Most people find out they have high cholesterol while conducting routine screening tests. Even so, high cholesterol is diagnosed in Belize on a daily basis. It is a worrisome situation as high cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease and strokes. Yet many people struggle with lowering their cholesterol level. In this week’s […]
It is not often that you hear of criminal activities happening in the village of Crooked Tree…but tonight there is a disturbing report of an elderly man found dead within his house in the village. It is not know what transpired, but residents who discovered the body of Barry Blaney say that he was bound […]
Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Memorandum of Understanding has been signed. The MOU which was shared in the media was the sixth draft according to Godwin Hulse, who led the ministerial committee that negotiated with NCL. Although the MOU is not legally binding, it presents a more palatable view of the development. However, there are grey areas […]
The Norwegian Cruise Line press conference pulled out a surprise announcement from Colin Murphy, NCL’s Vice President of Destination and Strategic Development. NCL would not only hire a thousand Belizeans, but they would also hire Belizeans to work on the new ships in development. Murphy also brought along a former employee of Florida’s Disney. NCL […]
Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia took a back seat to Minister Hulse, and Laura Esquivel Frampton, the Director of Tourism. The Belize Tourism Industry Association often referred to the Belize Tourism Board’s Sustainable Tourism Master. The B.T.I.A. noted that the master plan called for only a few hundred cruise ship passengers in the south. Although […]
Sarteneja is a small village in the Corozal District, accessible by ferry from Corozal Town, or by dirt road from Orange Walk Town. With a population of about thirty-five hundred, the laid-back seaside community survives on its fishing industry and is also becoming very popular with tourists, primarily backpackers. But the tentative tourism potential of […]
In 2012, the Belize Bank started a scholarship program to match the celebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary. Twenty-five students across the country went home will full scholarships. Now thirteen more students have been added to that amount for 2013. News Five’s Jose reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting For the second year, the Belize Bank has […]
Twenty-four year old Albert Wade junior, a construction worker of a Belize City address, pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault today, following an altercation during which he allegedly punched his ex-girlfriend in the mouth. Wade, who was being escorted to the Belize Family Court on a child support matter, was involved in a […]
Former P.U.P. standard bearer, fifty-six year old Gilbert Usher Senior, has been in police custody since Monday, following a domestic dispute with his wife during which he allegedly hit her. It is reported that the couple was embroiled in a heated argument sometime around nine o’clock that morning which resulted in fifty-one-year-old Magdalena Usher being […]
Twenty-two year old Gilberto Welcome was acquitted of ammunition charges on Tuesday evening when he appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano. Following the discovery of two live rounds of nine millimeter ammo inside his bedroom late last month, Welcome was charged with Kept Ammunition Without a Gun License and subsequently remanded to the Belize Central Prison. […]
A delegation of thirty-five Belizean performers, fashion designers, visual artists and writers, led by president of the National Institute of Culture and History Diane Haylock, left for Paramaribo, Suriname this morning, where they will be representing the Jewel for the next sixteen days. The Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA 2013, a celebration of the region’s […]
Earlier in the newscast we told you about the thirteen scholarships that the Belize Bank has given to well deserving students. UNICOMER, the parent company of Courts Belize also gave ten scholarships to intelligent young Belizeans today. Duane Moody joined the kids who will now attend high school courtesy of Courts. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
It’s coming down to the wire as season two of the hottest local entertainment show, Be The Next Superstars, is inching closer to its end. Three performers were eliminated on Tuesday night while two moved on in the competition. But in a shocking twist and by popular demand, a Wild Card was introduced bringing back […]
The heat from last week Wednesday’s House meeting continues to permeate the televised newscasts and radio shows. The special sitting of the House was apparently convened to introduce a motion in the House records to embarrass the current Leader of the Opposition and the former Prime Minister. But instead of the chastisement of the P.U.P. […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported on the dispute between Minister Michael Finnegan and Dolores Balderamos Garcia resulting from comments Garcia made about the Mace Bearer Brian “Yellow Man” Audinette. Audinette spoke to News Five Jose Sanchez a few minutes ago about the incident and the photos circulated by the Belize Times. Audinette said he […]
Tonight, there is a new charge of brutality by the Gang Suppression Unit against two men, one not only ended up in the hospital, but also before the courts. Jermaine Ottley has a case pending for drug trafficking in the lower court, but before Ottley could make it to court today, he claims he was […]
A post mortem examination was conducted on the body of twenty-six year old police constable Roy Robert Fernandez today to ascertain whether the cause of death was the result of a violent thrashing he suffered at the hands of a pair of siblings in Georgetown Village over a week ago. Fernandez died in Independence Village […]
The performance of the Jaguars at the recent Gold Cup Games is still the subject of debate. The lack of resources was a rallying cry, but tonight here is some good news for the Football Federation of Belize. This morning the organization sealed a deal with a Central American company to modernize at least one […]
On Friday, members of the Belize Ex-Services League were alarmed when they discovered that the entrance to the building they have been occupying since the establishment of the organization decades ago, had been fastened with chains and locks. That action was taken by the National Executive Council, led by president Bernard Adolphus, following a Supreme […]
On September nineteenth the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an application for an injunction against US Capital Energy. The application was filed by SATIIM and leaders of four communities on the borders of the SarstoonTemash National Park. The oil company has built a large road into the park, has constructed a drill site and […]
The Government of Belize established the National Bank of Belize in April 2013. NBBL was formed primarily to provide concessionary credit to teachers, public officers and needy Belizeans. The state-owned institution is now set to open its doors, and the House has asked the Senate for approval of twenty-million dollars in capitalization. That matter was […]
A recent decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice ended before the House of Representatives when the government put forward a motion targeting the former prime minister and the then attorney general. At the Senate meeting on Monday, the motion was also debated. But there’s another side to the litigation story – the side which […]
A man hid marijuana inside his boxers, but that didn’t stop Police from finding the stash. Belize City resident Jermaine Alex Grant was searched by Police on East Collet Canal on Monday and fifteen point six grams of marijuana was found on him. Grant was arrested and charged for possession of controlled drugs and appeared […]
A woman who is engaged to a B.D.F. soldier is having second thoughts about marriage after he allegedly punched her, pulled a machete on her and threatened to kill her and her family. According to Melissa Jenkins, she and her fiancé Michael Zuniga were at a family function at her mother’s home when Zuniga got […]
A team of young football athletes is representing the jewel in the CONCACAF U-fifteen Championship being held in the Cayman Islands. And today in their first match against St. Lucia, team Belize beat that country one-nil. The tournament will see participation from Central American and Caribbean countries as well as CONCACAF member states. And Belize’s […]
