As soon as Monday, you can see the management contract for the Belize Civic Center. It will be found on the website of Belize Infrastructure Limited (BIL), www.bil.gov.bz, which will be launched then. But if you were expecting to find any evidence of a guarantee to the management company for profitability, think again. B.I.L. insists […]
According to the International Labour Organization, “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. In its worst forms, it includes slavery and deliberate exploitation. Belize has been identified as one of six countries to participate in a […]
The Department of Labour’s 2017 report on the worst forms of child labour found that Belize has made strides in preventing child labour through such programs as the BOOST conditional cash transfer program that rewards families for keeping children in school and immunized, as well introducing legislation. Representing her American counterparts, Acting Deputy Chief of […]
The Social Security Board’s Ride Across Belize initiative handed over thirty-five thousand dollars today. It’s the fourteenth year of the ride where monies are raised for charitable causes. The Urban Schools Gardening Programme received twenty-five thousand dollars and the Adopt A Child with a Disability received ten thousand dollars. We were at today’s handing over […]
Over fifty police officers attended a “community policing” sensitization workshop. The event was organized by the U.S. Embassy of Belize and hosted by the Belize Police Department. The officers learnt about some of the tactics and best practices being used within gang ridden communities in Los Angeles. Officer Commanding Eastern Division South shares why the […]
Washington D.C. and the states of Alabama and Idaho in the United States are as far apart culturally and politically as they are geographically. So it made for a very interesting experience for nine young Belizeans selected by the U.S. Embassy for a cultural exchange programme starting three weeks ago. On their travels across America, […]
The advancement of science and technology has improved the understanding of our body’s composition. It also helps define the markers as to what truly makes us fit and healthy. Many of us on weight loss journeys may be obsessing over the pounds on the scale, but as you’ll find out in tonight’s Healthy Living, your […]
Seven point five million Guatemalans are eligible to vote in this Sunday’s historic referendum to be held in Guatemala. On the last leg of the campaign, President Jimmy Morales has been on the ground and on the airwaves campaigning for a yes vote to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice. Last week, […]
Firings have been reported at the Punta Gorda Town Council as well as at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. In the south, News Five has learned that ten persons have been let go from the staff of the P.G. Town Council. We spoke to one of them today and he says he learned the news […]
Meanwhile, an employment crisis is unfolding at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, amid other serious issues that the national referral hospital is presently facing to do with the crumbling roof. News Five understands that there has been a string of terminations at the hospital in which a number of employees, including former city councilor Doctor […]
The Immigration Department has recently been conducting raids on establishments believed to employ persons who are suspected victims of trafficking in persons. Over the weekend, seven women employed in four such different bars in Belize City and Ladyville were detained and on Tuesday, taken to court. While there was no proof the women were actually […]
A senior citizen was found dead this morning inside his house in Saint Ann Village on the Maskall Road. Neighbours visited Augustine Smith’s house and found him with his face blasted open, apparently from a bullet of his shot gun. A note was discovered on the scene with a short message. Family and friends believe […]
Equipping the Belize Police Department with current law books is equally as important as providing officers with handcuffs and service weapons. In fact, the fight against crime requires that all personnel be familiar with the laws of Belize. This afternoon, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte handed over a volume of fifteen printed books containing the most […]
The set of books, says Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett, should aid officers in apprising themselves with the relevant laws in order to lay proper charges on suspected criminals. Sr. Supt. Howell Gillett, O.C., Eastern Division South “The officers could now come directly to an office right where they work and get ease of reference […]
Community policing is at the heart of the fight against crime in the south side of the city where a number of initiatives have sprung up through collaboration between the department and the business community. And because every bit helps, the Eastern Division Commander Howell Gillett took inmates from the Belize Central prison to clear […]
The Ministry of National Security hosted the first of its national consultation series on citizenry security and crime prevention. The Belize National Teachers Union was the first of the Trade Unions of Belize to be consulted. Minister of National Security John Saldivar reminded them that the fight against crime must be a joint effort by […]
Another initiative was launched today in the fight against the violence and crime affecting the high crime zones in the City. A youth cadet corps has been established as an arm of the Belize Coast Guard. Young students, between the ages eight and twelve years, are being encouraged to join the programme and learn life […]
Earlier this week, a delegation of Garifuna presenters attended a two-day cultural exchange event in Guatemala City. The purpose was to highlight the historical coexistence of Garifuna communities in Belize and Guatemala, celebrating the uniqueness and oneness of the Garinagu across both countries. Ambassador Alexis Rosado spoke of the event’s organization. [Highlights from cultural […]
A Belize City resident originally from San Ignacio is the proud owner tonight of a brand new Great Wall Wingle pick-up truck courtesy of Courts Belize Limited and Wingle distributors Caribbean Motors. Omar Chuc says it couldn’t have come at a better time for him and his family. But as News Five’s Aaron Humes reports, […]
Blood is a gift everyone can accept, and most can freely give – fear of sharp needles aside. It’s also a very important aspect of work at our nation’s hospitals, where a lack of it can place patients in danger. Today, volunteers for the Belize Red Cross were out encouraging passers-by on Princess Margaret Drive […]
It has been a rough month since Mayor Bernard Wagner assumed office at City Hall following the March seventh municipals after over a decade of U.D.P. rule. He is still settling into his new post as head of the Belize City Council, but tonight he finds himself in a pickle. Mayor Wagner has come under […]
According to Mayor Wagner, there seem to be forces within his administration that are working against the best interest of the Belize City Council. He questions their tardiness in presenting him with the guidelines for carrying out that form of public assistance due to their political differences. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “Going forward […]
City Administrator Candice Miller has been suspended from managerial duties until sometime in early May, pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation into questionable debts left behind by the former Belize City Council. Those arrears include a hefty tab owed to a Chinese restaurant situated across the street from City Hall, where Joe Bradley, father […]
So what’s the fate of the social assistance programme, the cause of the annoyance over the past few days? Well, Mayor Wagner says the programme will be done away with in the days ahead, in favor of what will be known as a city fund. That initiative will see the empowerment of self-styled entrepreneurs using […]
Belize has been designated for the third year by the United States as a major transshipment point for the trafficking of drugs to North America. Other countries within Central America and the Caribbean have also been named under that description. But is the recent report issued by the U.S. Department of State credible, since Belize […]
