From June to September every year, Belizeans get a little tense and carefully monitor the weather channel. But for the rest of the year, most of us could care less. But this time around things are different. Since December, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has been concentrating on making preparations for the season. Deputy […]
The Director General of Training Support for the British Army, Major General Brian Plummer met with the Minister of National Security Jorge Espat. They discussed continued training for British Forces in Belize and the possibility of more frequent exercises in the future. During Plummer’s four day visit he will tour the BATSUB unit and see […]
By now, you might have forgotten about the promise to fix up the Belize City post office, but the Belize Postal Service hasn’t. Starting on Monday, construction crews will be working hard on the lower floor of the Paslow Building. Public relations officer for the postal service, Verlene Arzu, says the revised version of the […]
Like the other schools which will become a part of the University of Belize such as Teachers’ College and School of Agriculture, the Belize School of Nursing will have to upgrade its program with an eye to the future. News Five was at the Belize Institute of Management today where faculty members are coming up […]
Earlier this week the organizer of La Ruta Maya Canoe race urged teams who want to participate this year to sign up soon. Richard Harrison of Big H Enterprises says the race will be even bigger than last year and although they would like to accommodate everyone they have to cut registration off at one […]
The original intention was to have Belize pass its copyright and intellectual property rights legislation by the beginning of 2000, but the complex nature of the issue has lead the Attorney General’s Ministry to take a more cautious approach rather than rush the bill through. To help members of the public understand the issues, which […]
The Women’s Issues Network of Belize has met with Valdemar Castillo, Minister of Labour to discuss the establishment of a Wages Council to review the current minimum wage structure. Mirlin Halliday, head of the Advocacy Committee says the meeting was part of WIN – Belize’s ongoing campaign to establish a single minimum wage. Mirlin Halliday, […]
This morning a tortilla shop owner got a real fright when a van hit his building. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the incident has the owner angry and he says speeding is a recurrent problem on the narrow Berkeley Street. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Anselmo Blanco was inside his tortilla shop when a white van […]
Well-known Belmopan businessman Paul Bradley Sr. is reported to have committed suicide early this morning at his family home. The body was found in the bathroom by his wife. Bradley is the owner of Bradstar Construction on Forrest Drive, one of the firms, which only this week donated supplies to the fire victims in Maya […]
Just about everyone in Belize knows someone who abuses drugs. He or she may be a friend, a co-worker or a member of our own family. Drugs affect all sectors of the society, not just the poor. But while efforts in the past have concentrated on prevention programs in the schools and marijuana plantation eradication […]
It appears tonight that a police patrol in an area off Central American Boulevard saved the life of a Belize City man last weekend. According to an officer in the Dragon Unit, while on Arlington Drive around six-thirty last Friday evening, he saw three men hitting a man over the head with a piece of […]
It may not have been rape, but tonight a sixteen-year-old from Franks Eddy Village was arrested after he allegedly had sex with a twelve-year-old. According to police reports, around five-thirty p.m. on Monday January twenty-fourth, the teenager asked the young girl to meet him behind a school building and when she went there, they had […]
He’s considered the father of Belizean sculpture and his masterpiece the “Sleeping Giant” was even chosen as the watermark for our currency. But now the dust from the wood George Gabb has loved since he was old enough to hold a knife and chisel is affected his sinuses to such an extent he can now […]
If you love a nice cold glass of milk, and we’re not taking about the kind with little powder clumps, the Mennonites at Western Dairies have good news for you. They have acquired a pasteurizing system that should improve the shelf life–or rather the refrigerator shelf life–of their product. Janelle Chanona was in Spanish Lookout […]
It had been twenty-five years since attorney Simeon Sampson had prosecuted a case, but the lawyer most famous for his talents as a defense attorney and his zeal to appeal death penalty cases, won his case against George “Junie Balls” McKenzie and Eugene Neal today. Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord sentenced McKenzie and Neal to four […]
The government has announced its time frame for implementing the recommendations in the Political Reform Commission’s yearlong study. Last week the Prime Minister Said Musa and his Cabinet Ministers reviewed the report at length and indicated they accepted sixty-three of the one hundred three recommendations and will keep the remainder under review. The time frame […]
“Nine houses in nine days” is the theme of the rebuilding effort in Maya Mopan Village following a fire last week which left dozens homeless. Today those involved in the reconstruction told News Five they want the victims staying at the Red Cross Shelter in Belmopan to come back to houses that are better than […]
In crime news, a taxi driver picked up by police for questioning over the weekend has been charged with rape. Thirty-five years old Austin Rivero of Antelope Street in Belize City also faces charges of indecent assault in connection with an incident shortly after four am on Friday. A twenty-six year old woman has alleged […]
It seems a paperwork slip up created some confusion this morning at Excelsior High School when teacher Brian Plummer attempted to go back to work. On Monday News Five reported that Plummer, who had been dismissed in December had received a letter from the school’s pro-tem board informing him he had been reinstated. However, this […]
On February sixth, musical artists around the world will celebrate the birthday of reggae icon Robert Nesta Marley. Belizean artists Gilvano Swasey and Sergio Hoare will express the love and spiritual connection they feel for Bob Marley through a display filled with images of “Bob”. They have put on this show every February since 1995. […]
Although the race is a month away, organizers of the third annual La Ruta Maya Belize river Challenge are urging those who want to participate to sign up early. The canoe race which gets underway on March third in San Ignacio will end in Belize City on March Sixth. According to Richard Harrison of Big […]
It’s not the first time there have been reports of houses being built in the middle of the street. But when a young man from the Collect Division came to News Five, not only did he say there was a house being built on Pelican Street Extension, he also claimed that he was told he […]
It may be considered the forgotten district but this week a portion of Toledo was finally recognized as worthy of protection. The Port Honduras area four to five miles off Punta Gorda Town is rich in marine and plant life. It provides a livelihood for hundreds of local fishermen. But illegal fishing by Honduran and […]
