An ongoing campaign to equip individuals and groups with the basic skills to advocate for victims of abuse and organize support groups, opened today at NDFB’s building in Belize City. Hosted by the Women’s Department, the training sessions are part of a countrywide campaign to educate community leaders and workers in the public service about […]
Much of the agreement signed in Miami deals with the deliberation of the adjacency line–diplospeak for border–between Belize and Guatemala. In October of 1999 News 5’s Janelle Chanona took a visit to one of the three primary border monuments, the one near Benque Viejo del Carmen, and discovered that life on the ground is not […]
On Wednesday night, the Belize and Guatemala delegations agreed to move ahead with the implementation of the confidence building measures signed in November of last year. To clarify the coordinates of the adjacency line between the two countries and the surrounding adjacency zone, the countries requested aid from the Pan American Institute of Geography and […]
Waving a taxi in some of the darkest parts of the city can be frustrating, not to mention hard on the eyes. Not for long say taximen, who are planning to light your way. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting It seems that the only way to identify a taxi is by its green plates […]
The Red Cross has received another donation to assist in its restoration efforts after Hurricane Keith. Even though the storm has long left the shores of Belize, the damage lives on and Guardian Life has joined the ranks of local businesses by contributing five thousand dollars to the Hurricane Keith Rehabilitation Programme. The Red Cross […]
With four thousand BTL customers on San Pedro, it’s hard to believe that only twenty-one showed up at the Lion’s Den last evening to hear of the four point five million dollar underground telecommunication network planned for the town. Reporter Ann-Marie Williams and Cameraman Brent Toombs flew to San Pedro for the event. (Angry residents […]
Reacting to widespread complaints concerning the operation of the Social Security Board, government has appointed a commission to propose reforms for the twenty-year old institution. The eleven-member panel, to be chaired by Anglican Father Leroy Flowers, will look at ways to increase the transparency and accountability of the Social Security system. His fellow commissioners will […]
During Christmas week the media was flooded with stories of ham and turkey dinners for the less fortunate residents of Belize City. While many down and out citizens may have taken advantage of a number of such meals, by the time New Years rolled around their bellies were typically empty and the repeated northers made […]
It’s an annual event that typically runs long on pomp and circumstance but short on substance. But this year’s ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court ran against the grain as the chief justice went out of his way to assure the public that on his watch the wall between politics and the judiciary is built […]
While few cases of domestic violence ever reach the level of the Supreme Court, it doesn’t mean that the issue is not a critical one for Belize. For the next four days delegates from all over Central America are meeting here to find answers to the persistent problem. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Some say that men […]
Maya leaders of Southern Belize today made it unambiguously clear that the Guatemalan government could expect no help from them in their campaign to snatch a piece of Belize. Speaking at an afternoon press conference along with Prime Minister Said Musa, spokesman Greg Ch’oc, on behalf of the six major Toledo Maya organisations, called on […]
For his part, Prime Minister Said Musa dismissed Guatemalan propaganda, agreeing with Ch’oc that it would be ludicrous for Belize’s Maya to seek protection from a state with such a history of oppression. He then went on to say that despite the recent deterioration of relations, he still has reason to be optimistic going into […]
If you live in Belize City and are wondering why you had no water today, don’t blame WASA. Shortly after ten this morning a pile driver working on private property near Cinderella Plaza managed to drive through one of WASA’s four inch supply pipes. He then made matters worse a few minutes later by cranking […]
Belizean participants will join twenty-five of their Central American counterparts for a three-day conference on “Domestic Violence and Gender”. The regional meeting, which is being hosted by The Belize Organisation for Women and Development, BOWAND, and The Central American Federation of Community Organisations, opens on Sunday at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. BOWAND’s Public Awareness Officer […]
In news from Cabinet over three hundred retired civil servants whose pensions are at the minimum of two hundred dollars per month will soon see a rise to three hundred. The increases are designed to keep pace with the recent hike in benefits paid to workers covered by Social Security. New legislation is required to […]
“Temptation Island” is the name of a new series that debuts tonight on the Fox Network in the United States. It’s the latest in a line of so called “reality” shows that began with MTV’s “Road Rules” and “Real World” and reached a frenzy with the CBS hit “Survivor.” But judging from the controversy appearing […]
A wide cross section of Belizeans stand to benefit from training and employment through three projects being funded by the Organisation of American States. The first project, which is costing the OAS twenty thousand U.S. dollars, is designed to introduce Human Rights Education into the primary schools. It will be implemented by the Human Rights […]
The Belize Audubon Society is not the only non-profit organisation to receive a boost this week. The National AIDS Commission has received eleven thousand, two hundred pounds, almost thirty-four thousand dollars from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government. The money will be used to purchase office equipment and furniture to assist with […]
They say that ignorance of the law is no excuse for violating it. And with the latest action by the Attorney General’s Ministry, there is even less excuse than ever. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Prior to today if you wanted to delve into the laws of Belize you would have to find the […]
If you receive your pay weekly, then today you would have noticed that your check is somewhat lighter. The recently announced increases in Social Security contributions will find most workers each paying almost six dollars more per week. Employers face similar increases in their per employee contributions. The tax hikes have been met with a […]
The situation on the Belize Guatemala border is heating up and to help cool things off a ministerial level meeting between the two countries has been scheduled for mid-month in Miami. The immediate problem stems from Belize’s decision to evict illegal Guatemalan farmers from two settlements they have established more than a kilometre within Belizean […]
Those clouds of dust that seem to hover 24/7 over the old customs wharf are now a thing of the past. Ann Marie this afternoon found out why. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Belize Port Authority now boasts a new coastal marine facility designed to give those who ship goods to the cayes and along the […]
The flames on Belize’s stoves were burning brightly today as government granted importers of liquid petroleum gas their requested price increase. A hundred pound cylinder of butane delivered in Belize City now sells for sixty-eight dollars. Today’s price hike, like one previously approved in December, was based on the rise in the price charged by […]
The Republic of Korea has donated seventeen computers to the Government of Belize. The government is now passing them on to the nine municipal councils as part of its strategy to make the urban areas better managers of their affairs. Wendel Parham, PS. Local Government “The old record keeping systems, manual record systems need to […]
Twenty-seven years ago, when the Northern Highway was little more than a two lane potholed track, George Betson leased a piece of land at mile two from government. Today, with prime Belize City commercial lots selling at a premium, he finds that because he failed to develop the land, his lease has been cancelled. This […]
