Fifty-one inmates, all presumed to be members of the George Street and Ghost Town gangs, were discharged from the Belize Central Prison on Wednesday night and returned to Belize City. Upon their arrival, they were escorted to the Queen Street Police Station where they reportedly met with Deputy Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and Dianne […]
Despite an intervention by Labor Minister Dr. Carla Barnett, a notice of strike by stevedores at Port of Belize is still in effect. That’s the message from the president of the Christian Workers Union tonight, after several meetings with the government representative. Since the impasse between the Port and the CWU, several meetings have been […]
According to the CWU president, there are several other issues on the table, outside of the hours of work proposal, that need to be negotiated. Hyde says that among those issues are the outstanding benefits to stevedores; six years worth of increments that has not materialized. Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde, President, Christian Workers Union “We […]
The Vital Statistics Unit is a ‘mess’ according to Church Senator Ashley Rocke and U.D.P. Senator Macario Coy. The issue of the unit’s inefficiency was debated on Wednesday during the Senate Sitting after an amendment to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act was brought for second reading. In August, News Five visited the Vital […]
Another piece of legislation relating to registration that was debated by the Senator was an amendment to the General Registry Act which seeks to alleviate the administrative burden of the Registrar General. P.U.P. Senator Valerie Woods pointed out that the Act was first passed in 1954 and the only amendment was made in 1977 which […]
A pair of minors in Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District reported an incident to police in which they were being pursued by two unknown individuals. An eight-year-old girl and a fifteen-year-old were both walking home on Plum Street when they observed someone following them. Frightened, they both took off running, only to realize that […]
Twenty-three pounds of marijuana were discovered on Wednesday just outside of the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. The quantity was found inside a brown wrapping, away from the outer fence and when police opened the packages the observed that it appeared to be cannabis. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Border police […]
A police officer is under investigation tonight for discharging a firearm outside of a nightclub in Orange Walk Town. Michael Patten was captured on video letting loose his service weapon as he exited an establishment on Guadalupe Street. It is reported that he was coming to the aid of a patron who had been injured […]
An intense search effort continues in the Cayo District where seventeen-year-old Gerardo Vasquez vanished without a trace from Ontario Village over a week ago. Despite the subsequent discovery of a pair of human legs downstream along the Belize River, investigators cannot ascertain whether the severed lower limbs are those of the missing teenager. According to […]
A team of experts from Tuvalu and Haiti came to conduct an assessment of the country in July as part of Belize’s implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. Since then we have not heard much about UNCAC and the progress if any, that the Attorney General’s office has made. During Wednesday’s Sitting of […]
Speaking on the adjournment during Wednesday’s Senate meeting, Senator Doctor Carla Barnett touched on the much talked about topic of gender-based violence. In her address, Senator Barnett remembered the tragic murder of Hermelinda Pinks who was reportedly killed by her ex-boyfriend in February in an apparent murder/suicide. Four months later, Ervin Wade was found guilty […]
Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Junior is in the Bahamas for this year’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference. It commenced on Wednesday under the theme “Rejuvenate. Recreate. Reconnect. New Directions for Caribbean Tourism.” In his address to representatives of Caribbean countries, Minister Heredia discussed several advancements Belize has made in the tourism sector. Manuel […]
The Secretary General of Commonwealth, Right Honorable Patricia Scotland was in country on an official two day visit. Officially she visited to promote the Commonwealth and its work. However, during her visit she has taken the opportunity to reiterate the Commonwealths support for Belize’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. For Belize, the membership of commonwealth has […]
Baroness Scotland is recognized as an esteemed international public leader and a former Attorney General of the United Kingdom. In her interview she was also asked to share her perspective on the role of the international community in the Belize Guatemala territorial dispute. Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of Commonwealth “I don’t want […]
Fifteen million people between the ages of thirty and seventy worldwide die as a result of non-communicable diseases such as cancers and diabetes which are the largest preventable causes of death in the world. In Belize non- communicable diseases cause forty-five percent of the total deaths. With this in mind, the Ministry of Health has […]
A workshop hosted by the CARIFORUM-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement on business to business strategic networking was held today at the Biltmore. The seminar brought together local producers, as well as service providers to learn about the importance of international market standards for goods and services. Dr. Leroy Almendarez, Executive Director, BELTRAIDE “The major […]
Zamani Moodie, advisor for market intelligence with the Caribbean Export Development Agency discusses the role of the agency in the workshop, as well as the technical assistance provided by the European Union. Zamani Moodie, Advisor, Market Intelligence, CEDA “Caribbean Export is co-hosting this event with BELTRAIDE and the European Union. It‘s part of our […]
As part of this year’s B.T.B. Familiarization Tour, the media was taken to Chaa Creek: Belize Luxury Resort in the Cayo District. The resorts boast top notch accommodations with great customer services and its award winning relationship with its surrounding communities. Chaa Creek offers an unforgettable experience which News Five’s Hipolito Novelo got over the […]
Tonight we share this story about a young man from Punta Gorda who recently returned from studying across the globe far away in India. He completed his studies through a scholarship from the Government of that Commonwealth country. What lessons took him so far across the globe? It may seem like a stretch when you […]
