There is some good news coming from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Earlier today a ceremony was held to show off the newly renovated medical ward. The work started six months ago and it will provide patients with some degree of comfort in a more pleasant environment. The Ministry of Health teamed up with Belize […]
As we reported early this week, Justice Manuel Sosa has been sworn in as the first Belizean president to the Court of Appeal. In the meantime, the search for a new Chief Justice continues. Three candidates are in the running with one from the Caribbean being favored by insiders, whilst another candidate from New Zealand […]
Eighteen year old Ibrahim Smith who was recently remanded to the Belize Central Prison for the shooting death of Shenelle Reyes on November sixteenth, 2010 appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner today where he pleaded guilty to three additional criminal offenses. The charges include theft, conspiracy to commit theft and wounding. On the evening of June […]
We’re fresh into the New Year and if you take a poll, one of the most popular resolutions is to lose weight. Keeping that commitment is not easy and in fact most people will abandon the idea by the end of the month. News Five’s Marion Ali found out today that the best results come […]
As the economic pinch bears down, many are finding it impossible to meet the prohibitively expensive medical costs. Tonight we revisit the story of a young man from San Ignacio who had been battling with a brain tumor for some time. He has had surgery in the United States and is currently back home but […]
Your entertainment host Safiyyah has been doing some reflection about the year ahead. So this week instead of recommending the party spots, Safiyyah has a take on how to improve your lifestyle in the twelve months ahead. Hey guys I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize. This is the first week of 2011 and […]
Three cruise ships called on port today: Carnival’s Valor and Legend and Aida Luna, a German outfit. Several thousand visitors were transported to shore and back to the cruise lines by the local boat tenders. Business was brisk, but how long will it last? That’s what a top heavy delegation will find out in the […]
As we told you on Wednesday night, the one dollar tax on fuel imposed in March 2009 by the government is not about to be removed any time soon even though the prices of premium and regular gasoline at the pumps are well over ten dollars. Not far from the issue of fuel prices is […]
The Harpy Eagle is the most powerful bird of prey in the Americas, but it is classed as “Near Threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and as “critically endangered” in Belize. That is why it is major news that, for the first time locally, an active Harpy Eagle’s nest with a chick […]
Nurse Maria Ack: she has bonded over the years with dialysis patients at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited. So much so that when she tendered her resignation because of working conditions in December 2009, her patients risked their well-being to stage a protest outside the hospital. Ack was the only certified dialysis nurse in the country […]
For months there have been reports that tilapia farms in Belize Rural North have been emanating an unpleasant odor. The farms were set up by the area representative, Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro when he was a Minister of State as a way to create employment in the area. But some residents are complaining that […]
So what about the allegations by the residents who said they didn’t want to appear on camera because they felt intimidated? We asked Castro to respond to those concerns. Marion Ali “I couldn’t get many of the people to talk to me on camera. I asked why and they say they feel intimidated because you […]
Hypertension is affecting a large percent of the population. It is caused by a sedentary lifestyle, aggravated by stress and other factors such as the foods we consume. But did you know that the best way to control this condition is through a healthy lifestyle? Here are tips to incorporate in your daily routines. Marleni […]
Tour operators are banking that a full blown crisis in cruise tourism may be averted when a delegation of tourism representatives, including the Prime Minister, meets with representatives of Carnival Cruise Lines in Miami this weekend. The operators attended a special meeting late this evening with Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Jr. along with officials from […]
The situation remains fluid for tender operators in cruise tourism. Late last week, two catamarans owned by a US company landed at the Blue Creek Port as part of a new deal to take over the tendering process. The tender operators have invested heavily in the business and were clearly taken by surprise at what […]
The Belize Shipping Agents Association has already said it objects to the takeover of the tendering operations by foreign interests. Today other organizations also say they are on the side of the local tender operators. The opposition People’s United Party says that G.O.B. must act decisively to ensure that the livelihood of local operators is […]
In other news, four months after the murder of Carlos Espat, police picked up Nicaraguan National Sylvio Espinoza on Monday. Today he was arraigned for the Murder of forty-seven year old Espat, who was bludgeoned to death on September fourth. Espinoza is said to have known Espat for some time and had been to his […]
The body of a cruise ship visitor to Belize has still not been found. According to Margarita Sandini Tello, while aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas in Belizean waters, her son went missing. She reported the incident on January fifth that her son twenty-one year old Jose Miguel Pietri Tello, a Puerto Rican student […]
Tonight’s question is: Should foreign interests be allowed to have monopoly on tenders in the tourism industry? 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.
The Football Federation of Belize (F.F.B.) is responsible for local football. Over the past decade, the man at the helm of the F.F.B., Doctor Bertie Chimilio has been challenged many times but has never been removed from his post as president. But the Minister of Sports, John Saldivar, has signed a Statutory Instrument which he […]
A Belize City man, who was shot to the abdomen on the night of December twenty-seventh, lived to tell his story and has assisted police in their investigations. While twenty-eight year old Harry Beeks was still hospitalized, police brought in pictures based on his description of the suspect and he was able to positively identify […]
In the courts, the tables have turned on Lopez Shuttle bus driver Paul Ferguson, who reported that another driver and conductor pulled weapons at him and threatened his life on Monday. The accused men, Russell Santiago and Robert Usher, who work for Belize Metro, were charged with Aggravated Assault and Threatening Words on Wednesday morning. […]
This week, two known criminal attorneys, Dickie Bradley and Anthony Sylvestre raised concerns over the ramifications the recently passed amendments to the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act will have on citizens. Both Bradley and Sylvestre say that the nine amendments are so draconian and sweeping that they infringe on the rights of persons arrested […]
Youth Voices is a Belize City based initiative that will bring talented individuals together in a platform to showcase the power of words. Slam poetry contests and writing workshops are a part of this movement, which intends to grow and culminate with a tour. According to the organizers, the launch for Youth Voices will be […]
Four months after the former educator and political scientist, Carlos Espat, was found dead at his apartment at the corner of King and Albert Streets, police today made an arrest. The suspect is twenty-two year old Sylvio Espinoza, a Nicaraguan national who lives in Belize City. Espat was found dead in his bathroom on September […]
