Chairman Lizarraga did deliver some good news. B.T.L.’s external audit for the year ending March 2021 shows that the company’s profit increased by six hundred percent in the last year. Mark Lizarraga, Chairman, B.T.L. “While it is true that our profits were only one point two million in fiscal year 2019-2020, we have just […]
It has been eight days since fifteen-year-old Kassman Gill, a third-form student of Saint John’s College, was targeted as he walked on Magazine Road, just about five minutes away from his house. Another youth riding a bicycle shot Gill in the back of the neck. Surveillance footage captured the attacker riding past him moments before […]
Kyron Green is eagerly looking forward to his first day of high school, but until then and presumably beyond that date; he is restricted to a wheelchair. He’s been in one since 2019 when he was shot by someone who took aim at another individual during a gang-related feud. At the time, Kyron was attending […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our routines both individually and as a country. For many businesses, they have had to retool to ensure that income is still generated while protecting the health of their human resources. And while all that is happening, one company has been tasked with providing the entire country with life-saving medical […]
Last week, a significant number of the healthcare workers at the San Ignacio Town Hospital and Guerra Polyclinic in Benque were infected with COVID and had to go into isolation. That number rose this week to around twenty-five, creating an immediate shortage of personnel at the two facilities. President of the Nurses’ Association of Belize, […]
On Monday night, Channel Five and the Ministry of Health and Wellness brought viewers another edition of “Get the Facts!” This week, the focus was on kids and COVID. The guests talked about the importance of vaccines for older children and teens, and how families can better protect little ones even if there is no […]
As part of the new back-to-school readiness, this morning as early as seven-thirty, high school and sixth form students from across the country went out to respective vaccination centers. They were getting their first jab of the Pfizer vaccine, which has been approved for young people, ages twelve to seventeen. News Five’s Duane Moody headed […]
Coming close on the heels of the COVID cluster from two public health facilities in the Cayo District last Friday, another cluster has been detected in Caye Caulker. Today, the Caye Caulker Village Council put up a Facebook post in which it informed that twenty-one cases had surfaced in that community and that Coast Guard […]
The virus moves when you move, so there is need to reduce movement and keep wearing your masks. Now, the healthcare system is already strained because the team is dealing with the outbreak as well as the vaccination efforts, so the public needs to adhere to restrictions. Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa, the Deputy Regional Health Manager […]
Viewers may have to make some additional adjustments to their eating, drinking and work life, as G.O.B. announces several changes to the COVID-19 regulations. With the exception of the tourist destinations of San Pedro and Caye Caulker, all restaurants in the Belize District can now offer outdoor dining only, at fifty percent capacity, via advanced […]
And while we have another COVID cluster detected in Caye Caulker, the nurses at the Central Health Region’s lab remain on regular hours as they feel they deserve to be paid the overtime for hours they worked for the past three months. President of the Belize Nurses’ Association, Darrell Spencer told News Five this evening […]
The Central Bank announced today it has “amicably resolved all issues” surrounding the employment of the former governor, Gustavo Manuel Vasquez. According to Prime Minister John Briceño, the board had been unable to work with him and had recommended letting him go after only four months. Today, via a press release, the PM said that […]
An iconic part of Belize’s highway system will finally be replaced. The government announced today that it has awarded a thirty-million Belize-dollar contract for the Haulover Bridge Replacement Project to M&M Engineering Consultants Limited. The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, while an Italian company that specializes in bridges, Politecnica Ingegneria […]
The Heritage Education Network Belize is hosting its first annual Belize Kulcha Symposium. The event will be held from September first to the third, all virtually. We found out more about the event this morning. Sylvia Batty, Archaeologist “We are going to be hosting it on Facebook and on our YouTube Channel. So, if […]
After seven years, the Belize District has regained the crown of the national Queen of the Bay. Druewel Jones competed against seven other delegates from across the country on Saturday night in the seventy-sixth annual pageant, which was held virtually for the second year in a row. They all competed in the introduction, talent, curtsy, […]
Health personnel who work at several departments at the San Ignacio Community Hospital are in isolation after they tested positive for COVID-19 this week. There is a possibility that the number could rise because of the nature of their work and the persons they may have interacted with before the detection was made. Four of […]
Interestingly, the cluster at the San Ignacio and Benque Viejo health facilities happened around the same time that neighbouring Guatemala had reported a collapse of its health system due to the rise in COVID cases. Today, that country reported the presence of the deadly lambda variant as well. We asked Doctor Morey if he believes […]
“Unfair, inconsiderate and simply distasteful” – strong words used by the Central Medical Laboratory in a letter sent today to the Ministry of Health and Wellness on the way overtime is being calculated. On Thursday, a meeting was held with Central Lab employees on payment of overtime. The new proposed structure was reportedly presented by […]
Prime Minister John Briceño says his administration is not walking back on its position against states of emergency as a tool to tackle crime. The Briceño Administration has come under criticism since a state of emergency was declared on Thursday. Some are of the view that PM Briceño, who is on record criticizing the former […]
Fourteen Police officers have been dismissed from the Belize Police Department for violating the department’s code of ethics. The dismissals come after the Professional Standards Branch concluded internal tribunals and found them to be culpable for the offenses with which they were charged. Those offenses range from excessive absences to drug trafficking. But notably, none […]
On Thursday, the Ministry of Finance introduced its plan for an Investment Summit to be held in San Pedro on November third and fourth. The summit will seek to attract foreign direct investment. And one of the serious policy measures that is being added to complement the ones that already exist is the National Investment […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do things and for the committee leading the National Queen of the Bay Pageant, it is no different. So, for a second year in a row, the pageant is going virtual. Eight delegates from across the country will be vying for the title of the seventy-sixth national […]
Earlier this week, News Five announced that Great Belize Productions has dominated the Caribbean Media Awards for best regional productions in 2019 and 2020, winning six awards in five categories this time around. Channel Five’s winning entries are Best Commercial “Sargeant Peppers,” Special Mention for “Long Road to the P.S.E.,” the People’s Choice Award for […]
The National Committee for Families and Children was the recipient of a large donation from Transparent BPO this afternoon. Some five hundred bags with school supplies were handed over at its office on the Philip Goldson Highway as the corporate citizen is committed to make a difference in the communities within which its employees work […]
Over fifty students from primary and secondary schools, including those who are members of the police youth cadet corps, today made their way over to precinct three of Eastern Division of the Belize Police Department to collect much-needed school bags and supplies. It is part of a back-to-school drive by the precinct’s Community Policing Unit […]
