Another young Belize City man is dead after he was targeted at his place of residence in the Lake Independence area of Belize City. The police have not spared much information about the incident, except to say that it happened at Eighty, twenty-two Giles Street at around nine-forty p.m., and claimed the life of Tyrone […]
A man was found guilty this afternoon of the murder of his uncle, and he will be sentenced later this month along with a friend who was also convicted of the same crime. Nineteen-year-old Raheem Budran and twenty-one-year-old Kareem Eaghan, Junior, were both found guilty today of the murder of forty-three-year-old Shane Budran. The incident […]
There’s a public warning being issued tonight from the financial sector about a phishing scam that’s targeting Belizeans. The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies, in this case the local banks, in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers is not a […]
According to Ruta, customers are often ensnared when attempting to check their bank accounts online, after realizing that they had shared key information on the phony website. Agata Ruta, Chief Operations Officer, Belize Bank “Some of the customers they realize that something is off. And how can you realize that something is off? By […]
On Tuesday evening, we began our comprehensive look at the proposed minimum wage adjustment and the process that is being undertaken to introduce a phased-in approach to the new five dollar threshold. Earlier today, we spoke with Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler who sits on a cabinet subcommittee along with Junior Minister of Finance Chris […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also represented on a government-appointed taskforce to carry out the minimum wage adjustment. BCCI President Marcello Blake sits on the taskforce and told News Five that consideration needs to be made for employees who are currently being paid at five dollars an hour. Likewise, he agrees that […]
Last night we told you about the increase in the price of premium gasoline which now stands at over seventeen dollars per gallon. Today, we took to the streets of the Old Capital to ask motorists about their bloated monthly fuel budgets and the steps they are taking to curtail the additional expenses. We also […]
The Government of Belize has committed to continue keeping diesel and regular gasoline prices at their current levels. In a release issued today, G.O.B. reiterated the various steps it says Cabinet has taken to, quote, cushion increases in the imported price of fuel products, which has raised substantially as a consequence of, among other developments, […]
The Toledo Alcaldes Association has responded to the statement issued by government on Tuesday regarding concerns being raised by private landowners in Toledo District. The issue arises out of fear that in light of the ruling of the courts on Maya land rights in 2015, alcaldes and village chairpersons are being standoffish towards individual titleholders, […]
During the first five months of 2022, one hundred and fifty thousand tourists have entered Belize via the international airport; about twenty thousand through our two main land border crossings in the north and west and two hundred and eighty thousand cruise ship visitors. Those are the official figures for the tourism industry that has […]
The COVID pandemic brought the cruise tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. To secure the health of the country, Belize implemented strict protocols and we were able to see a few port calls being made. Fast-forward to 2022 and calls to port in the city and southern Belize are up. The number of […]
Just last week, we reported on a visit to Belize by tourism officials from Mexico. The delegation was headed by Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marquez, who met with Minister of Transport Rodwell Ferguson, as well as Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations Anthony Mahler and his team. The visit was to improve tourism […]
Speaking about airlifts into Belize, airline companies have resumed their routes to the Jewel; Air Alaska recently announced increasing their capacity into Belize and there have been up to twenty-seven flights into the Philip Goldson International Airport on Saturdays. Minister Mahler says that along with the Belize Tourism Board, they are trying to improve ease […]
The mandatory tourism insurance for entering Belize has seen travelers pay eighteen U.S. dollars for coverage for incidentals. It was specifically set for visitors who would be left with hotel and medical bills if they were to contract COVID while on vacation. But with the ease of restrictions and the pandemic slowing down, the Belize […]
ABC Life Support will be hosting a basic first aid course for children ages eight to fifteen- years- old. The program is scheduled for July twenty-second, from eight a.m. until two p.m. Javier Canul, the Lead Instructor at ABC Life Support is of the belief that children can play a critical role in emergency situations […]
A five-year-old child needs your help in order to undergo a life-saving surgery at the K.H.M.H. Kimara McGregor was born with hydrocephalus, which is a build-up of water on the brain. Since then, she has needed a shunt to be inserted in her head to reduce the amount of pressure the fluid causes on her […]
Nicholson says after the allergic reaction, Kimara now needs to have the shunt in her head replaced. The life-saving procedure and the accompanying therapy and time already spent receiving treatment will require the family to find funds they do not have. They are planning a turkey dinner sale this Friday, but donations are also needed. […]
The Forty-Third Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government ended with a press conference on Tuesday. Prime Minister John Briceno handed over the chairmanship of CARICOM to President Chan Santohki of Suriname. President Santohki led the press conference with an overview of all that were accomplished over the last three days of deliberations. Scaling up […]
President Santohki also spoke on the decision taken by CARICOM’s Heads of Government as it pertains to the region’s agri-food agenda and the free movement of skilled laborers within the Single Market Economy. Among the resolutions taken, are the removal of all non-tariff barriers to inter-regional trade and the removal of all barriers to the […]
