Today, the national championship games for primary school track and field were held at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. Hundreds of children from across the country competed in the many categories in the discipline and after some four hours of running, jumping and throwing, the winners were announced. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
Unsafe foods kill four hundred and twenty thousand persons every year around the world. These are deaths that are preventable. When we consume unsafe foods it puts our health at risk, a strain on our resources including the health care system and it also affects economy, tourism, trade and development. Today, BAHA and the Belize […]
Another dead manatee – that’s the sad news that manatee champion Jamal Galvez had to share today. On Thursday evening, a passenger on a water taxi reported that the boat hit a manatee near the Radisson. Upon receiving that tip, Galvez went looking for the wounded animal hoping that they could rescue and save it. […]
Do you have what it takes to be the next Ocean Hero? If you have done any work to champion the protection and preservation of the ocean, then Oceana wants you to apply to become its 2019 Ocean Hero. Nominations opened earlier this month and closes in three weeks. Communications Director Alyssa Carnegie tells us […]
June is being recognized countrywide as ADHD Month and is being used to create awareness on the neurological condition known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is organized by the Belize Brain Awareness Society which is a non-profit, started by a Belmopan teacher. While there are a number of activities that will be held throughout […]
In part two of his Chaa Creek experience, News Five’s reporter Hipolito Novelo takes a look at what it takes to run an internationally recognized, award-winning resort. It all started with founders Mick and Lucy Fleming who strove to coexist with nature while creating a true jungle experience. Since its inception, Chaa Creek has steadily […]
Tonight, twenty-eight-year-old Troy Banner stands accused of killing his own child. This morning in Belmopan, Banner was arraigned on a single charge of manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of two-month-old baby Thevane, who died of injuries consistent with Battered Child Syndrome. The prosecution objected to bail due to the seriousness of the crime. Banner’s […]
This morning, autopsy results for the victims of a most heinous triple homicide were released to the media and the injuries sustained reveal that Alarice Andrewin, Vidal Yuman and Maria Juarez were all callously executed. Each victim was shot in the head during what appears to be a home invasion. On Tuesday, the Excelsior High […]
On Wednesday, the Belize National Teachers Union fired off a terse press release in the wake of the murders of high school principal Alarice Andrewin, Vidal Yuman and Maria Juarez. The statement expressed B.N.T.U.’s annoyance over the horrid killings, particularly the death of one of its members. The union also took aim at Commissioner of […]
The Belmopan City Council is under fire tonight for failing to pay social security contributions for one of its employees. In a letter dated May thirty-first, the Social Security Board tells the Belmopan City Council employee that the sickness benefit claim has been disallowed since the conditions were not satisfied. For the employee to have […]
Holy Angels RC School in Pomona, Stann Creek District, has been having a bit of a rough year. In March, health officials closed down one of its school buildings after it became infested with bats, termites, and rats. It was a persistent problem that the school was facing with little to no assistance from the […]
A mental health patient is arraigned and remanded to jail pending psychiatric evaluation. Collin Francis Junior appeared before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson, charged for the attempted murder of psychiatric nurse practitioner, Augustina Elijio. On Tuesday morning, Francis Junior visited the Port Loyola Health Centre and was given his treatment. He returned in the afternoon, reportedly […]
A teenager has been arraigned for the armed robbery of popular Sunnyside Bakery on Racecourse Street in Belize City. “Sunny and Tan,” as it is otherwise known, was targeted by robbers six days ago and police have since been able to charge one of the alleged suspects. Damion Saldano of Euphrates Avenue was arraigned this […]
The S.J.C. History Department launched a book on the historical significance of the Black Cross Nurses in Belize. Back in 2013, the high school adopted a student-centered approach of teaching history through its African and Mayan history studies. The aim is to have students learn about different perspectives outside of colonialism and how those movements […]
Established in 1981, Chaa Creek: Belize Luxury Resort started off with a single hut. Fast forward more than three decades later; it is one of the world’s most eco-friendly resorts. The resort sits on a four hundred acre nature reserve along the majestic Macal River. The atmosphere is relaxing, but very much alive with activities. […]
The U.S. Government is making major changes as it relates to its process of visa applications by foreigners. Under a new State Department policy, visa applicants to the U.S. will need to submit their social media usernames, email addresses, and phone numbers. The policy took effect on Friday, and almost 15 million visa applicants are […]
Earlier this week, Romanian Ambassador Daniela Gitman visited Belize and met with the Prime Minister and other government officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education. The visit was to discuss bilateral cooperation between both countries. It’s been twenty-six years since diplomatic ties were established between Romania and Belize and the government is looking […]
The 2019 Belize International Jazz Festival started on Wednesday night with a bang as the Mexican Institute in Belize City was the venue for a jam session featuring Belizean and international musicians. It’s the fifth annual festival of this kind that seeks to develop a greater appreciation for the style of music that has grown […]
Call for entries for the annual September Celebrations Theme, as well as the National Song Competition, are opened and the folks over at the National Institute of Culture and History are ready for the many submissions. Junior and senior songwriters and singers in both Belize and Carnival Song categories are asked to log on to […]
Meanwhile the deadline for the submission for the September celebrations theme is July twenty-first. All Belizeans, even those living overseas, have an opportunity to submit a theme – something dear to their hearts, patriotic, but ten words or less. Neil Hall, Communications Officer, NICH “The criteria is very simple. Be a Belizean either at […]
The Garifuna Collective has kicked off its 2019 tour of Europe and North America ahead of the release their new album, Aban, which in Garifuna means one. After years of hard work and dedication, as well as a dynamite showcase at WOMEX last October in Spain, the band is heading its biggest international tour in […]
You’ve seen countless calls in this very same newscast. You’ve seen a multitude of messages online. It’s a recurrent request that not enough people oblige. It’s a call for blood. Why does it seem like Belizeans are always desperate for donors? We get some answers in tonight’s Healthy Living. Marleni Cuellar It’s commonly called […]
The story of a horrid triple murder at a home on the George Price Highway continues to unfold, as new details emerge on what took place at mile ten on Tuesday. News Five understands that the family home of forty-four-year-old Alarice Andrewin was also being occupied by a tenant whose girlfriend, a Guatemalan national who […]
This morning at Excelsior High School it was classes as usual but with the presence of a team of counselors. They were on hand to support the grieving members of staff, as well as the students, whose principal was among the trio of victims slain in Tuesday’s horrific incident. We caught up with high school […]
Former teacher and mainstay at Excelsior, Marshal Nunez, also visited the campus this morning to lend moral support to the mourning students. He has been around the school for the past thirty years and quickly befriended Andrewin when she took the job as acting principal several months ago. Marshal Nunez, Former Board Member, Excelsior […]
