A video released on Tuesday here on News Five shows two vessels of the Guatemalan Armed Forces provoking the B.D.F. and blocking soldiers from entering the Sarstoon. It is not the first time that this has happened. The G.A.F. is now in control of the Sarstoon and pronouncements, at the highest level, of peace and […]
The government of Guatemala has responded to the disturbing video in which the Guatemalan military tells the B.D.F. to “respect the protocol,” while the B.D.F. was attempting to traverse the Sarstoon last week. Today’s edition of the Prensa Libre newspaper states that Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales could not ascertain when the incident happened. But […]
Since the discussions in Washington last week between the Foreign Ministers Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales, there have been no further talks about the deteriorating situation in the Sarstoon where the Guatemalan army is consistently harassing the B.D.F. In fact, while Morales and Elrington sat with the O.A.S. Secretary General, two G.A.F. vessels blocked the B.D.F. […]
It has been almost one year since a team of police officers took the village of Santa Cruz by storm during a predawn raid which resulted in the arrest of thirteen leaders. On Wednesday, Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith accepted a submission from Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl Lyn Vidal for another adjournment. The matter […]
A resident of the Duck Run Three Community remains in a critical condition at a Belize City hospital after he was shot to the chest and hip on Tuesday night following a shootout at Pasadita Bar on the Iguana Creek Road. Eddy Larios is one of three persons who were shot and injured by Jose […]
The Belize National Teachers Union is tonight making final preparations for a march to be held this Friday in the Old Capital. The B.N.T.U., which is the most militant of the unions, has embarked on a campaign called Stand Up for Belize, which kicked off in Benque Viejo Del Carmen in mid-April. The B.N.T.U. also […]
Protests by indigenous people in Guatemala City on Wednesday paralyzed a major part of the City after main thoroughfares were blocked. The indigenous people are demanding access to basic necessities which deprive them of a decent way of life. But while President Jimmy Morales is facing deep discontent, the military continues to taunt the B.D.F. […]
Guatemalan military officers have been caught on camera bullying the Belize Defense Force in the Sarstoon which they now fully control. The B.D.F. is now told to “respect the protocol” to traverse the river. While there is anger in many quarters, earlier today we canvassed the opinion of regular folks on the disturbing situation in […]
A week ago we told you about a refugee programme operation through the Help for Progress Office in Belmopan. Our cameras showed crowds of people lined up to get their applications processed. Minister of State in Immigration Beverly Castillo explained that the applications were still under review and no decision had been made. To get […]
Information we received suggested that a couple hundred people have applied for the process. Today, we asked Tobin what the numbers look like and what follows next. Here’s how she explained it. Marleni Cuellar “Since the initiation of the process, how many applications have been submitted and the process initiated?” Katy Tobin, Senior […]
Farmers in the Trio area were the recipients of funding from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center. The funding was a part of the 5Cs assistance to combat the threats of climate change, including deforestation due to lack of water, forest fires which threaten crops and lack of sufficient arable land. The primary initiative includes […]
Twenty-year old Boyd Lopez was initially charged and indicted for manslaughter in the traffic fatality that took the life of seventy year old Marie Knowles on Baghdad Street on February eighteenth. Lopez did not possess a driver’s license when he hit the elderly woman. When his case came up in the Supreme Court before Judge […]
Over a hundred students gathered at the ITVET in Belize City today to show off products that they created under a programme with Peacework. In its third year, the “Business Showcase” which is a collaboration with the Ministry of Education, hosted over twenty schools from across the city in an all-day exhibition that is intended […]
There is a repeat winner in the annual Innovation in Education Challenge which took place today at the ITVET in Belize City. Seventeen high schools from the Belize District competed. In the end, Ocean Academy swayed the judges for a second year in a row with their creative solutions to enhance the education system. News […]
May is celebrated as cancer awareness month. Every year there are increased efforts to educate Belizeans on preventing and screening for common cancers. Cervical and breast cancer are still of concern for our women and for men, prostate cancer. There are many activities and education campaigns geared towards women but this year, there is one […]
