The mother of a child who was picked up in the street by a stranger last week on Euphrates Avenue has apparently reconsidered her request not to press charges and today police picked up twenty-eight year old Harold Smith for a second time. The mother came back to the police on Saturday and asked that […]
The strike by workers at the Hummingbird Citrus Limited two, has been resolved. The Christian Workers Union announced today that the management agreed on Friday to increase the hourly pay rate from $2.00 to $2.25. The contract rate is also being increased to $0.62, an increase of 2 cents. Although the workers had initially asked […]
News Five doesn’t report every missing teenager because more often than not they show up safe and sound after a few days, but there is growing concern over the disappearance of fourteen year old Noemi Hernandez who left home last Tuesday. Tonight the police are issuing an urgent appeal to anyone who may know her […]
In July Blanca Chinchilla of New Road reported that a police constable punched her at the Traffic Office at the Raccoon Street Station. The constable claimed he did know the woman but that she showed up drunk around 2:30am and tried to choke him so he pushed her off. He says she fell and hit […]
There was a special occasion today in Sand Hill with the inauguration of a new school building. As News Five found out, the previous structure was so dilapidated, it was a danger to the students. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The new school building, which replaces an old church, contains three classrooms and a library. Two weeks […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and you’re right on time for a new dish of Sports Monday. The two league leaders from regular season play in the BFL football competition, continues their battle for supremacy all the way into the playoffs. While Sagitun has not beaten Kulture Yabra all season long, the team from the […]
The media in Belize rarely has to report on prison breaks, because it seems anyone who really wants to leave Hattieville can find a way to escape without damaging their cell. Or, if they are really “facey,” they just slip off their handcuffs and run away while being escorted to or from court. Both scenarios […]
Today, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. George Alleyne, officially handed over twenty computers to the Ministry of Health. They will be used by the National Health Information Surveillance Unit and the Family Violence Unit of the Police Department. With this new system, everything from birth dates to how many people are […]
Every year, parents go on the warpath about buying expensive primary school textbooks, many of which are discontinued in favor of newer books the following year. But now the Ministry of Education says that will all change. A review committee made up of school principals, managers and the minister himself, has recommended a list of […]
Things in Belmopan are heating up for the City Council Elections on March 1st. Candidates are running into controversy and the political parties are pulling out all the stops to promote their councils. But there are a few independents in the bunch and instead of plastering the town with posters, one independent has decided to […]
Police say the mother of a child who witnesses claim was almost abducted near St. Ignatius school on Monday afternoon has declined to file a formal report or press charges. Channel Seven News spoke with a witness, who declined to be identified on camera, that on Wednesday he and a co-worker stopped a man who […]
If you see a suspicious bag hanging from your fence or door this weekend…RELAX. It’s part of a program called “Scouting for Food”, an annual food drive by the Scout Association of Belize. But for the past five years, they’ve been guided in their efforts by the Girl Guides Association of Belize. Tomorrow, young boys […]
In November, the British Forces Broadcast Service, B.F.B.S. launched a radiothon to raise funds for the British Charity “Wireless for the Blind.” Today, they handed over twenty percent of the money raised to the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired. $5,400 was presented to Joan Musa, B.C.V.I.’s director. Musa says the organization welcomes the assistance […]
Newspaper cartoonists are having a field day making fun of the police and prison officers trying to deal with the numerous escapes, stabbings and even murders at the Hattieville Prison in recent months. But the situation is no laughing matter for the inmates or their families. Many of those incarcerated tell their relatives that they […]
Three prisoners who escaped from the Department of Corrections on February 15th have been apprehended. The trio were taken into custody around 8:00 this morning on the Western Highway. Eighteen year old Edwardo Alcoser was serving five years for burglary, thirty-five year old Reuben Galdamez was serving one year for theft and nineteen year old […]
The Stann Creek District has been occupied by foreign soldiers. A base camp has been established just outside Dangriga and supplies continue to arrive daily. But its not an invasion, it’s a mission of peace and the soldiers from fifteen States in the U.S. are not carrying guns but shovels, hammers and stethoscopes. New Horizons […]
In police news, an anti-drug operation has resulted in the destruction of a small marijuana plantation near the Old Northern Highway and Corozalito. Police say the plantation measured fifty by seventy-five feet and contained about two hundred plants.
A fisherman from Caye Caulker has reported that his skiff was stolen sometime early Tuesday. James Rosado told police about 6:00am he realized the boat was missing from its mooring in the village. The twenty-five foot Mexican skiff is white with brown stripes. A forty-horse power Yamaha engine was attached for a total value of […]
The director of the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, is in Belize for a familiarization visit, he will also present computers to the Ministry of Health to assist with the creation of the National Health Information System. News Five spoke with Dr. George Alleyne and Minister of Health Jose Coye this morning at the Phillip […]
In 1999 Mayan activist Julian Cho posthumously won the James A. Waight Conservation Award, this year the honor goes not to an individual but a grassroots community effort, the Sibun Watershed Association, SWA. The Belize Audubon Society sponsors the award named for one of their founding members. David Craig made the presentation Tuesday night on […]
Students and teachers may be interested in an environmental display at the Bliss Institute. It is sponsored by SIWA-Ban of Caye Caulker and participating organizations include the Belize Audubon Society and the Coastal Zone Management Agency. So far the students seem to be learning a lot about our fragile marine environment. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Since […]
Last year when a Mexican circus brought polar bears to Belize people were amazed that these big animals so used to cold weather could stand the tropical heat. Well, if you thought that was impressive, another traveling show has gone one better. They have brought an entire ice rink and a team of ice skaters. […]
It has already come under fire from the Opposition and the Public Service Union although it hasn’t even begun. Today the Prime Minister Said Musa and the Minister of Health Jose Coye held a news conference to answer some of the questions surrounding the National Health Insurance Scheme. The exact details of the package–what it […]
And while those in the audience who asked questions this morning did seem, for the most part, to “go along” with the general concept of a national insurance scheme, representatives of the trade unions and public service expressed the desire for more information and a guarantee that the Belizean worker would not be excessively taxed […]
Besides the National Health Insurance scheme, the Prime Minister took a few moments this morning to discuss the Guatemala issue. He announced that the Guatemalan Government has agreed to attend a technical level meeting on the 25th of this month. The technical meetings will pave the way for later meetings on the territorial dispute at […]
