The Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug may have residents of Belize City anxiously examining their plants, but they may also want to start checking their yards for stagnant water. That’s right, dengue is back. This week the Ministry of Health confirmed seven cases in Belize. Because dengue, also known as “breakbone fever” is transmitted by the […]
Belize Electricity Limited got a shock from its employees this week, when they threatened to walk off the job. The Belize Energy Workers Union says it will go on strike in twenty-one days unless all employees are terminated, rewarded for their years of service and immediately rehired. The union says it acted in good faith […]
Prime Minister Said Musa took his annual turn at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly this morning. In a concise tightly written address Musa paid homage to the current UN themes and made the case for a better global deal for the developing nations, including increased aid and fairer trade. He then used […]
Belize’s Barrier Reef has long been enjoyed by divers and is one of our major tourist attractions. The other countries of the region understand the moneymaking potential of the reef and are eager to cash in on its reputation. To help keep the reef healthy for years to come, a meeting is underway in Belize […]
A young man is in the hospital with a bullet lodged in his skull after he was shot on Wednesday night. Twenty-three year old Mark Conorque was riding his bicycle on Vernon Street around nine thirty. As he approached Berger Field he heard someone call out, when he turned around he was shot in the […]
Although butane gas companies agreed last year to stop using tanker trucks on house to house visits in developed areas, the practice continues, and on Wednesday two men and two children in Succotz paid the price for the supposed convenience. BWEL employees Rafael Novelo and Alfredo Guardado were filling a fifty-pound cylinder when the bottom […]
The body of a man who is believed to have drowned in Soldier Creek was found this morning. Twenty-one year old Fenton Bowen of Manatee Gales Point had gone hunting with two friends on Tuesday. They reported that as soon as the trio arrived at the creek, Bowen took off his boots and jumped in. […]
Five Courts Belize customers, each became two thousand dollars richer in the Furniture and Electrical Superstore’s 1999 Millennium Mania Draw. The draw was the third so far and the last in which the money will be shared among the winners. According to Ana Marie Bennett, Courts’ Advertising and Promotions Executive, the final three draws will […]
Twenty thousand Bibles in Belize City… it’s no miracle but the result of a group of missionaries. The goal of “Project Word” is to give Bibles to anyone who wants one. The books were donated and collected by a religious group known as the “Pathfinders” of Michigan in the United States. Larry Stewart told News […]
The new Commissioner of Police Hughinton Williams and his Assistant Commissioners Carmen Zetina and Hugh Cain promised to do what they can to bring down crime, especially in Belize City. The residents of one neighborhood, which resembles a war zone, are desperate for help and hoping the police will tackle the violence in their area […]
Although there were indirect references to former Police Commissioner Ornel Brooks who resigned on Monday, today’s press conference at the Raccoon Street Station was not about the past, but the way forward for the Police Force. The new chief, who is acting in the post of Commissioner until he is officially installed, seemed to feel […]
On Monday, Augustina Reyes told News Five she does not know who would want to kill her common-law-husband taxi driver Philip Pou. Following our interview, police picked up Reyes Monday afternoon and subjected her to intensive questioning. She was released this evening. She reported Pou missing Friday night after he failed to return to their […]
Five children were injured after a gas tank exploded in Succotz Village around twelve thirty this afternoon. According to reports, a gas truck had gone to the residence of Belarmino Itza to fill a tank. Around that time the children were coming home from school and as they entered the yard the tank exploded. At […]
The fears of the Ministry of Agriculture have been realized. Today a specialist from Barbados confirmed that the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug is in Belize. As they await the arrival of biological agents, beetles and wasps, to control the pest, the Ministry is launching an aggressive media campaign, hoping to obtain the public’s cooperation, a […]
If you’ve seen the ads on TV and thought cruises were only for wealthy Americans, think again. One Belizean tour company has got a sweet deal that lets you board a cruise ship in Belize, spend three nights aboard ship and then fly back from Miami for less than a thousand Belize dollars. David Gegg, […]
Since 1883, the Sisters of Mercy have made Belize part of their worldwide international multicultural congregation. There are currently twenty-four Sisters of Mercy in Belize, eighteen of whom are Belizean. During Mercy Awareness Week, the community put together a heritage room at St. Catherine’s Academy featuring information and a few artifacts spared by the ’31 […]
A strike generally refers to an industrial action by employees against management but what if the management tells the workers not to work? One Belizean bus company has done just this, shutting down its entire operation, forcing ninety employees to sit idly by. The owner says he had to resort to such drastic action to […]
The Prime Minister Said Musa signed the necessary papers to get a three point six million-dollar loan to improve the competitiveness of Belize’s agricultural products abroad. Prime Minister Musa met with officials of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC. Under the conditions of the loan, services provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and […]
The police have taken into custody Christopher Castillo and are on the lookout for Kevin Myvette. The young men are wanted for the murder of twenty-two year old Devon Velasquez, a musician from Caye Caulker. Velasquez was vacationing in the city when he was stabbed and chopped to death on Sunday night on Pelican Street. […]
Meanwhile family members of the deceased are upset because they were not allowed to witness the autopsy. According to Carolyn Cadle, the family had been given permission by the medical examiner to view the procedure but was denied entry to the morgue by a C.I.B. officer. Cadle contends her rights have been violated. Carolyn Cadle, […]
Eight months after the body of fifteen year old Samantha Gordon was found floating in the waters off Vista Del Mar in Ladyville, the FBI lab in Washington DC has sent its first report back to Belize. Dr. Mario Estradabran, the police pathologist told News Five that vaginal swabs were done on Gordon and these […]
The Scout Association of Belize, the Department of the Environment and other agencies will be holding a countrywide waterways cleanup this weekend. Scouts throughout Belize will pick up trash and debris from the coastlines, rivers and creeks. Although the event is an annual one and is planned well in advance, the Department of the Environment […]
Bodybuilder Dylan Jones is feeling very fit after competing with over eighty of the region’s best in the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships in St. Maarten last weekend. Jones, who has dedicated himself to the sport for four years, placed fifth in the Masters category out of a field of fifteen. He says this […]
The moon and the wind are making life a little inconvenient for residents of the Southern Foreshore this week. Seawater has been spilling over the sea wall since Monday flooding streets and yards. According to the Met Office, the high water will continue for about a week. Carlos Fuller of the Climate Change Project says […]
Although they are still not certain it is the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug, the Ministry of Agriculture is acting as if it is and they want the public to be on the alert. Several areas of Belize City have already been affected. How serious is the problem, and what can you do if you suspect […]
