It was created in 2008 and first brought to Belize seven years later. But the Raspberry Pi computer has become the base of the Public Utilities Commission’s Young Innovators Program. The P.U.C.’s vision is to support the country’s future inventors, scientists and specialists in mathematics, the sciences, technology and engineering. Today students from across the […]
A small protest against corruption was held this morning in front of the Complex Building on Mahogany Street this morning. It was organized a group of very vocal activists and had the support of grassroots organizations. In the front lines we found tour operator Yong Rosado, who is feeling pressure from the GST Department. He […]
Shooting victim Leon Usher tells News Five that Ladyville Police are lying on him. He says they fabricated a report that he threatened, aggressed and attempted to take away a firearm from one of the officers who responded to a domestic dispute with his common-law-wife Tiffara Tillett at his home. Usher called News Five to […]
Police have since launched a criminal and intern investigation into the shooting incident. Usher says that the cop who shot him should be held responsible. He told us that his leg was shattered in six places because of the gunshot and now he is in the hospital with no help. On the Phone: Leon […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Llamont Wade is in the hospital in a critical condition after he was stabbed multiple times. According to police, sometime after four this morning, they were called out to the Northern Regional Hospital where they saw Wade with stab wounds to the chest, abdomen and back. Police say that around four this morning, Wade […]
Belize hosted the World Youth Conference 2017 this week and it concluded on Thursday night. More than one hundred and fifty youths from across the world gathered in Belize to come up with an action plan that centered on the sustainable development goals and outlined ways that youths can positively contribute to their home countries. […]
Tonight we introduce to you a new feature to our News Five line up. Over a decade ago, Channel Five partnered with the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC) to create a space for youths to express their thoughts and concerns about issues affecting them through the newscast. The NCFC then established the Informed […]
The 2017 Belize International Film Festival officially opened on Thursday night at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Professionals in the audio and visual art industries walked the red carpet at the start of the three-day event. The annual festival has been growing steadily and this year, there are more entries in film and […]
Youth Empowerment Services and the Child Development Foundation partnered today to find out the status of children in the work force, particularly in the sugar industry. Available data shows that children below the ages of eighteen are already working in the industry and have dropped out of school. Forty-two percent of the population comprises children […]
Collet area representative and Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber announced in April that some one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars would be spent on upgrades to the football field adjacent to the basketball court and Grace Primary School in the Fabers’ Road Extension area. The main road is of course being re-done by Imer Hernandez […]
There’s a massive pre-Battle of the Drums event scheduled to kick off at the Punta Gorda Multipurpose Complex shortly. After two years of work, the facility is finally completed and ready for use. On Thursday, an extensive site visit was conducted with the Local Sports Council Management Committee to certify that the facility is ready […]
Earlier this week on Wednesday, the Financial Secretary promised that consumers can expect a decrease in fuel prices. He didn’t say there would be an increase, but as of midnight tonight, you can expect one. Regular fuel is going up by twenty-seven cents, but the good news is that premium goes down by eight-five cents. […]
There’s another commitment that government has met. As ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice on November first, G.O.B. has complied with a payment of about a hundred and sixty million dollars as a final payment for the 2009 and 2011 nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited. The government today made the transfer of funds of […]
A major sting operation in Honduras last week, resulted in the arrest of Denia Suyapa Ochoa, believed to be the ringleader in a human trafficking organization that extends to Belize. She is the Ministry of Health employee in San Pedro Sula, Honduras who is accused of smuggling as many as seventy young women into the […]
A pair of Asian men, one a Taiwanese/Belizean from Camalote, Cayo and the other a Chinese businessman, pleaded guilty to falsifying immigration documents when they appeared in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court. The duo has been in detention since Monday after being busted while attempting to apply for a Social Security Card using a bogus Belizean […]
There are still no arrests to be made in a heist that saw thieves make off with ten thousand dollars in cash from a Western Union branch in Corozal Town on Monday morning. As we reported, twenty-eight-year-old Doris Montejo was held up at gunpoint and relieved of a substantial amount of cash at her place […]
Indian nationals Keyur Barot and Jitendra Kumar are accused of having stolen a sports utility vehicle, as well as sixty-two thousand dollars in cash from businessman Jack Charles back in September. The salesmen worked for the well-known wholesaler and were on a trip to Dangriga on September thirteenth, to collect monies on behalf of the […]
Who killed German national Raimund Adalbert Kobler in San Pedro on Sunday night? It’s a mystery that local police on the island are still trying to unravel. While an autopsy is scheduled for Friday, they are no closer to a motive for his murder. Kobler’s lifeless body was discovered with a massive wound to his […]
On Monday, police told the media that they strongly believe the murder of businessman Amit Moryani in Orange Walk Town may have been committed by thieves who have also been operating in the Corozal District. Tonight that gut feeling holds, except that they are unable to act on the hunch and proceed with an arrest […]
This morning, residents in the vicinity of Raccoon Street Extension discovered a body inside a drain. Initially, it was believed that the then unidentified male may have been the victim of foul play. Belize City police were immediately called to the scene and it was later learned that the individual was fifty-five-year-old Elvis Bandosingh. According […]
Dion Leslie or Bernard Wagner for next Mayor of the City? Elections are due until next March, but the campaign machines are in gear already. The two rival mayoral candidates for the Belize City Council have already hit the campaign trail, trying to gain the confidence of the electorate in hopes of winning the top […]
Bradley maintains that some matters could have been dealt with differently during the past five and a half years he sat in the mayor’s seat. But he says the City Council and sister municipalities across the country have been ensuring that they are accountable for all projects undertaken during their tenure. Bradley adds that he […]
But is this the last we’ll see of Mayor Darrell Bradley as it relates to his political career? For now, he is winding down at City Hall, but Bradley says his eye is on the House of Representatives. While he was unsuccessful in his bid at the last General Elections when he ran in Caribbean […]
Leon Usher is the man that Ladyville Police shot and is now under guard at the K.H.M.H. Police say that they responded to a domestic dispute at Usher’s residence in Milpa Area in Ladyville and he got into a verbal exchange and made threats. The report says, “Usher then aggressed the police in a boisterous […]
Police say that a criminal and internal investigation has been launched into this shooting incident. Usher remains hospitalized and is in need of surgery. But before he does that, he needs four pints of blood. Tillett made it clear that even though they were involved in a domestic altercation, she was not pressing charges and […]
