At a recent special session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C., convened to report on the Peace Fund, as many as thirteen nations expressed support for a resolution to the territorial claim. The foreign ministers of Belize and Guatemala, Wilfred Elrington and Sandra Jovel Polanco, brought the council […]
According to Elrington, the United Nations Development Programme, U.N.D.P., is also on board, providing funding to assist in the referendum process which is to take place after the a re-registration exercise. Elrington says all hands are on deck, including the L.G.B.T.I. community, specifically Caleb Orozco who has provided an advocacy proposal. Elrington says the campaign […]
The resolution of the territorial dispute has been the number one foreign policy issue for successive governments of Belize. The people, however, are yet to decide at a referendum on whether or not the claim will go before the International Court of Justice for resolution. Foreign Minister Elrington told the media today that it doesn’t […]
Ready to pay more for basic cable? It could happen as issues of copyright compliance come to Belize. Home Box Office, the giant pay-per-view movie and special programming service, sent principals of its Latin American subsidiary to Belize to meet today with the Board of Directors for Belize’s Cable Television Operators Association. Their discussion is […]
A forty-seven-year-old man has been accused of violating his nearly thirteen-year-old daughter not once, not twice, but five separate times between February and August of 2016. The man is accused of incest and was remanded on his appearance before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer on Wednesday evening. No plea was taken and due to the nature […]
On Wednesday night, couples were dining out showing their love for each other for Valentine’s. But for one couple, it ended in a stabbing and hospitalization. A woman stabbed a man on Princess Margaret Drive sometime around nine but no official police report was made. ASP Alejandro Cowo shares what Police have gathered so far […]
February fifteenth is a big day for fishermen and lobster eaters in Belize. It is the day when the lobster season closes off and that means no traps are to be set and no one should be eating lobsters for the next four months. The Belize Fisheries Department announced the closure of the consumption and […]
In the growing capital city of Belmopan, the municipal campaign is in full gear. Earlier, this week we caught up with the P.U.P.’s mayoral candidate Tanya Santos who wants to unseat the sitting U.D.P. mayor. Khalid Belisle is winding up his first term as mayor and is seeking re-election on March seventh. Belisle is perhaps […]
It is the only town council they control nationally, and have in whole or in part since 2012. The People’s United Party hopes to retain Orange Walk Town painting it as a model of propriety and independence in a sea of United Democratic Party control. Mayor Kevin Bernard and his team of councilors have crossed […]
The People’s United Party held a massive national convention on Sunday in Belize City, drawing a record number of supporters from the far reaches of the country and all points between. While the gathering saw representation from all thirty-one constituencies, Cayo South Area Rep Julius Espat was noticeably absent from the main stage. The deputy […]
The budget for the 2018 fiscal year is expected to be presented before the House of Representatives in early March, weeks before the start of a new financial calendar. The introduction of the General Revenue and Appropriation Bill, as the budget is formally known, is followed by a heated debate where parliamentarians weigh in on […]
The government of Taiwan has made a significant contribution to assist in the fight against one of the worst problems facing the nation. A million dollars was handed over to the Minister of Home Affairs to be used to acquire both equipment and crime fighting enforcement technologies for the Police Department. These include items such […]
We’ll start this next story with a quiz: where is the resting place of labour leader and early nationalist Antonio Soberanis Gomez? If you didn’t Google it, you may have guessed Lord’s Ridge Cemetery or somewhere else. And you would be wrong. It’s in fact in the tiny village of Santana, thirty-five miles north of […]
In the Supreme Court today, there was a murder acquittal. Twenty-eight-year-old Norman Slusher was freed of the murder of Jason Canto. Canto, who was getting a trim at Dale’s Barber Shop on East Collet Canal, was the innocent target of two armed attackers in May of 2012, one of whom was never found. Businessman and […]
The Belize City Council dissolves at the end of the month, exactly one week after nominations from political parties take place in a bid to succeed the present administration. February twenty-eighth is also the last day for Mayor Darrell Bradley to remain in office, before municipal elections on March seventh. Those two weeks will be […]
In respect of controversial renewal of Miller’s four-year contract, Mayor Bradley says that despite not agreeing on whether city administrators and directors fall under the category of C.E.O.s or permanent secretaries, all nine municipalities have agreed to place these officers on contract. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “That is something that all nine municipalities […]
Most of the current councilors have been serving since Zenaida Moya’s administration at City Hall. So with the transition process underway, in what state will Mayor Bradley’s successor inherit 109 North Front Street come March seventh? Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “This council is, I don‘t want to say debt-free because no government is […]
In January, the government withdrew the motion for the re-appointment of Contractor General Godwin Arzu in the Senate after objections were raised by the Opposition. It is from the Office of the Prime Minister that motions emanate for the appointment of substantive legislative posts. No word has been given about the fate of the Contractor General.
The corn and beans crop planted late last year by villagers in the Toledo District, particularly San Benito Poite, was wiped out this past weekend by flooding. Villagers are staring disaster in the face after an unusually rainy few weeks in the area. The floods also caused the area to become inaccessible by road, reducing […]
The Ministry of Health has been monitoring measles in the region. While to date there are only two confirmed reported cases of the viral infection in Guatemala and Antigua, health authorities are concerned. They say they want to keep the public informed on this very contagious disease since it presents a real threat to Belize. […]
There was another case before the Supreme Court today. Hubert Martinez, Belize Defence Force civilian driver, avoided jail time after pleading guilty, but was assessed a total of ten thousand dollars in fines. Last week he pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter by negligence and negligent wounding in the death of three-year-old Jahston Terry. In […]
The third annual Math Olympiad was held today in Belize City to test the ability of participating students in formulating answers to rigorous mathematical questions. Taking off from the defunct national math Olympiad once organized by the Social Security Board, the Anglican Cathedral College is attempting to encourage enthusiasm and love for math. To make […]
The use of drones and lidar technology for mapping were not previously available for farming practices, but it is now here and replacing old methods of surveying in the sugar industry. With already an unusual amount of rainfall this year, the research arm of ASR/B.S.I. carried out the first aerial survey using the cutting-edge technology […]
Julio, an American crocodile, was relocated today from San Pedro to ACES Sanctuary in Ladyville. He’s a huge croc that was creating a lot of disturbance in a community in San Pedro and ACES says they have no choice but to put him in the sanctuary. News Five’s Andrea Polanco went out to meet Julio […]
The Rotary Clubs of Edmonton, Canada and Belize gifted the Saint John’s Anglican School with a playground. The outdoor recreational space is fitted with swings, slides and ladders for the children to play. The playground was salvaged from a community in Canada and installed in schools grounds. Today, it was officially inaugurated and News Five […]
