The facilitators in the OAS sponsored negotiations between Belize and Guatemala have spoken…and what they’ve said, essentially, is that the process is a sound one, we’ve made some progress and if you give us a little more time and some honest cooperation, we believe this problem can be solved. That opinion was expressed in a […]
The Guatemalan delegation, while not in the business of predicting the future, believes that substantial progress has been made. Foreign Minister Gabriel Orellana, speaking to News Five’s Janelle Chanona last night, said that one important result of the negotiations was a relaxation of tensions on the border, and that hopefully misunderstandings of the past would […]
As for the relationship between the two governments, Belize’s facilitator, Sir Shridath Ramphal, believes that the conditions are now ripe for progress. Sir Shridath Ramphal, Facilitator, Belize “This has been an important occasion and an important opportunity for the facilitators to really try to bring the parties together on the issues, which in a sense […]
A forty year old Belize City man almost lost his left arm and part of his skull this afternoon when a four foot crocodile attacked him as he took an afternoon swim in the Belize River near Manatee Lookout at Mile 8 1/2 on the Northern Highway. Egbert Coleman says he literally had to beat […]
In crime news the Shell station at the airport cutoff was robbed Wednesday night. Two armed men wearing masks held up two attendants for an undisclosed amount of cash. A security guard tried to follow them but gave up after they fired a couple of shots. In another jacking that afternoon a gas truck making […]
A two-day seminar aimed at promoting the Inter-American treaties and procedures for protecting human rights got underway this morning at the Radisson. In opening the session Attorney General Godfrey Smith said that participants should come away with a better understanding of the operations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Godfrey Smith, Attorney General “I […]
There’s an old saying among economists about the difference between a recession and a depression. A recession, they say, is when your neighbour loses his job. A depression, on the other hand, is when you lose yours. With that adage in mind News Five’s Jose Sanchez looked into one project that hopes to keep women […]
It was a story just too juicy to resist: An angry crowd, defensive officials, and a politician who was missing in action. Jose Sanchez was on hand for the action. This morning around eight o’clock, the media was invited to witness the relocation of residents of the squalid North Creek area to better parts of […]
