Few countries, regardless of size, boast an archaeological heritage as rich as ours … and this week leading experts are meeting in Belize City to compare notes on the latest discoveries and developments. News Five’s Alyssa Noble reports from the Bliss. Alyssa Noble, Reporting It?s in its fourth year running, and today the Belize Archaeology […]
It was established in September of 2004 and in the ensuing twenty-two months the Senate Select Committee investigating the Social Security Board’s ill-fated mortgage securitisation programme has gone about its work with quiet determination. Today it presented its one hundred twenty-four page report to the full Senate, from where it will be sent to the […]
As noted earlier, the Senate Special Select Committee has recommended that the persons who handled the securitization process for the Social Security Board should be relieved of their jobs. In another part of his address this afternoon, Chairman Godwin Hulse, detailed the actions that he and his fellow senators say forced them to make those […]
Much of today’s proceedings in the National Assembly focussed on procedural irregularities regarding the management of the investment portfolio of the Social Security Board but today Senator Hulse also highlighted that while the idea of securitization is sound, the way the Belize programme was administered continues to cripple the nation’s finances. Senator Godwin Hulse ?Securitization […]
The City of Belmopan has a new municipal Administrator. According to an announcement from Mayor Simeon Lopez, Denton Belisle has been appointed to the post as of July first. He replaces the interim administrator, Rodney Neal, who assisted the council through the transition period following its election on March first.
Those of us working in the media know that information is not always easy to find … and it’s even harder for members of the public. But one purveyor of vital information–that is the health sector–is now making our job much easier. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, through the Pan American Health Organization, Belize now has […]
For young people everywhere–and especially in Belize–growing up can be like walking through a minefield of drugs, sex, crime and violence. Sometimes it seems that becoming a responsible adult is just a matter of luck. But this week one training programme taking place in Belize City is trying hard to improve the odds. News Five’s […]
A freak accident at Lighthouse Reef has left one man dead and two others with serious burns. Reports are that around seven on Sunday morning park ranger for the Audubon Society, twenty-three year old Daryl Peo, boat captain Carl Pariente and a sideman identified only as Jose were heading to Blue Hole National Park with […]
An accused kidnapper and rapist is tonight in custody following a disturbing report from the Cayo district. According to a sixteen year old girl, on Sunday she was walking in Benque Viejo when a black taxi drove up alongside her. The driver was someone she knew but the girl says without warning, he jumped out […]
The suspected parents who abandoned their newborn a week ago have both been charged for the crime. Belmopan police say twenty-eight year old Gary Young of Santa Elena, Cayo and twenty year old Lloydia Martinez of Roaring Creek delivered a baby girl last weekend but decided to leave the infant on the veranda of Martinez’s […]
A cocaine bust on Ambergris Caye has put two men behind bars. According to San Pedro police, around six on Saturday morning officers conducted a raid at a residence in the San Marcos area and found seven wrapped parcels of suspected cocaine hidden in the attic. When cops weighed the white powder, it totalled eighteen […]
A shooting incident over the weekend in San Ignacio has left one man injured and his brother accused of the crime. Cops out west tell News Five that around seven on Sunday night, Carmen Vasquez arrived home drunk and apparently he and his brother, thirty-six year old Rafael Vasquez, got into a quarrel. The exchange […]
As a journalist, I’ve often been accused of capitalizing on crime, too eager perhaps to focus on the sensationalism of violence and misfortune. But by any account, the intensity of criminal activity in Belize has descended to new depths. While the causes of the problem can be endlessly debated, a determined band of citizens in […]
Burglars in the village of Sarteneja hit pay dirt this weekend. According to police, sometime Sunday night thieves broke open the steel bars on the front door of the St. Francis Xavier Credit Union Office. Inside, they managed to force the lock on an iron chest and made off with fifty-one thousand dollars in Belize […]
Conventions to elect or endorse P.U.P. standard bearers continued over the weekend in four constituencies across the country. On Sunday in Belize City, incumbent area representative Jose Coye was endorsed by Caribbean Shores voters, while Queen Square residents nominated Anthony Sylvestre Junior to represent them in the next general elections. Up north, more than thirteen […]
On Friday we showed you some of the many Belizeans who rushed to stock up on groceries in anticipation of post G.S.T. price increases. Today, officials from the Central Statistical Office hit the streets of the old capital to conduct spot checks on store shelves and News Five’s Alyssa Noble tagged along. Robert Griffith, Cayo […]
In news from the south, a resolution to remove Denzil Jenkins from the committee of management failed during a special general meeting of the Citrus Growers Association on Friday. According to the official numbers, ninety-five growers wanted to remove Jenkins but one hundred sixty-one voted that he remain in the post. So what happens now? […]
On Sunday morning prison officials celebrated the first graduation from the newly established Michael Ashcroft Rehabilitation Centre. Of the fifty-two people that signed up, forty-nine inmates successfully completed the programme, which had been adapted from a Mexican initiative. According to class valedictorian Miguel Urbina, treating drug addiction is a significant factor in the rehabilitation process. […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to another fresh dish of Sports Monday. We take you back immediately people to Thursday at Leslie?s Imports on the Western Highway, where thirty-six riders are all dressed up to begin the five stage M & M Masters Cycle Tour which caters to over twenty-three years […]
