A six-week audio tune program for budding artists and musicians will commence next week Monday at the Department of Youth Services on Regent Street. The program is primarily targeting persons between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five that have that interest in tapping into the local music industry. The idea is to offer a concentrated […]
Sailing, it is not a sport that would normally make it in our weekly Sports Monday report, but the sport is readily becoming an attraction. A delegation consisting of four young sailors recently returned to Belize after representing the Jewel at an international meet in Antigua. Between the ages of seven and fifteen, they participated […]
The news from the K.H.M.H. tonight is that medical services are back on track. It follows a go slow that started on Friday and continued over the weekend when some medical services at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital were abruptly reduced. All outpatient elective surgeries referred to the K.H.M.H. were also cancelled indefinitely. Those measures […]
Following the lengthy two and a half hour discussion, Minister of Health Pablo Marin would emerge optimistic, bearing what can only be described cautiously as good news since none of the representatives in that meeting would disclose the details of the agreements met. The good news, first and foremost for patients of K.H.M.H., is as […]
According to chairperson, Chandra Cansino, the Board of Governors of the K.H.M.H. along with representatives of the hospital staff, will form a task force to provide government with critical information that has been requested. Notwithstanding an end to the go-slow, Cansino told the media that she is unable to inform K.H.M.H. staff of what those […]
But while the K.H.M.H. staff was lobbying for a salary adjustment the hard way, by effecting a go-slow at the hospital, patients, including twenty-seven-year-old Irvin Cantun, were affected. After being viciously attacked with a machete during an incident in Palmar Village last Monday, Cantun has been in need of surgery to his face and arm. […]
While staff at the K.H.M.H. is looking to unionize, N.T.U.C.B. President, Marvin Mora, chimed in on the K.H.M.H. issue, emphasizing a need for employees to organize in order to proceed with a collective bargaining agreement. Marvin Mora, President, N.T.U.C.B. “We have always been advocating trade unionism , especially of areas of essential services in […]
An idyllic hang-out with friends, drinks and food on Saturday turned into a bloody tragedy when a domestic attack elicited a deadly response. Thytis James Blancaneaux, thirty, was at the residence he shared with Keyren Tzib, twenty-four, in the Spanish Town Area of Lord’s Bank. They were having some drinks with friends and preparing some […]
Aside from the killing of Thytis Blancaneaux, there are two murders to report. Hattieville resident, thirty-one Hugh Dyer, was today charged with murder of forty-seven year old Steve Munnings, a handyman from the village. Dyer is the ex of twenty-six year old Michelle Brakeman for whom Munnings was building a bathroom. She claims that on […]
While the Police have been able to readily identify the deceased in those two deaths, they have not done so in a third, which was actually the first of the weekend. That’s because the body, discovered about four hundred feet from the Bermudian Landing Bridge by someone passing by, was burnt beyond recognition. Police received […]
In addition to the stabbing death of Thytis Blancaneaux and the two murders, the weekend’s crime blotter is overflowing with more acts of violence. In Orange Walk, police are investigating the attempted murder of twenty-one year old Herson Adiel Diaz and nineteen year old Fernando Enrique Carrillo both of San Lazaro. The duo was reportedly […]
A twenty-three year old Belize City resident is tonight in a critical, but stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a shooting on Sunday morning. Before two a.m., Sheldon Grinage was shot twice to the back as he stood on Police Street in Lake Independence. According to reports, Grinage was hit as a […]
An eighteen year old female, Victoria Garnett and two minors were today arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the offense of Burglary. One of the minors is a thirteen year old student from Saint Luke’s Primary School and the other is a sixteen year student from Gwen Lizarraga High School. When the issue […]
The N.T.U.C.B. has come out swinging at Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, in response to comments he made during an exclusive interview with News Five late last week. In that interview Elrington spoke about both nations’ date with the ICJ, but the N.T.U.C.B. says he’s jumping the gun, since Belize hasn’t gotten the people’s permission to […]
While the K.H.M.H. staff continued its’ go-slow well into the afternoon, at midday the Belize Energy Workers Union commenced its own industrial action against the principals of B.E.L. A little over twenty employees began a peaceful protest in front of the corporate office on the Northern Highway, placards in hand, expressing their disdain for the […]
A fire over the weekend has left several families without a roof over their head. The landlord and her tenants had to evacuate their home immediately when fire and flames were seen coming out of the downstairs. No one was injured but they lost everything. Andrea Polanco went out to Euphrates Avenue and here’s that […]
Today, Mayor Darrell Bradley concluded a two-week summer camp he hosted for the children of Caribbean Shores. Wearing his Standard Bearer hat, Bradley partnered with City Council and Diamonds International to treat the children to a fun and empowering camp. News Five attended the closing today at the B.T.L. Park. Andrea Polanco, Reporting A […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The weekend brought out the National Male Football Selection as it continues preparation for its 3rd round appearance in the qualifier round of World Cup 2018 in Russia. Also making an appearance over the weekend was national champions Verdes FC who will face Gallos […]
Services at the national referral hospital were significantly reduced today, and will continue so for an indefinite period, affecting patients from the districts who require medical attention at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. As many as six hundred employees at the K.H. M.H. are staging a go-slow, having canceled all outpatient elective services and surgeries […]
Coming out of Thursday’s meeting, the staff of the KHMH is organizing a workers’ union and plans to negotiate on behalf of employees with the Board of Governors and government. They demand an equal wage increase to be paid retroactively. Peter Allen, C.E.O., Ministry of Health “I can certainly understand the staff’s requesting the […]
An accident in Spanish Lookout claimed the life of a detective attached to the Special Branch in Belmopan. San Ignacio police were called out to the Spanish Lookout Road sometime between seven-thirty and eight on Thursday night following a report of a fatal traffic accident which cut short the life of Police Corporal Carlos Orio […]
In news of a political nature, on Tuesday, Attorney Godfrey Smith abruptly departed his post as National Campaign Manager in the wake of a third consecutive election loss by the party since the beginning of the year. No replacement has been found, but the matter is surely to come up next week when the party […]
Five Belizeans were detained in Guatemala in mid-June and reportedly experienced a horrible ordeal at the hands of the Guatemalans military. The group was hanging out at a restaurant in the village of Santa Cruz which is just across the border when they were told to leave. Among the group was Councilor Ashton McKenzie of […]
There is another recent arrest by Guatemalan authorities. On July eleventh, 2015, Benque Viejo businessman and former Mayor, Edgar Contreras was arrested in Guatemala for having a gun not registered in that country. Contreras, who is cousin of Minister Erwin Contreras, reportedly keeps a licensed firearm because of his job as a money changer. On […]
The case against Harvest Caye, a tourism development project created by Norwegian Cruise Lines, concluded in the courtroom of Justice Courtney Abel today with closing arguments. The Belize Tourism Industry Association is disputing the decisions of the Department of the Environment and the National Environmental Appraisal Committee. Both agencies sanctioned an Environmental Impact Assessment for […]
