There was suspicious criminal activity involving a group of heavily armed men along the Coastal Road last weekend. This occurred on the heels of a sting operation by the police the B.D.F. and the coastguard at the start of November on the Coastal Road in which a Toyota Prado loaded with fifteen bails of cocaine […]
Senator Valerie Woods is away in Ukraine attending a meeting of Parliamentarians for Global Action, but when her name began circulating earlier today, in respect of a scam involving the Sittee River Wildlife Reserve, she found it necessary to come forward and clear her name. Woods, who was employed at the Belize Tourism Board in […]
Since Tuesday of this week, ITVET Orange Walk teachers have been on a sit-out. They have been showing up to school, but have not been teaching so the three hundred plus students have been sitting under a shed for the past two days. The sixteen teachers at the school say that they are not being […]
When the teachers emerged from the meeting, they were hopeful. They say they made some progress and that Ramirez-Smith documented their concerns. So, what happens next? The teachers say that they need some commitment from the ministry by Friday or the sit-out continues. The teachers are prepared to go the distance because it has been […]
Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner announced today that the council has been able to collect significantly more income due to the council’s efficiency in revenue collection, hard stance against political ‘hand outs’ and the determination to meet all bills on time. The Belize City Council hosted the media this morning to present its first eight-month […]
The P.U.P. Belize City Council has also made plans to address the city’s manhole problem. Mayor Wagner says that the manholes will soon be covered while the council embarks on several infrastructure ventures over the course of the next few months. Wagner also stated that social infrastructure is a major factor in the council’s plan […]
A three-day information gathering session continued today in Belize City. Climate change stakeholders, led by the World Wildlife Fund, are participating in a regional project which aims to mainstream climate related principles into marine protected area management and coast development policies. According to W.W.F. Climate Risk Management Lead, Ryan Bartlett, the project focuses on countries […]
In the north side of Belize City, there are the B.T.L. and Memorial Parks, two social recreation areas enjoyed by city residents mainly of the surrounding areas. The Belize City Council unveiled plans today to construct a Southside equivalent, the Ring Road Community Park. The park will be built in the Lake Independence Area near […]
The results of an international match this Friday at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium in Belmopan will determine whether the Jaguars will advance to qualify for Gold Cup in 2019. The Puerto Rican team is already here and the Jaguars will have to beat them to move up. If that happens, the national team will also […]
The Embassy of Mexico is honouring Belizean master artist Pen Cayetano with an exhibit which opened tonight for viewing at the Mexican Institute of Culture in Belize City. The exhibit will feature more than thirty artworks of Cayetano who at age sixty-five has been painting for almost five decades. He is a self-taught painter and […]
There was no lack of creativity and innovation at the annual Saint John’s College Junior College expo. Every year, the students get the opportunity to test and expose products and services. This year, there was a wide range of items, from sweets to jewellery and a product that opens up opportunities to put sargassum to […]
A thirty-seven-year-old San Pedro resident was executed on the veranda of his home on the island town. Cyril Jones was shot in the face on Tuesday night around seven-thirty when a gunman opened fire on him. Even before the gunman fled the scene, he pointed his weapon on another resident, who tonight is in fear […]
A convoy of vehicles book-ended by wailing sirens made its way along the George Price Highway this morning, en route to a location out west where a sizeable amount of drugs would be set afire. Inside the police van were fifteen bales of cocaine that were seized during an operation at the beginning of the month. […]
When a suspicious single-engine aircraft touched down at an airstrip in Sarteneja over the weekend, residents who are wary of constant drug activity taking place in the north believed that it may have been a drug plane. An investigation has since revealed that it is registered to an American national who is now living in […]
The People’s United Party has weighed in on the land dispute involving the Belmopan City Council and the Public Service Union. In a release issued earlier today, the opposition party castigated Mayor Khalid Belisle for selling the Hilltop property which has been occupied by the P.S.U. for the past twenty years. The sale of land […]
On Monday, P.S.U. President Doreth Cayetano-Obermayer told the media during a press conference that they have always been under the impression, aside from supporting documents, that the land in question was the property of the union. First Vice President Dean Flowers also said that the executives of the labor organization negotiated with the Belmopan City […]
Owner of City Shuttle, Philip Jones, is accusing the Department of Transport of unfair practices and discrimination of a political nature. Jones wants to provide transportation services to and from Belize City and Belama Phase three, four and five. Currently, Haylock Bus Service is the only company providing the exact same service to Belama Phase […]
According to Musa, the decision of the Department of Transport will be appealed and based on the minister’s decision, it will be decided whether the matter will be taken before the courts. Kareem Musa, Attorney “If he doesn’t make a decision within a reasonable time, our next step is to take this matter back […]
Aside from being an attorney, Kareem Musa is also an elected politician who represents the Caribbean Shores constituency for the People’s United Party. Musa has drafted a piece of legislation which, if passed in parliament, will allow Belizeans living outside of the country to register and vote in the upcoming I.C.J. referendum. Due to the […]
The media also asked Kareem Musa whether or not he believes that Guatemala’s claim over Belize should be taken to the International Court of Justice for resolution. Musa’s political leader, John Briceño is pro-I.C.J. and so is his father and former prime minister, Said Musa. But for Kareem, the decision isn’t easy to make especially […]
Today, McNab Visuals, in partnership with Maya Island Air, held an open house in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The purpose of the event was two-fold: it allowed for McNab to unveil its fourth instalment of Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle and the soft launch of the newly constructed terminal for Maya Island Air. Stakeholders from the […]
Hand in Hand Ministries today delivered house number three hundred and sixty-one to a Belize City family. The house, valued at seventeen thousand dollars, was built for Lisa Buller and her three children. Buller and her family had been living in an unsafe house which was also in a state of disrepair. The house was […]
The University of Belize’s eleventh annual marketing expo unfolded today inside the Civic Center in Belize City. The multipurpose complex was bustling with marketing students who were challenged in creating a business concept that is eco-friendly and economically viable. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo has the story. Hipolito Novelo, Reporting The Belize City Civic Center […]
Librarian and author, eighty-one-year-old Lawrence Vernon today launched his latest piece of literary work. “A narrative of Political Parties in Belize” looks at the history of twenty-six political parties in Belize. According to Vernon, he also dedicated a few pages to third parties and summarized major political developments in Belize’s history. Today at a brief […]
Today, app developers from across the country gathered in Belize City for the first annual ‘Belizean Apps for Development Competition. The competition was organized by Directorate General for Foreign Trade and Belize Coalition of Service Providers and the Belize Association of I.C.T. Ten groups from six different schools from across the country presented their developed […]
