So while Doctor Manzanero says the positive cases are declining, government is looking at options. There are reports of several vaccines for the novel coronavirus in circulation, and today the Director of Health Services confirmed with News Five that the Government has signed off on a letter of intent that was sent by the Ministry […]
For days, there have been reports that the B.T.L.’s credit card has been misused by B.T.L. Chairman Nestor Vasquez who has been at the company since it was taken over by the government. A figure of four hundred thousand dollars has been thrown around. Vasquez says it is merely an allegation at election time. News […]
On the morning of September fourth, more than thirty vendors from Belmopan and surrounding communities were up in arms because they were removed from the proposed site of the Belmopan Market Plaza, which sits on the south ring road and the Bliss Parade in the capital. The vendors complained bitterly that current market arrangements are […]
Tonight police are looking for Whitfield Fisher, the suspect in the murder of his brother-in-law, Andrew Flores. Flores was killed inside an apartment on Kelly Street on the night of the tenth of September. Though he was rushed to the K.H.M.H, the deep cut wound to his throat turned fatal. Trouble started when a guest […]
The Francisco family is tonight reeling over the unfortunate death of one of their own. Morgan Francisco Junior took his own life on September tenth as the world observed Suicide Prevention Day. Francisco Junior, according to his family, was suffering from bouts of severe depression and on Thursday night, an encounter with the police over […]
After six days of being lost in the jungles of Southern Belize, P.C. Bernard Ical returned to post in good health. The police officer went missing last week Wednesday and found his way back to the Machaquila outpost on Monday. This is after a massive search party was launched for the officer. According to Ical, it […]
Preliminary data from the Ministry of Health shows that thirty-six new cases of COVID-19 cases were identified today with forty-four recovered cases. There is also another death to report, the nineteenth person to die from COVID-19. His name is Rolando Torres, a resident of San Ignacio Town; he died at the K.H.M.H. on Thursday. He […]
There are concerns of possible exposure since Torres was not being treated in the COVID-19 isolation unit despite showing signs. According to Doctor Manzanero, Torres was isolated inside the I.C.U. On the Phone Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “I spoke briefly with CEO and the epidemiologist from Karl Huesner and my notes […]
The People’s United Party has unveiled its plan for the agricultural sector seeking to strengthen existing industries and boost local production by stopping the importation of produce that is grown in Belizean soil. The P.U.P.’s vision encourages farmers to grow more of what is consumed by families so that local produce goes from the farm […]
After forty years in political life, of the nation, Said Musa announced his retirement on Tuesday. The two-term prime minister and area representative of the Fort George Division wrote to his constituents and the P.U.P. to say it was time to exit. He did it at his own timing and with his usual grace giving […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow today told News Five that Said Musa’s departure from the political arena is an end to an era. Like Musa, Barrow is also retiring from electoral politics this year and reminisced the early years when he met a young Musa as a lawyer and when they both entered politics. Barrow also […]
Also speaking on Musa’s legacy and political influence was senior U.D.P. politician Michael Finnegan. Finnegan and Musa got into many heated debates across the political aisle inside the National Assembly building in Belmopan. They would exchange blows but never on a personal note. Finnegan recounts Musa’s wittiness in the House and his lasting contributions to […]
The Fort George Executive is to meet tonight regarding Said Musa’s successor. No convention will be held and it is expected that the Party’s chairman Henry Charles Usher will be nominated to represent the P.U.P. in the division whenever the national elections are called. Usher has been working the division along with Musa for more […]
And while Musa is stepping aside, he is not going anywhere. He still plans to stay involved in the division though his activities may be limited and not the typical knocking on doors that characterized his way of keeping in touch with his constituents. His son, Caribbean Shores Area Representative, Kareem Musa, says his father […]
Just before news time, the new COVID 19 cases were updated by the Ministry of Health. There is now a total of one thousand three hundred and sixty five cases. As the positive cases climb so does the number of deaths, two more persons have died due to the virus putting the number of deaths […]
Concerns have been raised of swabbing exercises that are being conducted by health officials out in the open. Earlier today, a picture of persons being swabbed, presumably in Louisiana, Orange Walk District, began circulating, prompting the Director of Health Services to find out from personnel in the field whether they are doing so outdoors. Along […]
Tonight we start our newscast with the heroic story of P.C. Bernard Ical. He was lost in the jungle but today he is back like he never left, Ical tells us tonight about his six days ordeal in the jungles in southern Belize. He credits his S.P.U. training and his positive mindset as things that […]
And so there you heard it – the man who helped to steer P.C. Bernard Ical to safety at the observation post is none other than his commissioner who was aboard the helicopter on Monday. But even before that air search – the commissioner of Police says that he gave his word to Ical’s family […]
And so today ComPol Chester Williams had nothing but welcoming words for his officer, hailing him a brave man – but did that brave man adhere to the protocols on the ground? Some believe that if Ical had followed those protocols it could have all been prevented. News 5 received copies of statements allegedly made […]
This news just in; two-term Prime Minister and Fort George Area Representative, Said Musa, is retiring from electoral politics. The Right Honorable Said Musa met with P.U.P. Leader John Briceño to inform him of his decision to resign from the political life and step aside as the P.U.P. Fort George Standard Bearer. Musa has been […]
Turning to crime, there was another murder in the Old capital on Monday night; it occurred on the heels of two other killings over the weekend. Dangriga resident, Nelson “Ricky” Miguel, had moved to Belize City since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic in March. He was inside a car on Faber Road Extension […]
A shocking video has surfaced on social media of a very alarming situation occurring in the Belmopan area. The video was released by a concerned Belizean; police as well as the Human Development Department and Helpage Belize have met to review the situation. The video captures an elderly man, being shown into a house which […]
Registration to vote in the November general elections is ongoing; the closing date is expected to be known once the date for elections is announced. So there is a frenzy at offices around the country. This morning long lines snaked outside the Election and Boundaries offices in Ladyville. Medical students mostly from India were lining […]
There was a collective sigh of relief across Belize today when it was confirmed that Police Constable Bernard Ical was safe and alive. Ical found his way back to the Machaquila outpost this afternoon after two o’clock. Teams from the police and B.D.F. as well as civilians set out in search for the P.C. who […]
Criminals were on a rampage over the weekend; three men were killed in separate incidents and there was further violence in the City and elsewhere. On Sunday night, death came knocking at the door of twenty-five year old Dellin Dougal. Dougal was at home on Mckay Boulevard when two gunmen walked upon the steps of […]
