It is a road that thousands of tourists travel every year to go cave tubing at the Caves Branch, but the road is rapidly deteriorating and stakeholders are up in arms. The dilapidated road is not only used for the tourism industry, but also by the nearby community of Franks Eddy. For Vitalino Reyes, the […]
Belize’s own Dr. Rachel T. Graham was presented with a prestigious conservation award by no less than Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, at the Royal Geographic Society in London. Graham saved whale sharks from extinction in Belize and her twenty years of work to preserve the Jewel’s underwater wildlife won her the coveted Whitley Gold […]
Still on the issue of conservation, LightHawk, a nonprofit group of volunteer pilots is looking for someone to bring a very special cargo to Belize. The organization is urgently seeking a volunteer to transport rare falcon chicks from a breeding facility in Sheridan Wyoming in early June. Once in Belize, the birds will be released […]
Kicking and screaming, incessant ranting and stubbornness; those are just a few behavioral problems of children throwing temper tantrums so adults cave in and allow them to have their own way. It’s frustrating for parents or other caretakers to handle these situations, so this week’s Healthy Living hopes to provide the solution to the temper […]
Dilma Cano is the young mother from Sittee River who was referred to the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan for emergency care when she began having complications with her pregnancy. Twenty four hours after her admission to the hospital on April twenty-ninth, Cano delivered a stillborn after twenty six weeks of pregnancy. But if that […]
But there is some good news to the health of the nation. And that’s because a U.N.D.P. study finds that the prevalence rate of Aids is a two point three percent and that there is a decrease in new infections in comparison to the 2009 figures when a little over five thousand cases were reported. […]
Drivers across the country have a little over two weeks to remove dark tints from their vehicles. A statutory instrument will come into effect to regulate tinting, a measure taken to deter criminals from hiding behind the tint to conceal their identity. In the following story, News Five’s Isani Cayetano looks at the acceptable level […]
The House meets this Friday in Belmopan. The government will be pushing forward five new bills to address the murderous crime rate which continues to climb with alarming speed. The bills include controversial issues such as the re-introduction of preventative detention, which is bundled in one package that is called the Eight Constitutional Amendment Bill. […]
While Cardona’s seating arrangements in the House is under question, one man who will be sitting at the head of the table is Gulab Sharma. Sharma, a Corozal businessman operating Kunal Enterprises at the Commercial Free Zone and a close ally of the Minister of Health, has been handpicked as the new Chairman of the […]
The notorious figure Darien Banks has been before the courts too many times to mention, but most recently he was charged along with his wife Desiree Barrow Banks. Trial began today against the couple on charges of Drug Trafficking, Kept Prohibited Firearm and Kept Prohibited Ammunition. They were both arrested following a search at their […]
An argument over a basketball game almost turned fatal for twenty-one year old Donovan P. Carter on April thirtieth in the Japan area of Ladyville and today a sixteen year old minor was charged with Attempted Murder. The teen was arraigned in the Belize Family Court and has been remanded to the Youth Hostel until […]
Matching weapons and bullets, tracing their origins to Belize are all pieces of the puzzle that investigators face when dealing with shooting incidents. Many times the gun histories and their owners remain unknown but one northern neighboring country is hoping it can help our security forces become more efficient. On Tuesday, officials from the governments […]
Today, twenty-nine year old Ann Bradley of King Street stopped by our studio because she said she’s come under unnecessary pressure by the cops. Since the end of April, Bradley said she has been the target of harassment since police zeroed in on her and most recently she was charged for a miniscule point four […]
There is a week or a month dedicated to the people whose work although significant, usually goes unappreciated. Nurses are amongst the professionals whose work, though vital, also goes unrewarded. That’s why this week is being celebrated as Nurses Week for the country’s five hundred plus nurses. A ceremony was held earlier today at the […]
Haiti is the second largest island in the Greater Antilles which is still recovering from a seven point three earthquake a little over a year ago but it is getting ready to install a new president in the next few days. While most of us still have images of destruction and despair, the Travelling Caribbean […]
But there’s another film to be released on Thursday. The Belizean Audubon Society and Healthy Reefs Initiative have teamed up for a public screening of the “Someday is Now” video. The two organizations joined forces for the participatory video to highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy Coastal Zone and Ecosystem, which they say are […]
There were nine persons who were shot between Friday night and Monday evening. Two of them were fatally wounded during the bloodshed, spiking the number of murder victims to forty-eight. That’s nine more than last year in the same period. The shooting of a fireman, a security guard, and a youth riding a bicycle all […]
Last Thursday we told you about the murder of nineteen year old Shamir Gonzalez who was killed in a fight on the Louisiana Government School compound in Orange Walk. According to the Orange Walk Police, while investigations are ongoing, they do not anticipate any further arrests in Shamir’s murder as family members of the suspects […]
A stillborn is found in a trash can at the Western Regional Hospital and tonight the Ministry of Health is under fire from the family. On April twenty-ninth, thirty-three year old Dilma Cano, a resident of Sittee River Village was admitted to ward at the facility after complaining of complications during her pregnancy. The expectant […]
Murder trials for minors are usually closed to the public. So tonight we ask should minors who are charged with murder be tried in open court as adults? 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 […]
Friends of Belize, it’s the newly formed organization of high profile personalities, seeking to promote foreign investment between Belize and the United States. A FOB delegation is currently in Washington D.C. where they are meeting with senior staff on Capitol Hill and the US Chamber of Commerce on ways to bolster trade relations in light […]
Fixing the social ills that fester in Belize is only one step on the path to restoring peace on the streets and keeping the youth out of harm’s way. That is why Restore Belize assisted in coordinating parent empowerment training between the Yabra Community Police Center and the Ministry of Human Development. News Five attended […]
Turning to the courts, another case fell apart today due to an absent witness. On February eighth, 2009 eighteen year old Jermaine Elijio was stabbed when he refused to buy his attacker a cigarette. The knife missed his heart by a mere two inches and while he lived to tell the tale, Elijio chose not […]
A retired Ladyville businessman and his family were hauled out of their home early this morning following a search by the Police Anti-Drug Unit. One hundred and five grams of Cannabis were found under the sofa at the home of Geronimo Choc at mile nine and three-quarters on the Northern Highway. Geronimo, his son Omar, […]
With the murder count at a new high, this morning the police carried out a four hour joint operation in key well known crime ‘hot spots’ including Pregnant Alley, Wagner’s Lane, Plues Street and East Canal. The Gang Suppression Unit joined up with other Police Units and the Belize Defence Force and the anti-crime operation […]
