We have not been keeping score on the number of suicides because the incidents are personal and extremely sensitive. But a spate of suicides over the past two years in Benque Viejo del Carmen, and more recently the number of attempts in the past month has sparked concern among the community that either something is […]
We told you about the unusual spike in suicides in the western town of Benque Viejo. Well, the last person who attempted to take her own life is eighteen year old Daisy Cerda, a fourth form student. With her throat still in pain and showing the scars of the rope she used less than a […]
There is still trouble in the sugar industry. After the 2011 cane crop got off to a late start, the Belize Sugar Industries factory had to be temporarily shut down due to malfunctioning turbines at the BELCOGEN plant. Late last week, things were looking up and the farmers were expecting to resume business early this […]
It’s a gift that will dramatically change the life of many persons with physical disabilities. This morning, they received their personal energy transport, a hybrid wheelchair. The donation was facilitated by CARE Belize and the carts are compliments of Pet International. News Five’s Delahnie Bain captured the emotion of the recipients in the following report […]
The story of human trafficking victim Jamelia has been in the news since we reported it on Monday of this week. Jamelia was reportedly sold off to a U.S. national and ended up as a forced laborer in Fresno, California. She lived in Belize up to the age of eleven years and is twenty-three. Her […]
Time is running out on the Belize Social Security Board and the Christian Workers Union to work out the impasse over salaries and benefits for Social Security employees. Since the “sick out” on February fourteenth of over a hundred and sixty employees countrywide, there has been no progress to a resolution. But the Social Security […]
Gonzalez says that despite the S.S.B.’s decision to compensate the members of staff who reported to work with a day off, the Union still wants to flesh out the problem and avert strike action. Antonio Gonzalez, President, C.W.U. “We have been invited by the Ministry of Labor, through the Labor Commissioner, to attend a meeting […]
Tony Quinn is the fitness guru and a director of Belize Natural Energy’s parent company, International Natural Energy. Quinn has been in and out of the courts because I.N.E. has not been paying dividends to shareholders since 2005. Quinn was found to be in breach of his fiduciary responsibilities and ordered to purchase minority shares […]
Late last week, Paul Perriott, threw in the towel from his job at Telemedia. Perriott, who is a ranking member of the Belize Communications Workers Union and a union senator, says he was forced to resign because he was being frustrated by the telephone company. He is now taking his fight with the management of […]
Among other issues plaguing the Communications Workers Union is dissension within the ranks of its executive. Since Perriott’s resignation last Friday, Mark Gladden has stepped up as the union’s president. Following last night’s meeting, a date has been set when an annual general meeting will be held to elect a new leader. Until then, Perriott […]
Since the firing of Santino Castillo Junior from his position as deputy chairman of the Belize Tourism Board on February ninth, several professionals within the tourism industry have been sought to fill the vacancy. At least one has turned down the offer and we are reliably informed that an executive member of the Belize Tourism […]
The Peace Corps was initiated in 1971 in the United States to help Americans understand the world better, share their culture and to transfer needed skills and knowledge. The Peace Corps in Belize is currently working in conjunction with the Youth arm of SPEAR to promote HIV awareness. Both organizations are calling on youths to […]
At the end of last month Denzil Jenkins, a board member of the Citrus Growers Association, threw his hat into the ring for electoral politics. And that’s causing unrest in the citrus belt where citrus growers are petitioning his resignation from the C.G.A., his post as chairman of Investment Company Limited, and board member of […]
On Monday we reported on the sad story of a Belizean woman living in the United States who is a victim of human trafficking. The report from ABC News showed a twenty-three year old woman by the name of Jamelia, who said she was sold by her mother to an American national. She has been […]
As we reported in Tuesday’s newscast Senator Paul Perriott of the Belize Communications Workers Union, has resigned from his post as senior technician at Telemedia. He calls it a forced resignation, which he tendered on February eighteenth because the company’s management was thwarting the union’s attempt to own twenty-three percent of Telemedia shares. Perriott’s advance […]
The last two regional competitions of the annual Math Olympiad was held today at the San John’s Junior College gym. A total of thirteen high schools participated in the two rounds of competitions for the Belize District. The competition was fierce and the rivalry among the schools was all too present. At the end of […]
A driver for Bowen and Bowen in the Cayo District is out on bail of eight thousand dollars after he was charged in the Belmopan Court with Causing Death by Careless Conduct. Twenty-nine year old Albert Maskall is accused of knocking down five year-old Sonia Diaz on Tuesday afternoon in the San Martin area of […]
It’s the countdown for the annual Ruta Maya Canoe Race that starts at the Macal and ends at the Belize River. This year, more teams, including seven international teams, are expected to sign up for the four day race during the upcoming extended weekend. Momentum is picking up as the day draws closer and competing […]
Senator Paul Perriott, who was appointed to represent trade unions in the National Assembly, is tonight without a job after tendering his resignation to the management of B.T.L. last Friday. It is big news because Paul is a member of the Belize Communications Workers Union and is considered a strong supporter of the U.D.P. government […]
Paul says that his relations with B.T.L. went downhill following the meeting he attended with the former Telemedia management. Isani Cayetano “As president of B.C.W.U. you were of the impression that government was in an ideal situation where it could facilitate the process of Telemedia employees owning shares in the company through Sunshine Holdings. What […]
The situation at Sadie Vernon High School appears calm today. That’s because the vocal teaching staff has agreed to be quiet while they hope to meet with the board of management to trash out the numerous issues that they believe have been hampering education and development of students and staff. Last Thursday, two teachers were […]
The community of San Martin in the Belmopan area is grieving the tragic death of five year old Sonia Diaz. The school girl was crushed by a Bowen and Bowen truck as she headed back to school; she died instantly. Her classmates and teachers are stunned by the fatality. News Five’s Marion Ali has details […]
There has been a breakthrough in the efforts to take Christopher Bowman abroad for the surgical removal of an enormous and aggressive tumor that has been growing in his chest for thirteen years. Several hospitals in the U.S. had been looking at the case and today Emilio Zabaneh, who is assisting Bowman, gave us the […]
A sixteen year old student gone without a trace for over a month; it’s a parent’s worst nightmare and it is exactly the situation that the family of Khadisha Saragosa is facing. There have been numerous tips that the teen has been spotted in Belize City, Placencia and more recently in Cayo. And though all […]
The political thermometer is heating up on both sides of the political divide and if you were downtown today you’d have thought that the People’s United Party was staging a rally at the Battlefield Park. It wasn’t, but one of its own was protesting against the party leader. Leonard Chavarria Jr. has been on the […]
