Cabinet today issued a three page statement on the cruise sector and port developments. The statement speaks to the Port of Magical Belize project, and the Port of Belize’s proposed cruise terminal. As it relates to Port of Magical Belize, the release says the project has received environmental approval, subject to a strict and detailed […]
Regarding Stake Bank, the statement says the project is in construction phase and projected to be operational in 2022, having received the requisite approvals and permits. As it pertains to the proposed causeway from Belize City to Northern Drowned Caye and the causeway to Stake Bank, the Cabinet release says these projects are subject to […]
On Monday, the alcalde of Big Falls Village, Eulalio Choko, along with four other residents, came forward in the media to address concerns that they say the community is having with respect of communal land rights. While it was only a small group, they are firmly against collectively owning the lands that comprise the village. […]
The issue of land rights, as they pertain to the indigenous community, is once again at the forefront of public discourse. Recent developments in Seine Bight Village, as well as a land dispute between the communities of Barranco and Midway, have prompted the National Garifuna Council to organize a panel discussion on Thursday. The purpose […]
The panel is made up of four speakers, including doctors Peitra Arana and Philip Castillo, as well as MLA spokesperson Cristina Coc and Marvin Blades. Coc has been at the forefront of the Maya land rights case in which the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled in favor the thirty-eight indigenous communities, affirming their right to […]
News Five also spoke with Cristina Coc who is the spokesperson of the Maya Leaders Alliance and the Toledo Alcaldes Association. The opportunity to speak on the issue of land rights allows her to share the Maya perspective since they led the charge to have indigenous land rights recognized by the courts. Cristina Coc, […]
Leader of the Opposition, Patrick Faber, says members of the Opposition in Parliament will be collaborating with the Ministry of Health in their constituencies to increase vaccination uptake among their constituents. Faber made an appearance on Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes this morning where he told us about this partnership between Opposition and Government in […]
And while the Opposition and the Government are working in hand in hand to get constituents vaccinated, they do not see eye to eye on the procurement process for the importation of COVID tests into Belize. Back in January, the Minister of Health passed an S.I prohibiting the importation of COVID tests without first getting […]
The Leader of the Opposition also took on the issue of crime that continues to plague Southside Belize City. In response to the Prime Minister’s recent announcement that the Southside would be declared a special development zone, Faber accused the Government of having no real plan to tackle crime. Patrick Faber, Leader of the […]
On the other hand, the Opposition is often criticized for not being able to successfully get a handle on crime and violence while in government for the last thirteen years. Faber responded to these allegations and suggested the current administration is not responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable in society. Patrick Faber, […]
On November first, Prime Minister John Briceño will be attending the World Leaders Summit at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. The United National Climate Change Conference brings together government officials to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, signed back in 2016 and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The goal is to […]
Entrepreneurship Week will be celebrated in November and those who inspire people from around the world through local, regional and international activities are exploring their potential as innovators. From November tenth to the twelfth, a “Youth Business in Digital Summit” will be held virtually. It focuses on teaching Caribbean-based service providers about how to launch […]
The three-day summit is all about networking and providing a platform that entrepreneurs can tap into. Among the speakers is Belize’s Mervin Budram. More than just a motivational speaker, the Belizean entrepreneur, who has created several successful businesses, wants to share tools that can be used by up and coming entrepreneurs. Mervin Budram, Owner, […]
A Guatemalan woman who was trying to speed up the process of getting her permanent residency is out two-thousand five hundred dollars and the man accused of scamming her out of the money has been detained. Azucena Caal Raymundo of Camalote Village reported to police that in September she went to the Immigration Department where […]
In August, Belize benefited from an allocation of Special Drawing Rights, commonly known as SDRs worth around thirty-six million U.S. dollars by the International Monetary Fund. SDRs, which the IMF created in 1969, are not hard cash, but supplement our Foreign Exchange reserves to provide a country with liquidity without the need to borrow at high-interest rates. […]
After eighteen months, contact sports can now resume, but with restrictions. Effective Wednesday, October twentieth, those wanting to organize and participate in sporting activities such as football, volleyball, basketball and other disciplines referred to as contact sports can begin. The Ministry of Health and Wellness along with the National Sports Council have come up with […]
The National Sports Council and the Belize City Council have teamed up and will be hosting the first ever Belize City Half Marathon on Sunday. The event was to be held during the month of September as part of the annual celebration activities, but was postponed due to the pandemic. They are now forging ahead […]
On that same day, Kaya leaves Belize for Sacramento, California to compete in the first ever “Into the Lion’s Den” criterium cycling race. It is being hosted by Belizean National Cross Country Champ Justin Williams and his team Legion of Los Angeles, with a hundred thousand dollars in prizes up for grabs. Now Cattouse has […]
Belizeans just love their tacos, which is probably why a report that a man had gotten ill from consuming tacos that contained something other than chicken went viral today. But as News Five found out, after a day of investigations, so far there seems to be no truth to the report. This did not stop […]
