During news time on Wednesday night, shots rang out in the Monument Site area of Dangriga. A fisherman, Dennis Robinson, from the area had been gunned down. The family believes that this murder is retaliatory and is blaming the police for putting their family at risk. News Five’s Duane Moody finds out why. Duane […]
The United Democratic Party today called a press conference to address matters of national importance. It was held at the party’s headquarters on Youth for the Future Drive in Belize City. Opposition Leader Patrick Faber was flanked by U.D.P. Senators Michael Peyrefitte and Sheena Pitts as well as Mesop area rep Moses Shyne Barrow and […]
The opposition also criticized the Briceño administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Opposition Leader Patrick Faber blasts the government for continuously politicizing the pandemic and blaming the past U.D.P. administration. He says that everything that the Briceño administration has done to battle the pandemic was merely building upon the foundation that the U.D.P. had laid. […]
From COVID to alleged corruption. Opposition Leader Patrick Faber was asked about his colleague, former Minister of Works Rene Montero. The government wants Montero to face criminal charges for alleged acts of corruption during his term in office. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing has forwarded documents to the Commissioner of Police and the […]
After the People’s United Party won the November general elections, the Lands Department locked down as rumors of U.D.P. cronies taking documents from the office in Belmopan surfaced. It was reported before elections that U.D.P. ministers were issuing out parcels of land to voters. The question was if the issuance was done following the law. […]
The indigenous communities in the south have collectively prevailed in the courts since they initiated legal action against the Government of Belize in the nineties. The fight has always been over continued incursions on Maya lands. Six years ago, the C.C.J. upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal in respect of the common law […]
Upon assuming office in November of last year, the People’s United Party created a specific ministerial portfolio for Indigenous People’s Affairs. That responsibility was given to Belize Rural Central area representative Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, also the Minister of Human Development. This morning, she sat in as a guest during the compliance hearing and was called upon […]
In acknowledging government’s solemn undertaking, M.L.A. spokesperson Cristina Coc says that they are elated by the newfound will to respect and recognize the traditional institutions of the indigenous community. Cristina Coc, Spokesperson, M.L.A. “We are pleased to report then that we have received clear indication from the new government that they will respect and […]
Today, the Ministry of Education issued a memo to managements of all schools, the Belize Teaching Services Commission, and the B.N.T.U. in which the matter of study leave with pay is addressed. In the memo, Chief Education Officer Yolanda Gongora states that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused heightened fiscal scrutiny and financial prudence, which has […]
During its press conference today, the Opposition condemned what it described as mass firings across the country. Some twenty-four employees at the Novelo’s Bus Terminal in Belize City were let go last week. A total of sixty employees were released from the Department of Transport. The government says that many of these persons were phantom […]
The Opposition also criticized the government for its Grocery Bag initiative and called out specifically Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos Garcia. In a recent interview, Balderamos-Garcia told the press that there isn’t enough money to assist everyone. Today, Mesopotamia representative Shyne Barrow criticized the minister for failing the people. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Area […]
Former Governor-General Doctor Dame Minita Gordon was laid to rest on Wednesday at the Lord Ridge Ceremony. While her sendoff was stately, she was not always treated with the respect and dignity deserving of her position. In fact, in her retirement, she was often seen around Belize City, where others who did not know her […]
When Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise announced that he was looking at protectionist policies in order to promote domestic producers, it wasn’t welcomed with open arms. Some sections of the public were worried that their favourite imported brands will disappear from store shelves, but Minister Jose Mai says that’s not the aim of […]
On Tuesday, the President of the Belize Hotel Association spoke off the underwhelming tourist arrivals following the airport’s reopening. While stakeholders are hoping that the cold weather in the North will incentive more travel to Belize, What about cruise tourism? Over the years, cruise travel has grown to be a significant player in the country’s […]
There is a significant backlash on the Port of Magical Belize project by a group of environmental N.G.O.s. The developer is David Gegg, who represents the Port of Magical Belize. In 2017, Gegg signed a memorandum of understanding with the past administration to construct a docking facility along the south coast of the Sibun River. […]
A joint police and B.D.F. operation in the Corozal District led to the discovery of two marijuana fields in Consejo Village. At the first location, two thousand five hundred marijuana plants, between five and six feet in height, were found near a shed used to house processed marijuana. Under the shed, the patrol discovered crocus […]
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in Belize City, police were able to remove drugs, firearms, and ammunition from the streets. The search of a residence on Hemsley Alley led to the discovery of a Sig Sauer pistol and a handgun along with three magazines. They also found fifty live rounds of ammunition and a box containing roughly […]
While those drugs weren’t linked to any individual, two cops Dion Bellini and Joel Cantun were both busted with weed in separate incidents in the north in less than a month. Cantun was caught with twenty-eight pounds of weed last Thursday, while Bellini was picked up with forty pounds in the last week of December. […]
Some very promising news delivered by Minister Musa on Thursday was that the Witness Protection Programme is in the pipeline for Belize. Last week, the U.S Embassy hosted the Government of Belize in a second high level roundtable to discuss the implementation of a witness protection and victim care programme. The discussions centered on the […]
