Earlier this week, our newscast featured a story about the Sapodilla Cayes, and in it, we listed the names of those Belizeans with leasehold rights to the islands. But while our sources had indicated that Hunting Caye was still crown land, it turns out that in part, it is private property. Since 1997, the Fuller […]
With just over a week to go before Central American Agriculture Ministers meet in Belize, representatives of the region’s health and agricultural organisation called OIRSA, got busy today. Their purpose was to review the results of a two-day technical meeting held earlier this week, as well as to discuss an upcoming ministerial meeting in Belize. […]
The sounds of good nutrition returned to Belize City today as students from four far flung high schools competed in knowledge of everything from corn oil to calories. News 5’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting It was back to back for Pallotti High School today as their team walked away with top honours in […]
Nearly every study ever conducted on the Belize Police Department has stressed the need for improved training at every level…and there are signs that those recommendations are being heeded. Last week we visited a course on crime scene management conducted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Yesterday News 5’s Marion Ali sat in on […]
There are new developments tonight in the case of a baby that died last month at the K.H.M.H. It is believed that Ashton Chun, age one year four months, died of complications arising from AIDS…and that disease was allegedly contracted through a transfusion of tainted blood products last May at the Southern Regional Hospital in […]
In crime news, Belize City police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a shooting last Thursday. Nineteen year old Dalton Reneau of a George Street address has been charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm and deadly means of harm. The charges stem from an incident on Friday night when twenty-two year old […]
The immediate threat of a fuel crisis is over, and fuel dealers will have the chance to meet with government and work out their differences over the next month or so. But if those station operators are going to receive the bigger slice of the pie they say they need, where will it come from? […]
There was a dedication ceremony held last night at the junction of the Northern Highway and Boom Road. And no, it wasn’t another telecommunications tower. Janelle Chanona, Reporting After years in cramped confines, this week the Central America Health Sciences University, Belize Medical College is branching out…moving its campus to the Data Pro Compound at […]
It seems that over the last decade Belize has been overwhelmed by a sea of acronyms: that is those non-governmental organisations with long winded names whose first initials form a much shorter, and often less relevant title. Tonight, we look at one such N.G.O., that despite the nomenclature, has managed to make its presence felt […]
It was a story that shocked and horrified the nation: three innocent Belizeans, two of them children, infected with HIV-tainted blood through transfusions at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Unbelievably, tonight that same terrifying story is emerging from the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga. While the Ministry of Health refuses to confirm or deny the […]
As strikes go, it was hardly a classic. Hastily called, poorly observed and ultimately ineffectual, the attempted mass closure by the nation’s forty-four gas stations served only to inconvenience drivers and panic them into pouring their last few dollars into their gas tanks instead of more pressing pursuits. For the record, it appears that all […]
If the man on the other side of the negotiating table was incensed by the petulant action of the fuel dealers, he wasn’t showing it. According to Budget Minister and designated political fire-fighter, Ralph Fonseca, there were no hard feelings. Ralph Fonseca, Min. of Budget Management “We’re not angry, we just continue to talk and […]
If you are employed to work in Belize, then by law your employer is obligated to enrol you in the Social Security system. But what if you are one of the thousands of Belizeans who work for yourself? Until now you could not take advantage of the many health and retirement benefits of Social Security. […]
It seems that Belize’s decision to amend the constitution to facilitate capital punishment has caused quite a stir in the international community. This week, the Organisation of American States joined the European Union in asking Belize to scrap the plan, which is viewed in some quarters as a barbaric deprivation of human rights. On Friday, […]
So far it’s been better known for its lavish launch at the Marion Jones stadium than for any concrete achievements on the streets. But according to its creators, the new initiative for young people, whose headquarters was dedicated this afternoon, is no nine days wonder. Marion Ali has more. Marion Ali, Reporting Hundreds of youths […]
There are few things dearer to us as human beings–and even more so as Belizeans–than food. And whether it’s a matter of quantity or quality, we have much to be proud of and thankful for. Today, on the occasion of World Food Day, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found herself situated squarely in the middle of […]
It started as a few random rumours late this afternoon, but by five, long lines were already spilling onto the street from the nation’s gas stations. The reason: an alleged decision by the Belize Service Station Dealers Association to shut down operations at 6:00 p.m. tonight. The dealers had been seeking an increase in their […]
It’s a scandal that has rocked the Belizean banking industry to the core: a sophisticated ring of thieves that forged cheques to embezzle huge sums of cash from unsuspecting Bank of Nova Scotia customers. Weeks into the police investigation, no one has been arrested. But according to reliable sources, the ongoing joint team of bank […]
Tonight Caye Caulker police are patting themselves on the back after they successfully shut down a burglary ring that has been haunting the island for more than a month. According to the cops, beginning in September, three houses in the South Point area–fully furnished vacation homes owned by foreigners living abroad–were robbed of more than […]
Farmers in the Cayo District are on high alert tonight after the Belize Agricultural Health Authority confirmed two cases of rabies in two different animals. According to BAHA’s veterinary technician Arden Edwards, two weeks ago a young bull tested positive for the virus and last Friday, a fox that had bitten a young boy was […]
Thirteen year old Rodney Borland remains on a ventilator, paralysed from the waist down, at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The teenager was shot in his chest Friday night during an attempted hold-up at the family’s store in Punta Gorda. The bullet went through his spine and is lodged somewhere in the lower back. Today […]
Crime, war, terrorism…sometimes the world is not a particularly peaceful place. But as the earth’s leaders do what they can to address all the chaos, individual organizations are doing their own work to promote peace. This year, the International Association of Lions Clubs is sponsoring a Peace Poster Contest. The competition gives children between the […]
While the world of watercolours might be traditionally relegated to children, for one Belizean the endless combination of diluted colours combine to express life like never before. Fifty-seven year old Lucky Chiang has been painting Belizean watercolour scenes since 1991, using the mountains, sea, rivers, jungles and his friends as subject matter. For the next […]
It was hardly what you’d call a scientific sampling of the public’s opinion on the proposals to end the Guatemala claim…but as an academic exercise, the debate that took place this morning at St. Catherine Academy was a good test of student skills. News 5’s Marion Ali has the story. Marion Ali, Reporting While they […]
In around a month and a half Belizeans are scheduled to vote on a set of proposals to end the Guatemalan claim to Belize. An important part of those proposals involves the disposition of six cayes which lie at the southern tip of Belize’s barrier reef. This weekend News 5’s Janelle Chanona, Brent Toombs and […]
