On Tuesday afternoon, Cabinet met in Belmopan and during the meeting of senior government ministers it was announced by Prime Minister John Briceño that there would be a reshuffling of chief executive officers in the ministries of Immigration, Transport and Human Development. The transfer of C.E.O.’s within those respective portfolios follow the departure of former […]
Senator Eamon Courtenay, as we’ve reported, has returned to private practice as an attorney at his law firm, Courtenay Coye LLP. He also remains the Leader of Government Business in the upper house. His privileges in Cabinet, however, remain unclear. While he was not present at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, there are many questions surrounding the […]
On Tuesday, the Toledo Alcaldes Association issued a stern release denouncing government’s draft Maya Customary Land Policy. The TAA’s primary concern was that it was not consulted prior to the Briceño administration proposing to recognize only zero point seven-five miles to one point eight-five miles from the center of the village, depending on the size. […]
Earlier today, the Belize Indigenous Alliance for Collective Resiliance, a non-profit organization based in Punta Gorda, also issued a release, standing in solidarity with the Toledo Alcaldes Association. The organization, “urges the government to revisit the drafting process of the Maya Customary Land Policy, with sincerity and inclusion”. Notwithstanding that position, the Minister of Indigenous […]
Commissioner of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Greg Ch’oc is stepping down from that post later this month when his contract with the Government of Belize comes to an end. He has been serving in that role under the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs for the past three years and is also returning to private life as […]
The second session of a Senate inquiry into the controversial Portico Definitive Agreement got underway today in Belmopan. That Definitive Agreement was granted to Portico Enterprises Limited which is seeking to establish the Port of Magical Belize. This particular inquiry seeks to determine the origins of the agreement between the past U.D.P. Government and David […]
During his testimony, Doctor Almendarez was asked whether he knew about the Portico Definitive Agreement. Not only did he tell committee members ‘no’, Doctor Almendarez said that for him the Definitive Agreement does not exist. Dr. Leroy Almendarez, Executive Director, BELTRAIDE “I believe, and I am trying to stay away from mention because you […]
As we’ve mentioned, today was the first time that the Executive Director of BELTRAIDE, Doctor Leroy Almendarez, was called before the Senate Special Select Committee to give evidence. News Five spoke with him as he exited the National Assembly Building following his testimony. Dr. Leroy Almendarez, Executive Director, BELTRAIDE “My role as the Executive Director of […]
The second person to appear before the Senate Special Select Committee was Lands Commissioner Talbert Brackett. Brackett took office recently under the Briceño Administration. In June 2023, Prime Minister John Briceño told the House of Representatives that seventeen parcels of land were signed over to Portico a day before the Definitive Agreement was signed under […]
The tourism high season has only just begun, but the tourist village is already buzzing with activity. Just today, Belize experienced the busiest day of the season, with four cruise ships boasting approximately sixteen thousands visitors. This year, Belize is expected to welcome as many as nine hundred fifty thousand tourists, according to the B.T.B. […]
2023 is officially history and, as we had reported in our end-of-year review, it did so with far fewer murders than in the immediate past years. Today, the top brass of the Belize Police Department sat with Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa to discuss the 2023 crime report card. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams […]
The first murder of 2024 happened early Sunday morning in Bella Vista Village and police charged two brothers a day later for that homicide. But while the arrests of siblings Cornelio and Ernesto Martinez were swift, there have been quite a few reports out of Bella Vista and Independence that one of the brothers charged […]
A man was shot in the Mayflower Street area of Belize City, otherwise known as Ghost Town, on Monday night. Thirty-year-old Theodore Dwyer was reportedly sitting on a chair near a basketball court through an alley off Mayflower Street when three unidentified male persons approached him from behind and fired multiple shots in his direction. […]
Christmas 2023 has come and gone, but not without its share of mishaps. On December twenty-fourth, around ten thirty a.m., a female police officer reported that she and another female officer had been attacked by a group of men with dynamites. The officer claimed that she and her colleague were working at a police booth […]
Earlier today, we also asked Minister Musa about the task that the police officers in the north had to carry out in dealing with protestors in the sugar belt. Musa said he thought that the officers’ performance and approach was phenomenal, especially when compared to how they handled similar situations in previous years, when citizens […]
Earlier today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams revealed that several officers are under suicide watch and that about twenty of them will be offered counselling. The information shared with reporters succeeds a recent suicide in Sarteneja Village. Meanwhile, Minister Musa said that incidents such as PC Chan’s unfortunate death and whatever might have led him […]
Every New Year, the British Monarchy rewards select citizens and members of the Commonwealth, in all fields of work, with honors to celebrate their contributions to society, community, or their area of employment. This is known as the King’s New Years Honors list. And this year, a couple residing in Belize has been granted the […]
