The same group of NGOs also wrote to Allan Herrera, in his capacity as Principal Consultant for the Port of Belize Cruise Tourism Facility and Cargo Expansion proposed by Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited. That letter was copied to the Cabinet Secretary, Stuart Leslie, and to the Minister of Natural Resources, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, […]
A great portion of this week’s news focused on Vulcan Materials Company and the proposed mining project about a mile away from Gales Point Manatee Village. Last weekend, Vulcan held consultations with the villagers, but while Vulcan spokesperson, Jimmy Flemming said a lot of the people were interested in economic opportunities, outwardly, the vast majority […]
Prime Minister John Briceño is out of the country. He left today. A release from the Government of Belize says he is on duty leave. In his absence, Cordel Hyde, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources will acts as Prime Minister. PM Briceño is scheduled to return on September fifth.
Thirty-four-year-old Reese Fitzgibbon has been served with an eighty-two page disclosure for allegedly being a member of a gang. The Supal Street resident recently pleaded guilty to keeping a firearm and ammunition and is presently serving a three-year sentence. In the lower court on Thursday evening, Fitzgibbon was served with the disclosure, despite being charged […]
A trio of men, including twenty-three-year-old Shemaud Nunez, eighteen-year-old Azzane Kaylon Domingo and twenty-one-year-old Damion Saldano appeared before the magistrates court for the first time after they were arraigned individually for the murder of Benjamin Hyde Senior on Father’s Day. In Courtroom Three, Nunez and Dominguez requested bail since they were only charged with conspiracy […]
Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, stakeholders within the tourism sector, as well as private sector businesses and N.G.O.s, gathered for the seventh Digital Marketing Summit organized by the Belize Tourism Board. It started off as an event to build the capacity of tourism stakeholders and their online footprint, but has now expanded […]
A small shrimp farm in Ladyville has been awarded an International Aquaculture Stewardship Council Certification after meeting exacting industry standards. The certification comes on the heels of investments undertaken to revitalize the shrimp industry in Belize. As News Five found out, while the industry had collapsed due to disease years ago, Caribbean Shrimp Company had […]
The Government of Belize’s Resilient Rural Belize program is a forty million dollar, six-year project, geared towards enhancing small and medium enterprises in the agro-productive sector. The program began in 2018 when G.O.B. signed loan and grant agreements with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Green Climate Fund. One component of the […]
The Resilient Rural Belize program is scheduled for completion in 2024. We also heard from Victor Espat, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. He noted that the ministry’s team of engineers will design the roads free of cost to the program. Victor Espat, C.E.O., Ministry of infrastructure Development “M.I.D.H. has […]
The Rotary Club of Belize and the Gift of Life Program have been providing care to congenital heart disease patients in Belize for over a decade. Annually, the organizations host U.S. doctors in Belize to diagnose children suffering from the disease and to counsel their parents. The team of doctors is currently in country. On […]
This morning, the Port of Belize limited handed over a cheque to Port Loyola Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior, as well as a donation of school bags to Inspirational Promotions. The assistance was provided for back-to-school preparations in Port Loyola. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting A vision between a pair of […]
Last week, Sabreena Daly shared the behind the scenes of a seamstress’s high season when preparing for a new school year. This week, she went out to meet a teacher preparing her classroom also for the new school year. In just about a week before the reopening of primary schools, teachers are in high gear […]
An American national lost his life as a result of injuries he sustained in a road traffic accident on Wednesday evening. According to police, forty-eight-year-old Steven Savarda was driving a black Audi S.U.V. with California plates along the Hummingbird Highway when he lost control of the vehicle and collided into a concrete culvert near the […]
It’s been exactly two weeks since Private Roxanne Hill, of the Belize Defence Force, lost her life in a road traffic accident on the George Price Highway near Cotton Tree Village. Ten other soldiers were injured in that accident. Tonight, Brigadier General Azariel Loria joined the family in making an appeal for blood for one […]
Heavy rains were once again recorded overnight that affected various parts of the country, including the low-lying areas of Belize City. No sooner than the Briceño administration had gone to the National Assembly for an allocation of twelve million dollars to repair streets and drains that were damaged from last week’s flood, some neighborhoods in […]
It’s been around since 1981, collecting contributions from the working class and returning it to them as sickness or retirement benefits. Now the Social Security Board has transitioned from manual records-keeping to a modern, digital database that provides information and answers with the click of a button online. But as the organization adapts to the […]
Now that S.S.B has gone digital, everyone can create their own account and use it to access personal information, find out general details about an application or even apply for a benefit or a new card online. An S.S.B. representative walked us through the process today. Voice of: S.S.B. Representative “Our account creation process […]
One interesting revelation today was that while the number of COVID cases is fewer today and the symptoms are less severe than a few months ago, the Social Security Board says that payouts for COVID sickness claims remain high. S.S.B. Actuary, Hernando Montas says there are some disparities that need to be examined. Hernando […]
While employers in the minimum wage bracket have been clamoring for an increase, S.S.B’s Actuary, Hernando Montas explained that because everything in economics is linked, an increase in salaries will inevitably affect the cost of goods and services. Hernando Montas, Actuary, S.S.B. “Now workers are expecting more pay, claiming higher salaries to keep the […]
On Wednesday, the Government of Belize sought approval from the House of Representatives to spend one and a half million dollars on bakers across the country as a form of assistance in order to keep the cost of bread as low as possible. This subsidy was to have come into effect since June, but as […]
Constituents from Belize City, in Caribbean Shores and Freetown, queued up at the Belize City Center today to take advantage of the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Mobile Land Clinic. The roving clinic which has been held in several parts of the country was organized to expedite the services provided by the ministry. The assistance being […]
We also asked Minister Hyde about the revenues being generated from these mobile land clinics. Here is what he told us about that. Cordel Hyde, Minister of Natural Resources “In terms of revenue, it depends on where you go. Like, some areas there are less endowed than others. So for example, when we went […]
On Wednesday, the Government of Belize sought approval from the House of Representatives to spend two million dollars to develop land in the Mile 8 community. According to Minister of Natural Resources Cordel Hyde, two thousand parcels of residential lots in the Mile 8 community have been distributed to Belize City residents. He says that […]
Of the two thousand parcels of land distributed in the Mile 8 community, Caribbean Shores constituents received seventy-five lots. Area Representative Kareem Musa says those first-time land owners from his constituents are grateful for the opportunity. He is hopeful that he can facilitate more of his voters the next time around. Kareem Musa, Area […]
Police officers attached to the National Prosecution Branch are participating in a three-day training course geared towards sharpening their skills in effectively pursuing criminal cases in court. Today at the Radisson, they paid keen attention to presentations made by attorneys and other facilitators. The goal is that police prosecutors will be successful against seasoned criminal […]
