While we don’t know if he flew TACA Airlines, today the Prime Minister Said Musa left for the Second Summit of Heads of Government of the Association of Caribbean States in the Dominican Republic. The two-day meeting in Santo Domingo will focus on regional cooperation during natural disasters and creating a sustainable tourism zone. Director […]
If you’ve ever wondered what happens to the environmental tax tourists pay at the airport or the fees you pay to visit national parks or archaeological sites, well today some of that money was distributed to agencies which will put it to good use. The largest award of over 100 thousand dollars from the Protected […]
Calling it an example of Great Britain’s continuing interest in the security of Belize, the Minister of National Security Jorge Espat accepted an equipment donation this morning on behalf of the Belize Defense Force. The gift, from the British government, includes seven British made Land Rovers, navigation and telecommunication equipment, boat engines and office equipment. […]
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Former Minister of Government Eduardo “Dito” Juan was in an accident this morning on the Western Highway. One of his companions was killed. According to reports reaching News Five Juan was taking two of his workers Martha Molino and Leopold Palacio to deliver meat to Belize City in his Toyota pick-up. At mile twenty-two Juan […]
The school is only thirteen years old, but students are worried about its future. Not because it is in financial trouble, but because the government wants the University College of Belize to be absorbed into a national institution. But while the government committee consults and formulates its plans, the students are also consulting — with […]
U.C.B. students are not the only ones wondering about their future. Today the Ministry of Education announced that they are withdrawing their financial support amounting to some forty two thousand dollars a year from the Belize School of the Deaf and closing the school. The Ministry says they will be integrating all of the students […]
The recently formed Alliance Against AIDS is offering support services to those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in Belize. The A.A.A. is conducting a six-week training course for HIV hotline operators. The hotline will be launched June first to coincide with the official inauguration of the center. Facilitators for the hotline training are […]
Four years ago the Pete Lizarraga Preschool in San Estevan Village in the Orange Walk District sent home its staff and students and closed its doors due to budgetary constraints. Today, the school was officially reopened with an enrollment of thirty-five children and two teachers. The curriculum will be based on music, basic phonics and […]
This Saturday the New Beginnings Ministries of Dangriga invites you to their second concert in Belize City. Michael Evans, the band leader for Two Roadz says it will be an intense concert filled with dance routines and drama. Evans says the goal is to show the youths of Belize that there is a solution to […]
The Methodist Mission has received some welcome assistance today for the completion of their multipurpose center on Albert Street. Area Representative Mark Espat handed over sixty thousand dollars from the Government of Belize today to Reverend Leslie Anderson for the facility. It will house a theatre, a neighborhood medical clinic, meeting rooms and offices and […]
During their election campaign, the People’s United Party, and Queen’s Square candidate in particular Dickie Bradley, said the southside of Belize City had been neglected for too long. Among the promises they made was to improve the recreational facilities as well as commercial areas. Today the Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal Dickie Bradley showed […]
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Because of all the confusion resulting in frequent accidents at the junction of North Front and Douglas Jones Streets, the traffic department has changed the stop signs from North Front Street to Douglas Jones, changing the right of way. However, the move, which was designed to ease the flow of traffic, did just the opposite […]
To protect children as well as combat violence involving youths last week the Government imposed a curfew for all children aged sixteen and under. The statutory instrument signed last Friday by Minister of Human Development, Dolores Balderamos Garcia specified that parents or guardians who allow a child to loiter, wander or be in the street, […]
Two children: Isandra Logan and Tisandra Logan lost their lives in a fire Saturday night on Tibruce Street and a third child Alden Logan Martinez died early Monday morning. Today Fire Chief Henry Baizar told News Five they have determined the fire was caused by negligence. Police told News Five they will be submitting a […]
Cases of unlawful carnal knowledge and indecent assault are so frequent these days they are beginning to seem like commonplace occurrences. But police have not lessened their attack on offenders and today a twenty-five year old teacher from Ladyville was taken to court. Police allege that Valan Hendy has been having sex with a fifteen […]
It may not sound like a big increase to those outside the industry, but the Belize Tourism Board and the Ministry of Tourism are celebrating a five point two percent increase in tourist arrivals for the month of March. According to the Ministry, the additional visitors are the result of their latest marketing campaign. News […]
While the United Democratic Party is opposing the new curfew, Cabinet is proceeding with additional security measures to protect children. Cabinet has approved the design and implementation of a school security initiative for twenty-two primary and secondary Belize City schools during school hours. The Ministry of Education has also established a truancy and child abuse […]
The government is in the process of creating the University of Belize which would be an amalgamation of a number of tertiary level institutions throughout the country. While the details of the plan are not yet clear, among the proposals are moving the main campus of U.C.B. from the Landivar area of Belize City to […]
News Five often does stories when authors and poets launch a new publication. But today a poet, who is relatively new to the art, twenty-eight year old Sherwin Garcia shared some of his work with us. Garcia says that he started to write poems since 1995 but has loved words since kindergarten. He shared one […]
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Fires in Belize City are fairly common and fortunately most of the time the residents get out alive. But on Saturday night three little children were not so lucky. Reports to News Five are that they were left home alone and that candles may have been burning in the apartment. News Five spoke to Fire […]
In other weekend crime news, police are still searching for Winston Dennison who they believe shot and killed Darren Sutherland around ten Friday night. According to reports Sutherland, who was shot in the face, died instantly at the corner of Central American and Jane Usher Boulevards. The motive for the killing is not yet known.
Corozal police are looking for two Hispanic men in connection with the murder of an elderly woman. They say that seventy-three year old Viona Magaña, a resident of Corozal Town, was found in her bed Friday morning in a pool of blood. There were wounds to her neck and back of the head. A pair […]
