OCEANA has hired the vessel, Latitude, for a three month period to take scientists along the areas of the gulf coast affected by the Deep Horizon oil spill. So far hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in clean-up efforts, and reports from British Petroleum say that most of the oil has dissolved. The […]
Belize’s music ambassador may be Moses Michael Leviy, but there is one musician who has been quite a diplomat for the country at reggae festivals in Europe, Canada and the U.S. Ras Indio, son of Bredda David, a senior local artist, is working on a new music video which will soon be released. But before […]
The Belama Phase four area is a fast-growing community in Belize City. Made up of a combination of locals and immigrants from neighbouring countries, Belama Phase four has been without electricity for all the years that it has existed. But since last week the Ministry of Works and the Belize Electricity Limited(BEL) have been addressing […]
Body odor, often abbreviated and called B.O., is not an easy topic of discussion even among close friends and relatives especially when it is bad. What causes B.O? Tonight on Healthy Living, we take a closer look at sweat and body odor…the possible causes and cures. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting With the hot humid days in […]
Contention between various stakeholders within the cruise tourism industry over a much debated contract awarded by Carnival Cruise Line to Chukka/Bakabush Tours continued today with the parties involved weighing in their positions. CEO in the Ministry of Tourism, Mike Singh, for his part convened a morning press conference to clarify statements he made to News […]
According to Singh there are several independent tour operators including Cave-tubing.com that are successful at securing business without being contracted to any particular cruise line. However, Yonni Rosado, who owns and operates that company, publicly stated at yesterday’s FECTAB AGM that he is going out of business as a result of the current agreement Carnival […]
Dengue has been in our midst for many decades and because of our geographical location and landscape, it is expected to remain in the country permanently. But since its presence, this year has proven to be one of the most deadly. The high demand for beds for dengue cases at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, […]
It’s no secret that the crime situation in Belize has spiraled out of control and the government is grasping at straws to find solutions to the problem. But nothing seems to be working so now GOB has resorted to stiffer penalties for firearm offences. On this morning’s Open Your Eyes, Attorney Michael Peyrefitte broke down […]
The murder of Shelmadine Sanchez and Ivan Francis, last weekend, in separate incidents were supposedly linked due to the fact that they were both witnesses to homicide. As a result, NEWS FIVE posed the question: Should Belize invest in a witness protection program? A total of two hundred twenty-two voters weighed in and of that […]
The term frenemy has recently been added to the dictionary to describe a person who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy. Why bring that up you might ask…well an incident on the Hattieville/Boom Road just might exemplify the nature of such a relationship. Jarrett Tablada—a twenty-eight year-old BDF soldier—was charged today […]
For more than four months he has remained at large after he broke out of the Hattieville Correctional Facility. And since then he was thought to be back in the United States, but now it is reported that thirty five year old Dennis Quilter was hiding out on Belizean soil all along. The notorious figure, […]
There’s a bad case of sticky fingers going around and crimes of dishonesty keep popping up in court. Today Devon Neal and Darren Jones both appeared in Magistrate Court, charged with theft and burglary respectively. Neal was accused of snatching a gold chain from around the neck of thirty-five year old Shelly Moss as she […]
The Belize Tourism Board, in light of the ongoing dispute among tour operators, has expressed a need for standards to be implemented which should level the playing field within the industry. This comes in the wake of assertions that there are tour operators that have not been paying fees for the use of NICH facilities […]
If you love coffee as well as art, then the following story will be double shot of caffeine for your palate. The Art Gallery and Coffee Shop at the corner of Princess Margaret and Coney Drive in Belize City is the venue for an exhibition opening right now called the Coffee Collection. The Coffee Collection […]
If you ever ride on public transportation, you can expect to see buses moving outside their scheduled runs, the aisles filled with standees and no trash bins to place garbage on long journeys. According to the Department of Transport, there are many established regulations that have been broken by several companies. According to the department’s […]
The Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage was created in June. Since its formation, it has acquired membership from the Belize Tourism Industry Association, San Pedro’s Mayor Elsa Paz, the Association of Protected Areas Management Organization, OCEANA and COLA amongst others. The fast growing group which is calling for the government to ban offshore oil […]
Around eighty youths visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (K.H.M.H.) over the past two days to take advantage of the Rotary Club’s Gift of Life clinic. The program is financed by the Rotary’s signature fundraisers—the annual raffle and play. Today News Five saw the fruits of those fundraising efforts when we visited the clinic and […]
Controversy surrounding the manner in which Bakabush Tours was awarded a lucrative shore excursion contract by Carnival Cruise Line continued today during an annual general meeting held by the Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize. The organization has expressed its dissatisfaction with what it considers preferential treatment afforded to the tour operator. Today News […]
A shop located around the corner from the Raccoon Street Police Formation in Belize City was robbed at gunpoint this morning. UFO Kenny’s Shop, located on Fairweather Street near the intersection with North Creek, could have been the scene of a deadly shooting. Luckily no one was hurt. According to neighbors, sometime after ten in […]
Cayo is the district that is becoming known for crime as well as for its natural beauty. According to reports from San Ignacio, an American tourist visiting the area lost valuables worth fifteen thousand six hundred dollars that were located in her hotel room. Maryann Mix, an American Environmental Planner, of Harvey Idaho, is staying […]
A mechanic who was supposedly in hiding after being accused of carnal knowledge is in custody tonight. Police caught the suspect on Monday and detained him. This morning, twenty year old Joseph Adolphus was charged with one count of carnal knowledge for allegedly having sex with an underage girl on July third of this year. […]
Belize City police are tonight still looking for suspects in the shooting deaths of thirty-five year old Shelmadine Sanchez and her neighbor Ivan Francis, both of Oleander Street in the Saint Martin‘s area. While the incidents are being investigated separately authorities are not ruling out the possibility of linkages between the weekend slayings. The Friday […]
In an update to another weekend murder—the fatal shooting of Eyan Arnold—police have not yet made any arrests. When we last checked, however, we were told that the police are seeking a person of interest for questioning, whose name has not been released. Arnold was gunned down on Berkeley Street as he headed home from […]
On Monday we reported on the stabbing death of nineteen year old Efrein Ramirez, who was killed last Friday night not far from his home in the Salvapan area of Belmopan. Ramirez suffered a stab wound to the throat during a brawl between his group and another group from the same area. The incident started […]
We’re halfway through the hurricane season and the message we constantly hear is to be prepared. And while national disaster response plans are in place, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) is now putting more emphasis on measures to mitigate the overall impact of storms and other disasters. They plan to do that using a […]
