Weekend Sports with James Adderley
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
Written on December 17, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
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Guatemala’s Jimmy Morales Wants Peace with Belize
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales arrived in the country on Thursday evening via the P.G.I.A., in a private jet and departed today. He was here on an official visit for the fifty-second SICA Summit which we will tell you about later in this newscast. But first, we go to the very short interview President Morales afforded […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
PM Barrow’s Bid for Interim Solution to Sarstoon Tensions Fails
Following President Jimmy Morales’ departure from the summit, we got a chance to speak with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who symbolically handed over the Tempore Presidency of SICA to President Morales. With regional matters concluded, Barrow and Morales held bi-lateral talks. One of the topics they discussed is the Belize/Guatemala dispute, specifically the rising tensions […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
PM Barrow Says Stop the Fearmongering
On Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington suggested that if Belizeans vote “NO” in the April tenth, 2019 referendum, it could lead to an invasion by Guatemala. It’s the second time he has made such an assertion. News Five asked PM Barrow about Elrington’s comments. He did not agree with the sentiments of his foreign […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
PM Barrow and President Morales Agree that I.C.J. is the Way to Go
As we said earlier, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and President Jimmy Morales held bilateral discussions ahead of the SICA summit today. Leaders of both countries spoke on the upcoming I.C.J. referendum scheduled for April tenth 2019. Guatemala held its referendum in April last year. The vote there was a “YES” and the turnout was twenty-six […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,Miscellaneous,People & Places | Comments
Belize Hands Over SICA Presidency Pro-Temp to Guatemala
Belize handed over the Presidency Pro-tempore of the Central American Integrated System, SICA, today to Guatemala, ending a six-month rotation of the presidency. The fifty-second meeting of the Heads of State of SICA took place at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. At least four presidents traveled to Belize for the event. For six months, […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
A Toddler is Crushed by a GSU Patrol Vehicle on Iguana Street
A two-year-old-boy was gravely injured and is hospitalized tonight at the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital. Tevin Cacho sustained severe injuries to the head after he was crushed by a truck on Iguana Street Extension. The accident happened almost at the blink of an eye. Tevin was running across the street to his mother who was […]
Greg Dillon Missing at Sea
A fisherman from the King’s Park area of Belize City remains missing and his family and friends fear that he is lost at sea. Thirty-two-year-old Greg Dillon left home on Saturday on a routine trip to his fishing camp. He went diving for lobsters on Sunday and by Monday left the camp at Turneffe en […]
$30,000 Reward for Information on Missing Woman, Anisha Young
The search continues for twenty-three-year-old Anisha Young. It’s been five days since she has gone missing and search parties have been combing the Philip Goldson and the George Price Highways, looking for Young. Reports also surfaced on Thursday that her body may have been dumped off the main road leading to Lemonal Village. All searches […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Nigel Hawke is SolGen No More
Nigel Hawke will be the country’s Solicitor General only until December, thirty-first, 2018. Hawke’s contract expires then and it will not be renewed. Word is that he will be going into private practice. Hawke will be succeeded by Elisa Montalvo, the deputy who is to be sworn in after Hawke’s exit. Hawke assumed the office […]
Public Health Advisories on Mercury in Fish and a Product Recall
Two public health advisories have been issued by the Ministry of Health in respect to the detection of mercury in fish and the recall of a Del Monte canned product. M.O.H., in collaboration with the Department of Environment and the Belize Electric Company Limited, has completed another assessment of mercury levels in fishes from the […]
BHPL is Certified in Hemo-Dialysis Treatment
A team of nurses and medical practitioners at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited has been certified in the field of hemo-dialysis treatment. The accreditation follows an offer that was extended by the Mexican Nephrology Association to assist with putting together a local program that would meet international standards. This included examinations geared at establishing protocols. Ingrid […]
A Big Day for Dialysis Treatment in Belize
Today marks the culmination of that process. For Gomez, it is a momentous occasion because the unit that they have put together at BHPL is being internationally recognized. Ingrid Gomez, Certified Dialysis Nurse “It’s a big day, it’s something big for the hospital itself because we have other units also but it’s the first […]
No Consensus at COP 24; SIDS Dissatisfied with Text
