If anyone thought that Belize’s steady growth as a top tier tourism destination was beginning to level off, they better think again. The results of one of the world’s most prestigious rankings of global resorts are in and according to that poll, three of the best resorts in Central and South America are found right […]
After much negotiation, government officials and the business community have come to agreement over new fees to be implemented at the Western border. Overnight parking has now been set at fifteen dollars for small vehicles and thirty for container trucks and buses, down from the initial twenty and forty dollars imposed by B.M.A. To use […]
The government of Cuba has awarded fifteen scholarships to Belizeans to study medicine in that country. The students were selected from thirty applicants by officials of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Embassy of Cuba in Belize. They will take up their studies at the Rafael Perro School […]
There is little new to report in the case of the six fishermen still missing at sea, and as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, the cold reality is we may never know exactly what happened. Audrey Matura Shepherd, Family Spokesperson “I could confidently say that they are at the stage where they are not giving […]
Earlier this week in reporting on the double murder of Said and Daniel Sewell in Ladyville we referred to that village as a quiet sort of place. Actually the record show it’s not, and last night another incident proved the point. News Five’s Marion Ali has the details. Marion Ali, Reporting It was not business […]
Two men are lucky to be alive tonight after they were shot as they stood at the corner of Victoria Street and New Road in Belize City. Police say Michael Hemmans and Ken Gough, both twenty-six, were in front of an internet café at the intersection sometime around nine last night when they heard gunshots […]
Another U.S fugitive has been sent back to Uncle Sam, this time as part of that country’s system of military justice. Thirty-seven year old Matthew Anderson, working in Belize as a physical therapist at the K.H.M.H. was this morning taken into custody by police on the strength of a warrant issued by the U.S government. […]
In court news, eighteen year old Malcolm Wagner, believed by the police to be one of two men who stole a thousand dollars from a driver and delivery man for Sunny Side Bakery, was charged with Robbery and Wounding when he appeared today in Magistrate’s Court number one. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie explained to Wagner […]
Twenty-five year old Kenneth Daniels, an unemployed of West Street, was fined twenty-one thousand one hundred dollars today in Magistrate’s Court after he pled guilty to charges of Keeping a Firearm Without a License, Wounding, Damage to Property, and Discharging a Firearm in Public. Magistrate Roberto Ordonez fined Daniels ten thousand dollars each for the […]
Next week more than one hundred and fifty government, non-governmental, and private sector representatives from across Central America will meet in Belize for the tenth regional forum on renewable energy. Organized by the Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America and the Ministry of Natural Resources, the delegates will focus their discussions on “Renewable Energies […]
It wasn’t a major donation, but this morning Governor General Sir Colville Young officially presented a guitar and ten recorders to the students of the Tubal Training and Vocational Institute. According to Tubal’s founder Lyndon Bailey, the contribution will greatly enhance the institution’s curriculum. Lyndon Bailey, Founder, Tubal Institute “Definitely the instruments that we received […]
This evening two groups mixed business with pleasure for the public’s benefit. For the third consecutive year the Angelus Press teamed up with the National Garifuna Council Belize City branch to conduct live drumming and dancing in front of their Queen Street headquarters. The Ugundani Dance Group provided the unique entertainment for customers, passers-by and […]
It’s not a profession that everyone finds attractive, but as pay and benefits improve and opportunities for training increase, the Belize Defence Force is becoming a viable career choice for many young men and women. News Five’s Janelle Chanona met some of our newest soldiers this morning. Janelle Chanona, Reporting With much fanfare, this morning […]
