The Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation appears to be making some progress at last. The Chairman of the Commission, David Price, announced today that they have begun to receive the documents and records it requested from Troy Gabb, Chief Executive Officer of the D.F.C. Price says once the relevant documents have been […]
The Belize Port Authority will be cracking down on unregistered, unlicensed boats and commercial pilots who do not have a captain’s license, beginning July first. It is an attempt to reinforce laws already on the books, which are designed not only to help keep track of boats, but to increase passenger safety. News Five spoke […]
Child Labour: it’s a subject that most of us read about or watch on television, and tend to believe is about abuses in far away places. But Belize is very much a part of this global phenomenon. In preparation for “World Day against Child Labour” on Sunday, the Labour Department has released a statistical digest […]
Is there someone in your life who has dedicated his or her time or sacrificed money and resources, just to make things easier for someone who needed help? If you do and you would like to say thanks, then you can submit that special person’s name in the effort to find FirstCaribbean’s Regional Unsung Hero. […]
Sunday was not a good day for Belize Electricity Limited, nor, for that matter, virtually every resident of Belize. Around seven-thirty in the morning, the nation was plunged into blackout and power was not restored until over eleven hours later. The cause, according to a B.E.L. release, was a fault on the western transmission line […]
It’s not an uncommon practice for victims of alleged police brutality to make the media rounds to show their bruises and vent their frustration. But now there is a new, preferred avenue for accusers to get official redress for their complaints. The re-instituted Police Complaints Board has now been formally placed under the control of […]
With so much negative attention focused on the Social Security Board, it’s easy to lose sight of the staff which serves the public when we go their offices to make contributions or collect benefits. But this week, the S.S.B. workers are doing their part to help Belizean charities by going the extra mile… Or should […]
In an update to what is becoming the hottest soap opera in Belmopan, the Commission of Inquiry investigating the financial affairs of the Development Finance Corporation has taken another legal turn. But in a weird twist of events, the commission has fired off a press release this week questioning what it says was the “unauthorized” […]
Within the context of the latest developments of the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry then, it seems conflicting that at the last Cabinet briefing, on Friday May twenty-seventh, the same morning Gabb was due to produce the documents in question but didn’t, Attorney General Francis Fonseca maintained that the Government of Belize was doing everything in […]
It’s one of the world’s largest organisations dedicated to the advancement of young women… so it’s no wonder that the folks at the Y.W.C.A. are taking a hard look at the global AIDS epidemic–a scourge that is increasingly affecting Belizean females. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Sheryl Terry, Membership Chair, Y.W.C.A., Belize ?I mean […]
It is an institution that is no stranger to publicity… particularly as the recipient of donations. But this week the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Centre–often called the Children’s Home–is getting the kind of help that means a lot more than the handing over of a cheque. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Dorothy Menzies Child Day Care […]
Despite the vast improvements made to our roads and highways over the years, travelling from Punta Gorda to Corozal, even in a car can be an arduous journey. So you can imagine what an adventure it will be to travel from the southernmost to the northernmost town by BICYCLE. That’s exactly what a group of […]
It’s a quiet community out west. Nestled in the Cayo foothills, Santa Familia boasts well-maintained, spacious yards and easy-going country living. But things are far from perfect in this laid back village as a battle is brewing over a precious resource: water. In a mini imitation of B.T.L., it seems that there are two Water […]
Don’t let anyone fool you: life at the Belize Central prison is no picnic. It’s overcrowded, understaffed, and woefully lacking in what many of us would consider the basic amenities of human existence. But life at Hattieville is getting better. That assessment comes from the administrators in charge, the employees working there, and most importantly, […]
The House of Culture in Belize City has been the venue for activities ranging from moonlight jazz to modern photography. Today a group of activists descended on the facility, not for an art exhibition, but to promote human rights. It was the first of three seminars sponsored by the Belize Centre for Human Rights Studies, […]
Life is not always kind to the many pedestrians who are forced to share Belize City’s narrow streets with an ever expanding array of trucks, buses, and oversized S.U.V.’s. But if you think you’ve got it rough, try navigating with nothing more than a white cane. News 5’s Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting […]
A series of blackouts left the country in the dark last night, but according to Belize Electricity Limited, the outages were not the result of sabotage. According to a company rep, they are taking the rap for this one, citing that guy wires for a pole supporting the main transmission line from Mexico rusted out […]
While many of us were thankful for the rain of the past few days, grateful for the relief in these dry times, for some the rains brought back an old problem that despite their repeated cries for help, is still with them. Once again, News Five went back to a portion of Belize City where […]
For the first time in two weeks, things were back to normal at the Esquivel Telecom Centre on St. Thomas Street as employees who claimed they had been locked out, returned to their workstations. It is not clear under what arrangement the B.T.L. workers were allowed back into the company, as suspicion lingers over how […]
Things are not getting any better at Belize Electricity Limited, as another act of sabotage over the weekend has set back the company’s plans for a return to business as usual. According to a B.E.L. release, at about four-thirty Saturday afternoon a B.D.F. air patrol reported utility poles on fire in an area near San […]
For the past week, hundreds of customers along the Northern Highway have endured less than clean water, the result, it turns out, of busted pipes. News Five understands that approximately eight hundred consumers in the Belama and Buttonwood Bay neighbourhoods have had to live with brown “gunky” water. Tonight, public relations officer Haydon Brown of […]
Tonight the future of the strike launched by Belize’s labour movement appears to be on shaky ground as the unions stayed uncharacteristically quiet today, holding a series of closed-door strategy meetings, presumably to plan their next move. But News Five understands that there are currently no public protests or demonstrations in the pipeline for the […]
As thousands of students from all over the country get ready to graduate and inundate the job market, one local personnel firm is launching a community service project to help the unemployed find work. According to officials of Fusion HR in Belize City, the project called Career Quest will feature several phases. The first segment […]
Meanwhile in Benque Viejo, a union rally this morning had protesters looking positively well behaved. Anthony Fuentes, President, B.N.T.U. ?Today we are out here to show and let the government of the day know that the National Trade Union Congress of Belize will take back Belize. Belize belongs to Belizeans and we are tired of […]
After almost three months of having their vehicles gathering dust in the Customs yard in Belize City, a number of owners had hoped to drive their late model S.U.V.’s and pickups home today. But although the appropriate documents were finally ready, the petitioners were told yet again: come back tomorrow, as no officer wanted to […]
