Alleged Belizean sea pirates Jaime Nolberto Coote, Vincent Esron Martinez, Fernando Avila, Justin Floyd Palacio, Jeremy Waylon Leslie and a seventeen-year-old minor – all reportedly from southern Belize – will soon be spending time behind bars at the central prison in Hattieville. The group of men were busted Honduran authorities in the Baja Mar community […]
As we reported on Wednesday, cabinet has approved the phased return of face-to-face instruction of schools at all levels and sectors across the country. Since September of 2020, secondary and tertiary students have been attending virtual classes, while learning packages were distributed to primary schoolers. But beginning April twelfth, schools who believe that they have […]
So schools are going to have to get innovative with their learning continuity plans. C.E.O. in the Ministry of Education, Dian Maheia speaks of blended learning as a possible new normal. Dian Maheia, C.E.O., Ministry of Education “If you want to bring back all your students, you have to find a way to stagger […]
Phase two of the COVID vaccination rollout is currently underway where teachers are now allowed to get their jabs as an added protection against the deadly virus. Like some frontline healthcare workers, there are a number of teachers who are not willing to get take vaccine. During our one-on-one interview with C.E.O. Dian Maheia of […]
Back in June of last year, four airplanes that were seized during drug plane landings in the country were sold by the Barrow administration for under a million Belize dollars. The business jets were said to be in a state of disrepair and sold via a bidding process as a joint venture between the former […]
A Mexican accused of landing a drug plane in Belize, Miguel Cruz Meseguer, was taken before the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, but the prosecution was not prepared to carry on with the case against him so the matter was further adjourned until March thirtieth. Meseguer was one of six Central American men who were facing […]
The story of what happened to the Belize Jaguars when the landed in Port-au-Prince on Monday has gotten considerable international sports coverage. CBS Sports to TMZ, Al Jazeera and even the Times of India have circulated the news about the team’s bus being pulled over by armed gunmen as they left the airport and the […]
A thrip pest threatens Belize’s grain industry which includes black and red beans, white and yellow corn, soy bean, black eye peas, rice and sorghum. It is the first time that the Asian bean thrip has been detected in the Belize and the second report for the Americas since March of last year. The pest […]
On Tuesday, a group of sea pirates were detained in Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Believed to be the masterminds behind the attacks at sea in southern Belize, six Belizean men and two Honduran nationals were captured during a sting operation carried out by law enforcement officers from that neighbouring country. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
Thursday’s World Cup Qualifier between Belize and Haiti will proceed as scheduled, that’s a decision taken by FIFA following an investigation by a match commissioner who was dispatched to the island nation in the wake of an incident involving the Belize Jaguars. On Monday, when the team arrived in Port-au-Prince they were held at gunpoint […]
After several weeks of going without a casualty, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has recorded another COVID-19 death. In its daily update, it was noted that there is one new confirmed case of the virus, one new recovery and one new death. As it stands, the number of active cases has been reduced to […]
The country will have to wait for the reading of the budget for the new fiscal year 2021-2022 until April ninth. But today, Area Representative for Belmopan, Oscar Mira told the Belmopan City Council that it will be difficult. Mira suggested that it will be a tough budget to digest, but he was still hopeful […]
Belmopan Mayor Sharon Palacio says that their initial review of the Belmopan City Council has revealed debts in the millions of dollars, among other mismanagement and irregularities that include the selling of lands just days before the municipal elections in March. Today, Palacio said she believes that what they uncovered may be just the tip […]
A quick response to a News Five story a few days ago means one Belize City organization now has some additional funds to keep helping children. Today, SMART handed over a donation and also recommitted to expand its partnership with the Y.M.C.A. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Today, the Young Men’s […]
The first round of World Cup Qualifiers between Belize and Haiti is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Sylvio Cator Stadium in Port-au-Prince. At news time this evening, an investigation is being conducted by a senior FIFA match commissioner to determine whether the game between the Belize Jaguars and Haiti’s national football team can proceed […]
Over the past month, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received two batches of vaccines; one thousand Astra-Zeneca vaccines from Barbados and twenty-five thousand from India. So, in March, the ministry began to administer the vaccines in phases from the two shipments received. But as we found out today, vaccinations among one target group are […]
While the Ministry of Health and Wellness pushes for those sixty and older to take the vaccine, it also has to do a bit more education among its own healthcare workers. As we’ve showed you, on March first, the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme started with healthcare workers and while the vaccinations continue for […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says that there is a lot of misinformation and fear as it relates to the vaccines and this has led to a lower than expected number of vaccinations administered. Today, Doctor Natalia Largaespada Beer spoke with the media about why they are championing the vaccines for immunity and what […]
One year ago today, COVID-19 was detected in Belize. Belize’s first patient was a woman in San Pedro. Since then we have recorded over three hundred deaths; been subjected to wearing masks; living under curfew regulations with multiple lockdowns – and the list goes on. Life as we knew it changed. Today we asked the […]
The United States Embassy in Belmopan is resuming its operations after almost a year of dormancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, there has been a significant backlog of applications and renewals. The good news is the U.S. Embassy has decided to automatically extend the length of time from one year to four […]
With consular activities resuming, are there any new changes to existing procedures that applicants must be aware of? Mellissa Sandoval, Vice Consul, U.S. Embassy “So generally speaking, in alignment with the local conditions and our alignment with the C.D.C., what we have been doing is reducing the number of applicants who appear in person […]
The new Ambassador to Belize for the Republic of China (Taiwan) has presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Colville Young. Ambassador David Kuan-Chou Chien conveyed greetings from the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen and pledged to continue promoting the mutual interests and cooperation between our countries. The Governor General welcomed the new ambassador and […]
On Friday, the Football Federation of Belize introduced the men’s national team which will be participating in a series of regional matches ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022. The team arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti this morning where they are scheduled to play at the Sylvio Cator Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Instead […]
As you know quarantine regulations currently in place since March third restrict the opening of bars, nightclubs and casinos. There is also a curfew from ten p.m. and five a.m. for the entire country. That statutory instrument expires in the middle of the Easter weekend on Saturday April third. So we asked Minister Musa if […]
The rumours about a pending three-weekend lockdown are false. News Five confirmed today with Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa that a document getting considerable social media buzz is not about Belize. Minister Musa stressed the lockdown is for another Caribbean country that is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Kareem Musa, Minister of […]
