Tonight there are four families in Succotz Village in the west who say that come the rains, they will have no way out of their yards. It has to do with a recently erected fence that has been built by neighbors which blocks the exit to their properties. The four families say they have been […]
Belize’s own Dr. Rachel T. Graham was presented with a prestigious conservation award by no less than Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, at the Royal Geographic Society in London. Graham saved whale sharks from extinction in Belize and her twenty years of work to preserve the Jewel’s underwater wildlife won her the coveted Whitley Gold […]
Dilma Cano is the young mother from Sittee River who was referred to the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan for emergency care when she began having complications with her pregnancy. Twenty four hours after her admission to the hospital on April twenty-ninth, Cano delivered a stillborn after twenty six weeks of pregnancy. But if that […]
But there is some good news to the health of the nation. And that’s because a U.N.D.P. study finds that the prevalence rate of Aids is a two point three percent and that there is a decrease in new infections in comparison to the 2009 figures when a little over five thousand cases were reported. […]
While Cardona’s seating arrangements in the House is under question, one man who will be sitting at the head of the table is Gulab Sharma. Sharma, a Corozal businessman operating Kunal Enterprises at the Commercial Free Zone and a close ally of the Minister of Health, has been handpicked as the new Chairman of the […]
Matching weapons and bullets, tracing their origins to Belize are all pieces of the puzzle that investigators face when dealing with shooting incidents. Many times the gun histories and their owners remain unknown but one northern neighboring country is hoping it can help our security forces become more efficient. On Tuesday, officials from the governments […]
There is a week or a month dedicated to the people whose work although significant, usually goes unappreciated. Nurses are amongst the professionals whose work, though vital, also goes unrewarded. That’s why this week is being celebrated as Nurses Week for the country’s five hundred plus nurses. A ceremony was held earlier today at the […]
Fixing the social ills that fester in Belize is only one step on the path to restoring peace on the streets and keeping the youth out of harm’s way. That is why Restore Belize assisted in coordinating parent empowerment training between the Yabra Community Police Center and the Ministry of Human Development. News Five attended […]
We have been following the story of Chris Bowman, the young man, who is now twenty four years old, but was diagnosed with a rare tumor since he was ten. His life has had it many twists and turns but throughout Chris has maintained a brave front. In April he headed to Oklahoma and returned […]
The dry season is causing a water shortage in the Belize River Valley where communities have been without drinking water for weeks. The problem is particularly acute in the village of Lemonal, where last week a number of students absented themselves from classrooms because there was no water to drink or even for personal hygiene. […]
At last, there is some good news coming out of Harmonyville. When we last heard from the Belize Grass Roots Empowerment Association (BGYEA), there were disputes with the adjacent community at Valle Nuevo and government had withdrawn its commitment to cover survey costs. Well, today BGYEA told the media that there’s plenty harmony at Harmonyville […]
A search party, led by the police, is combing the Roaring Creek area for a father of three who has been missing since Sunday. The family of Rufino Sho, a handyman, is fearing the worst since he was inebriated when he was last seen and his clothes have been found near the National Agriculture Show […]
Another intake of young men has gone from recruits to soldiers. This morning they became the newest members of the Belize Defence Force. Governor General Sir Colville Young was the inspecting officer at the graduation, which was also attended by the Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich and Minister of Defence, Carlos Perdomo. The annual event […]
Tonight the Tower Hill Factory is on a complete shutdown after its two boilers experienced mechanical problems. The first boiler broke down on Thursday morning, but grinding continued until the evening when the second boiler started to leak which then caused a complete halt of the operations. As of eight o’clock last night cane farmers […]
In the west, police are tonight looking for a resident of Roaring Creek who was reported missing by his family on Wednesday. Thirty-six year old Rufino Sho along with his wife, Hilaria Oh, had visited the show grounds on May first with their three children where they attended the National Agriculture and Trade Show. Later […]
There’s another positive event taking place this weekend and it has to do with the crime wave sweeping across the country. While most law enforcement officers are occupied with searching for suspects, a lone officer is on a different mission. Assistant Superintendent Diana Hall is on a quest to unite the clergy in standing up […]
Our headline news tonight is about a grenade that was launched at a group of women and children. It didn’t go off but it threw the community into panic. In San Pedro, big guns from the region are in a conference on illicit trafficking, that’s the illegal trading, selling or dealing in specified goods, including […]
As we reported on Tuesday, the national executive of the People’s United Party met today at Independence Hall. Except or a few sparks that flew across the room, the executive approved the appointment of area representatives Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde as senior deputy leaders of the opposition party. Both were not present for the […]
Up north, Sugar production at Tower Hill came to a grinding halt in mid-February. The shutdown came when a pair of turbines at the BELCOGEN plant was rendered inoperable. The faulty machinery was subsequently sent to Guatemala for urgent repairs and six weeks later the Belize Sugar Industries factory was back in business. But tonight […]
In November of 2010 we told you the story of thirty-six year old Denroy Tillett, then acting Principal of the Belmopan Comprehensive High School, who was accused of sexual assault but later cleared of those charges in March of this year. But even after two months of being cleared of the charges, Tillett has been […]
On November fourteenth, 2010 a team of law enforcement personnel including four police officers and a customs boatman was nabbed near the entrance of San Juan Village. The men, it is suspected, were the masterminds behind the landing of an executive jet, laden with eighty bales of Colombian cocaine, along the Southern Highway in the […]
It’s been at the top of the news around the world. The most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, the founder of the militant Al-Qaeda organization was killed on May first during an operation in Pakistan that had been under the directive of U.S. President Barack Obama. Bin Laden, fifty three years old, was shot in […]
The Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage is involved on a nationwide campaign for a referendum on the question of oil drilling and exploration. It is still short of the seventeen thousand signatures required for the poll, but as the deadline approaches, it has solicited the help of two foreign technical experts to assess the […]
Belize’s Tourism package received a boost earlier today from the online search engine, yahoo.com. The article listed the top ten destinations tourists should visit before they disappear and Belize’s Barrier Reef, particularly the Blue Hole was listed as the number one destination in the world. Although the article pointed out the diversity of sea life […]
Exactly how many men, women and children are living in Belize? And is there a particular ethnic group that occupies most of the country? Which religion dominates? It’s not just a simple numbers game, as any majority group can guide public policy and sway political might over the country. The answers of these questions can […]
