A nine millimeter and one hundred live rounds of ammunition were taken off the streets this morning. A joint operation by the Special Assignment Team, K-Nine Unite and the Gang Suppression Unit searched an abandoned vehicle on Partridge Street where they found a nine millimeter hand gun with a magazine of thirteen live rounds. A […]
NICH got a hundred thousand dollar boost today. The Taiwan Government handed over a cheque to help with cultural and artistic development. The monies will be used for a number of projects with a focus on cultural preservation and youth involvement. News Five’s Andrea Polanco has more. Andrea Polanco, Reporting A cheque of one […]
Today, Executive Director of Friends of Conservation and Development, Rafael Manzanero was handed the keys to a brand new 2018 Toyota Hilux pickup truck. The handing over took place this afternoon at the Belize Diesel Compound on Slaughterhouse Road in Belize City. The fully capable, four-wheel drive truck with differential locks and all the bells […]
It is no secret that incursions into the Chiquibul by Guatemalans have been denuding our rich forest. While harvesting xaté is now almost non-existent, Rafael Manzanero says that the issue of illegal gold panning by Guatemalans within the Chiquibul is ever increasing within the forest. Despite the installing of various outposts, gold panners are still […]
There have been active efforts by the FCD and other environmental organizations to replenish the scarlet macaw population in the forest. Earlier this week, the season for scarlet macaw closed following seven months of research and biological monitoring in the area. Manzanero says that the good news is that in the past three years, they […]
September is not complete without the sweet sounds of the pan at PanYaad. The annual highlight on the celebrations calendar will take place on Saturday night at seven-thirty inside the Marion Jones Stadium. So, you may have been hearing rumblings that some steel-bands will not be attending the City show, but will be putting on […]
The 2017 Belize Expo Marketplace takes place over the two-day weekend. Annually thousands of Belizeans converge in the Old Capital at the ITVET Compound on Freetown Road to take advantage of the great deals in phones and gadgets, as well as goods and services offered by the many businesses. This year, there are almost two […]
The annual Belize Sound Fest has been ongoing since 2002. The brainchild of musical icon Tony Wright brings together Belizean musicians and artists for a night of bram and patriotic pride, during the month of September. So tonight at the Bird’s Isle in Belize City, hundreds of persons will come out to enjoy brukdong, punta […]
Primary school students from across Belize City converged on the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall this morning for the annual Children’s Rally. The event is a fixture on the September Celebrations calendar. Guest speaker today was Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber. Here are the sights and sounds from the rally. [Highlights […]
A release issued late this evening dropped a bombshell – Petrocaribe has stopped rolling, for now and quite possibly forever. The decision comes on the heels of an announcement by the Government just a week ago that it plans to raise fuel prices, which it blamed on damage to oil refineries in Houston, Texas, due […]
The body of a John Doe retrieved from the Macal River on Tuesday has now been identified as twenty-year-old Dean Bennett. Bennett was last seen alive on Sunday night in the area of Hode’s in San Ignacio. His mother was watching the news on this station on Wednesday night when she heard the police list […]
There was a deadly fire in the city this morning in which a watchman perished. The fire started at around nine a.m. in a two-storey wooden building at the rear of Martin Lemos’ property on Gordon Street in the Saint Martin De Porres area. The blaze spread to another structure before watchman Santiago Gonzalez could […]
Police circled the area of Saint Martin’s school in Belize City since six this morning. Parents kept most of the seven hundred students away from the school since it is better to be safe than sorry. Since Wednesday night, there was alarm over a post on social media that threatened that the school would be […]
News Five has received further information of land grabbing, allegedly by members of the Vega family and their supporters. This time, it concerns lands on the coast in the village of Gales Point Manatee. A survey map authenticated by surveyor H.A. Fairweather and assistant Dean Williams shows eleven parcels in a straight line next to […]
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has placed Belize on a list of Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2018. The presidential determination was made earlier this week. Also included in the list are Caribbean countries such as the Bahamas, Jamaica and Haiti as well as all of Central America […]
Tonight, we have more from the Senate Special Select Committee’s public hearings with Director of Immigration Diana Locke on Wednesday. The Auditor General’s Report cited multiple instances where fees for visas were waived or not collected at all. But unlike passport or nationality fees which are legislated, visa fees are subject to the Department’s decisions. […]
The Immigration Department has a backlog of files for persons seeking renewal of their immigration documents, mostly passports. But in the case where the files are missing, or the source documents appear suspicious, the applications have been on hold. This is despite separate Cabinet directives issued in 2014 to predecessor Maria Marin and again in […]
On Wednesday, Director of Immigration Diana Locke gave an example of how the humble birth certificate is the gateway to all things Belizean. If parents of foreign nationalities can claim to be Belizean, almost anyone can – witness David Nanes Schnitzer, Rafic Labboun or those scammed in Caye Caulker by Marleny Castellanos a few years […]
It has now been fifteen months since the murder of thirty-year-old Krystal Mitchell, who was found dead at the apartment of an acquaintance in San Diego, California. The divorced mother-of-two from Phoenix, Arizona, struck up a relationship with thirty-three year old Raymond Samuel McLeod Junior, a Marine Corps recruiter and bodybuilder. They had gone to […]
The Red Cross would like your help to reach out to the Caribbean islands affected by Hurricane Irma. Over a million people have been impacted and countries are still assessing the extent of the damage. At this time, several thousands are without a roof over their head and are in need of food, clothing and […]
Thirty-six students won’t have to worry about the cost of education for this school year. Thanks to the annual “I am Belize” scholarship award, the high schoolers’ tuition, uniform and books will be covered. The scholarship program has been running for seven years with the support of the Belize Natural Energy Trust and several corporate […]
September is a month of celebration for all Belizeans, as we commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye, as well as the annual observation of Belize’s independence. The itinerary of activities has grown to include other events that are not officially listed on the celebrations calendar, but nonetheless enjoy their share of […]
Since its inception and inaugural voyage a year ago, the BTV initiative has seen support from Belizeans in the Diaspora. Heading a team of fundraisers from California is Belizean/American volunteer Mario Lara. Together with several others in the States, he has been able to raise enough funds to contribute as prize monies for the growing […]
A twelve-year-old girl is missing. Lucera Constantino, a standard five student of Ladyville left home on last Friday in the company of a twenty-four-year-old man identified as Luis Sinturion. According to the child’s mother, she got suspicious when her daughter woke up early that morning and shortly after she got a visit from Sinturion. She […]
With all the festivities taking place this month, Belizeans will be spending more time outdoors. It means exposure to the sun will be more than usual and while it can cause a host of skin problems it may lead to the cancer of the skin. In tonight’s Healthy Living we look at why it is […]
