This afternoon, Education Minister Patrick Faber told reporters that he was scheduled to meet with the teachers later on. He insists that as Collet area representative and education chief, he has tried to stay out of the school’s business. But in this case, he is willing to stand up for the former city councilor on […]
As for Doctor Lorna McKay, who was unceremoniously thrown out of her post last August, her case is still before the Teaching Services Commission. A ruling found evidence to support a few of the charges raised by the Gwen Liz High School Board, but not enough to warrant dismissal. Here is how Faber explained it. […]
Belize’s ambassador to Guatemala, Alexis Rosado, today provided a primer of the countries’ relations and plans surrounding resolving the Guatemalan claim. He notes that there is not much Belize can do short of a legal settlement that will resolve our ongoing border issues both in the west at the Chiquibul, nor in the south at […]
Detractors of an I.C.J. resolution have insisted that Belizeans will now face undue pressure for a ‘yes’ vote from the Government for the simple reason that we will not look good in the international community for saying no to what many feel is the last, best chance for a resolution of the claim. Ambassador to […]
There’s a growing squatters settlement on a reserved land in Belmopan and authorities want them to vacate the area within fourteen days. The squatters, all believed to be immigrants, have since cleared several acres of land where they have built houses and commenced farming. The problem is that the squatting is illegal – but this […]
For a second time in a few weeks, Corozal North Area Representative Hugo Patt has been named Acting Prime Minister. The appointment comes in the absences of Prime Minister Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Faber who have both been out of the country on official business. Earlier today, we asked the DPM about the prime […]
The Ministry of Health is actively following up on a confirmed case of a visitor with Pertussis or what’s more commonly known as whooping cough. According to the Ministry, on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) informed them of a confirmed case of Pertussis of a visitor who visited Belize in the third week […]
Last week, we told you about the U.S Embassy’s community policing presentation with Belize City cops. The purpose is to share tips and ideas with local authorities on how to build a strong relationship with the people they serve. Well, today, they took that presentation to Belmopan. As you may have heard, community policing has […]
Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett is at it again. This afternoon the Eastern Division South Regional Commander was at the corner of West Canal and Rocky Road in south side Belize City where a new police booth was installed at the location following requests made by officers and a resident on harsh weather conditions officers endure […]
This morning, Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett addressed the inmates at the Wagner’s Youth Facility at the Belize Central Prison. In his statement, Gillett touched on a number of topics including conflict resolution, anger management, bullying, gang violence and a range of other topic areas. With the blessing from the U.S. Embassy in Belize, the Police […]
The Eastern Division South Commander also signed an agreement today with Whalther Campos of Dibary Group of Companies that will see the Officer of the Month starting April and for the rest of the year receive a five hundred-dollar gift certificate to shop at the business. Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett says the aim is to […]
The Inter-American Development Bank in collaboration with the Statistical Institute of Belize kicked off a four-day course on administrative data. For the past two years, both institutions have been working on pooling together administrative data from public sector agencies to see how it can help policy makers. The concept is for all Belizeans to have […]
The Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest has been ongoing for thirty years; this is the eleventh year since Belize has been competing. The competition encourages young people between the ages of eleven and thirteen to express their perspectives on peace through the creative art of drawing/painting. After competing in their respective countries, the winner […]
A few hundred high school students converged on the Civic Center this afternoon in somewhat of a dry run. The facility opened its doors this afternoon for a pair of pre-exhibition games, ahead of an official launch on April thirtieth. Minister of Sports Patrick Faber told us more. Patrick Faber, Minister of Sports “We […]
Guatemala has spoken and its citizens have done so decisively, those who came out on Sunday to participate in the referendum. Following a somewhat abbreviated education campaign which commenced in that country in mid-January, voters took to polling stations across twenty-two departments, including neighboring Peten. When the results began coming in sometime after ten p.m., […]
In the absence of Prime Minister Barrow and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, we sought a reaction to Sunday’s outcome from Opposition Leader John Briceño. The head of the People’s United Party, like the Government of Belize, congratulates Guatemala on the successful results of its referendum, despite a poor voter turnout. On the home front, Briceño […]
Guatemalan Vice President Jafeth Cabrera recently met with Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington in Lima, Peru while attending the Eighth Summit of the Americas. Cabrera reportedly told the Guatemalan media, following the gathering of heads of state and government of the Western Hemisphere, that he had been informed by Foreign Minister Elrington of a similar […]
Vice President of Guatemala Jafeth Cabrera voted in Sunday’s referendum in Guatemala City. According to Prensa Libre, he told reporters that he understands Belize will go to vote in its referendum in May of 2018, though he possibly meant 2019. Either way, he maintained that Belize has already committed to the path and now it […]
With Guatemalans giving the nod to take the territorial claim to the I.C.J., does the result put added pressure on the Belizean government and populace to have the same? On this side of the border, residents were tuned in to coverage of the referendum. Today, a News Five team took to the streets of the […]
We have heard from Belizeans as to what they are thinking now that the results in Guatemala are a reality. But how, really, did we get here? It started ten years ago when the countries signed a special agreement in Washington, but there have been quite a few bumps in the road since. News Five’s […]
A father of three was killed in Belize City on Sunday evening. Police say that they have one man in custody and are looking for another – but the motive of the killing has stumped his family. They say that Jason Belencio is a family man, but he was callously taken out with five shots […]
Corozal Police are looking for one person in connection with a murder that occurred in the village of Ranchito on the Philip Goldson Highway. Just after midnight on Saturday, as Pasadita Bar was closing for the day, thirty-eight-year-old Ivan Sosa was shot to the right shoulder by a masked man who approached the establishment with […]
The shocking double murder on Caye Lagos on Friday has shocked the Ladyville community and left two families grieving. Forty-eight-year-old Mark Seawell and forty-two-year-old Gabriel Escalante were shot to death on the island where they worked. But the murder of the two Ladyville residents has left more questions than answers. The account provided by police […]
Thirty-seven-year-old Marcia Downs was murdered in cold blood last week Wednesday night around eight. She was killed inside her yard when a man approached her house and called out her name, shortly after he fired a single shot that hit her in the forehead. Police said today that they are looking for one person in […]
Twenty-six-year-old Christian Charles is clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was knocked down and left for dead in a case of hit and run. Swanka, as he was affectionately known to family and friends, was walking home after a night of partying in Ladyville when sometime after three a.m. on […]
