A Honduran woman is the latest international fugitive to be caught in Belize. Forty year old Blanca Garay Rodriguez was on the run since early January; she was picked up at around eleven thirty in the morning at house at the Mile eight community on the George Price Highway. Rodriguez’s detention is considered major bust […]
Fresh off a series of rallies and marches, the Belize National Teachers Union took stock today of a series of industrial actions held throughout the month of January. The final stop was last Friday in Punta Gorda and the biggest turnout was in San Ignacio where the teachers braved the rain. The most militant and […]
At the height of the recent demonstrations, there were heated exchanges between the Belize National Teachers Union and the government. The prime minister called B.N.T.U. President, Luke Palacio, a windup doll, while the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, was referred to as a little boy. But despite the adversarial relationship, none of the insults are […]
Since last week the fate of security workers declared redundant by the City Council has been under much scrutiny. Those workers received their layoff letters on January twenty-third, and the Christian Workers Union jumped into the fray soon after. The union claimed that proper procedure was not followed, and the interests of the workers had […]
Matura-Shepherd says that by only asking for two weeks, she is showing extreme goodwill, since the union could demand its month notice. That request has been formally submitted to Mayor Darrell Bradley, who had previously agreed to give workers until this Friday. But the CWU says it needs more time to do a proper examination […]
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In 2007, B.D.F. Corporal Norman Rodriguez was diagnosed with a condition called arterio-venous malformation on the brain. It’s not a tumor, but it is something like a growth…an abnormal connection between arteries and veins. Rodriguez allegedly received some medical assessment and treatment in Belize, but his condition has deteriorated to the point where he cannot […]
Corporal Rodriguez feels that the B.D.F. has let him down, and feels that he is being given the runaround. Today News Five was in Price Barracks, where we discovered that the force is trying to raise the funding to pay for Rodriguez’s surgical procedure and recovery, but the reality is that there is no money […]
On June fifth, four persons were formally arraigned for murder and attempted murder after a brazen robbery attempt at a bar in Belmopan. Three of them were fourth form students at the Belmopan Comprehensive School, just days away from graduation, and the fourth was twenty-nine year old Edwin Paula. Paula is believed to have been […]
On January nineteenth, a month long police manhunt for Kevin ‘Midget’ Manzanero ended when the wanted man was chopped as he allegedly attempted to enter a home in the Chapel Hill area of San Ignacio. He was seriously injured and went to the San Ignacio Hospital for treatment. Since then he has been recovering at […]
There are allegations of a harmful situation brewing at the Punta Gorda Hospital tonight. News Five understands that hazardous waste, including expended hypodermic needles, as well as other biological refuse, is being stockpiled in plastic trash bags inside a storage room on the compound. While hospital administrator, Ruth McDonald, has declined comment, it is reported […]
With the teachers rallies now concluded, the Ministry of Education is launching a financial aid program for students enrolled in secondary schools. Following an extensive review of the sector, the program was launched as a collaborative effort between MOE and the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation and is incentive-based. According to Faber, potential […]
The recent arrest, trail and conviction of Corporal Gino Peck have brought the Firearms Act into sharp focus. But the truth is that since the Act was amended in 2008 it has been the cause of great distress, with the perception that many innocent persons have been wrongly persecuted. The argument has run the gamut […]
Residents of the St. Martin de Porres area are benefiting from computer literacy thanks to a program spearheaded by the Belize Police Department with assistance from the Samuel Haynes Institute for Excellence. The program was launched this afternoon and a group of women were the first to enroll in classes being provided by a community-based […]
The Belize City Council, in association with Body 2000 and the Diabetes Association, launched its Get Moving Belize program on Monday. It’s an initiative created to get citizens more aware of their bodies, and the benefits of being healthy. The partnership with the Belize Diabetes Association is important, because the disease, dubbed the silent killer, […]
Today is recognized globally as World Cancer Day and for the rest of the week a campaign will take place to increase cancer knowledge and eliminate misconceptions about the deadly disease. Locally, the Belize Cancer Society started activities under the theme, “Cancer Facts Can Save Lives-Power Up!” The society says is geared up to educate […]
Last December, the Elections and Boundaries commission said no to a recall petition for the Cayo Northeast Constituency. Elvin Penner, the disgraced former minister of state, was found to have issued a passport to a South Korean fugitive. But a recall was turned down because the commission took issue with a number of signatures by […]
