infrastructure to the agricultural sector was hosted in Belize today. Agriculture, as it stands, accounts for fourteen percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the country and contributes to a large number of the employed labor force as well as the country’s foreign exchange earnings. Over […]
With the assistance from the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality, agricultural stakeholders from both the public and private sector gathered to devise a priority list to put in place a more comprehensive and detailed plan for the local industry. According to Chief Executive Officer of CROS-Q, Deryck Omar, there are certain plans in […]
The tenth anniversary of the Petrocaribe initiative was commemorated today in Belize City with a brief ceremony held at the Memorial Park. The oil alliance which is made up of seventeen Caribbean states, plus Venezuela was launched in June 2005, it was decided through the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas that the initiative would go […]
Belizeans as well as visitors can now take advantage of a direct flight from Belize to Los Angeles, U.S.A. American Airlines will be servicing the new route with two weekend flights. On the inaugural flight, passengers were thrilled that they would get to their destination in less time and hassle. Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
The controversial FIFA executive Jack Warner has made Interpol’s most wanted list after being named in an indictment, along with thirteen other senior officials from the international sports organization, a week ago. The United States government accuses Warner and his former colleagues of involvement in the rife fraud in world soccer. In turn, Warner is […]
A report on fixed Internet broadband speeds and pricing across the Caribbean shows that Belize has consistently remained as head of the class as it relates to pricing but in respect of speed, it is the second slowest. Nineteen countries were surveyed for the 2015 findings by the ICT Pulse – International issues from a […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente is quoted in sections of the media saying that he voted for Joseph Sepp Blatter, the incumbent FIFA President. According to Vicente, who was in Zurich, Switzerland, at the sixty fifth congress, the vote was a vote for Belize because he believed Blatter was pro-development and that the country would benefit. […]
We are not sure how Belize voted at the re -election of Sepp Blatter in Zurich, Switzerland but we can say that Blatter garnered the vote of the small countries to remain president of FIFA securing a fifth consecutive term in office. His challenger, Prince Ali bin al Hussein from Jordan, withdrew just before a […]
As you know by now, for the first time the Opposition party is not taking part in the process toward finding a definitive solution to the territorial dispute with Guatemala. At Monday’s signing of an amendment to the Special Agreement in Guatemala City, the P.U.P. representative was conspicuously absent on an issue that is of […]
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, Reggae Royalty Tanya Stephens and Tarrus Riley from Jamaica invite you to the fourth annual Smart Reggae Fest on Saturday night. Today, the telecommunications company and its partners provided details of the upcoming concert and News Five stopped in to check out what the hype […]
The cancer Society will be holding its annual cancer walk on Saturday. The other activity to look out for this weekend is the Olympic Run. The Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association will be hosting the 2015 run this Sunday in Belize City. The event will start at six-thirty a.m. in front of James Brodie […]
News Five was the only media house in Guatemala City where an amendment was formalized to the 2008 Special Agreement this past Monday. It is all part of a process which could land the territorial dispute before the International Court of Justice. Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington signed on the dotted line for Belize […]
