This morning, the Senate Special Select Committee picked up its investigation into the hotly debated Definitive Agreement given to Portico Enterprise Limited by the Barrow administration back in October 2020. The public hearings, spearheaded by NGO Senator Janelle Chanona, have been a marathon of testimonies,
Next up was Senator Chris Coye, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. He showed up with his law partner and fellow senator, Eamon Courtenay, from CourtenayCoye LLP. Skipping the formalities, Coye dove straight into a prepared statement and then made a quick
Is there still any interest from Boskalis and Royal Caribbean in investing in the Port of Magical Belize after the political mess with the Definitive Agreement? Minister Coye, reading from a prepared statement, stressed that there has been zero foreign investment, no capital flow, no
Wrapping up his statement, Senator Coye didn’t hold back on criticizing the abuse of power in parliament, especially in the upper house. After dropping that bombshell, he excused himself from the hearing, which led to an immediate adjournment and a huddle in the committee room. Chris
This afternoon, we caught up with Cabinet Minister Francis Fonseca to get his take on today’s senate hearing. Fonseca admitted he wasn’t aware of what happened during the inquiry, but he still shared a few thoughts with reporters. [caption id="attachment_24635" align="alignright" width="300"]
Last week, after the Cabinet meeting, the government announced in a press release that it is making headway with the Draft Maya Customary Land Tenure Policy. They mentioned making suggestions to refine the key points and asked the relevant parties to share this information to
The Commission members are in Belize to catch up with two Maya organizations and see how well Belize is doing in implementing court rulings. They’re also here to iron out any issues that are causing delays. Back in 2004, the Commission put out a report
News Five spoke via phone with Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, the Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, who said that the government has been flexible, and liberal with the Mayas and that it does not want to come across as depriving the Mayas of land or putting
Suicide is one of those topics that is considered taboo to talk about, especially among the adolescent population. But the Mental Health Association and UNICEF Belize are of the view that youths must have these conversations. As a result, they partnered with the Department of
The Maya Civilization has been around for several thousand years and the amount of memorabilia that has been discovered is wide and varied. Yet not every Belizean can boast that they’ve had the opportunity to view these gems close-up. But now, through digitization and technology,
