While US fugitive, James Donald Baker, will be deported to the US on Wednesday, Carlos Keme, the man who local police had on their wanted list for murder is back in their custody. The fugitive was handed over to Belizean authorities today by their Mexican counterparts. Keme was apprehended in Mexico earlier this month. It […]
On Monday night, Anthony “King” Major spoke to News Five from his hospital bed. Major was gunned down last Friday night in the vicinity of Hyde’s Lane. He told us he was approached by two men and one of them handed the other a gun. After he was told he had no business in the […]
Since Edmund Castro was fired from Cabinet last week Thursday, several organizations have been calling for more to be done to clear the air about Castro’s wrongdoing. One argument put forward is that the Director of Public Prosecutions should get the file to determine if prosecution is necessary. The Opposition Party in Belmopan, Vision Inspired […]
Major changes were announced today in the tourism industry with the formal announcement that the Chief Executive Officer of the Belize Tourism Board is moving on to the investment arm of government. Michael Singh’s departure comes on the heels of a recent firestorm of criticism from residents of the Placencia peninsula for his role in […]
There was a flood of uniformed officers at Gwen Lizarraga High School compound this past Saturday. But the cops weren’t chasing violence; the school was one of several locations countrywide where the Police Department was conducting promotional exams. The officers, a total of four hundred and seventy of them, sat examinations for a full eight […]
In the world of pageantry, the first ever Queen of the Jewel was held on Saturday night at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. Ten young ladies representing different parts of the Jewel took to the stage to showcase beauty, talent and culture. There were five different categories on which the ladies were judged, […]
The sustainability of the sugar industry, because of its mountain of debt, as high as a hundred and twenty-four million, and the role of farmers as well as the functioning at an efficient pace of the sugar mill, were the primary discussions at today’s Senate meeting. Senator Hulse who has tilled the soil himself, explained […]
The government is working on measures to bailout the sugar industry, and is also offering a grant to small growers in the citrus industry. But the signs of a bad economy have been hitting individual businesses very hard over the past year. The Mena group suffered tremendously earlier this year when the banks called in […]
The Women’s Department, the National Committee for Families and Children and others are waging war against gender-based violence. Today they took their message to the streets as they kicked off their annual Sixteen Days of Activism. To cement the message, today’s ceremonies included touching testimonials from sexual abuse victims and a very clear statement of […]
The twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena now have a facility to promote cultural activities. On Thursday, a House of Culture was officially inaugurated for use by artists and artisans in the area. A number of personalities in the arts showed up for the occasion to encourage development of cultural expressions. Sherylin Jones, […]
The Rotary Sunrise for the past few years has undertaken a project to upgrade the Port Loyola Library. Students from schools on the Southside use the library for afterschool and weekend work as well as a monthly reading program. The library also has the only computer lab that’s open to students in the community. But […]
Forward the Revolution; that’s a group of four free spirited individuals who have embarked on a journey with a purpose. Raphael Fellmer, Benjamin Lesage, Camille Goguey and Nieves Palmer left The Hague on January nineteenth and have travelled by land and sea for months with little supplies and a strong faith in humanity. They are […]
There was a special sitting today and there was genuine progress in the House of Representatives. All members of the Peoples United Party and the government agreed on a loan of ten million dollars to bail out Belize Sugar Industries Limited. The cold cash will provide working capital for meeting the outstanding third payment to […]
On Wednesday the Prime Minister announced that the high profile Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, Edmund ‘Clear the Land’ Castro was fired from his post. There were many rumors circulating for the very abrupt dismissal. The Prime Minister put an end to the rumors and explained today that it was over a […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow also responded to a question about the appointment of a new Chief Justice to replace Abdulai Conteh who left at the end of September. According to the PM, there is a short list but as to whether the Bar Executive will be invited to the selection process; he says he hasn’t […]
Moshe Levi Ben David, formerly known as Shyne, has been making international news following his conversion to Judaism and the release of his second album. As you know, when he returned to Belize last October, having completed a prison term in the United States, Shyne was appointed Music Goodwill Ambassador. We haven’t heard much about […]
Basket weaving is a form of art; it requires creativity and particular skills. It is craft that the women of southern Belize rely on to generate income and employment. They traveled to Belize City today to both display their products but also to launch their first national sale. News Five’s Delahnie Bain had a look […]
Friday marks the beginning of sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence. In our Belizean society both men and women are victims of physical and sexual abuse. The statistics however, reflect a significant difference in the number of women who are preyed upon by men. A series of activities have been organized by various entities […]
Meet Marie Godoy, she is the coordinator of a special feeding program in the City. She provides for almost forty children that drop in to secure at least one good meal for the day and are taught basic life skills. The program has been running for eleven years and many who have benefited from it, […]
Edmund ‘Clear the Land’ Castro has been cleared, clean out of his portfolio today. It is not exactly clear what Castro did to so peeve the Prime Minister that he was relieved of his duties as Minister of State for Works. But the news of his firing set off plenty speculation, from corruption to abuse, […]
Belizean American novelist, Ian Vasquez, published Lonesome Point in 2009 and In the Heat in 2008, and both novels received rave reviews. He won the Shamus Award for In the Heat, and he intends to bring more attention to Belize through his next novel Mr. Hooligan which is scheduled to be released on December seventh. […]
Earlier we told you about the temporary solution in the sugar industry, but in Belize City there is no solution in sight to the latest garbage problem. Belize Waste Control is out of pocket for four months of services that the Belize City Council has been unable to pay. The uncollected garbage is piling up […]
The Southern Regional Council of Tour Guide Association is going against the grain in respect of cruise ship tourism in the South. The Placencia Village Council and the B.T.I.A. have given a thumbs down to cruise tourism, but the council, which is committed to sustainable tourism, says it cautiously welcomes small scale cruise ship tourism […]
Also in London, Lord Michael Ashcroft has put on display at the Imperial War Museum, a rare collection of World War memorabilia he has been collecting since boyhood. An assortment of two hundred and forty-one Victoria Crosses, the highest military decoration for members of the armed forces in the Commonwealth and previous British Empire, are […]
There is a spanking new market in the south side; it was inaugurated this morning and replaces the old Queen Square Market. Construction of the one point three million dollar building was funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, the project was overseen by the Social Investment Fund and the City Council is responsible for its […]
