In a bizarre twist to the story, prior to the killing, Pais had gone to the home of Cayo broadcasting personality Kent Pandy and asked him to record a statement he wanted to make. Pandy did so, but as the details of what Pais planned to do became clear, Pandy tried to dissuade Pais and […]
There was an apparent murder in Corozal on Thursday night, but so far police have no leads. Officers responded to a call from the Chimal home in the Finca Solana area. Guadalupe Chimal showed police the lifeless body of her husband, Angel, who was lying face up with a large open wound to his body. […]
The family of David Castillo is frustrated that five days after his remains were found, they are still unable to bury their loved one. Castillo went missing on the night of August twelfth after he left a fast food shop, located just a short distance from his house on Faber’s Road. His remains were found […]
Since the start of the teen vaccinations in Belize District on Monday, approximately two thousand three hundred children ages twelve to seventeen received their first jab of the Pfizer vaccine. Today, a News Five team heading to Swift Hall in the Saint Martin De Porres area where adult and teen vaccinations were underway with support […]
Smart Belize has weighed in on the controversy surrounding its successful bid for a government contract to provide licensing for Microsoft products to the Government of Belize. Today, the company issued a release responding to a Digi Interoffice memo that has been circulating on social media. Smart Belize says it wishes to state the facts […]
On Thursday we heard from Minister of Health and Wellness, Michel Chebat, that veterinarian Doctor Michael Tewes had been chosen as the new C.E.O. of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. But just a few hours later, the K.H.M.H. issued a statement saying the post had not been filled. So we checked today to find out […]
Tonight we report on an impasse in the northern sugar belt between the millers and cane farmers. The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has given notice to A.S.R./B.S.I. that it is terminating the commercial agreement. The agreement expires on January nineteenth, 2022 and the B.S.C.F.A. says that it is taking advantage of a clause in […]
The Public Service Union is calling out the Government of Belize over unpaid overtime for public officers. The P.S.U. says for the last two months they have registered the concerns of shift workers, including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, emergency technicians, and lab technologists but so far the situation has not been rectified. The union says that […]
The Prime Minister was out in the field today checking the progress of an electrification project for an area across the river from Orange Walk Town. It is part of a larger development plan for the area known as Petville which currently only has a handful of residents. But the Prime Minister says there is […]
On August eighteenth, cabinet endorsed the timeline of activities set out by the Statistical Institute of Belize to prepare for the May 2022 Population and Housing Census. Cabinet also agreed to provide the necessary funding to conduct the survey. It had been scheduled for 2020, but viewers may remember, it was postponed because of COVID. […]
A letter has been sent to Chief Environmental Officer Martin Alegria requesting access to several documents regarding the Environmental Compliance Plan for the Stake Bank project. Viewers may recall that a suit is presently before the Supreme Court involving Port Coral, the Attorney General, NEAC and the Department of Environment with Portico signed on as […]
Developer David Gegg, who has been in the tourism industry for almost forty years, also addressed the need for a cruise facility to be constructed on the mainland. Aside from being the founding director of Portico Enterprises, a special purpose vehicle for the realization of Port of Magical Belize, Gegg emphasizes that in order for […]
Last night we told you about the claims a group called the Garifuna Nation are making against the Government of Belize. Headed by Cynthia Ellis, Garifuna Nation says the Garinagu people are being pushed out of land that their ancestors have settled for over two centuries. According to a release from the group, the government […]
Garifuna Nation is now calling on G.O.B. to take a hands-off approach to settle Garifuna lands across the country, until those lands are properly demarcated. According to Ellis, Garifuna Nation is prepared to leave no stone unturned in its effort. On the Phone: Cynthia Ellis, Ambassador, Garifuna Nation “We are going to turn over […]
Rugby is not as popular a team sport in Belize as basketball, soccer or even volleyball. In fact there are only six rugby teams in the entire country. But that’s not stopping Tony Gillings from putting together a national selection to represent the Jewel in the upcoming World Rugby Tournament. The competition is set to […]
A survey conducted on COVID vaccine hesitancy in the Caribbean shows that much of the same reluctance people in Belize have to take the vaccine also exists among people in other territories and countries. Today, the Caribbean Public Health Agency released the results of the survey, in which six countries took part. There was some […]
On Thursday, the Director of Lab Services at the Central Health Region, Doctor Geraldine Morazan was on hand along with Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat to accept a donation of two GenExpert machines from PAHO/WHO. But that may have been the last time that Morazan publicly represents the ministry in that capacity because […]
The University of Belize and the Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association have signed an agreement for TASA to construct a terrestrial trail system, pier and a docking facility on the Calabash Caye Field Station. A statement from UB says the partnership allows for the sharing of expertise in marine conservation and research for the development of […]
Highly anticipated events like the Carnival Road March and the J’ouvert are staples of the September Celebration festivities that draw in spectators from across the country and the diaspora, not to mention tourists. Those activities for the past two years have been postponed or gone virtual as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But as […]
On Wednesday, reports that a couple had been given special privileges by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to hold their wedding ceremony at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel sparked outrage on social media. Many feel while the police are breaking up much smaller family functions, this one had the blessing of the […]
The investigation into the murders of police officer Arilee Young and her teenage daughter is already wrapping up. The probe into the double murder and suicide on Fourth Street last Saturday has determined that the thirty-seven-year-old mother of two was shot and killed, along with Sherana Cardenas, by twenty-six-year-old Robert Glen Perriott. Despite both families […]
A funeral service for thirty-seven-year-old Arilee Young, the police officer who was shot and killed by her boyfriend last Friday, will be held on August twenty-seventh at the Santa Elena Cemetery. The memorial mass for the slain cop will fall within the existing COVID regulations which means that the pageantry that traditionally accompanies the interment […]
Police have made arrests in two of the shocking child rape cases this week. A twenty-year-old from San Pedro, Alejandro Choc has been charged with two counts of rape of a child for an incident that occurred on the island on Saturday. They have also arrested thirty-two-year-old Jeffrey Daniel Gillett and charge him with two […]
Today, word circulated that Doctor Michael Tewes has been chosen as the new C.E.O. of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Tewes, a veterinarian by profession, would be replacing Michelle Cox-Hoare whose contract was not renewed. And while some people have questioned the professional vet’s appointment, saying it hints of nepotism since he has family members […]
Last week, lab technicians at the Central Health Lab declared they would not work anymore overtime hours because they had not been paid for the overtime accrued since June. The President of the Nurses Association, Darrell Spencer, came out in defence of the lab technicians, saying that it was high time others in the field […]
