The standstill at the Port of Belize Limited is now in its seventh day. Some ships have already turned back, causing importers to activate contingency plans. Shipping agents are looking [...]
In an attempt to loosen the logjam at Port of Belize Limited brought on by the striking stevedores, the Minister responsible for Logistics, Michel Chebat has reportedly been in conversation [...]
And while the impasse continues between stevedores and the Port of Belize, shipments that were destined to be processed through that entry and exit point have been channeled through the [...]
Prime Minister John Briceño chimed in on the state of affairs within the United Democratic Party, referring to the domestic violence allegations against Patrick Faber as a pattern. As the [...]
This week the neighboring state of Quintana Roo, Mexico went to level orange on its five scale COVID-19 alerts. Orange is second highest, just below red, with a number of [...]
This morning, before today’s meeting, Prime Minister John Briceño praised the efforts his Administration has made in growing the local economy over the last year. But, what will those successes [...]
P.M. Briceño says Belize has a lot to be grateful for with the economy rebounding, the Blue Bond, and now the Millennium Challenge Corporation funds. He maintains there is more [...]
The Government of Belize is preparing to table a reported sixteen million dollar supplementary budget in the House of Representatives for the Ministry of Health. It will not be the [...]
Prime Minister John Briceño left the country today for Honduras to attend the inauguration of Xiomara Castro, the Central American nation’s first woman president. Briceño also spoke this morning about [...]
In early December, we reported on an effort to encourage women and youth in entrepreneurship through a project called Enhancing the Economic Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the [...]
A visit to the island of Caye Caulker today was different than it was six months ago. Tourism activity on La Isla Cariñosa was palpable, with many tour boats out [...]
Like the rest of the country, COVID is on the island of Caye Caulker. With the omicron and delta variants in country, the village also saw an increase in COVID [...]
This is village council election year, so News Five asked the chairlady of Caye Caulker if she will re-contest. After all, Seleny Villanueva-Pott is a two-term village council chairlady and [...]
It is one of the government’s key revenue departments and today, the Government of Belize commemorated International Customs Day. The ceremony this year was held in the banana belt in [...]
Since the reopening of schools on January tenth, there have been reports of teachers and students having COVID-19 but none of them were engaged in hybrid learning, and there have [...]
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Doctor Marvin Manzanero was government’s chief medical advisor in his then capacity as Director of Health Services. Notwithstanding the controversial changes in the [...]
According to Doctor Manzanero, what is equally of concern is the shortened time span when people can become re-infected with COVID. Omicron, he says, is capable of coming back. [...]
First it was a blockage by cane farmers that delayed the start of the sugar crop, now rocks, metals, and other debris are threatening to shut down operations at the [...]
In other news from the sugar cane belt, B.S.I. has placed a permanent ban on Everaldo Uk, the putative president of the Corozal Sugar Cane Producer Association. A letter to [...]
The Department of Transport is introducing sixteen new speed guns, following a training session during which traffic wardens were taught how to use the device to determine the speeds at [...]
The meeting between the Joint Union Negotiation Team, and its government counterparts concluded just before news time this evening. There will be a second meeting, scheduled for February sixteenth. Tonight, [...]
