The streets have been a major headache for the Belize City Mayor. Mayor Bradley says that the concretization of streets, which is part of the Municipal Development Project, have been set back by a few weeks as a result of incessant rains. Streets that have been designated for repair work on the south side remain […]
2013 is just a few hours away from being recorded as another eventful year in the chronicles of Belizean history. While we welcome a new year with the singing of Auld Lang Syne at midnight, our political leaders are focusing on national goals for the next twelve months. In their respective New Year’s addresses aired […]
Today at the offices of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the lucky winners were chosen for the December 2013 Western Union Treasure Chest Raffle. The raffle is done every quarter to give back to its customers. Nine participants from across the country gathered for an opportunity to spin a treasure wheel and win […]
Land disputes are featured regularly in our newscast but tonight there is one that strikes pretty close to home at the Ministry of Natural Resources. It involves prime real estate on Chetumal Street and had been brewing for weeks; today it headed to court where the Pickwoad family desperately sought a court injunction. The property […]
When we last reported on Belize Electricity Limited it was because there was an announcement on a reduction on electricity rates for the fiscal year, 2014. That was after B.E.L. made a submission to the Public Utilities Commission to reduce the mean electricity rate by three cents per kilowatt hour. But the PUC decided to […]
According to B.E.L.’s Senior Manager of Information and Communication Systems, Sean Fuller, the company supports the decision of the PUC, but it will impact operating margins. That proposed rate reduction will save consumers almost fifteen million dollars in the upcoming year, but will set back the electricity company by five million dollars. Sean Fuller, […]
Álvaro de Marichalar is putting off yet another adventure on which he is sailing to ten countries, from Florida, U.S.A. along the Central American coast and ending in Panama. Marichalar is also an entrepreneur, but it is his passion for sailing that has him on his fortieth journey…. this time to commemorate the first European […]
The End Polio Now Campaign is being carried out by mariners and Rotarians as well as by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The campaign is designed to bring awareness to the disease as well as to highlight the efforts to eradicate the illness. When he docks in Panama, Álvaro de Marichalar, who is also […]
A U.S. national has been missing at sea since Monday and tonight, the Belize National Coast Guard has called off search and rescue efforts. Fifty-seven year old Dieter Kruger and his family were in the country on vacation in the south and on Monday, Kruger and his son were out swimming and snorkeling near the […]
The Belize National Coast Guard has formally aborted a search and rescue mission for a group of fishermen who went missing near Dangriga earlier this month. Forty-nine-year-old Thomas Young, along with twenty-six year old Derwin Gentle, twenty-four year old Elgin Graham, thirty-four year old Sergio Flores and twenty-six year old Kenrick Devin Chi set off on […]
Twenty-two-year-old Geon Hanson, a well-known Belizean cyclist, remains in stable condition, following a near-fatal road traffic accident on Christmas Eve. The young rider was training for the upcoming New Year’s Day Cycling Classic along the George Price Highway on Tuesday morning when he was hit by a commuter bus. As a result, Hanson sustained severe […]
Tonight the 2013-2014 sugarcane crop season appears to be in real jeopardy. Both the B.S.I. and the BSCFA have returned to the discussion table, thanks to intervention by government, but there is still a fundamental sticking point. And that sticking point is a dozy. The BSCFA isn’t budging until B.S.I. signs an agreement to pay […]
For the first time ever there is a red-eye flight to the Jewel and it comes courtesy of Delta Airlines, after much planning and meetings between the airline company and Belize’s Airline Development Committee. But, in addition to that, the flight also goes down in history as the first direct flight from Los Angeles to […]
Every year Belizean-American Verna Clement returns home at Christmas time to spread some love among the children of the Belize River Valley, hosting a day-long Christmas event. She was born in Rancho Dolores and grew up in Bermudian Landing, and has never forgotten her roots. She first focused her attention on those two communities, but […]
Christmas is a time for giving and sharing and around the country, as well as in downtown Belize City, families are doing their last minute shopping and preparations for the festive day. It is a day to spread the Christmas spirit with many and today, we headed downtown amongst the hustle and bustle where shoppers […]
Last Thursday, residents of Caye Caulker voiced their discontentment with the ferrying of sand dredged off the coast of the island for use in neighboring San Pedro. A group of angry citizens proceeded to block the path of several dump trucks, preventing them from offloading sand onto a waiting ferry. The material, they argue, should […]
Our news team is just back from Orange Walk, where they were awaiting the decision out of a meeting between B.S.I. and the BSCFA. The session started at two and ended after five this evening. While there’s a lot to say for the fact that the parties are back at the discussion table for the […]
There seems to be some confusion. As you’ve heard, B.S.I. is waiting for indication from the BSCFA on what it needs to move forward, while the BSCFA is waiting for a letter from B.S.I. before it moves forward. BSCFA says that as soon as they receive the letter from BSI they will be calling a […]
Rhett Fuller has been fighting extradition to the US for fifteen years. He is wanted there for his alleged involvement in a 1998 murder in North Miami Beach. On July twenty-fourth, Fuller appeared before Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington, who has the final say on whether he stays or goes. The decision was delayed at […]
Police officers have come under serious scrutiny recently after criminal allegations were made against them. This week, PC Dayton Sacasa was arraigned on charges of extortion. Days before three officers were charged for theft after shaking down a citizen and just before that a senior officer was charged for murder. Some would say it hasn’t […]
Some one hundred and ninety-two persons are registered to the Resource Center here in Belize City. They include those that are mentally ill, the homeless and others. On a daily basis, some fifty persons seek the services of the institution. Well today, at its offices on Vernon Street, a Christmas party was held for the […]
Ham, like turkey, is an essential part of the Christmas cuisine. But there is little known about its preparation and curing. The following feature takes you to Southside Meats where proprietor Mark Lizarraga gave News Five a behind the scenes look at how it is done. {Feature on Ham…}
The recent rains have wreaked havoc on the streets in Caye Caulker, but that problem aside, the situation has been aggravated by another issue which is not being caused by nature but is man-made. For weeks, residents have been complaining that sand from the island is being excavated and transported to San Pedro when it […]
There is danger of a breakdown in the very tentative goodwill between the Belize Sugar Industry and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. Last week, following a meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, ASR/B.S.I. agreed in principle to pay for bagasse, with some conditions. That seemed to be a major concession and things looked good. […]
On Wednesday, Minister Godwin Hulse sat with media in an eighteen minute interview on a variety of immigration related topics. But tonight there are still more questions and more speculation. First, we turn to reports of imminent structural changes. News Five has been reliably informed that Cabinet has approved the total shake-up of the passport […]
