Another initiative was launched today in the fight against the violence and crime affecting the high crime zones in the City. A youth cadet corps has been established as an arm of the Belize Coast Guard. Young students, between the ages eight and twelve years, are being encouraged to join the programme and learn life […]
A Belize City resident originally from San Ignacio is the proud owner tonight of a brand new Great Wall Wingle pick-up truck courtesy of Courts Belize Limited and Wingle distributors Caribbean Motors. Omar Chuc says it couldn’t have come at a better time for him and his family. But as News Five’s Aaron Humes reports, […]
Blood is a gift everyone can accept, and most can freely give – fear of sharp needles aside. It’s also a very important aspect of work at our nation’s hospitals, where a lack of it can place patients in danger. Today, volunteers for the Belize Red Cross were out encouraging passers-by on Princess Margaret Drive […]
It has been a rough month since Mayor Bernard Wagner assumed office at City Hall following the March seventh municipals after over a decade of U.D.P. rule. He is still settling into his new post as head of the Belize City Council, but tonight he finds himself in a pickle. Mayor Wagner has come under […]
According to Mayor Wagner, there seem to be forces within his administration that are working against the best interest of the Belize City Council. He questions their tardiness in presenting him with the guidelines for carrying out that form of public assistance due to their political differences. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “Going forward […]
City Administrator Candice Miller has been suspended from managerial duties until sometime in early May, pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation into questionable debts left behind by the former Belize City Council. Those arrears include a hefty tab owed to a Chinese restaurant situated across the street from City Hall, where Joe Bradley, father […]
So what’s the fate of the social assistance programme, the cause of the annoyance over the past few days? Well, Mayor Wagner says the programme will be done away with in the days ahead, in favor of what will be known as a city fund. That initiative will see the empowerment of self-styled entrepreneurs using […]
Belize has been designated for the third year by the United States as a major transshipment point for the trafficking of drugs to North America. Other countries within Central America and the Caribbean have also been named under that description. But is the recent report issued by the U.S. Department of State credible, since Belize […]
The report released for March 2018 is viewed as merely finger-pointing by the United States government which stops short of equally addressing the insatiable demand for drugs in that country. AG Peyrefitte says that more stringent measures should also be taken in the U.S. to stem the greedy appetite for drugs coming from South America. […]
Young persons left scarred and traumatized by gun violence gathered today in the city as police look for new opportunities to keep them away from crime. They are students from a school in the Saint Martin de Porres area which has been one of the city’s hotspots. Today, survivors of gun violence addressed them on […]
An internal investigation is ongoing by the Professional Standards Branch against officers attached to the Punta Gorda precinct over allegations of police brutality. Leray Simon claims that he was viciously beaten in the cell block on Sunday night after he was detained by police while socializing with his football teammates following a match in the […]
Guatemalans are headed to the polls on Sunday to vote on whether the age-old territorial dispute with Belize should go before the International Court of Justice for determination. It is expected that Belizeans will follow suit before year’s end. With the Foreign Ministry taking the lead on the issue, what role does the Attorney General’s […]
Since the recent passage of stringent anti-gang legislation, there have been concerns about the scope of the law and how it will be used to crack down on persons believed to be keenly involved in organized criminal activities. So what happens in a case where reformed gangsters continue to bear the markings of their respective […]
President Jimmy Morales from Guatemala has been making the media rounds in respect of the upcoming referendum which takes place this Sunday in Guatemala. Over the weekend, he was in the Peten area and on Monday night, he appeared on TV Azteca in a programme called Hechos with Ana Lucia Masariegos. The president was […]
There has been back and forth on social media on the cheques endorsed by Mayor Bernard Wagner for the social assistance programme. The comments have been drawn along political lines, with some chastising him while others supporting him for his compassion. At an event today, former councilor Philip Willoughby was reserved on comment. He did […]
Willoughby also chimed in on the suspension of City Administrator Candice Miller and the report that she wrote a cheque to pay for unauthorized bills. While vouching that in his opinion Miller would not undermine the mayor, Willoughby detailed the process of food purchases for events, justifying the findings made by the audit. Philip […]
Today, Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett was described as possibly the busiest man in a positive way in the south side of Belize City. The Regional Commander of Eastern Division South has hit the ground running since he took over in March, getting support from various businesses in his fight against the urban violence. This afternoon, […]
Even before that meeting with UNO Sales Consultant Lupita Zetina, Gillett met and signed off on an agreement with Carlo Habet, the manager of Brothers Habet Limited in Belize City. The agreement will see police officers on the south side getting fifteen percent discount on all items sold at Brothers Habet. Gillett says they are […]
The National Emergency Management Organization is in full gear with less than two months away from the Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Season. Today, public officers received training at a shelter management and tsunami preparedness workshop. According to NEMO, these types of trainings take place all year round, but this year, there is a special component that […]
As President Morales was touring the Peten area, the Belize Territorial Volunteers attempted to travel to the Sarstoon, where Belizeans now require permission from Guatemala to traverse. This weekend, the BTV hosted members of their allied political party, the Belize Progressive Party, for a strategic meeting in Punta Gorda Town. As part of that meeting, […]
Three candidates vied for the presidency of the Christian Workers’ Union during Saturday’s annual general meeting at the Bishop Sylvestre Memorial Center in Belize City: activist Moses Sulph, media executive Evan “Mose” Hyde, and Wilmore Staine. Hyde won by a wide margin of three hundred and twenty-eight votes to seventy-two for Staine and thirty-nine for […]
A top priority for the new president, as it has been for his predecessors, is settling the long-standing dispute between the Port of Belize Limited and the stevedores represented by the union. Though it may feel like forever, it has actually been twelve years since there was a collective bargaining agreement. Hyde says both sides […]
Leray Simon of Punta Gorda Town is tonight hoping someone, anyone, in the Belize Police Department will listen to his complaint of alleged brutality. Information reaching News Five is that Simon was detained on Sunday night by police in P.G., who allegedly beat him while in the cell at the police station. As seen in […]
Eight million dollars is to be budgeted supplementary for the upcoming I.C.J. awareness campaign, nearly all from international sources. But on the ground, Foreign Minister Elrington says it has been low-key ever since the launch in 2010 due to lack of continuing resources. Nonetheless, he says the key groups are being reached, and their feedback […]
Elrington concedes that even if the dispute is settled in the I.C.J., Belize and Guatemala will continue to have issues with border incursions. The difference, he said, will be the established boundaries which must be respected. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “Historically, there have always been cases of migration taking place and countries […]
