Earlier we told that the NICH has started layoffs of staff, including long serving members. There are also tough times ahead for the national university and there are growing concerns that it may translate to a cut in staff and faculty. The university is said to be facing a projected loss in income of seven […]
But according to the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union, they are seeking greater involvement in the process of mitigating the impact of COVID-19. In a response letter to President Sankat, the union says that it needs to be engaged as the sole collective bargaining agent for the three hundred and fifty plus faculty […]
But the UB Faculty and Staff Union is faced with another dilemma. Even as it has been in existence for twenty years and has represented its members, the union has not been able to receive its certificate, despite meeting all requirements. Back in January, it was set to receive its certification, but there was another […]
Kent Gabourel, a former coach with the Football Federation of Belize, was sent home on May twenty-first after being informed that his contract with the organization had been expired and would not be renewed. In an interview with Gabourel last week, he told News Five that monies that were paid to him prior to realizing […]
Over a week ago we reported on the two poachers discovered in the Chiquibul National Park about one point two kilometers east of the border in the area of Caracol. One of the poachers was captured; but both of their belongings were seized. Between the two, they were carrying seven scarlet macaw chicks. The sad […]
The coronavirus pandemic is changing education; from primary schools to universities, online learning is becoming the new norm. But the transition takes some getting used to for both students and instructors. Today, News Five’s Duane Moody set out the find out how the universities are handling virtual teaching. Duane Moody, Reporting COVID-19 has prompted a […]
While at the UWI, we caught up with Doctor Sharmayne Saunders, who has been elevated as the Head of the University of the West Indies, Open Campus in Belize City. She joined the university in 2008 and worked her way up the ranks to her latest appointment which assumed weeks ago. Saunders has an impressive […]
Belize and Uruguay are the two countries in this side of the world that are battling the novel coronavirus with success. On the other hand, Brazil has been experiencing an explosion in cases and is recording the second highest number of COVID-19 deaths globally. Now, for more than fifty days, the number of coronavirus cases […]
The quarantine process of persons entering Belize is working to contain the spread of the virus, but there is growing concern over the effectiveness of rapid tests, especially as it relates to the future reopening of borders and the P.G.I.A. to international visitors. News Five has been able to confirm that both patients nineteen and […]
Fifteen persons were on the manifest of the United Airlines flight that landed at the Philip Goldson International Airport on June twelfth. Among them were twelve repatriated Belizeans; the other three included a diplomat and two American nationals, who are relatives of Robert Hurley, the sixty-year-old man who was killed on his farm in San […]
Another group of Belizeans returned to the country early this morning via a cruise ship. The vessel docked at around seven o’clock off the coast of the Old Capital. The group of five was swabbed, samples collected and they were then placed under mandatory quarantine for the next fourteen days. Closer to the fourteenth day, […]
The three recent positive cases of the coronavirus have all been imported and health authorities say the country is not experiencing a second wave. But during a one-on-one interview today with Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, we asked whether Belize’s health system can manage a second COVID-19 wave, despite assistance from the Cuban […]
A man from Esperanza Village in western Belize remains hospitalized after he came under attack by someone he knew. Isaias Estrada’s hand was severed in a confrontation with Shane Jeal. The incident occurred over the weekend in the village when Estrada went to aid a neighbor, but ended up losing his hand and sustained injuries […]
In the south, the construction of a gas station at a prime location in Punta Gorda is coming into fierce opposition with every passing day. Objection to building of the service station is fueled by the sentiments that local businessmen are being put out of the market by the more affluent Chinese entrepreneurs who are […]
There is some consideration that the Unemployment Relief Programme will re-open as joblessness is on the increase. The initiative closed in April but since then hundreds others feeling the pain of having lost jobs. The biggest chunk of unemployed persons is in the tourism sector, more than five thousand lost their jobs in the food […]
The Prime Minister has said that Belize will get in the range of one hundred million dollars from the international financial institutions to assist with COVID-19. The funding, however, is coming in spurts as the economy continues to shrink. Kalilah Enriquez Reynolds is a well-known Belizean who is the Business Editor at Nationwide News Network […]
Households across the country are bracing for a price hike that is coming their way. The Central American importers, such as Gas Tomza, Zeta Gas and Belize Western Energy Limited can no longer bring in LPG and their fight is still before the courts. Today, the Belize Bureau of Standards released the listing of the […]
Aside from having to paying more for LPG, consumers will also get hit with a jump in the prices for gasoline. Regular fuel will increase by seventy-six cents per gallon to retail at eight dollars and eighty-four cents per gallon. The new prices go up at midnight, so you will be spending more for regular […]
There was a shooting incident in San Ignacio on Sunday night that has left a local marijuana dealer hospitalized with an injury to the upper leg. Sometime after eight o’clock on Sunday, a pair of men on a motorbike visited the home of Isaias Azueta where they inquired about purchasing weed. When he responded that […]
A businessman and a woman were robbed this past weekend in separate incidents that occurred in Hattieville and Belize City, respectively. Thea Gillett was making her way on foot along Marine Parade, in the vicinity of A+ Happy Hour Bar, when she was accosted and held at gunpoint by a trio of men. They stole […]
A fire has left Louis Belisle – an undertaker in Belize City – homeless, but he says he is lucky to be alive today. Belisle’s house, in which he lived for the past twenty-two years, caught fire on Sunday morning while he was asleep. He barely managed to make it outside without any injuries, but […]
There was another fire in the city; this one happened after eleven on Saturday night on Kut Avenue. Fire officials say the fire wiped out a mobile home where a man was living part-time. Station Supervisor of the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis tells us that they know exactly what caused this fire. Kenneth […]
It’s June fifteenth, an important date on the calendar for fishermen. It means it is the start of the lobster season. But this year, fishermen are not happy about the price of lobster. You’ll recall we told you on Friday night that fishermen are looking at twelve dollars a pound; this is less than fifty […]
The Christian Workers Union and the Port of Belize Limited are battling over salary cuts. In every sector, businesses have had to take cuts to survive. So the P.B.L. on Friday issued a press statement in which it said that it will go ahead to cut salaries of workers due to the financial challenges brought […]
An explosion of mosquitoes was felt everywhere on Friday evening and the rest of the weekend. Somehow, the mosquitoes felt more aggressive and seemed to be more intense. So today, we caught up with the Head of the Vector Control Unit at the Ministry of Health, Kim Bautista who says that there are two species […]
