The news came simultaneously with flooding in low-lying areas of the city in the last week of June –St. Mary’s Primary School and Hall are no longer structurally sound. The only course of action that can be taken is for the structures to be demolished and rebuilt. But that news did not reach parents of […]
The Belize Audubon Society was one of several environmental NGOs that endorsed a letter written to Prime Minister John Briceño on August twenty-fifth. To date, there has been no formal response to the request being made by the conservation community which is to halt all Environmental Impact Assessments currently in process, including the hosting of […]
In the wake of that letter to P.M. Briceño, a wad of signed documents were also turned over to the Minister of Sustainable Development last week. Orlando Habet, whose portfolio responsibilities include sustainable development and climate change, received the petitions on behalf of the prime minister who was out of the country on duty leave. […]
Another controversial proposal that is being made by a foreign investor is the Vulcan project which has been met with strong objections from various quarters, including residents of Gales Point Village, the conservation community and several ministers of government. In speaking on the matter, the Executive Director of the Belize Audubon Society told News Five […]
The proliferation of guns into the country, firearms that are brought over illegally from neighboring Guatemala and Mexico, is a year-round issue for law enforcement. A majority of those weapons are used in the commission of violent crimes. Earlier today, police in Corozal District discovered thirty, five point five-six rounds of ammunition from a cane […]
The trial against San Pedro Jet Express and Boat Captain Ernest Delgado continued in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court today before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. The water taxi company and Delgado were criminally charged for causing the death of siblings, eight-year-old Kimberly Guy and ten-year-old Yamri Guy of Xaibe Village, and for the injury of […]
Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, is scheduled to visit Belize from September fourteenth to the fifteenth. The visit will be historic as it will mark the first such visit to Belize by a head of state from Africa. According to a release from the Government of Belize, Prime Minister John Briceño engaged […]
The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, through the Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean Project, is hosting a two-day training to introduce gender into climate policies. It is looking at how climate change affects various groups differently and how decisions being made to mitigate and […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources is upgrading its Landfolio software for greater efficiency within the Lands Department. This upgrade from the second generation of the Landfolio software to Landfolio seven is expected to provide greater efficiency to Belizeans, while providing a more transparent process. The new system streamlines the process at the Lands Department, from […]
Two hundred employees from the Ministry of Natural Resources are currently learning the software. When the new system does come online in the next few weeks, it is expected that the issues of backlog that prevent services from being completed in a timely manner, will be resolved. Nelda Tulcey, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Natural […]
And, with the upgrade of the Landfolio system, now is a good time to conduct your first registration process, if you have not done so as yet. For those who may not be aware, Belizeans owning land within declared compulsory land areas are required by law to declare their ownership with the Land Registry. Currently, […]
Dilapidated culverts along the Philip Goldson Highway are in the process of being replaced over the next few months. The replacements are part of a bigger project that the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing is undertaking to upgrade from mile eight all the way through to the northern border. Chief Engineer, Lennox Bradley says […]
News Five asked Bradley how the ministry will seek to remedy the portion of the highway between miles three and five that is unsteady. He said there is a temporary fix and there’s a more permanent but very costly solution. Lennox Bradley, Chief Engineer “Really we have to look at the sort of pavement […]
Former board members Lascelle Tillett and Mike Heusner, pioneers in the ecotourism industry, were honored on Saturday by the Belize Audubon Society. During a ceremony held at the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, the advocates for the conservation of Belize’s natural resources were formally recognized by the organization. The occasion was also used to announce the […]
