Earlier in the month a massive fire in San Pedro Town destroyed ten houses and left eighty-seven persons homeless. The fire which occurred in the Boca Del Rio Area of the island was deliberately set. The inferno started in one house and spread rapidly to the remaining structures, clearing an entire block. It took about […]
The Statistical Institute of Belize says that the Gross Domestic Product went up by five point four percent. It is a relatively big growth when compared to the second quarters of the past few years – where we’ve seen negligible growth. But while that is good news for the economic activities, there were reduced export […]
A pair of Indian nationals was flown back to their home country on Tuesday after spending almost a year in protective custody in Belize. Twenty-four-year-old Keyur Barot and Jitendra Kumar were both placed on a Copa flight out of Belize. The back story is that the men allegedly stole a vehicle, as well as cash […]
Police report today that on Wednesday, a search was conducted at the house of twenty-four-year-old Abram Friesen of Camp twenty-four Shipyard. There, the officers found a semi-automatic assault-type rifle for which a license was issued in Belmopan and valid until the end of November. But police say a scope was affixed to the rifle, but […]
The strategy of community policing has been met with a level of success in keeping neighbourhoods safe across the country. The approach allows the police to interact and connect with residents and has helped to build confidence in the work of law enforcement to keep crime down. A ceremony was held today to honour those […]
A brand management training entitled “Achieving Competitive Advantage through Brand Positioning” was held today at the Biltmore Plaza. It was organized by Chamberlain Consulting and Galen University and seeks to help with developing companies. In collaboration with BELTRAIDE and the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, branding is what consumers believe, feel or think when […]
You were first introduced to the organization last week when it held one of a series of webinar sessions at the BTEC offices at the ITVET compound in Belize City, but the Trust for the Americas in Belize is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Organization of American States. Today, a final session was held […]
Twenty-four kids from ages eight to fifteen from region one received a tour of the court houses and participated in a mock trial today. The kids were in court, joined by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin who watched on as a stolen lunch was tried in court. We stopped by for a quick look at the […]
The University of the West Indies, Open Campus signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Belize Telemedia Limited today. The M.O.U. establishes the terms of a joint initiative between the two parties and committing B.T.L. to provide data services at special rates to UWI students. As part of this collaboration, B.T.L. will also give consideration to […]
Has Belize Telemedia Limited hired workers from Venezuela to replace Belizeans who are installing lines as a part of the DigiNet roll out? The C.E.O. of the company has denied this, but News Five has received several reports that N.S.S.L., a local company contracted for the job, has been replaced by Venezuelans who have taken […]
A Camalote resident, Roshane Jones was found brutally murdered this morning. The body of the twenty-four-year-old was discarded in a bushy area near the Valley of Peace Village in Cayo. Jones is known to have run-ins with the law, but his family says the incidents involved petty crimes. The victim was shot twice to the […]
The news tonight is that after days of inaction, the president of NICH, Sapna Budhrani has been suspended from her post. On Monday night, News Five revealed the contents of a leaked memo in which an internal audit listed a litany of irregularities and mismanagement at the statutory body. One of the major concerns has […]
The transshipment of narcotics through northern Belize, particularly via unregistered aircrafts landing on clandestine runways in the far reaches of the Orange Walk and Corozal Districts, continues unabated. In most, if not all reported cases, the response of law enforcement personnel has been sluggish; with officers arriving at the scene of the destruction long after […]
Earlier this year, we reported on a shortage of medical supplies as well as medicines. The Ministry of Health had given assurances that the shortage was been taken care of, but complaints have persisted. While the ministry says that there is no shortage of medication, a certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice has complicated the importation […]
Gwen Lizarraga High School formally reopened its classrooms to approximately three hundred and thirty-five students across all forms on Monday morning, officially kicking off the academic calendar for 2018. The start of a new school year, however, is not without the requisite housekeeping. News Five understands that a meeting was held on the same day […]
Aside from a reduction of teachers, resources allocated for the development of students will also be reduced considerably, since funding is set aside based on the size of its enrollment. Smith tells News Five that the method used to identify which teachers will not be returning also includes lecturers who are aptly qualified. On […]
Guilty of manslaughter…today, twenty-nine-year-old Justin Lemott was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars. But Lemott, who was found guilty of fatally stabbing of seventeen-year-old Richard Waight Junior in April 2014, will only serve ten years and four months. Justice Adolph Lucas deducted the time he had spent in jail prior to his conviction. Originally charged […]
The criminal trial against Milton Maza and Eli Lopez Avila continued today in the court room of Justice Colin Williams today. The two men stand accused of butchering Attorney Richard Stuart and his wife Maria on October sixteen 2010 at their home in West Landivar. On Monday, the court heard testimonies from both accused who […]
American national Sherris Stringhan is missing. The sixty-seven-year-old who lives in Hopkins Village was last seen on Saturday, August twenty-fifth. According to police, Stringham and her vehicle, a green Nissan Exterra with a toucan sticker on the right bumper, were reported missing on Monday of this week. Stringham’s friends report that her disappearance is suspicious […]
There is another missing person to report on tonight; he is a sixteen-year-old young man also from the south. Robert Jacobs has been missing since Friday morning. His parents Robert and Alicia Jacobs appeared today on camera asking for help in locating their son. A tearful Alicia pleads for him to come home. Alicia […]
Chairman of the Sugar Cane Production Committee, Doctor Carlos Itza, is speaking out against what he describes as mismanagement at the Sugar Industry Control Board. Doctor Itza is calling into the question the financial status of the S.I.C.B. This is not the first time that concerns over the board’s finances have been raised. In February […]
According to Doctor Carlos Itza, S.I.C.B. manages millions of dollars every year. He says that for the cane farmers to understand the gravity of the alleged mismanagement, an audit should be conducted. Dr. Carlos Itza, Chairman, Sugar Cane Production Committee Mismanagement can take many different roles but I am also speaking deliberate ways of […]
Nine Belizeans have been awarded scholarship to pursue a one-year post-graduate study in the U.K. The Chevening Scholarship awarded by the British government offers outstanding emerging leaders and influencers to pursue studies in their field of expertise at any U.K. university. This year’s recipients are: Hero Balani, Ashley Jones, Kendra Butler, Robin Quilter, Yusleidy Chan, […]
About one point two million dollars in equipment was handed over today to the Belize Coast Guard and the Belize Defence Force by the U.S. government. The Coast Guard received equipment to be used to fight illicit activity relating to narcotics. The B.D.F. received similar equipment and a secondary entry control point. The upgraded control […]
Taiwan today made a less controversial donation than rice. The Governor General, Colville Young, has received a monetary donation for his Music in the Schools Programme to purchase a small consignment of musical instruments. The G.G. also got souvenir pins for the annual state reception to mark Independence Day. Taiwan’s ambassador, Charles Liu, presented the […]
