A business owner was shot and killed this morning in Dangriga. The carwash owner was at his property with a friend when the killer struck. He tried to get away, but he was shot twice. By the time police arrived at the scene, the businessman had been rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced […]
The Senate today ratified the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. It is also known as the New York Convention, which has been part of Belize’s law since 1980. But ratify now? According to the government, the formal ratification aims to facilitate the possibility of a debt-for-conservation-related transaction, which […]
Senator Courtenay also explained that upon ratification, the Government of Belize will enter a reservation. It will take the position that the ratification of the New York Convention has no retroactive feature. Eamon Courtenay, Senator for Government Business “The formality of ratification provides no legal benefit because it is already part of the law […]
And while that was the hope of the Government, they did not enjoy the support of the Opposition Senators. Lead Opposition Senator made it quite clear that senators on his side of the house were never consulted. He says bringing the convention to be ratified now raises a lot of questions and concerns. Michael […]
In response to Lead Opposition Senator Michael Peyrefitte, Senator for Government Business Eamon Courtenay pulled out black and white proof that shows that what was done today was a plan created by the Barrow Administration. The P.U.P. Government says that this process was in motion before the November eleventh elections. Today, Senator Courtenay whipped out […]
The family of twenty-one-year-old Nigel Williams Junior is calling on the Belize Police Department to investigate an act of police brutality. The family alleges that the young man was in his home village of Roaring Creek when police detained him for improper use of a face mask on Tuesday evening. The cops took him to […]
One of the hardest-hit communities in the COVID-19 pandemic is San Pedro Town. The once-bustling tourist hotspot was the first part of the country to go into a lockdown in March of 2020. Then the borders were closed for the better part of the year. Even after reopening at the end of last year, businesses […]
Earlier today, the United Democratic Party introduced its candidates running in the upcoming municipal elections for the Orange Walk Town Council. Led by mayoral candidate Orlando Castillo, the U.D.P. Seven slate was presented at the party’s headquarters here in Belize City during a live event. The Castillo ticket is made up of new faces representing […]
Former Deputy Mayor Oscar Arnold has taken up office as Director of Sports at the National Sports Council. It’s an appointment given to him by the People’s United Party government following his defeat in Collet during the November 2020 general elections. He’s also a member of the Belize City Council under Mayor Bernard Wagner. Earlier […]
Arnold is among four councilors, including Michael Noralez, Ryan Elijio and Doctor Candice Pitts, who will not be seeking reelection at the municipal level. Pitts took to Facebook over the weekend to inform the residents of the city that she will not be seeking re-election, “due to my other national assignment and commitment.” While Pitts […]
He was the chairman of the U.D.P. when they were in government, and now he is the Deputy Chairman of the U.D.P. while they are in opposition, but tonight Alberto August is the man who has is challenging the Commissioner of Police. August took to Facebook on Wednesday afternoon to send a direct message to […]
With the new U.S. travel regulations that came into effect on January twenty-sixth, all persons entering the United States must present negative test results. Local airline Maya Island Air has taken up the challenge of installing COVID-19 Testing Clinics at its locations across the country. Over the weekend, the Caring Hands Clinic – Antigen Test […]
The Ministry of Health will add those test results from the private testing sites to their daily reports. Today, four new COVID-19 related deaths were recorded along with twenty-nine new confirmed cases. The number of confirmed cases now stands at eleven thousand eight hundred and forty-five. When News Five caught up with Minister of Health […]
Former Executive Director of SATIIM Greg Ch’oc has been appointed as the new commissioner of the Toledo Land Rights Commission. In speaking with News Five, Ch’oc outlined the scope of his responsibilities in terms of implementing the consent order that was handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice in respect of the Maya Land […]
A virtual town hall was held on Thursday night as part of a public consultation process on hemp and cannabis’s possibilities as a new growth industry in Belize. Regrettably, the discussion was not carried live by the media. Nonetheless, it was a healthy conversation discussing the benefits of legal cannabis cultivation. Several persons also participated […]
Senator Osmany Salas says there are many benefits that can be derived from hemp. According to Salas, the Belize Network of N.G.O.s has not formalized an official position on the matter yet, but says his only concern is that the small farmers may be left behind. Osmany Salas, Senator for N.G.O.s “The Belize […]
Earlier this week, we reported on the pending handing over of the Belize City Center to the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The building is the last structure to be surrendered from the control of Belize Infrastructure Limited to the respective ministries under the Government of Belize. Today, we visited another facility, the Marion Jones […]
Minister of Sports Kevin Bernard is setting the record straight. Bernard says that he was deeply offended when he heard that a group of footballers, who were caught practicing, told police that the Ministry of Sport permitted them to do so. Bernard took offense because it is against COVID-19 regulations to engage in contact sports […]
We also asked Minister Kevin Bernard about the People’s Stadium in Orange Walk Town. The facility was used regularly for sporting and other big events, but since COVID-19, it has hardly been used, but when the Minister made a visit there, he realized that it has hardly been maintained. Bernard says the facility was so […]
A nineteen-year-old resident of Caye Caulker needs your help to get a much-needed surgery. Rondel Usher was on a fishing trip four days ago near the island when he was injured in a boat accident. Usher, a father of one, is no longer able to walk and has suffered injuries to the spine. His friends […]
You may have been hearing a lot lately about the new COVID variants recently detected in other parts of the world – the UK variant, the South Africa variant, and the most recent Brazil variant. But what do scientists know about the new variants, and what does it mean for us in Belize? Here’s more […]
