Over the past few years we have shared many stories on the projects of the Belize Camping Experience. It’s a N.G.O. that has been supporting camps with children primarily in Belize City, but they have spread their wings and reached out children in other parts of the country. Now, this camp relies heavily on the […]
Three years after Jasmine Lowe was brutally killed in the Cayo District, the Jasmine Alert was created in her memory to help protect young children. A program fashioned after the U.S. Amber Alert, the Jasmine Alert triggers a warning via social media and phone companies when there is a reported missing child. Earlier this year, […]
The summer vacation for students is winding down and so are the summer camps that have been keeping them occupied. At Body Two Thousand here on Coney Drive, about sixty-five children enrolled for tennis camps organized by the Belize Table Tennis Association. It is two-fold: to provide a healthy outlet as well as to identify […]
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from first to seventh August in more than one hundred seventy countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. The last survey conducted on Breastfeeding in Belize showed that only fourteen percent of babies were exclusively breastfed for the first six months of […]
It has been relative free of violent crimes in Corozal Town since the start of the year. But on Tuesday night, all that was shattered when a horrible murder took place, all the more shocking because a fifteen year old minor has handed himself in to the police. The minor, whose name is being withheld, […]
In the city, two persons were injured in separate, but related shootings this morning on Jane Usher Boulevard. Shamar Moore and Raheem Arnold were rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after gunmen opened fire on them. Moore and Arnold were reportedly in an altercation with their attackers earlier in the morning. Moments later, Arnold […]
Belize Telemedia Limited, a government-owned company, is under fire tonight, for a series of offensive ads that have been posted on social media. If you’re a subscriber of Facebook or Instagram and have followed Digicell’s page, then chances are you’ve probably seen a pair of posts that are very much open to discussion. The first […]
This time last year, the staff of Belize Maintenance Limited (BML) was protesting in front of City Hall; garbage was strewn across the street and the protestors were arrested by police. The workers were complaining that the City Council would not pay BML for its work and they were losing their jobs. The two sides […]
According to Bradley the Council has paid off what was outstanding to BML in terms of compensation for terminating the contract. He is not considering implementing a proposed ten dollars residential garbage fee floated as a partial response to the issue. There are enough revenues available, he said, to get the amount paid off. […]
Mayor Bradley also discussed the issue of trade licenses. Some Belize City businesses are reportedly thinking of moving outside of the Old Capital’s boundaries to Ladyville and Hattieville which are exempted from paying trade license fees. The city charges twenty-five percent of rental value by square foot annually which results in disproportionate payments and complaints. […]
In recent days, not much has been heard about the John McAfee, the eccentric millionaire who remains a person of interest in the murder his neighbour, Gregory Saul in San Pedro back in 2011. But on Sunday night, according to U.S. newspaper accounts, McAfee was arrested in Tennessee, where he has taken up residence. He […]
This afternoon, a sixteen year old minor was arraigned for Unlawful Sexual Intercourse at the Family Court. The minor was allegedly stabbed on Monday when the father caught him sexually assaulting his thirteen year old daughter. After receiving treatment, the underage boy was escorted to court for arraignment. No plea was taken from him, but he […]
The sugar crop got off to a rocky start but it is surely ending on a sweet note. This season, sugar production peaked to over one hundred and forty tones. The other good news is that there is also a record second payment which will have farmers fetch over twenty-one cents per ton of sugar […]
While cane farmers are enjoying the fruits of their labor for a bumper crop this season, come 2016 things will get a lot tougher, as sugar exported to the international market won’t be sold at preferential prices. It is a significant change that the Belize Sugar Cane Farmer Association is bracing for and projections for […]
It is budget season for the nine municipalities across the country, who feed in their requests to the Ministry of Local Government to be forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for inclusion in the annual National Budget due in March. The Ministry is teaming up with the Belize Mayors’ Association to offer a series of […]
Also participating were the local staff of the CARILED project which has been assisting various municipalities. Even with the largest revenue base of all the municipalities, Belize City still has its revenue stream problems. But according to Mayor Darrell Bradley, the coffers are healthy, if not swimming, and they are teaching their expertise to their […]
Two weeks ago, the staff of the national referral hospital went on a brief go-slow, canceling all referral services from the districts. That was called off after a meeting with the Board of Governors, a government negotiating team and staff representatives. Well today, the K.H.M.H. issued a statement saying that it suspending elective admissions to […]
As we told you earlier, the second murder for the Corozal district happened on Tuesday night in the Venezuelan Site area of the town. It is also the first murder to take place since the installation of a new commander at the precinct. Superintendent Dennis Arnold was transferred to the jurisdiction from Orange Walk effective […]
Today, the Diabetes Association was gifted with a donation valued at a little over three thousand dollars. Tropigas has partnered with the association before, so when the association went calling for help Tropigas answered in a big and meaningful way. News Five was at the handing over ceremony today. Andrea Polanco, Reporting The Belize […]
A formal announcement confirmed on Monday that CIBC FirstCaribbean’s local assets were being acquired by Heritage Bank Limited, a move that will change the banking landscape locally. But the acquisition remains open pending approval by the Central Banks of Belize and Barbados. As FICB’s executives from Barbados met with staff from all branches to deliver […]
But will the transfer of FirstCaribbean’s assets affect its existing clients and what does the sale mean for the banking sector? That’s what we asked Central Bank Governor, Glen Ysaguirre, earlier today. He says that he has been assured by both parties that the transition will be seamless. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for […]
The purchase of FirstCaribbean’s resources sets the stage for Heritage Bank to expand its operations across the country and with that growth comes a need for additional human resources. According to Ysaguirre, the changeover should hopefully see minimal displacement of FirstCaribbean’s present staff. Glenford Ysaguirre, Governor, Central Bank “With regards to the employees though, […]
There is other news in the financial sector which is also affecting banking transactions overseas in the offshore industry. Atlantic International Bank, which formally severed ties with Bank of America last Thursday, is still without a correspondent bank. As we reported recently, despite marked improvement in compliance with banking regulations, U.S and European correspondent banks […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you think that Heritage Bank should hire First Caribbean personnel that are losing their jobs in the sale of the bank to Heritage? 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 […]
Four of five persons, including a minor, are in the custody of the Dangriga Police tonight and are likely to be charged for murder in the wake of the vigilante beating of a Belize City resident. On Monday morning, residents from the Back-a-town area in Sabal Community took matters into their own hands and allegedly […]