At this hour, global talks are still under way in Katowice, Poland, to develop a rulebook to enforce the 2015 Paris agreement to address climate change. After two weeks of negotiations, which countries have described to be slow and contentious, there is still not a final agreement because of persisting differences over key issues such […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Disasters,Environment,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
Double Counting of Emissions Reductions is 1 of SIDS concerns
Countries have not been able to come to a consensus on certain points. One of the areas that the small island developing states are concerned about is the issue of double counting emission reductions. Here Carlos Fuller explains exactly what that issue is and why they have been sticking to it: Carlos Fuller, Negotiator […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Disasters,Environment,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
Corozal Mayor Says Previous Mayor Spent More What the Council Earned
Corozal Town was one of the municipalities that the People’s United Party won in the municipal elections earlier this year. The current mayor is Rigoberto ‘Rigo’ Vellos who defeated the U.D.P.’s, Richard Quan. Well tonight, Mayor Vellos is accusing the former Mayor, Hilberto Campos of overspending. Vellos and his council have released a nine-page financial […]
Jenelli Fraser on Miss Universe Prelims
Jenelli Fraser, Miss Universe Belize, is undertaking final preparations for Sunday’s competition. She has already appeared in the swimsuit, introduction and evening gown segments representing the Jewel the best she can. On Sunday, she will be on stage for the final round in Bangkok, Thailand in front of a live audience and millions of viewers […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Miscellaneous,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
Football 4 Life – an International Friendly between Belize and Guatemala
A first-of-its-kind Football for Life peace match took place today at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. The under-eighteen national teams from Belize and Guatemala converged on the pitch for the international friendly organized by the In the Gap Institute in collaboration with Belize Telemedia Limited. While the mission is to promote sports […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | No comment
Take Advantage of the Xmas Sale at Quality Poultry Countrywide
Quality Poultry Products is feeling the spirit of the Christmas season and giving back to its customers. For the first time in over forty years of service, the company is doing a sale on chicken in December, making it affordable for residents to stack up on their favourites to celebrate in the season. Whether its […]
Guatemalan President in Belize for SICA Summit
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is in Belize. President Morales touched down at the P.G.I.A. at twenty minutes passed three o’clock this afternoon and is here for the 2018 SICA Summit which Belize is hosting. This is the second time, as far as we know, that Morales has been on Belizean soil since he was elected […]
Written on December 13, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
Foreign Minister Says Vote “NO” and Guatemala Might Invade
There have been ongoing lectures in different parts of the country and from what has been detected, there seems to be an anti-I.C.J. sentiment. Minister Wilfred Elrington is known to be very candid and has received a lot of heat for his comments relating to the Belize/Guatemala dispute. For instance, in September Elrington stated that […]
Written on December 13, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | Comments
Wilfred Elrington Responds to Dickie Bradley and Assad Shoman
Two point five million dollars have been budgeted by the government for the I.C.J. Referendum campaign. An education campaign, apart from but similar to the government-sponsored I.C.J. campaign, concluded on Tuesday night in Belize City. The I.C.J. Lecture Series, funded by the University of Belize and the Social Sector Senators, ended in a heated debate […]
Written on December 13, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | Comments
What Happened to the Sarstoon Protocol?
There is another protocol to report about tonight. It is the Sarstoon Protocol, which is still up in the air. In June 2016, the foreign ministers of both Belize and Guatemala met at the O.A.S. headquarters in Washington to with O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Almagro to begin to negotiate the terms of a cooperation mechanism […]
Written on December 13, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | 1 comment
SICA Heads in Belize for Summit
The leaders of all seven Central American countries are in Belize for the 2018 SICA Summit. For the past six months, Belize was at the helm of the Central American Integrated System, SICA, after it assumed the Presidency Pro Tempore from the Dominican Republic on June thirtieth. On Friday, Guatemala will take over the Pro […]
Written on December 13, 2018 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
A New Set of Rules for Joint Operations in the Chiquibul Forest
While Guatemalan president and foreign minister are at the Biltmore, in Belmopan, a protocol was signed to deal with encroachments in the Chiquibul and Vaca Forests by persons from Guatemala who enter the protected area illegally. They extract the rich natural resources posing a serious threat to the environment and putting at risk the sovereignty […]
