There is a report that a Xiabe resident and student from Corozal Junior College died after contracted dengue. This is the second student in the past two weeks who has reportedly died as a result of dengue. On November fifth, fourteen-year-old Sacred Heart College student Jennifer Moreno died at the K.H.M.H., twenty-four hours after she […]
In February of this year, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams met with the gun dealers in the country to discuss stronger gun control measures. In that meeting, there were several recommendations made and today twenty-five of the gun dealers met again with the ComPol to review the progress made with a view to have some […]
During that meeting, another issue that was discussed was the issuing of gun license. Commissioner Williams says that the licenses will change, but another big change will be that all those licensed gun holders will have to become certified in order to be able to have a gun. They will be required to know and […]
So, all those changes and what are gun dealers saying? Well, at today’s meeting, the President of the National Gun Dealers Association says that for the most part they are willing to meet the Police Department halfway. President of the association Mark King says that they understand the bigger picture of gun control but it […]
With a fifty million dollar loan from the government of Taiwan, the ground breaking took place today of a stretch of twenty-seven miles of road from Corozal to Sarteneja. The event brought out a number of Ministers as well as the Taiwanese Ambassador to Belize. The work is expected to be competed in more than […]
There is more on the leadership race of the U.D.P., when we caught up with Mark King today in Belmopan, we asked him about his thoughts on the leadership race. According to King, he is neither here nor there when it comes to the two candidates and he would support whoever wins but he believes […]
And while Mark King thinks it is too early to tell who will win that race, he says he has a problem with the quality of the candidates that the U.D.P has fielded. According to King, the party needs a lot of shaking up because several persons running don’t make for the honourable title. Here’s […]
Mental health disorders can affect just about any person; the issue took centre stage recently when two persons lost their lives at the hands of persons diagnosed with mental health illness. Today, an organization was officially launched that seeks to connect persons who may be going through anxiety, depression, stress and the like with professional […]
Martine King says that statistics show that suicides rates are higher than ever, rates of depression and anxiety because attention is not being placed on mental health. The non-profit organization wants to advocate for persons by providing as many resources that have to do about mental wellness. Since establishing Mind Health Connect, there are persons […]
Stress, anxiety, pain management, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder – that would be a shortlist of all the things that are said to be remedied by the mindfulness practice. The booming interest in this form of meditation is hard to miss, and even here in Belize, it is also taken root. In tonight’s Healthy […]
Retired Belize Defense Force soldier Myron Martinez passed away at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital this afternoon, following a road traffic accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway in the early hours of November ninth. Martinez, who was employed with the Belize Ports Authority, was returning home to Lord’s Bank Village on Saturday morning when he […]
Police have cracked a recent murder that occurred in Ladyville, Belize District. . Twenty-seven-year-old Jason Garcia and a teenage minor appeared before Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson this morning where they were both arraigned on a charge of murder. Garcia, an automotive technician of a Ladyville address and the seventeen-year-old, a student at Gateway Youth Center, are […]
There are two sides to the use of gillnets. In some quarters the use of the fishing gear is said to be harmful and dangerous but among others, the traditional form needs to be retained. In Dangriga today, members of the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association who support the use of gillnets, held a rally. Their […]
Ernesto Lewis, better known as ‘Caddy’, was involved in a serious RTA on Tuesday night. His Nissan Altima car was totaled as an eighteen-wheeler crushed it at the Dead Man’s Curve in Teakettle Village, Cayo. The quick response from people in the area got Lewis out of his car by the time the ambulance arrived. […]
A News Five team was doing its job at the Mahogany Street police station today when our crew came under attack. It happened when a witness was giving an interview about the unwarranted use of force against a father and son when the officer turned on our crew. The witness identified the same officer as […]
On Tuesday, the names of this year’s brilliant students were released. We start with Liyan Moralez and Randel Pate; both are at the University of the West Indies Saint Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago pursing their bachelor’s degrees after receiving a professional and technical scholarship offered by the Government of Belize. Moralez pursues a […]
On November twenty-ninth in Independence Village in the south, Moralez and pate will be honoured along with some four hundred plus students including those who sat the CSEC. Edward P. Yorke High School is walking away with bragging rights after three of its students topped the regional exams. The Most Outstanding Candidate for 2019 is […]
As we said, all three female students were enrolled at the Edward P. Yorke High School in Belize City. The administration at the school is ecstatic because this is the second consecutive year that they have fielded the top two scorers of the CSEC exams. Acting Principal Josephine Flowers says that the outstanding performance by […]
An audit by the General Sales Tax Department of B.T.L.’s accounts is yet to be concluded and there is no way of knowing when it will be. A throve of leaked documents months shows that Belize Telemedia Limited purportedly owes the Government millions of dollars in G.S.T. According to the documents, the debt dates back to […]
At midnight, there will be another change in the price of fuels. Kerosene will increase by eleven cents and will sell at seven dollars and fifty-three cents per gallon. Diesel will go down by nineteen cents to retail at nine dollars and ninety cents per gallon. Prices for premium and regular gasoline will remain at […]
The Belize Institute of Environmental Law and Policy wants answers on the Macal River in the west. BELPO sent out a release this morning to say that they have serious concerns about the state of the river. According to BELPO’s Doctor Candy Gonzalez, the vegetation and mud have accumulated on the banks of the river […]
Today San Pedro police destroyed over one hundred kilos of various drugs on Ambergris Caye. The drugs, according to San Pedro police, have accumulated over a couple years. This is the first time that such destruction has taken place on the island. Here’s more from Superintendent Christopher Noble. Supt. Christopher Noble, Coastal Executive Officer […]
An operation mounted by the Gang Suppression Unit in Burrell Boom Village resulted in one person being shot with a non-lethal round as he attempted to flee from police. Dean Cain claims that the officers used unnecessary force against him, however, according to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, who sanctioned the operation; the officers were […]
This afternoon in the vicinity of South Street, officers from the Belize Police Department went door to door meeting with residents of the area. They were in full force as they converged on the neighborhood for the weekly Meet and Greet session. Assistant Commissioner of Police Alden Dawson told us what officers are doing to […]
The case involving President of the Police Association Corporal Eldon Arzu will proceed in the Supreme Court in February 2020, but does he have a strong case to present to the court? On Tuesday, attorney Nazira Myles made a submission on her client’s behalf seeking relief from sanctions and an extension of time to allow […]
