The Queen of the Bay pageant is seeped in tradition; there is the famous curtsy that will clinch the crown, the sceptre and the cape that have to be worn. This weekend, the seventy-third queen will be selected and crowned on the morning of the tenth of September following the reading of a proclamation. Six […]
Free paper bun… the summer holidays are over and classes resume at primary schools this coming week. Parents are busy with getting books and uniforms, but there are other activities that go hand in hand before Monday to get the students in the routine for school. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we share tips with parents […]
In two days, parliamentarians will be asked whether or not the Government of Belize should use monies from the consolidated revenue fund to pay the ninety-plus million dollar Universal Health Services debt owed to the Belize Bank Limited. An appropriation bill will be brought back to the House and reports are that a vote will […]
In December 2017, on the heels of a final sitting of the House of Representatives for that year, Prime Minister Dean Barrow discussed the U.H.S. debt with the media. At the time, PM Barrow informed the media that he was simply awaiting a certificate from the Belize Bank, following a ruling from the Caribbean Court […]
This Thursday, the Board of Directors of NICH will be breaking its silence on the conundrum President Sapna Budhrani finds herself in. On Monday we revealed the results of an internal audit which found a multitude of financial irregularities, unaccounted monies and excessive spending on fuel and vehicles, all which portrayed a level of mismanagement. […]
The Belize Police Department is tonight responding to social media posts made by a Facebook account under the name “Vincent Edwards.” The sensational posts make reference to suspected drug plane landings in the north since the beginning of the year. Photographs show parcels of suspected drugs inside an aircraft before it was destroyed by fire. […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño today reacted to Government’s position on what is calls ‘false information on social media.’ Briceño says that the government is not doing enough to address the recent spate of drug plane landings. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “So we are in March, April, May, June, July, August- six months after and […]
As the issue over the importation of pharmaceuticals continues to unfold, Brodies and Company Limited, which has one of the biggest pharmacies, says that it stands to lose ninety thousand dollars in medicines. This is because G.O.B. has denied entry to a shipment of medication that was ordered from Ziotis Company back in 2017, but […]
Machakil Ha is one of the most southernmost villages in the Toledo district and has a small population. The children from the village have to attend school at Corazon Creek Village which is about fifteen miles away. It might not seem difficult if they commute by public transportation, but for the students of Machakil Ha, […]
There is relief for the Jacobs family of Punta Gorda. That’s because their son, Robert, who had been missing, has been located. On Tuesday, Robert and Alicia Jacobs made a public appeal for help to find the sixteen-year-old. The news is that the young man has been found in the Barranco area, also in the […]
Earlier in the month a massive fire in San Pedro Town destroyed ten houses and left eighty-seven persons homeless. The fire which occurred in the Boca Del Rio Area of the island was deliberately set. The inferno started in one house and spread rapidly to the remaining structures, clearing an entire block. It took about […]
A pair of Indian nationals was flown back to their home country on Tuesday after spending almost a year in protective custody in Belize. Twenty-four-year-old Keyur Barot and Jitendra Kumar were both placed on a Copa flight out of Belize. The back story is that the men allegedly stole a vehicle, as well as cash […]
The strategy of community policing has been met with a level of success in keeping neighbourhoods safe across the country. The approach allows the police to interact and connect with residents and has helped to build confidence in the work of law enforcement to keep crime down. A ceremony was held today to honour those […]
A brand management training entitled “Achieving Competitive Advantage through Brand Positioning” was held today at the Biltmore Plaza. It was organized by Chamberlain Consulting and Galen University and seeks to help with developing companies. In collaboration with BELTRAIDE and the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, branding is what consumers believe, feel or think when […]
You were first introduced to the organization last week when it held one of a series of webinar sessions at the BTEC offices at the ITVET compound in Belize City, but the Trust for the Americas in Belize is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Organization of American States. Today, a final session was held […]
Twenty-four kids from ages eight to fifteen from region one received a tour of the court houses and participated in a mock trial today. The kids were in court, joined by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin who watched on as a stolen lunch was tried in court. We stopped by for a quick look at the […]
The University of the West Indies, Open Campus signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Belize Telemedia Limited today. The M.O.U. establishes the terms of a joint initiative between the two parties and committing B.T.L. to provide data services at special rates to UWI students. As part of this collaboration, B.T.L. will also give consideration to […]
Has Belize Telemedia Limited hired workers from Venezuela to replace Belizeans who are installing lines as a part of the DigiNet roll out? The C.E.O. of the company has denied this, but News Five has received several reports that N.S.S.L., a local company contracted for the job, has been replaced by Venezuelans who have taken […]
The news tonight is that after days of inaction, the president of NICH, Sapna Budhrani has been suspended from her post. On Monday night, News Five revealed the contents of a leaked memo in which an internal audit listed a litany of irregularities and mismanagement at the statutory body. One of the major concerns has […]
Earlier this year, we reported on a shortage of medical supplies as well as medicines. The Ministry of Health had given assurances that the shortage was been taken care of, but complaints have persisted. While the ministry says that there is no shortage of medication, a certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice has complicated the importation […]
American national Sherris Stringhan is missing. The sixty-seven-year-old who lives in Hopkins Village was last seen on Saturday, August twenty-fifth. According to police, Stringham and her vehicle, a green Nissan Exterra with a toucan sticker on the right bumper, were reported missing on Monday of this week. Stringham’s friends report that her disappearance is suspicious […]
There is another missing person to report on tonight; he is a sixteen-year-old young man also from the south. Robert Jacobs has been missing since Friday morning. His parents Robert and Alicia Jacobs appeared today on camera asking for help in locating their son. A tearful Alicia pleads for him to come home. Alicia […]
Chairman of the Sugar Cane Production Committee, Doctor Carlos Itza, is speaking out against what he describes as mismanagement at the Sugar Industry Control Board. Doctor Itza is calling into the question the financial status of the S.I.C.B. This is not the first time that concerns over the board’s finances have been raised. In February […]
According to Doctor Carlos Itza, S.I.C.B. manages millions of dollars every year. He says that for the cane farmers to understand the gravity of the alleged mismanagement, an audit should be conducted. Dr. Carlos Itza, Chairman, Sugar Cane Production Committee Mismanagement can take many different roles but I am also speaking deliberate ways of […]
About one point two million dollars in equipment was handed over today to the Belize Coast Guard and the Belize Defence Force by the U.S. government. The Coast Guard received equipment to be used to fight illicit activity relating to narcotics. The B.D.F. received similar equipment and a secondary entry control point. The upgraded control […]
