Turning to the referendum on offshore oil exploration; it has been given the official green light as the Office of the Governor General has informed Oceana in Belize that the secondary stage in a series of actions necessary to hold a vote on the issue has been completed. A little over eighteen thousand signatures were […]
Over a hundred special needs children in Belize were in a festive mood today. The Stella Maris students were treated to their much anticipated Christmas party, sponsored by the Belize Bank. They had games, dancing and great food to get them in the holiday spirit. But the icing on the cake was a visit from […]
The House of Representatives meets this Friday in Belmopan. And before you start speculating that the date for general elections will be announced, we can say that we are satisfied that you won’t hear that on Friday. It will, however, be the first time that Francis Fonseca will lead the parliamentary opposition in the House […]
Goldburn “Easy Glen” Adolphus is a well known U.D.P. supporter and former City Council employee. More recently he ran into trouble with the law over an unpaid debt and when we caught up with the brash personality today, he was in a quandary with the City Council. Now unemployed, Easy Glen carries on his hustle […]
An investigation is ongoing on an incident at the residence of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. PM Barrow returned to country last Saturday from Miami where he was accompanying his wife, Kim Simplis Barrow, on a second round of chemotherapy. According to reports, someone stoned the PM’s house shattering a window. Video surveillance tapes have been […]
Sorrel is an herb that is associated with the Christmas season; there’s sorrel wine, cake and juice and now there is sorrel stout. That new product was introduced into the market on December third. But if you’re looking for the new stout, well you have to wait a bit because the stock has been totally […]
The Church’s holy war against UNIBAM is yet to begin in the Supreme Court but in addition to a strong ally in the government, the moral battle is getting support from a third independent party. The Vision Inspired by the People is against the UNIBAM agenda and the party members became outraged when they found […]
A high profile professor at the University of Quintana Roo is making a serious allegation about local immigration officials. According to Professor Carlos Barrachina, two close family friends, Honduran national, Xenia Paz Bardales and Mexican National, Yolanda Pineda Castillo, were abused by officers at the western border as they tried to reach Mexico via Belize […]
A Mexican entrepreneur travelled from Merida to share her experiences as an entrepreneur with Belizean women. The workshop called Women´s Empowerment took place at the Embassy of Mexico today. The goal to provide participants with basic training and tools to open a small business and enhance self-esteem, by all accounts, was a success. News Five […]
The celebration of Channel Five’s twenty-year anniversary continues. We went back to our archives and found an interesting story, featured in 1992. In this piece that took place in the jungle, the then News Five reporter William Neal joins the Belize Defense Force for a mock war game which occurred near pristine jungle. William Neal, […]
We broke the story of the rice crisis back on November twenty-fourth. The largest producers in the rice industry from Blue Creek have seen their sales dip since last year. Uncle John has been hit so hard, it is getting out of the business. Recently, there was a lot of heat when it came to […]
The decision was taken almost two weeks ago but went under the radar. At the end of November, the Bar Association decided to challenge in court the status of Belize’s Solicitor General, Cheryl Krusen, as a Senior Counsel. From what we know, this is the first time that the elevation of a senior counsel is […]
A first form student has been missing for four days and her family is desperately trying to find her. Twelve year old Kevona Williams was last seen after school on Thursday. She was waiting at the West Collet Canal terminal in Belize City, but no one actually saw her boarding a bus and there has […]
Two organizations of the United Nations this morning donated a heap of books to the national library service. The publications will spruce up the library’s health collection on a wide range of issues from bio-medical to technical literature that have been published by PAHO and the WHO. News Five’s Delahnie Bain also found out that […]
Norman Simplis, the father of the wife of the Prime Minister, Kim Simplis Barrow, passed away on Saturday. Ninety-two year old Simplis was the father of seventeen children and a long serving career public officer. He will be laid to rest later this week.
With all the bad news, there are good tidings for a senior citizen of Jane Usher Boulevard, who has every reason to be in a festive mood tonight. She was the lucky recipient of a brand new house courtesy of Hand in Hand Ministries and the students of Rush University, who collaborated in the construction […]
In keeping with the spirit of the season, Belize Red Cross also gave Hand in Hand Ministries a generous donation to assist even more needy people. Through its Together We Can Peer Education Program, the Red Cross teaches students about HIV/AIDS and trains them to educate their peers. Program Coordinator, Tina Gill, spearheaded the projected […]
We’ve heard about the plan to introduce medical tourism and tonight two major resorts are looking to develop the less controversial health and wellness tourism. Stakeholders in tourism feel that the Jewel has more than sea, sand and sun to offer and that a healthy lifestyle could attract many more visitors to Belize. News Five’s […]
Children with special needs from all over the country converged at the House of Culture for the launch of the Inspiration Calendar that is themed appropriately to promote peace at Christmas time. That message was captured in the artwork painstakingly done by the children and selected by CARE Belize and Special Olympics. News Five’s Delahnie […]
All week our viewers were treated to a trip down memory lane. We dusted off Hi-8 tapes and re-mastered video footage from twenty years ago, or year one for Great Belize Productions. And though you have seen Belize through our retrospective lens, we want to mark our twentieth anniversary tonight by showing you some of […]
The formal introduction of Medical Tourism in Belize is in the pipeline; it was discussed on Tuesday at a forum spearheaded by the Caribbean Export Development Agency and the Inter-American Development Bank along with Beltraide, Executive Chairman, Michael Singh. The impression left was that the local doctors were all on board with the policy being […]
Cervantes says that before jumping into medical tourism, there are pressing problems in the field that require urgent attention. The BMDA believes that the exclusion of local doctors in the drafting of the policy, could lead to complications for medical tourism giving Belize a black eye. Dr. Andre Joel Cervantes “We understand that they are […]
Attorney, Dr. Elson Kaseke, passed away in Merida on Tuesday night where he was receiving medical treatment. Kaseke will be laid to rest on Friday morning in Belmopan. The Bar Association of Belize today issued a statement on his passing. The Bar says, “Kaseke served Belize in several capacities including Crown Counsel, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, […]
As part of our twenty-year anniversary we re-visit another feature from News Five’s first year of broadcasting. In 1992, a very young news Reporter, William Neal, ventured into the jungles of Belize to visit a master at his trade. It was one of the first times a Chiclero was shown on national television extracting and […]
Belize has lost a brilliant legal mind who penned numerous pieces of legislation. Over a month ago, it was wildly reported that Attorney at Law, Elson Kaseke had passed away at a hospital in Merida. The premature news of his demise was quickly dispelled and Kaseke was in fact found to be receiving medical attention […]
