With the ongoing crisis over our national football team still awaiting resolution it may seem premature to bring up the subject…but guess what? In less than three months it will be time for the Caricom basketball championships. We have just received word that this year’s games will be held in Barbados beginning June 29th. With […]
It’s not often that a news story walks into our lobby here at Channel Five but that’s exactly what happened this afternoon. Two nurses from the Ministry of Health arrived as part of a door to door campaign to immunize Belizean women against measles, mumps and rubella. Armed with their needles and vaccines they approached […]
While nurses in Belize were pounding the pavement in search of better health their counterparts in Trinidad and Tobago were preparing to walk the picket lines in protest. Today Trinidad’s Regional Health Authority issued a warning to nurses, who plan to strike on Monday and Tuesday, that any protesters who gather on hospital grounds will […]
Those of us who live in Belize City tend to think of the series of five unsolved child murders as a problem endemic to the old capital. But this morning it was students in the new capital who made themselves heard on an issue they believe affects all Belizeans. Children Shouting “We are in danger. […]
Friday is World Health Day, another one of those dates crowded onto a United Nations calendar in which virtually every day of the year is earmarked for some often arcane observance or another. But for Belize in the year two thousand, World Health Day holds some particular importance. Its theme is “Safe Blood Saves Lives”, […]
While Belize’s medical community may see World Health Day as a time for unity, such is not the case everywhere. In Trinidad and Tobago nurses employed by government are planning a total shutdown of the health sector for Monday and Tuesday. They will stay off the job in protest of what they allege are poor […]
Prime Minister Said Musa returned home today after attending a summit of Central American leaders and the President of Brazil. The meeting, held in San Jose, Costa Rica, sought to improve relations between the South American giant and the Central American sub-region, including Belize, Panama and the Dominican Republic. In a declaration signed at meeting’s […]
In other economic news, Fortis, the Canadian company which purchased majority ownership in Belize Electricity Limited, has increased its stake in the Cayman Islands power industry. Fortis enlarged its holdings from 16.8 to 20% of Caribbean Utilities Company Limited. C.U.C. is the sole provider of electricity to the island of Grand Cayman. Fortis also owns […]
The fire off the football field continues to burn today as both the players and association have received support from the sidelines. Today the National Sports Council denied accusations, made by Trenton Miller, Vice President of the Belize National Football Association, alleging interference and subversive activities. The council says it is concerned about the action […]
Autonomy is a word brandished by almost every municipal politician. In Belize City this week local government officials from throughout the Caribbean are demonstrating their autonomy by meeting to share their problems and progress. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Secretariat of the Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities is taking steps to revitalize CALGA after the […]
There are open days and then there are open days. Today’s open day at the Agriculture and Natural Resource Institute for southern Belize (ANRI), formerly known as Lynam, was more of an eye opener than it was an attempt to enroll students at the school. When News Five visited the agriculture school in December, students […]
It was a practice that perhaps thousands of Belizean mothers go through every week. On Tuesday, 20-year-old Georgia Neal dropped her baby son off at his grandmother’s early in the morning before heading to work. When she returned around 6:00 that evening, the scene which greeted her could not have been worse. 22-month-old John Darrel […]
He might be a fugitive from the law, but tonight police officers from all over the region are keeping an eye out for convicted child molester Carlos Milan. The Belize Police Department says they have sent a detailed description and picture of Milan to police agencies in every Central American country. However, sources close to […]
She not only stood by her man but actually fought for him. The only problem was that the man she defended was an escaped prisoner and now she runs the risk of joining him in Hattieville. Today 22-year-old Natalie Wade was arrested and charged with the crimes of harbouring a fugitive, obstructing a police officer, […]
The police may have been obstructed by a civilian in their efforts to bag “Bagga”, but more often than not, the cops are their own worst enemy. Today constable Ryan Young was charged with harm in connection with an allegedly unprovoked beating he administered to a fan at Sunday’s football game at the MCC Grounds. […]
A policeman is also under investigation in Dangriga. The officer, whose name was not released by the department, was in pursuit of a drug suspect on Sunday night when he fired a warning shot in the air. Nobody was hit by the bullet, but a police investigation will determine whether the discharge of the firearm […]
Timing, as they say, is everything. And it seems that our timing could not have been worse with the story we ran yesterday on the prospects for a long hot dry season. Therefore we humbly apologize to all those who pinned out clothes last night only to find them soaked this morning by an unseasonable […]
They say money is the root of all evil and according to the Belize National Football Association (BNFA), it’s also behind a long list of demands made today by Belize’s national football team. A press release signed by 19 well-known footballers including Norman “Tilliman” Nunez and Malakai Nolberto, requests “respect from the coach, a better […]
In the typical Belizean classroom, there can be as many as forty or more students to one teacher. Getting all of them to behave and pay attention at the same time might seem like mission impossible. But are the “trouble makers” acting out of mischief or do some students have a real problem understanding what […]
Most of the news coming out of the Department of Corrections these days has not been good. But beyond the stabbings, riots and tamarind whippings is one programme that seems to be making progress. This morning I checked it out. Since we last visited the Youth Enhancement Academy, the inmates appear to be far more […]
If it seems like Belize keeps getting hotter and drier with every passing year, don’t worry, you’re not going crazy. It is. And this year appears to be no exception. Today we sent out Janelle Chanona to look at some of the science behind the sweat. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Is it only me or does […]
By all accounts it was an interesting and complicated operation. After nearly six weeks on the run, police have recaptured prisoner Darrel “Bagga” Jones. But Jones isn’t going to be at the Hattieville Ramada for a while, at least not until he recovers from bullet wounds to his backside. Police say around nine thirty this […]
He was a well-respected teacher at a prestigious school but on Monday, Carlos Milan, who was charged last year with the indecent assault of a minor, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. However, it looks as if the former S.J.C. educator will not serve any jail time, at least not in the near future, […]
Reports are sketchy at this time, but News Five understands that a baby has drowned in the canal near Fabers Road Extension. Police Press Officer Christy Castillo could only tell us that 22-month-old baby John Neal fell into the canal and drowned. The child’s mother, 20-year-old Georgia Neal is still on the scene at this […]
One of the more disturbing statistics about HIV/AIDS in Belize is that teenagers as young as fifteen are considered to be among the group most at risk for contracting this deadly disease. On Saturday approximately one hundred and fifty teens from across Belize City gathered at the Radisson Fort George Hotel to learn more about […]
