The fisheries industry is the fourth largest foreign exchange earner and over two thousand persons depend directly on fishing to earn a living. Today, CARICOM delegates of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group involved in the management of the industry converged at the Princess Hotel for a needs assessment workshop. The two-day workshop entitled ACP […]
Belizean Author, Zee Edgell, has spent many books including In Times Like These, Festival of San Joaquin and the most renowned, Beka Lamb. Over the past weekend, Edgell travelled to Cave Hill University in Barbados where she was conferred with an honorary doctorate. News Five contacted her via phone from her home in the U.S. […]
It’s a story with a positive twist. A five year old girl has been battling renal failure. Bad and unusual at her age, but the condition has worsened with a number of complications including hypertension and cholesterol. This is not putting her down…she goes to school, takes treatment four times a day and lives as […]
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy has been an issue on the regional agenda for quite some years now. And while the underlying goal of the C.S.M.E. is to provide all member countries of CARICOM onboard with one market and one common denomination, achieving this goal has run into a number of hurdles. Belize has […]
The week is almost over and music lovers in Belize and musicians in the United States have been waiting for the latest word about Jamal “Shyne” Barrow also known as Moses Michael Leviy. The rap artist and son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow has been expected to either be released to continue his career in […]
Turning to the bustling art scene…He says he started dabbling with brushes and paint since childhood, but he has never before mounted an art show – not until today. Art teacher, Kirkland Smith says his first display dubbed, “First Works”, consist of many pieces that were inspired by his students at Saint John’s College. Kirkland […]
And the September celebrations are just a memory now, but one man is making sure that we don’t forget the images that chronicle the always changing landscape of Belize. Noel Escalante has been photographing Belize for the past fifteen years. And for the past ten years he has been showcasing those images for the public. […]
Remember NEWCO and the arbitration award totaling about eight million dollars against the Government of Belize? In June of 2008 a group of investors called NEWCO got an arbitration award against the government for unlawfully cancelling its contract to develop the Philip Goldson International Airport and re-awarding the contract to a group which included Belizeans. […]
We reported last week of an unusual and special meeting of the Bar Association scheduled for next week. We say unusual because we all know that lawyers go before judges to have their cases tried. But we are not used to hearing about judges going before lawyers to have their cases tried. Well, in a […]
But this story is music to your ears. Mexican guitarist, Cecilio Perera is currently in Belize courtesy of the Mexican Embassy. The twenty-four year old guitarist is known in musical circles all over and has won many prestigious competitions in the region, US and Europe. His music has been heard in an equally impressive number […]
One week ago, he arrived to head the U.S. diplomatic mission to Belize. Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally made a brief statement to the media on arrival at the P.G.I.A. and was whisked off to Belmopan. On Thursday, he was officially accredited as the top US diplomat. Thummalapally has hit the ground running and we caught with […]
In regional news, ousted President Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras on Monday morning and sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa. His family and key advisors joined him at the Diplomatic Mission where electricity and water were disconnected. The de facto president, Roberto Mitcheletti, also extended curfew hours to prevent Zelaya’s supporters […]
And the office of the Prime Minister announced today that the PM will be away from office for the rest of the week and up until Monday. The PM will be undergoing a medical check-up in Miami. The DPM is holding over in the interim.
In other news, he has the distinction as the second Taiwanese president to walk Belizean soil. On that visit in September 2004, fifty-eight year old Chen Shui-Bian was bestowed with the Order of Belize and he was given the symbolic keys to the capital. Relations were at a highpoint and Belize like the rest of […]
Cabinet met in regular session today and at its conclusion, a release refers to four issues tabled. What caught our eyes was a decision to engage the large Belizean Diaspora living in the United States and U.K. It was decided that a focal point will be established to deal primarily with the Diaspora. The release […]
A new novel that has been published and advertised on the popular website Amazon.com is raising eyebrows and spreading filth about Belize. It is a so-called true to life experience of Dean Fortune Demarks. “The Tourist Who’s Too Dangerous for Belize” is the title and it claims to be an explosion of truth. In fact, […]
In January of this year, eight year old Moises Acertuna was in a horrific traffic accident in Corozal Town. His digestive track was severed and his chances to live looked slim. He could not eat and two months after the accident, he weighed only thirty pounds. His story touched the hearts of many and after […]
There’s an exhibition that opened today that focuses on cartoons as a means of communication. The best works of Charles Chavannes and those of Ras Head are on display. And while some were done about two decades ago, they still have an eerie relevance to the present. Jose Sanchez has a report. Jose Sanchez, Reporting […]
Enrique Hubbard held Mexico’s top diplomatic post in Belize eight years ago. The former ambassador finds himself at the center of investigations in North Texas where he was serving as the Mexican Consul. According to reports in the Texan media, Hubbard has been removed from that position due to financial irregularities at the Dallas Consulate. […]
He recently moved to Verona, Italy, but Belizean artist and cartoonist, Charles Chavannes, is back home and he is putting on display a collection of his most recent artwork. The seventy-five piece exhibit entitled Acquarelli Erranti includes water colour paintings inspired by the design of unique and ancient buildings of his adopted home. According to […]
An official memorial service was held Wednesday evening for the late VH Courtenay at St Mary’s Church in Belize City where he practiced his faith. Courtenay died last Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. He is a former attorney and a government minister who represented the Collet Division for three consecutive terms. Among his greatest […]
Denys Barrow took the oath today as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. Justice Barrow was sworn in by Governor General, Sir Colville Young, at Belize House in Belmopan. Denys Barrow, Sworn in as Appeals Court Judge “I Denys Barrow do swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance in Belize and will […]
In other news, the US States Chargé D’Affaires J.A. Diffily, handed over a donation to Belize today at the House of Culture. These funds will be used for cultural preservation and under the Ambassador’s Fund program, the House of Culture and the Institute of Archaeology, received grants totaling over two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. […]
One of the telltale signs that summer is coming to an end, is the awards ceremony at summer camps. Today, the Eder Alamilla Summer Camp 2009 concluded its session. Ian Okeefe, one of the camp’s organizers, says that this camp is intended to help children learn new skills, appreciate the arts and have something productive […]
The hottest topic in the country is the proposed amendment to the constitution to allow Belizeans with dual nationality to seek the highest national offices that would give them entry into the House of Representatives and the Senate. Consultations on the seventh amendment bill to the constitution have flared up emotions in Belize City and […]
