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Can Belizeans go into the Sarstoon – at least on our side of the river? That’s been the million dollar question since our news team was stopped on May twenty-seventh. Our government says that we can based on an informal understanding reached in Istanbul, Turkey. The Guatemalans have said that there is no informal or […]
Late this evening, the Government issued a release about this morning’s incident in the Sarstoon. It reads in part: “G.O.B. is investigating this incident in an effort to verify all its particulars including that the media vessel was in Belize’s waters. In the meantime, Guatemalan authorities have communicated that they attempted to stop the vessel […]
As we’ve shown you, our news team traveled south to the Sarstoon River where they were turned back by the Guatemalan Armed Forces. While that was taking place this morning, another team was at the P.G.I.A. awaiting the arrival of Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington who returned today from the O.A.S. General Assembly in the Dominican […]
Is Guatemala taking the ongoing bilateral discussions seriously? It is a question that we’ve put to Foreign Minister Elrington in light of the recent happenings at the Sarstoon. On May twenty-seventh, our news team was turned away from the area; three days after government announced that, “there will be untrammeled traffic for Belize’s military and […]
Today, there was further violence in the south side of Belize City. Elroy Perdomo Junior was executed on Vernon Street as he attended a funeral. Perdomo Junior was held for forty-eight hours as the prime suspect in the murder of Marlon Bonner on Sunday at the basketball court on Faber’s Road. He was released from […]
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Last week Wednesday, News Five broke the story of the appointment of Audibaldo Monima Junior as Regional Health Manager for the north. The backlash over that appointment was fast and furious because it was patently clear that the former coast guard officer did not have the qualifications for the job. We confirmed that he possessed […]
Coastguard officer, Keyren Tzib has been back and forth at court for two cases; the manslaughter of her boyfriend for which she is out on bail. The other case against her is for the attempted murder of another officer. Today, she learnt that she will have to stand trial at the Supreme Court for the […]
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Now back to the issue of the Guatemalan claim. Foreign Ministers Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales are heading to Washington early next week where they hope to establish a bilateral cooperation mechanism for the Sarstoon. But prior to that meeting, there is an ongoing investigation by the Organization of American States into the shooting […]
With all the talk on either side about resolving the territorial dispute at the International Court of Justice, government intends to amend the existing Referendum Act to lower the threshold needed to prevail in the voting exercise. The revision, according to Elrington, has been carefully considered. While this is the first that we officially hear […]
It’s been one year since a Guatemalan gunboat ran aground in Belize’s littoral waters near Glovers Reef; it was reportedly navigating international waters en route to Mexico, when it drifted on to the reef on June eleventh, 2015. Two weeks later, on June twenty-sixth, 2015, a Mexican naval boat also ran aground on the reef […]
A team of urban designers, at the invitation of the Belize City Council, is back in the Old Capital where a project to rehabilitate the Yarborough community is set to begin. The initiative is the result of a collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank and the American Planning Association. The group initially arrived in country […]
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Team leader Justin Moore is an urban designer with the American Planning Association and his engagement with residents in Yarborough has been on an individual level. Justin Moore, Urban Designer, American Planning Association “Our group, we came back in February and did an initial site visit with myself and APA staff and really working […]
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Belizean artist and curator Briheda Haylock is launching an exhibition at the Image Factory on Friday. Beautiful Tragedy, as she dubs the photography display, addresses the issue of gender and sexism, as well as the objectification of women. Admittedly, many of the images are bold and the messages are rather strong. But that’s the point, […]
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In Belize City, police have been meeting and greeting with residents to establish better rapport as a way of curbing violence. While in San Pedro this morning, we found police undergoing training on how to best deal with the public. The police believe that by reaching out, residents will be more willing to cooperate with […]
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Taking care of your skin, particularly in the summer months, is important. Exposure to the sun damages your skin extensively and you may not know that some routine practices are bad for you. But how do you contain or reverse the damage? One way is as easy as drinking water. With the summer months upon […]
