An Islamic militant killed in the Philippines last week may have family ties in Belize and tonight there are more questions than answers in this case. The story has been widely reported in the Philippines, but mostly went under the radar in Belize; that is, until today. Abu Naila, believed to be a Belizean national […]
This afternoon, Donald Trump was officially inaugurated as the forty-fifth President of the United States of America. He succeeds Barack Obama, who appointed Carlos Moreno, former California Supreme Court judge, as U.S. Ambassador to Belize. But from the moment of Moreno’s arrival, the local Evangelical community protested against him, on the basis that he was […]
Following the inaugural Sitting of the Senate on Thursday, Leader of Government Business, Senator Godwin Hulse, spoke at length with the media about the botched Puerto Azul project. The proposed multimillion dollar tourism investment, conceived by self-styled developers Domenico Giannini and Fabio de La Rosa, was launched at a gala event on the French Riviera […]
Senator Hulse also admits that eyebrows were certainly raised when the developers mentioned the unbelievably high wages that housekeepers and landscapers would be receiving. He says that the big money talk even caught the ears of the prime minister who reportedly commented on the exorbitant cost of an overnight stay at the resort. Godwin […]
In what can only be described as perverse fate, a week that featured news of an implosion of a mega-tourism development project, namely Puerto Azul, ends with news of a possible comeback for another, though in a different form. We are speaking of the Scarlet Macaw Hotel, Marina and golf course development along the Placencia […]
A group of laborers, presumably from other countries within Central America, was rounded up by Belize City police this morning at a construction site of Golden Bay on Marine Parade. Police we’re told were looking for a gang members attached to the recently escaped Mara Salvatrucha from a jail in Salvador. Sometime before eleven o’clock, […]
The accused gunman in the murder of Jaheem Mahler was escorted to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for arraignment this morning. Twenty-eight year old Carl Reneau appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser wearing a grey shirt which had the words, “These guns are loaded,” displayed on it with the picture of well-known cartoon character, Popeye. […]
Seventy-six alcaldes representing thirty-eight Maya communities in Southern Belize took the oath of office earlier today during a swearing-in ceremony. The traditional leaders were each elected by a majority of votes within the respective villages and will serve a term of two years. The men are expected to carry out their duties in accordance the […]
At the time of the swearing-in ceremony, Santiago Quib was chosen by the majority to ascend to the presidency of the TAA. The Maya community also acknowledges the support given in recognizing the authority of the Maya traditional governance. According to Mis, each Alcalde renewed his commitment to work to further strengthening the relationship with […]
In wrapping up Thursday’s debate on the Referendum Act, which the Government is seeking to have amended to reflect a simple majority as validating a referendum on any issue, Leader of Government Business Godwin Hulse tried to reduce the matter to simple figures. According to Hulse’s explanation, the Government is trying to avoid “tyranny of […]
In agricultural news: it slipped under the radar, but in December 2016, Irish fruit distribution company Fyffes, well known in Belize for purchasing Belizean bananas, was bought out by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation for nearly eight hundred million U.S. dollars. The Sumitomo name is perhaps most associated with vehicle tyres, but the Corporation has a sprawling […]
Among the most disappointing performers in Belize’s “big five” line-up of exports – sugar, citrus, bananas, marine products and petroleum – is marine products and particularly the shrimp farming industry. But their problems translate from a virus that ravaged stocks. The industry tried a reboot with new genetic material, and while initially it looked promising […]
All this week we’ve been showing you snippets of Rebecca Rath’s journey to the Miss Universe crown in Manila, Philippines. Rath and the other contestants are participating in a number of activities leading up to the pageant on January twenty-ninth. Earlier today, the Miss Universe organization released a teaser of a video they did with […]
Cyber bullying is a crime that occurs every split of a second on social media. But the truth it, that at least for now, there is little that can be done to bring it under control. That is because we are ages behind as it relates to laws to prosecute these crimes. News Five’s Duane […]
You probably know or are related to someone who studies or who has passed through the halls of Saint Catherine Academy. The all-girls high school continues as a vanguard institution in education. It currently has an enrollment of six hundred and eighty-five students representing the largest student body in its history. It’s a milestone that […]
