The Director of Health Services, Dr. Michael Pitts, has sent samples to be tested at CAREC in Trinidad for the Influenza that has caused many deaths in the Americas and have sickened individuals on several continents. While some sick individuals are very concerned about whether or not they have the H1N1 flu, the Belize Medical […]
There is one suspect case of Influenza A (H1N1) at the Belize Medical Associates. It is involves a French National who travelled through Mexico, the most affected region, and made his way to Belize where he fell ill with fever and chest pains. He is still admitted at B.M.A. and according to Dr. Coyi, the […]
Schools in the Stann Creek District closed down this past Tuesday in solidarity with the B.N.T.U. over a growing pattern of violent behavior at schools. The proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back in Dangriga was the assault of a teacher by a parent. Jose Sanchez has an update to that story. Jose Sanchez reporting […]
And while officials of the Ministry of Education met today in Dangriga regarding the protest by some four hundred teachers, in Belize City, a high school is having its own share of problems. Last week Thursday, sixteen of the eighteen teachers at the Sadie Vernon High School in the St. Martin De Porres Area were […]
Remember the group of Cubans who were found stranded off the coast of Belize in February? Well two of them are taking G.O.B. to court. Human Rights Attorney Attoinette Moore, who is representing the Cubans in the Supreme Court case on Thursday, told News Five today that they will be seeking judicial review of the […]
Two men were in court today charged with Attempted Murder and Robbery and at the end of their trial, twenty-seven year old Marvin Ottley walked free, while Allen James was not so lucky. Ottley’s attorney, Oswald Twist, entered a no case submission, which was upheld by Justice Adolph Lucas. The jury of eight women and […]
Also in court, thirty-three year old Nathaniel Thomas pleaded guilty to Handling Stolen Goods on Monday and today he was back before a magistrate. This time he is facing the charge of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm. Thomas opted for a not guilty plea but he was not offered bail because of the firearm offence […]
Two minors find themselves in police custody for Tuesday night’s armed robbery of the New Fortune Restaurant. Forty-seven year old Xin Ye Zuang told police that while attending to her customers around seven o’clock, two robbers; one who was armed with a silver handgun entered the restaurant and held them up. Zuang says that the […]
The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management spoke out against government almost immediately after a decision to allow Seismic testing in the Sarstoon Temash National Park on April twentieth. Not long after, SATIIM received a letter notifying them that their co-management contract for the park had expired. This spurred reaction from the Association of Protected […]
Another hot button issue for the Mayas is the controversial land rights case against G.O.B., which has remained in the news for some time. And although the long running claim has been on the back burner since the last court session in February, the indigenous people in the south are not at ease. According to […]
We begin tonight’s newscast with a developing story in southern Belize where school children stayed home today and it had nothing to do with the H1N1 virus. Classes were interrupted in response to a call from the B.N.T.U. following the assault of a primary school teacher by a parent at the Solid Rock Academy. Jose […]
And from the south we go to the west, where new regulations imposed late last month on foreign bus companies traversing the Jewel are now affecting local tour operators. Guatemalan buses are under a number of restrictions when coming into Belize, and are now only allowed to drop off passengers at the Phillip Goldson International […]
While there are no local confirmed cases of the Influenza A H1N1, there are reports today that the deadly flu is moving dangerously close to Belize. In a midday status report, the Ministry of Health said there are three confirmed cases in neighbouring localities in Calderitas in the outskirts of Chetumal, Carrillo Puerto, a stop-over […]
The umbrella for Non Governmental Organizations APAMO, has been vocal of late regarding the management contracts of reserves around the country. The issue became paramount when SATIIM was denied renewal of its management contract of the Sarstoon Temash National Park after it raised concerns of seismic testing within the area. APAMO says it was quick […]
In the Supreme Court, a jury of seven women and two men deliberated for about two hours today before they found thirty-nine year old taxi driver, Levi Jackson, guilty of raping a thirty year old mother of four. The trial Judge, Justice Oswell Legall, adjourned sentencing to this coming Friday to give Jackson, who appeared […]
There were two murders and an attempted armed robbery over the past Labour Day weekend. And tonight, Officer in Charge of the C.I.B., Superintendent Julio Valdez told News Five that the Department is working on some leads, but there have been no arrests yet. The first incident occurred last Thursday when twenty-seven year old Ryan […]
A post mortem is scheduled for Wednesday morning following his death at his home in Willow’s Bank Village on Monday night. Police say they are treating the matter as a sudden death since fifty-seven year old Garnett Brown had no history of medical problems. But according to Brown’s common-law wife, they were conversing outside their […]
A shooting incident early this morning left a Belize City teenager with a gunshot wound to his thigh. Around twelve-thirty a.m., nineteen year old Kenroy Michael of Kraal Road was on Albert Street heading home when upon reaching at the junction with Dean Street he noticed that two men were following him. Michael says that […]
The fire at the City Council dump site has been extinguished but still burning garbage was the cause of the city’s latest blaze. A house at the end of Jane Usher Boulevard was gutted this morning after the trash that had accumulated nearby ignited. The Fire Department responded to a report of a garbage fire […]
A bartender of San Pedro Town was today fined ten thousand dollars after he pleaded guilty to trafficking over three pounds of marijuana. Twenty-one year old Kareem Gonzalez pleaded guilty in the Corozal Magistrate’s Court after he was apprehended on south end, Corozal on Monday afternoon. Police say the weed was found in a grey […]
The Biltmore Plaza was the venue for the last of a three-step HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy program. It is a product of the Labour Department in collaboration with the National AIDS Commission aimed at providing information on the development and implementation of workplace policies. Following the Focal Point and Behaviour Change trainings held in the past […]
In neighboring Mexico, the epicenter of the A H-One N-One flu, it is estimated that tourism will fall as much as forty percent this season. And while in Belize there are no confirmed cases of the deadly virus, the country continues to be on alert. News Five’s Marion Ali headed to the P.G.I.A. today in […]
Just before news time the Ministry of Health is meeting with key stakeholders to take major decisions in respect of the H-one-N-one flu. But up to this morning there were no confirmed cases of the Type A H-one-N-one virus, according to health officials. This is based on results of the second batch of samples sent […]
And while there are no known confirmed cases of Type A H-one-N-one in Belize, there is a new term used in respect of the three samples sent to Canada for testing. The classification of a suspected case is keeping health officials on high alert. Epidemiologist, Dr. Paul Edwards, explains what places the three suspected cases […]
And if any of the cases test positive for Type A H-one-N-one, health officials say that particular measures will be put in place where the case originates which will be different from the rest of the unaffected areas. Dr. Paul Edwards “Let’s say for example a case was confirmed in San Pedro and I’ll use […]
