The Government of Belize says it has the money. But tonight, the question is whether it will meet the November tenth deadline for final payment of compensation for the double nationalization of B.T.L. Financial Secretary Joseph Waight confirmed today that payment had not yet been made, and said he expected that it would be done […]
The removal of seventy-eight million U.S. dollars or the equivalent of a hundred and sixty million Belize dollars from the country’s foreign assets is nothing to sneeze at. And the timing – as retailers go into high gear for the Christmas season – is going to have an impact. But Financial Secretary Joseph Waight told […]
October has come and gone and fuel prices remain relatively high despite continuous protest. As of October twenty-eighth, premium fuel retails at eleven dollars and ninety-two cents, compared to ten dollars and fifty-three cents after a price decrease was announced at the start of June. And after a crunching price rise for both regular and […]
Turning to another matter of national interest….Belize has, for now, raised no objections to Guatemala once again promoting its unfounded claim with an offensive map purporting to include our territory, ahead of the March eighteenth, 2018 referendum on going to the International Court of Justice. But Guatemala, it appears, is fairly easily offended by Belizean […]
They are the moving hands, rarely seen, in control of national economies and finance structures. Their word can determine how much a country receives for projects, chart investment and growth, and combat problems both expected and unexpected. They are the bankers…and under the regional Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF) and Belize’s Central Bank, […]
Chinese national Zheng Yuanran and a Taiwanese national acting as his translator remain in police custody tonight in Belmopan. Zheng entered Belize on Sunday, November fifth, but the pair was arrested by the following day, on Monday, at the Social Security Board office after Zheng tried to apply for a Social Security card using a […]
It is not surprising for residents in rural areas of the country to be found in possession of certain wildlife species. As a matter of fact, in some southern communities one would often come across an encaged parrot or a coati being kept as a pet. So when a resident of Caye Caulker was hauled […]
While the final payment for the B.T.L. nationalization is to be met by Friday, there is still one more related case that may head to court. That is Sunshine Holdings—the company which acquired shared in B.T.L. using a Social Security loan in 2005. The Caribbean Court of Justice had rejected an application from the company […]
A duo of men was caught with their hands in the cookie jar at the Stock and Go store of businessman Marlon Skeen on November fifth. They were seen on surveillance camera stealing items such as Belikin Stout, a pack of Caribbean chicken and a monster drink. While the value of the items is small, […]
Thirty-six-year-old Leon Usher is in the hospital under police guard after cops shot him in the knee on Tuesday. Ladyville police were called out to Usher’s residence in the Milpa Area because of a domestic dispute between him and with his common-law-wife, Tiffara Tillett. Tillett told the cops that Usher was stopping her from leaving […]
A notice of intended prosecution has been served on the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a massive head-on collision on Tuesday morning near the outskirts of Belize City. Warren Davis was traveling along with two passengers identified as twenty-five-year-old Devon ‘Hulk’ Bailey and twenty-two-year-old Randeen Valerio in the vicinity of mile five […]
The crime-ridden community of Port Loyola known as Jane Usher Boulevard has been designated as a hotspot by the Belize Police Department, following a recent spate of shootings in that neighborhood. Since launching Operation ACT a week and a half ago, there has been a round-the-clock presence of law enforcement in the area and incidences […]
Channel Five viewers who this morning tuned in expecting live coverage of the scheduled public hearing of the Senate Special Select Committee will have been disappointed that there was none. But notice from the National Assembly issued on Tuesday is that the meeting was put off until next Wednesday, November fifteenth, due to the absence […]
A World Youth Conference continues today in the Belize City. Representatives from over fifty countries are revisiting the importance of the Sustainable Development goals to their own advancement. One common, but critical issue affecting youths has to do with security. Violent crime has no borders while economic crime is destroying society. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
The Belize International Film Festival officially opens on Thursday. Apart from screening films from all around the world, there will be an award show to recognize the best submissions. This year, twenty-eight films and fifteen music videos are competing for awards, and one of the faces on the jury panel for the best short films […]
And while the Film Festival is a lot about celebrating the best in submissions, it is also looks at how to move the budding film industry forward. At today’s “meet the press,” Whitfield and Fairweather were joined by Hollywood film producer Tracey Bing. The women say that for Belize to attract more interest from international […]
For those who have an interest to break into the film industry, the Hollywood panel told the press that Belizeans need to start telling authentic stories that connect universally. So, if you are interested in the business, here’s their advice. Tracey Bing, Producer “To me festivals are a really good way to share those […]
While some doors have opened, there is still a long way to go for women to ease into the top of businesses. A conference taking place today has brought women from all over the country to focus on ways to uncover their potential through networking and by asserting themselves in the business world. A very […]
A second team of five linemen has been deployed to assist the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation with ongoing power restoration on the group of islands. The team, which is comprised of Wayne Lewis, Gregory Kerr, Manuel Lopez, Paul McCalla and George Neal, departed the country on Monday, and will be stationed in BVI for […]
Three Belizean football athletes, twelve-year-old Keffer Pertau and thirteen-year-olds Kayia Requeña and Javan Belisle left Belize today en route to Casa Grande in Arizona, U.S.A. to participate in the Rush Select 2004/2005 Boys I.D. Camp. The three were chosen among sixty other boys and girls who will be trained and their performance evaluated. At the […]
There’s a new leader at the helm of the Young Women’s Christian Association. In the YWCA’s sixty plus years of service to Belize, Deanna Gomez is only its ninth General Secretary. She succeeds Sonia Linares, who is retiring after twenty-six years on the job. Gomez is recognized as a senior executive with twenty-five years of […]
