Outside the House this morning about seventy-five protesters from the Belize Territorial Volunteers, the Northern Territorial Volunteers and from Mayan villages down South protested what they say is failed leadership. There are different issues, but all surround what these Belizeans claim is government failing to assert sovereignty over Belizean territory and worse, ceding territory to […]
Barrow says any claim that his government has ceded any part of Belizean territory is nonsense. The PM says that if Belize’s military and government responds in the way in which they are being pushed, it will inevitably lead to bloodshed. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “We know these people have a claim; we know […]
The much anticipated Festival of Arts was launched this morning. It kicked off at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts for pre-schoolers of the Belize District. The show will travel to the other districts to expose the budding talent in performing and visual arts. The event also provides an opportunity to motivate the artistic […]
La Ruta Maya canoe race in its 19th year reached another milestone in entertainment despite a mighty downpour just before Friday’s start from below the Hawkesworth Bridge in San Ignacio. As usual, the male elites spring to the front with Koop Sheet Metal displaying a perfect start from among the 150 canoes; that featured 7 […]
There is a confirmed report tonight of a Guatemalan national being shot in an area south of the Chiquibul known as Cebada. Brigadier General David Jones told News Five earlier this evening that a B.D.F. patrol came into contact with civilians in the vicinity. There was a brief exchange of gunfire which resulted in the […]
Domestic violence has been the cause of several murders in 2015. Tonight, there is a report of a femicide in which the life of a forty-five year old woman of Salvapan was taken by her common-law husband. Candy Reymundo, an entrepreneur and mother of seven children, sold plantain chips in the area and had been […]
In an extended and exclusive interview this morning with Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, we touched on a long list of pressing issues in respect of the Sarstoon waters in southern Belize where the Guatemalan military has been illegally entering Belize’s territorial waters. Last Saturday, it was patently clear that the military blocked the Belize Territorial […]
This morning, we also asked about the diplomatic note that was to be dispatched to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guatemala, in light of the incursion in the Sarstoon by Guatemalan gunboats on Saturday. Elrington confirmed that the note has been sent but insisted that such diplomatic practices are not the solution to the […]
On November seventh, 2015 a fire broke inside one of the buildings at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel at mile twenty-one and a half on the George Price Highway. Three female minors, who were locked away in one of the rooms, lost their lives in the inferno. There was public outcry that negligence on the […]
There are reports of new Guatemalan settlements popping up in areas of southern Belize. Those are in addition to others in the Chiquibul where xateros and gold-panners operate within the reserve. On Saturday, at the start of the BTV expedition, activist and B.P.P. Vice President, Wil Maheia pointed to some new settlements where Guatemalans were […]
The issue of illegal settlements was raised with the Foreign Minister. His response was that Belize is likely to continue to rely on the O.A.S. to assist in the removal of the settlements. Elrington says burning down their structures is not the answer. Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “They’ve always been coming […]
Program Coordinator for the Maya Leaders Alliance, Pablo Mis, has also weighed in on the ongoing issue. Despite all efforts to notify relevant authorities of any incursions, it requires a collective endeavor to tackle the problem from within. On the Phone: Pablo Mis, Program Coordinator, MLA “We, for some time now have always reported […]
Does the government support the re-internalization of the territorial dispute? The P.U.P. has made that recommendation given the current situation in the south where the Guatemalan military appears to be gaining ground. The Foreign Minister says that G.O.B. is getting support through the regional body, the Organization of American States. Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, Minister […]
“Opportunities, Risks, and Victories: Women carving their own images on Belize’s canvas” – it’s the theme for a project ceremony held today at the Radisson that empowers women into achieving life goals and improving their economic conditions. Today, some two hundred and forty women from across the country received seed capital grants as a part […]
The symbolic handing over ceremony held today signals the success of stage one of the project, which is being carried out by the Government of Belize through the Women’s Department, the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation and the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE). In collaboration with the International Organization […]
A few weeks ago, the University of the West Indies (UWI) marshaled a task force consisting of its best medical practitioners and experts for the express purpose of fighting the Zika virus. With transmission reported in six Caribbean countries, the issue has become important enough that it was on the agenda of the recent CARICOM […]
The University of Belize, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports and the European Union today launched a two-year project at the Corozal Junior College to upgrade the quality and relevance of early childhood and secondary education in the north. The project, valued at over three million Belize dollars, seeks to […]
On Thursday, we reported on a group of fishermen that was busted with over one thousand undersized conchs. The men were onboard a vessel which was located south of Belize City when a fisheries patrol boat approached. A search of the Zamira yielded a large quantity of illegally harvested seafood and today those men were […]
This morning at the foot of the Hawksworth Bridge in San Ignacio, sixty teams of paddlers gathered on the Macal River to commence. The annual La Ruta Maya Challenge. It was quite a spectacle, as canoes of all colors and paddlers of all ages raced towards the low-lying bridge in a bid to capture the […]
Three men arrested and charged by Orange Walk Police on Wednesday afternoon were today arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on charges of drug trafficking. They were found with a high grade of weed from Mexico which been frequently turning up in Belize. On an intelligence-led operation, police had been on the lookout for a gold-colored Cadillac […]
In June 2008, then Mayor of Orange Walk Town Ravell Gonzalez knocked down and killed two persons near Rhaburn Ridge on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Manuel Coto was pushing a bike with two year old Markita Lopez on it, when a minivan being driven by Gonzalez struck them. He was charged for causing death by […]
There’s another bust to report tonight and it involves conch. The Fisheries Department seized a large quantity of illegally harvested seafood, following a search conducted on a vessel south of Belize City on Wednesday. Five fishermen have been arrested as a result of the bust. They were found in possession of over one thousand undersized […]
Two alleged smugglers from Belize were arrested in Chetumal after they were caught along the bank of the Rio Hondo with multiple packages of clothing, tightly compressed in black plastic bags. According to a news post from Chetumal, during a routine check by Mexican authorities along the border with the Commercial Free Zone, a minivan […]
Imagine you’re a retired pensioner in Belize, collecting your monthly check. It’s your only income. That’s what you use to buy groceries, to pay your rent or mortgage, to pay utility bills. Basically everything revolves around that money which comes in around the fifteenth of every month, like clockwork. And then in mid-February you go […]
So what’s behind this crisis for pensioners early in the New Year? Well, there are only two things in banking that have changed significantly and recently – one is the loss of correspondent banking relationships and the other is the transition of First Caribbean to Heritage Bank. We asked Duncan if either, both, or none […]
