News Five has been following case of Enrique Ricardo Magana, a resident of San Joaquin Village in the Corozal District, who was last seen by his wife on March twenty-eighth. Two days later, officers found his van on Consejo Road with his passport and documents still in tact. He has not been heard from him […]
It has been a week since a fire at the garbage dump on the Western Highway has been polluting the area and causing a stench. For about three hundred meters along the road at mile three on the Western Highway, smoke has been clouding the highway and inconveniencing families that live along the way. Everyday […]
It may sound like plenty money, but a one million dollar grant will be shared by six organizations and will be spread over the next three years. The Dutch funding agency, HIVOS International, has traditionally been supporting the Alliance Against AIDS, Haven House, the Toledo Maya Women’s Council, the Toledo Cacao Growers Association and WIN-Belize […]
If you’re taking the public transportation system over the coming holidays you’re urged to be patient because since the new bus schedules were approved in October last year, there have been many complaints about blatant glitches in the system. These range from buses not leaving on schedule, late arrivals at destinations, and overcrowding. There have […]
First Caribbean Bank’s Unsung Heroes program has been running since 2003. It’s a recognition program that promotes individuals who give and work tirelessly to develop the community. The local coordinator of the program says that the bank is asking the public to make nominations of outstanding individuals in society. The winner will receive a monetary […]
We have not heard much from them of late but the Kiwanis Club of Belize Central resurfaced early this year and they are wasting no time. The branch of the organization in Belize will join Kiwanis clubs all over the world in observing the second annual Kiwanis One Day this Saturday. The local beneficiary is […]
The highly publicized extradition appeal by Rhett Fuller has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal and Fuller is behind bars pending a bail application. His attorney, Eamon Courtenay, is not giving up and has said they are prepared to go to the Privy Council if so required. While his fate is up in the […]
And while at their last press conference police said their investigations continued on the shooting death of canero, forty-four year old Antanacio Gutierrez, News Five has gathered that the file on that investigation may be completed as early as next week. Over the past week investigators returned to the north to obtain additional information about […]
It’s been eight years since the National Gender Policy was developed and according to the National Women’s Commission, it’s high time for a review and revision of the document. With that in mind, the commission is hosting a two-day consultation with stakeholders to get some feedback on how to make the policy more applicable to […]
Just before news time tonight, a house collapsed in Belize City. The plywood and concrete building at Rivero Extension, off Kraal Road, was occupied by the Young family. The residents were in the process of lifting the structure a few feet when the accident happened. Many items were damaged inside the house, but while two […]
But a Guinea Grass couple needs your help to save the life of their newborn son. Joshua Teck was born with an incomplete esophagus and is unable to be fed normally. Friends of Pediatrics has been helping the family and arranged to have the baby flown to the U.S. for medical treatment along with his […]
There is a saying that if there is deprivation of food, the body feeds off of its own fat. That is the case for a seven year old minor who, for the past two and a half months, has been literally living off of his own body nutrients. This is because on January eighth of […]
A ninety-eight thousand U.S. dollar multi-sectoral plan was launched to end gender-based violence at this morning’s opening of the fourth Annual Women’s Summit. Belize is one of the six countries in the region to now implement the project on a national level. Regional executors of the venture are the United Nations Development Fund for Women […]
If you’re not employed in the field, chances are you didn’t know that for the last three years, March seventeenth has been observed as World Social Work Day. To commemorate the occasion today for the first time locally, members of the University of Belize Social Work Student Association performed a community service at the Causarina […]
A power outage this afternoon caused almost four hours of inconvenience to the entire city at the peak of the work day. While of late there have been frequent scheduled power outages around the country, today’s power failure was accidental. According to the Belize Electricity Limited, the outage occurred at one-fifty-four this afternoon when a […]
Mary’s Open Doors is a non-governmental organization located in San Ignacio that assists victims of domestic abuse in the west. And as the scope of its work grows, so does the need for funding. One group that has stepped up to the plate is the Concerned Belizean Women Group, an organization working on promoting awareness […]
One month and eight days after canero Antanacio Gutierrez was shot dead in the riot in Orange Walk the investigations are still ongoing. The wife of the fallen cane farmer, Benita Gutierrez subsequently wrote to the Prime Minister calling for an investigating into her husband’s death. In that letter Benita stated that there were a […]
And there is more to compound the financial woes of the Belize City Council, which finds itself indebted to the tune of nine million dollars. Viewers will remember the case of Belize Maintenance Limited, the company contracted by CitCo to cut grass throughout the city. Last September, the council missed several payments which forced BML […]
The Caribe Mariner, a ship registered in Antigua and Barbuda, was locked off from dockworkers or stevedores at the Port of Belize this afternoon halfway through the loading of industrial goods and perishables such as papaya. The stevedores were told that they would be called back at a later date to resume the work. Shortly […]
There is an update to the ongoing dispute between businessman Archie Lee and the City Council. Today, Lee called News Five to his business to say that early this morning he received certificates indicating that the trade licenses for both the Restaurant and his Convenience Store, had been renewed. Strangely enough, Lee says he has […]
After days of back and forth, there is a smoking gun in respect of arrears in workers contributions to the Social Security Board by City Hall. Mayor Zenaida Moya on Monday made it clear that she did not know that the council neglected to pay over three hundred thousand dollars which was owed to the […]
Perrera was not only upset about being blamed for the scandal, he came armed with documents. He resurrected the old case that the mayor was collecting more salary than she should and brought with him a copy of the council’s minutes which he believes proves his point. He also had in hand a section of […]
It is two weeks since Archie Lee’s Shopping City Convenience Store and Restaurant on Central American Boulevard have been closed for business. Today reports surfaced that Lee is up to his neck in debt to the Alliance Bank which is taking him to court. It is claimed that Lee owes four million three hundred and […]
We reported a touching news story two days ago on the plight of twenty-nine year old Pamela Stuart, who was knocked down early Saturday morning. Stuart sustained severe fractures to her hip, pelvic bone and lower leg. The injuries have left her incapacitated and in need of urgent medical help abroad. But since both Stuart […]
The story of a default in Social Security contributions by City Council has been in the news since Monday. News Five broke the story that over three hundred thousand dollars in employees’ contributions had not been paid up by City Hall and since then there has been a back and forth on who knew of […]
