On the heels of a strong performance on Monday night at the Belize City Civic Center, the playoffs for the 2018 season of the National Elite Basketball League kicks off tonight at nine p.m. Smart Belize Hurricanes is once again hosting; this time, Dangriga Dream Ballaz will go head to head with the formidable team. […]
The Hurricanes are currently ranked second in the 2018 season, with a five-game winning streak going into tonight’s game. Dubbed a battle of rice and beans versus hudut, C.E.O. Gilbert Gordon told News Five today that he is confident that the team of Smart Belize Hurricanes is motivated to bring the championship back to the […]
It is now official: the People’s United Party is continuing with businessman Gilroy Usher, Senior, as standard bearer in the Port Loyola division. Usher had been facing a challenge from first-time Belize City Councilor Candice Pitts. But News Five has received a letter sent by the party’s secretary-general, Linsford Castillo, to Usher informing that the […]
Candice Miller was back at City Hall this afternoon, attorney Magalie Perdomo in tow. She spent upwards of a few hours in what appeared to be a closed-door session with the City Council caucus. Neither side appears to be speaking tonight as of news time, ahead of Miller’s suspension being lifted as of early next […]
News Five has confirmed with the Belize National Teachers’ Union that there is an intention by school managements to dock a day’s pay for teachers, between five and seven hundred of them countrywide, who attended the March twenty-second Belmopan rally against violence to women and children. We are told that managements intended to implement this […]
There is concern by villagers in Maya Mopan, Stann Creek where for some time now, persons from neighboring Santa Maria Village have been illegally logging in the area. Today, Alcalde Constancio Teul traveled to Belize City and visited with News Five where he confirmed that permits were issued to a resident to remove forest produce […]
Alcalde Constancio Teul says that he is also reaching out to the Ministry of Natural Resources because two plots of land in Maya Mopan Village, where the illegal logging has been taking place, were recently surveyed. Who authorized the survey and why is not known. But Teul fears that there may be hanky-panky afoot. […]
Today, Belize joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. May third is a day used to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression. The Reporters Without Borders’ 2018 World Press Freedom […]
Earlier this week, BELTRAIDE’s Export Belize and the Directorate General for Foreign Trade held a roundtable meeting with private sector enterprises to share their experiences in exporting to CARICOM with potential exporters. The purpose of the session is for companies that have an interest in exporting to markets in CARICOM to receive first-hand account of […]
Health and education are not normally paired together, unless it’s a subject in school. But the Belize District Education Center is kicking off the Education Showcase held every May by emphasizing knowledge of health and wellness. Its first ever community health fair brought together students from across the Old Capital with health-related organizations, both governmental […]
World Asthma Day is celebrated on May first. But what is really known about it? It’s a lung condition that can be caused by any number of conditions. Healthy Living tonight discusses the condition, which is not curable, and how it can be kept under control. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Asthma is chronic condition that […]
As expected, Belize’s announcement on Monday of the date for our referendum on the taking of the unfounded Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice was good news for our western neighbors Guatemala. According to Prensa Libre, within a few minutes of the announcement, Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales had tweeted, “I appreciate the decision […]
But don’t expect Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) to pop any champagne. It issued a strong blast at both sides via press release this morning, pointing out that the government has practiced appeasement all along, in respect of the Guatemala claim, instead of standing up for Belize. It argues that there is apparently […]
COLA also noted in its press release that of those Guatemalans interviewed by Belizean reporters, including our News Five team which covered the recent referendum, the majority only want their government to recognize the borders, as they did in 1991, and avoid conflict. So what does COLA propose? Brackett told us Belize needs to lean […]
For the past two weeks, we have been reporting extensively on the squatters’ situation in the Mount Pleasant Creek Reserve area of Belmopan. Well, today that situation came to a head when the squatters were moved off the land. City Council workers and police visited the site twice today. The workers dismantled the structures and […]
In the run-up to the March seventh municipal elections, mayoral candidate Kevin Bernard and councilor candidate Josue Carballo campaigned collectively with other members of the People’s United Party slate to retain their respective seats on the Orange Walk Town Council. Since being returned to office, both men have become each other’s opponent, their eyes set […]
Since commencing his campaign a few weeks ago, Mayor Bernard has been soundly criticized for his decision to run for standard bearer for Orange Walk East. This is considering the fact that he was only just re-elected as mayor for a third consecutive term on March seventh. On the Phone: Kevin Bernard, Orange Walk […]
At the beginning of April, just after the Easter break, we told you about a request made by Belize Electricity Limited to take up electricity rates. At the time, B.E.L. said that this was as a result of increases in the cost of power purchased from producers and the company proposed an increase of seven […]
There were inmates of the Belize Central Prison in the city today, but they were being kept out of trouble. Region One Commander Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett employed them to “bush” overgrown lots on Logwood Street, Moya Street in the Saint Martin’s area, and on Mayflower Street. But Gillett told us that after the city […]
On the occasion of Labour Day, police from Region One, Eastern Division, brought out thirty-two kids from Region One area of Eastern Division to play football against Roaring Creek and Camalote’s under-thirteen football teams. The youngsters from Mesopotamia, Collet and Queen’s Square neighborhoods split a pair of games, but former Belmopan Commander, now Region One […]
BELTRAIDE, in partnership with public and private sector partners, are celebrating National Competitiveness Month. The month of May is being used to showcase how competitiveness is being strengthened in firms, labour and government. Today, C.E.O. Dwayne Belisle shared how Ministry of Investment, Trade and Commerce, and by extension Government, is helping to push trade forward […]
All month long, there will be a series of activities and events to highlight national competitiveness month. The activities kicked off today with a roundtable discussion on export within CARICOM. Later this month, there will be a workshop on the business of music, career fairs and job preparedness trainings, as well as the launch of […]
Late this evening, the Government of Belize announced that it has set the date for Belize’s decision on taking the dispute arising from Guatemala’s claim to Belize’s land and insular territories, and to the maritime areas pertaining to them, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for final settlement. That date is Wednesday, April tenth, […]
Former Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley came out swinging today, after remaining quiet in the face of questionable city council spending that have since been exposed by his successor. Last Thursday, Mayor Bernard Wagner made public the results of an audit exercise conducted at City Hall via a transition report. That presentation outlines the expenditure […]
The tab at Chon Sing Restaurant which came up to roughly six thousand dollars, according to Bradley, is a blatant falsehood. He says that for payment to have been approved, a check would have had to be endorsed by himself, the director of finance, as well as the city administrator, based on a system of […]
