Guatemala’s Vice-Minister of Education, Evelyn Amado de Segura, is taking the unfounded Guatemalan claim to the heart of that country, its children and youth. Segura has taken one of the offensive maps that usurps Belize into that country, and has written to directors in the education ministry to use the map as the official map […]
Still on Guatemala, a Belizean was busted with drugs in the neighboring province of Petén. According to TVN Noticia Petén, forty-one year old Patricio Antony Westby was stopped by police officers at three hundred and fifteen kilometers near San Pedro Cadenas Village in the municipality of San Luis. Inside his white Toyota pickup with license […]
A black howler monkey was allegedly savagely beaten by four third form students of the Belize High School of Agriculture in southern Orange Walk has not survived the attack. After being stabilized at a clinic in Belize City last week, the monkey was transferred to a rehabilitation facility run by the Forest Department in Corozal. […]
Leader of the Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan ended a six-day visit to Belize with an appearance at the Bird’s Isle in Belize City where he spoke on a variety of relevant topics, as he did throughout his visit of the country. Politics in Belize is always an explosive topic, and Farrakhan’s sent out […]
A special constable is in trouble with the law following a report by a primary school girl alleging that he had sexual intercourse with her in March 2012, when she was only eleven years and four months of age. The girl is now twelve years old and pregnant. The constable identified as fifty year […]
A teenager survived a stabbing over the weekend and police have nabbed a Belize City resident for the incident. The stabbing incident occurred on Saturday night on Antelope Street in Belize City. Twenty four year old Karl Reneau, an Electrician of Iguana Street, appeared in court this morning and was slapped with six criminal […]
On Thursday morning, hundreds of young athletes and supporters of the Special Olympics will take part in its annual Fun Run which is staged to bring awareness to the sporting event. For the past three years, Special Olympics has been collaborating with a U.S.-based organization, One World Running, which donates tennis shoes to the special […]
In October 2012, American Sugar Refining, ASR, acquired majority shares in the Belize Sugar Industry after a turbulent period including near bankruptcy and sustained factory/cane-farmer tension. Since then things have been quiet, until a release last week from B.S.I. stating that dividends of three million had been approved for the 2012 period. That’s big news, […]
There is some good news for households and that is that the price of butane gas has gone down in every district. The reduced prices kicked in over the weekend and show a dollar less for the price of hundred pound cylinder. In Belize City and Corozal, it is selling for one hundred and sixteen […]
This past weekend the Smart Belmopan Cycling Classic was held and in a few weeks cyclists will take to the road for the annual Holy Saturday Cross Country race. But these major races are still overshadowed by uncertainty which was brought to the fore over a conflict between the Belize Cycling Association and the Ministry […]
The Marion Jones Sporting Complex has been closed for construction since 2008, and apart from the erection of a fence around the grounds, not much seems to have been done on what was slated to be a first class athletic facility…at least from the outside. Today News Five spoke to Minister of Sports Herman Longsworth […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 15th edition of the Belikin La Ruta Maya Canoe Race gripped the nation for 4 days as it meandered down the Macal River to its amalgamation with the Mopan River which then formed the Belize or Old River that brought the 170 mile […]
News of a plane leaving an airstrip without a flight plan from Spanish Lookout and landing in Venezuela on February twenty-first under suspicious circumstances, led authorities in that country to conduct tests that proved positive for cocaine. Two men, including a resident from Mango Creek, were charged with conspiracy and transportation of illicit trafficking of […]
Minister Louis Farrakhan made a big splash in the communities that he visited over the course of this week. This evening, he will be addressing a public forum at Bird’s Isle to conclude his visit to Belize. On his third trip to Belize, seventy-nine year old Farrakhan has made a great impression on the lives […]
The charismatic but controversial leader has spoken on a number of subjects catering to specific target groups. His central theme has been one of nationalism and unity and earlier today, Farrakhan held a final press conference in which he opened by saying goodbye to Venezuela’s deceased President Hugo Chavez. Louis Farrakhan, Leader, Nation of […]
Belize has been appearing as part of Guatemala in numerous publications. As recent as February at a meeting of the Organization of American States, Belize protested the inclusion of our territory in that country. Well tonight, it is clear that there is a deliberate decision in Guatemala to place Belize as part of their territory. […]
On Tuesday evening, a black howler monkey was allegedly captured and savagely beaten by four students of a school in southern Orange Walk. Even worse than that, reports suggested that a teacher instructed the students to stone the monkey and beat it with sticks since it had defecated on him while he was taking a […]
The government has announced that the Super Bond has been successfully launched. As of today, holders of eight-six point one-seven percent of the country’s U.S. Dollar Bonds due in 2029 had tendered their bonds in response to Belize’s February fifteenth, 2013 offer to exchange those instruments for new Belize U.S. Dollar Bonds which will mature […]
Sixty-four teams paddled away at this morning’s start of the Belikin La Ruta Maya River Challenge. The traditional sounding of the horn gave way to the race at the foot of the Hawkesworth Bridge which divides the twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena. The sixteen-year old canoe race has become one of the […]
There was a robbery this morning in Ladyville. A Mennonite delivery truck was reportedly robbed at gunpoint just before noon today. It happened in the area of this store complex that is located near the Ladyville Fire Station. Police set chase behind a vehicle carrying the suspects and caught up with them in the Belama […]
A seventeen year-old minor is on remand at the Belize Central Prison tonight after being charged for murder. The young man was detained by police on Tuesday evening following the brutal slaying of a stevedore in Belize City. Thirty-six year old Frank Neal was in the vicinity of Cairo and Glenn Streets around six o’clock […]
Densmore Bowman, a resident of Belmopan, appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas in the Supreme Court this morning where Senior Counsel Ellis Arnold applied for bail on his behalf. Bowman has been charged in connection with the robbery of a bar in the Salvapan area of Belmopan on February second. After reviewing the application Justice Lucas […]
The National Softball team returned this afternoon from Costa Rica on Taca Airlines. The girls beat Nicaragua and Costa Rica and went on to secure a bronze medal for the jewel. Guatemala placed second and El Salvador was the winning team in the Central American Games.
While the softball team came back today, the National Basketball team is preparing to head to Costa Rica for the Central American Games. Despite setbacks with training and finances, the team is upbeat and looking forward to taking on the powerhouses from Central America. News Five’s Jose Sanchez caught up with the team as it […]
International Woman’s Day is celebrated today and most countries are committing to the creation of opportunities for women and to end violence and discrimination. In Belmopan, a ceremony hosted by the US Embassy took place this morning to pay homage to outstanding women. Ten notable females from many walks of life were nominated and one […]
