After forty years in political life, of the nation, Said Musa announced his retirement on Tuesday. The two-term prime minister and area representative of the Fort George Division wrote to his constituents and the P.U.P. to say it was time to exit. He did it at his own timing and with his usual grace giving […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow today told News Five that Said Musa’s departure from the political arena is an end to an era. Like Musa, Barrow is also retiring from electoral politics this year and reminisced the early years when he met a young Musa as a lawyer and when they both entered politics. Barrow also […]
Also speaking on Musa’s legacy and political influence was senior U.D.P. politician Michael Finnegan. Finnegan and Musa got into many heated debates across the political aisle inside the National Assembly building in Belmopan. They would exchange blows but never on a personal note. Finnegan recounts Musa’s wittiness in the House and his lasting contributions to […]
The Fort George Executive is to meet tonight regarding Said Musa’s successor. No convention will be held and it is expected that the Party’s chairman Henry Charles Usher will be nominated to represent the P.U.P. in the division whenever the national elections are called. Usher has been working the division along with Musa for more […]
And while Musa is stepping aside, he is not going anywhere. He still plans to stay involved in the division though his activities may be limited and not the typical knocking on doors that characterized his way of keeping in touch with his constituents. His son, Caribbean Shores Area Representative, Kareem Musa, says his father […]
Just before news time, the new COVID 19 cases were updated by the Ministry of Health. There is now a total of one thousand three hundred and sixty five cases. As the positive cases climb so does the number of deaths, two more persons have died due to the virus putting the number of deaths […]
Concerns have been raised of swabbing exercises that are being conducted by health officials out in the open. Earlier today, a picture of persons being swabbed, presumably in Louisiana, Orange Walk District, began circulating, prompting the Director of Health Services to find out from personnel in the field whether they are doing so outdoors. Along […]
A team of health officials has been dispatched to Orange Walk District to assist personnel on the ground at that location with the local COVID response. The objective, says Dr. Manzanero, is to get a complete picture of the present situation in the north since Orange Walk has surpassed all other districts in the number […]
The Philip Goldson International Airport is on schedule to reopen on October first and previous measures that were being introduced for the initial startup date of August fifteenth have since been adjusted. According to D.H.S. Manzanero, there should be two rapid tests available within the next three weeks; PAHO would have to give its approval […]
Outgoing Port Loyola Area Representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez was out on the campaign trail in the Pickstock Division where he is set to succeed Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington as the U.D.P.’s candidate ahead of the upcoming general elections. But things got out of hand for Boots. While doing his rounds in the area, Martinez got into […]
Another video in circulation today shows a trio of officers restraining a civilian at the San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi Terminal earlier today over the proper use of his face mask. According to the individual, he was conversing with a woman who could not hear clearly what he was saying to her, therefore he […]
Going into the tenth September, the pump price for regular gasoline will increase by twenty-seven cents from eight dollars and sixty-two cents to eight dollars and eighty nine cents per gallon. Prices for premium gasoline will continue to retail at nine dollars and thirty six cents, kerosene at five dollars and forty-three cents and diesel […]
Over the years, we have been covering a lot of what goes on behind the walls of the Belize Central Prison. Tonight we bring you an uplifting story of two minors at the Wagner’s Youth Facility where minors are incarcerated. Both signed up for the Kaina Online Programme. Well today the two have defied the […]
For the past five months, Mexican investors in the Corozal Free Zone have been barred from entering Belize to check on their businesses due to the closure of the country’s borders, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As you know, the neighbouring Quintano Roo has been heavily affected by the COVID 19 with the number of cases […]
As for the state of the Corozal Free Zone, Hotchandani says that everything remains at a standstill and business owners continue to lose significant sums of money the longer the area remains closed. Anil Hotchandani, Vice Chairman, Corozal Free Zone “It continues at a standstill. We wrote a letter, just drafted a letter to […]
Back in June we told you about the Guatemalan poacher Profilio Ramirez Tirgeros who was shot in the leg inside the Chiquibul Forest Reserve. Tirgeros and another man were found with seven Scarlet Macaw chicks, as well as climbing equipment. The other man got away but the F.C.D. Patrol’s quick action led to Trigeros detention. […]
September tenth marks the World Suicide Prevention Day. To observe the day, the Ministry of Health will hold a “Light a Candle” event to raise awareness of suicide and suicide prevention. Those wishing to participate are asked to light a candle near a window at eight p.m. as a symbol of support for suicide prevention […]
Last week we showed you what it takes to feed the animals at the Belize Zoo. In our second part of the story – we give you a look at a critical part of the development programme for these animals. It’s a part of the work that the Zoo does to keep these animals physically […]
Since COVID-19 hit the Belize Zoo has been facing some tough financial times. They have had to close off to visitors for most of the past few months and have relied on donations. Since then they say that generous members of the public have helped to keep the animals fed. A group of tour guides […]
Tonight we start our newscast with the heroic story of P.C. Bernard Ical. He was lost in the jungle but today he is back like he never left, Ical tells us tonight about his six days ordeal in the jungles in southern Belize. He credits his S.P.U. training and his positive mindset as things that […]
And so there you heard it – the man who helped to steer P.C. Bernard Ical to safety at the observation post is none other than his commissioner who was aboard the helicopter on Monday. But even before that air search – the commissioner of Police says that he gave his word to Ical’s family […]
And so today ComPol Chester Williams had nothing but welcoming words for his officer, hailing him a brave man – but did that brave man adhere to the protocols on the ground? Some believe that if Ical had followed those protocols it could have all been prevented. News 5 received copies of statements allegedly made […]
This news just in; two-term Prime Minister and Fort George Area Representative, Said Musa, is retiring from electoral politics. The Right Honorable Said Musa met with P.U.P. Leader John Briceño to inform him of his decision to resign from the political life and step aside as the P.U.P. Fort George Standard Bearer. Musa has been […]
Turning to crime, there was another murder in the Old capital on Monday night; it occurred on the heels of two other killings over the weekend. Dangriga resident, Nelson “Ricky” Miguel, had moved to Belize City since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic in March. He was inside a car on Faber Road Extension […]
A shocking video has surfaced on social media of a very alarming situation occurring in the Belmopan area. The video was released by a concerned Belizean; police as well as the Human Development Department and Helpage Belize have met to review the situation. The video captures an elderly man, being shown into a house which […]
