Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington arrived back in country today after working visits in both Washington and Mexico. Just before he left last Thursday, in an exclusive interview with News Five, we asked him about the explosive revelation that Guatemala was opposing the construction of a Coast Guard Forward Operating Base on the mainland at […]
But with the construction of the F.O.B. on hold, the Vision Inspired by the People is joining the National Trade Union Congress of Belize in demanding that the coast guard proceed with the construction of the base near the mouth of the Sarstoon River. The call by both organizations is contrary to Guatemala’s position that […]
The bold move by the N.T.U.C.B., according to Rogers, is an about-face from the trade union’s flip-flop on the Petrocaribe issue. Patrick Rogers, Vision Inspired by the People “I must give big kudos before I turn over the mic to Brother Hubert, to the N.T.U.C.B. They put out that powerful statement establishing that, N.T.U.C.B. […]
Those comments by the Vision Inspired by the People have also been expressed, to a large extent and just as vocally, by the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the People’s National Party, which today called for the immediate resignation of Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington. Those parties take huge offence, to put it mildly, […]
And then there has been speculation that there exists a secret document which envisions, in some form or fashion, both countries going to the ICJ without going to a referendum. Foreign Minister Elrington shot that down in a hurry, and went further to say that there will be no negotiation with Guatemala because G.O.B. is […]
Just about an hour before taking to the streets on the final day of a series of protests which began on Monday, BEWU President Marvin Mora received a telephone call from Minister of Labor Godwin Hulse. The conversation was essentially a request for the Belize Energy Workers Union to make a presentation to Hulse in […]
In an interview with B.E.L.’s Public Relations Manager on Tuesday, Vonetta Burrell informed that the company ensured that its employees were being paid, despite losing money consistently since 2011. According to Burrell, the staff has been receiving twenty percent average increase, along with annual bonuses of about six percent for the past four years. We […]
The break in negotiation has left a bitter taste in the mouth of the union. Mora says if B.E.L. has no intention of adjusting the wages of its employees, it should come forward and say so openly. Likewise, if the minister’s attempt at resolving the labor dispute fails then it is up to the membership […]
In political news, at least twelve standard bearers and some executive members of the People’s United Party boycotted on Tuesday a meeting at Independence Hall. We are told the absence included six standard bearers from the north, three from the Belize district and the others from the Cayo district. News Five has today been reliably […]
The charred remains of a man were found about four hundred feet from the Bermudian Landing Bridge since last Saturday. But are the remains that of Kelvin Usher, a Ladyville resident who went missing last Thursday? While the family of Usher believes it is, they have not been able to have closure because police have […]
It’s been almost two weeks since Hope Creek resident, Leopold Myvette, was shot and killed in the south by police officers attached to the Dangriga Police Formation. Police say that construction worker pointed a gun at them and they responded with gunfire. Myvette was shot to the shoulder, abdomen and thigh and collapsed behind a […]
Back on Sunday, March first, 2015, gunmen ambushed two men on Periwinkle Street in the Saint Martin de Porres area of Belize City. A day after the shooting, one man was charged and police today took a second suspect to court for the murder of Michael Welch. Late this evening, twenty-one year old Belize City resident, […]
The longstanding territorial dispute, in the context of a resolution by the International Court of Justice, has remained a contentious matter in the public domain as well as for the Vision Inspired by the People. The third party has long since maintained that Belizeans aren’t fully aware of what would be ceded to Guatemala, by […]
Interestingly, Rogers uses a 2002 judgment in favor of Cameroon as a case study for the crux of his argument. A territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, involving the Bakassi Peninsula, was adjudicated at the ICJ, ruling that sovereignty over the neck of land did indeed rest with Cameroon based on past agreements between England […]
During a working visit which culminated in Mexico, Foreign Minister Elrington also signed eight bilateral agreements with that country on issues including energy management, social security, intellectual property protection and promotion of patents, climate change research and consumer protection. Elrington says it is important that Belize work with both Guatemala and Mexico, especially where security […]
A third cohort of provisional tour guides are now fully trained to operate in the Fort George Tourism Zone. At a brief ceremony, the Belize Tourism Board presented them with certificates which qualify them to acquire the Belize City Community Site Guide license. The group of sixty-four guides completed training on the General Principles for […]
A mixing board can be overwhelming for its number of knobs, inputs or outputs. And if you are in the industry you would know that there has been a shortage of audio technicians to work in live productions. But tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, thirteen audio technicians will be receiving their […]
Prakash Project…it’s a music event, but not the regular concert – that’s being held on the grounds of the Om Shanti Yoga Center on Princess Margaret Drive Belize City. The lineup features two artists, Leonardo Nieto Joly and Federico Diaz, who have travelled all over the world. News Five spoke with the principals of the […]
A Belize City mother is asking for the public’s assistance to help get her son to Loma Luz Hospital in Cayo. Hilda McKoy says that her twenty seven year old son, Richard Smith, has cancer and she desperately wants to try and save his life. She says his condition is worsening and he needs your […]
But Angela Smith has lost her battle to cancer. Back in March, her mother Michelle Smith was at our studios asking for assistance for Angela, who was diagnosed with cancer of the liver. She managed to raise the necessary funds to send Angela to the U.S. for the much needed medical care. Unfortunately, on Sunday, […]
