Well over a hundred students were beaming with pride today for scoring the highest marks at the regional exams known as CAPE and CSEC, formerly known as CXC. The scores improved significantly this year and in the case of the CSEC, a Belizean student bested the region with perfect grades for fifteen exams. Rodyn Gilharry […]
The government is working on measures to bailout the sugar industry, and is also offering a grant to small growers in the citrus industry. But the signs of a bad economy have been hitting individual businesses very hard over the past year. The Mena group suffered tremendously earlier this year when the banks called in […]
As we have reported, the Belize Sugar Industry is getting a bailout loan of ten million dollars plus an additional million dollar grant from the government. In the south, the government is also providing a grant to small citrus farmers. That was revealed after Thursday’s special sitting of the House in Belmopan. Dean Barrow “We […]
A local product is breaking into the Canadian market and chances are, most adults may have had a shot at it. Traveller’s Liquors exported its first container of an assortment of its rums to Canada. The local rums had to undergo strict compliance regulations to be able to penetrate the competitive Canadian market and now […]
The Women’s Department, the National Committee for Families and Children and others are waging war against gender-based violence. Today they took their message to the streets as they kicked off their annual Sixteen Days of Activism. To cement the message, today’s ceremonies included touching testimonials from sexual abuse victims and a very clear statement of […]
The twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena now have a facility to promote cultural activities. On Thursday, a House of Culture was officially inaugurated for use by artists and artisans in the area. A number of personalities in the arts showed up for the occasion to encourage development of cultural expressions. Sherylin Jones, […]
The Rotary Sunrise for the past few years has undertaken a project to upgrade the Port Loyola Library. Students from schools on the Southside use the library for afterschool and weekend work as well as a monthly reading program. The library also has the only computer lab that’s open to students in the community. But […]
Forward the Revolution; that’s a group of four free spirited individuals who have embarked on a journey with a purpose. Raphael Fellmer, Benjamin Lesage, Camille Goguey and Nieves Palmer left The Hague on January nineteenth and have travelled by land and sea for months with little supplies and a strong faith in humanity. They are […]
The dream of one beauty will be fulfilled on Saturday night. Ten vivacious and gorgeous young women are competing to win the title of the first Queen of the Jewel, the new Miss Belize, but only one will walk away with the honor. All week, they have been perfecting their moves for Saturday night’s glamorous […]
There was a special sitting today and there was genuine progress in the House of Representatives. All members of the Peoples United Party and the government agreed on a loan of ten million dollars to bail out Belize Sugar Industries Limited. The cold cash will provide working capital for meeting the outstanding third payment to […]
The House met in special sitting today to approve a sugar loan to the cane farmers. The ten million dollar loan is for five years including a grace period on principal repayment of one year. The interest rate is seven point five percent per annum on the declining balance. It will be disbursed in two […]
On Wednesday the Prime Minister announced that the high profile Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, Edmund ‘Clear the Land’ Castro was fired from his post. There were many rumors circulating for the very abrupt dismissal. The Prime Minister put an end to the rumors and explained today that it was over a […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you think that Moshe Levi Ben David, formerly known as Shyne, should remain as Belize’s Ambassador of Music? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
We have been following the trail of human trafficking across the globe and have found gaping holes in the issuance of visas by the Ministry of Immigration. There are incidences where Sri Lankans have been arrested at the Airport in Ecuador with visas already stamped directly from Belmopan. Similarly, we’ve discovered that nationals of war […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow also responded to a question about the appointment of a new Chief Justice to replace Abdulai Conteh who left at the end of September. According to the PM, there is a short list but as to whether the Bar Executive will be invited to the selection process; he says he hasn’t […]
Moshe Levi Ben David, formerly known as Shyne, has been making international news following his conversion to Judaism and the release of his second album. As you know, when he returned to Belize last October, having completed a prison term in the United States, Shyne was appointed Music Goodwill Ambassador. We haven’t heard much about […]
Eighteen year old Kendis Flowers has just been released from police custody. He was detained as a suspect in the homicide earlier this year of a gang leader who was killed on Ross Pen Road. Flowers’ claimed that aside from enduring a beating at the hands of the police, he was dangerously exposed to the […]
On Wednesday night, we reported that the former Officer in Charge of Burrell Boom police, Corporal Emelio Patt was charged with Aggravated Assault with a Dangerous Weapon for allegedly drawing his gun at villager, Omar Kerr. Patt claimed he was provoked, but today Kerr told his side of the story and says that’s not so. […]
Three siblings and a minor were arraigned this afternoon in Magistrate’s Court for possession of a homemade shotgun and unlicensed ammunition. Twenty-two year old Charles Neal, eighteen year old Shane Young and their younger brother, a sixteen year old student of Excelsior High School, were jointly charged along with a primary school student following a […]
Basket weaving is a form of art; it requires creativity and particular skills. It is craft that the women of southern Belize rely on to generate income and employment. They traveled to Belize City today to both display their products but also to launch their first national sale. News Five’s Delahnie Bain had a look […]
Friday marks the beginning of sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence. In our Belizean society both men and women are victims of physical and sexual abuse. The statistics however, reflect a significant difference in the number of women who are preyed upon by men. A series of activities have been organized by various entities […]
Meet Marie Godoy, she is the coordinator of a special feeding program in the City. She provides for almost forty children that drop in to secure at least one good meal for the day and are taught basic life skills. The program has been running for eleven years and many who have benefited from it, […]
Cold sores usually appear on the lips and are triggered by two types of viruses. While they are extremely contagious they are not dangerous. In this week’s edition of Healthy Living, a dermatologist explains that once you have the virus, you will not get rid of it, but there are treatment options to help you […]
Edmund ‘Clear the Land’ Castro has been cleared, clean out of his portfolio today. It is not exactly clear what Castro did to so peeve the Prime Minister that he was relieved of his duties as Minister of State for Works. But the news of his firing set off plenty speculation, from corruption to abuse, […]
There was an exchange of gunfire at the Hattieville Prison on Tuesday night. Twice gunmen opened fire at prison officers in the dead of the night. No one was hurt and police were today processing the scene. Who did the shooters want? Investigations are ongoing but there is one report that the shootout may be […]
