An early afternoon shooting on Mahogany Street in Belize City has left three men injured. At around two p.m. today shots rang out near the Complex Building when at least one gunman targeted three men in a vehicle. Among the three victims is one person who News Five is told was detained in connection with […]
Mexican national Juan Esparga Sanchez, one of four foreigners detained in connection with the landing of a drug plane near Bladen on the Southern Highway in November of last year, appeared before the lower court today. He is represented by attorney Richard “Dickie” Bradley. During the case management committee held earlier, an application was made […]
The Belize Bank Limited has announced the appointment of Filippo Alario as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Alario joined the Belize Bank in 2009 as Deputy C.E.O. and Chief Risk Officer responsible for the bank’s enterprise risk management framework, including strategy setting, governance and correspondent banking relationships. Alario began his career as an associate editor […]
The Caribbean Union of Teachers is hosting its annual Education Conference in Belize. Over the last few days union leaders from across the country have been engaged in meaningful discussion on some of the shared issues faced by teachers in the classroom. Those discussions have led to a number of proposed solutions that these leaders […]
Teachers across the country are engaged in consultations on the National Curriculum Framework 2022. This is the second round of consultations being held in each district to ascertain the views of teachers on the new curriculum. The recommended amendments coming out of these sessions will be implemented before the start of the new school year […]
The Belize National Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education have been unable to finalize a revised Collective Bargaining Agreement for the past fourteen years. And, yet another year is coming to an end without the conclusion of that document. It has been a long-drawn-out process due to differences of views and opinions on several […]
The new sugar crop is four days away and today there’s still no concrete outcome coming out of the mediations between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R/B.S.I. The Minister of Agriculture told reporters today that he was concerned about what will come out of the last session because at stake are the livelihoods […]
Several farmers in rural Belize and Cayo districts mainly suffered losses in crops due to Hurricane Lisa on November second. Today, the Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai, told reporters that the final tally of the overall loss is still being worked out. Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security & Enterprise “We […]
The Government of Belize through the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Green Climate Fund, hosted consultations for its Climate Data and Information Gap Assessment and Action Plan Validation earlier today. This project is for the coastal zone and fisheries […]
Over forty newly-qualified beekeepers graduated today after successfully completing training in that field of work. The beekeepers, who hail from all across the country, gathered at Hodie’s Place in San Ignacio to receive their certificates of completion. The accomplishment means more than just the fact that Belize has more honey producers. It means that the […]
Tonight, for our weekly Belize On Reel feature, we’ll show you the massive cleanup effort that has been undertaken at the Belize Zoo, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Lisa over six weeks ago. In the month of November, the zoo lost almost two hundred thousand dollars in revenue, as the facility had to be […]
Personnel from Rural Resilient Belize today gifted five hundred liter water tanks to the fifteen members of the Maya Green Growers Cooperative of San Antonio Village, Cayo. The water tanks, valued at two thousand one hundred dollars each, will be used during the dry season, according to the cooperative’s president, Gary Canto. Gary Canto, […]
The Concepcion Vegetable Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited, the Northern Sustainable Agro-producers Cooperative Society Limited, as well as the Seven Miles Farmers’ Association have entered into Matching Grant Fund Agreements with the Ministry of Economic Development through the Resilient Rural Belize initiative. The purpose of the Matching Grant Fund Agreement is to provide resources and technical […]
The San Pedro Lions Club donated a thousand dollars to the Sister Cecelia Home for the Elderly today, towards the facility’s hurricane recovery efforts. As we have reported, the home for the elderly sustained significant damage as a result of Hurricane Lisa. And, while the institution is well on its way to recovery, there is […]
