Following this morning’s murder, this afternoon Attorney General, Francis Fonseca spoke to News Five on how his government is trying to combat crime. Francis Fonseca, Attorney General ?I?m very concerned about the crime situation in Belize. And we are obviously trying to do everything we can from a government point of view. We?re trying to […]
The case of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management versus the Government of Belize may have embarked on its journey through the justice system but tonight, the solidarity of the south against oil exploration appears to be cracking. This afternoon Beatriz Canelo, Chairperson of Crique Sarco Village and SATIIM board member, visited our studios […]
This weekend members of the newly established Lifeline Foundation will be keeping their fingers crossed as they pray for good weather and an even better turnout for its first fundraiser, scheduled for Saturday. Dubbed the “Black and White Charity Gala”, proceeds of the event will benefit the Liberty Foundation and the Queen’s Square Anglican feeding […]
Employees of Ready Call Centre in Belize City are tonight celebrating, having scored a victory in their battle for union representation. According to a Press Office release, on Wednesday the Ministry of Labour conducted a poll at the site. When the results were tallied it was revealed that eighty-one point six percent of the employees […]
If you watch much television you’ve probably come across the show “Cold Case Files.” In the course of a tightly packed hour the brilliant and hard working cops, acting on a tip, manage to resurrect a long forgotten crime, connect the dots and collar the criminal. Unfortunately, in the real world of police work, life […]
No possession is more dear to Belizeans than that often mystical commodity known as land. And this morning in Ladyville a group of citizens who felt they were about to lose their piece of the jewel took their case to the streets. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin was there. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The property in question […]
They have not yet established a chapter of the gray panthers, but Belize’s seniors are becoming better organised with regard to the enforcement of their rights. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports. Kamela Palma, Chairperson, National Council on Ageing ?The National Council on Ageing which is an advocacy body should not be speaking for older persons. […]
In the Belize City Supreme Court today, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management filed a motion asking for judicial review of a government permit granted to a U.S. company to conduct seismic testing within the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Following the court proceedings, representatives of five Toledo villages: Barranco, Sunday Wood, Crique Sarco, Conejo […]
As part of its mandate, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) funds a national commission in every signatory country. But for the past twelve years, the Belize chapter has been non existent. Why? Officially, the group just stopped meeting. Unofficially sources tell News Five that one by one, the assets, monies and […]
One of the newly appointed Vice Presidents of the Belize National Commission for UNESCO is Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Labour, Rodwell Ferguson. Today we took the opportunity to ask him about his position on Ara Macao, the controversial mass tourism project being proposed for the Placencia Peninsula. Rodwell Ferguson, Area […]
Residents of the Placencia Peninsula may be known for their laid back lifestyle but last night they defied the stereotype to rise up in opposition to what many believe is an impending ecological and social disaster for this rapidly growing part of the country. The occasion was a public hearing called by the Department of […]
As Minister of Tourism he was a favourite of the industry; a government policy maker who actually had valuable experience in the field. Today Mark Espat returned to the friendly venue of the B.T.I.A.’s semi annual general meeting. The theme of his address was governance and reform … and the Minister of National Development highlighted […]
B.T.I.A. president Lucy Fleming says she was encouraged by Espat’s words and called on government to work closely along with the tourism industry to make it benefit all Belizeans. Lucy Fleming, President of B.T.I.A. ?We are the ones from private sectors standpoint who have built the industry. We?ve worked with the government in terms of […]
Today the Minister of Health, Jose Coye, announced that he has launched an investigation into the death of two year old Kimora Leslie. The panel is headed by Director of Health Services, Dr. Jorge Palanco and includes his deputy, Marjorie Parks; the Ministry’s Chief Planner, Dr. Peter Allen; Medical Association President Dr. Martha Habet and […]
And while that investigation is confined to the case at hand, the controversy surrounding the two year old’s death on Saturday has become a lightning rod for all manner of problems afflicting the nation’s health care system, particularly the K.H.M.H. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is the […]
Belizean consumers will be relieved to know that electricity rates will not be going up for at least a year. Today the Public Utilities Commission issued its initial decision in the annual review proceedings for Belize Electricity Limited. According to the P.U.C., “The decision maintains the mean electricity rate and customer tariffs at existing levels […]
All the experts agree that positive behaviour change is priority one in fighting the spread of HIV infection. Here at home, statistics show that the population most affected by the deadly disease is in fact the country’s workforce. With that in mind, since last May the International Labour Organization and the Ministry of Labour have […]
Technology: it’s opening up whole new worlds of human enterprise, particularly in the field of telecommunications. But while the science expands exponentially, the legal, political and economic ramifications lag far behind. That’s the position in which Belize finds itself as the public discovers the wonders and the phone company experiences the woes … of VOIP. […]
Every week the Belize City council says nearly a hundred people come knocking at its doors asking for work. With that reality in mind, today the council announced that it has created an employment agency to find work for the jobless. Michael Theus, Directory Officer, Belize City Council ?A person interested in seeking employment can […]
Progress brings problems … and nobody knows that better than the Belize City Council. This morning in an attempt to lessen confusion and improve the flow of traffic in the area surrounding the Queen Square Market, vendors were relocated from the canal side and instead placed on Hicatee Street, which runs along the south side […]
Last week it was management and workplace policies … and in its continuing efforts to reduce both the transmission and stigma and of AIDS, this week the National AIDS Commission brought in a key player: the media. At a one-day seminar at the Radisson, TV, radio, and newspaper journalists were today briefed on current communication […]
They are a relatively new company, but Ready Call Centre is fast developing a reputation as being controversial. Sources inside the company tell News Five that after a company meeting on Thursday night, a manager and at least two senior supervisors resigned in protest of a managerial decision to fire a number of agents. Today […]
Tonight hundreds of parents in Stann Creek West have one less thing to worry about as the HANDS Belize Foundation picked up the tab for their children’s school fees. On Wednesday HANDS officials presented cheques totalling one hundred and eighty thousand dollars to the principals of the twenty primary and secondary schools in the constituency. […]
Since the beginning of March, Belize City police have had to investigate fifteen cases of missing person reports. The incidents mostly involve young girls between the ages of thirteen and fifteen. Most of the cases are considered runaways but the frequency in incidents has raised the concern of the authorities. According to Assistant Superintendent of […]
This afternoon, the government and people of Taiwan made another significant contribution to Belize. With the help of a Taiwanese company based in Japan, at least two forty-foot containers have arrived in Belize every month since October full of clothing, shoes, and accessories for men, women, and children. According to Taiwanese Ambassador to Belize, Joseph […]
