Violence continues in Mahogany Heights. Today, a gunman shot seventeen-year-old Camron Hernandez, who later died from his injuries at the Western Regional Hospital. Hernandez was reportedly en-route to a bus stop along the George Price Highway when he was ambushed. News Five was told that one shot caught Hernandez to the shoulder, while a second […]
Corporal Kareem Martinez was dismissed from the Belize Police Department a few weeks ago in connection with the shooting death of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett. But Martinez is taking the Police Commissioner and the Department to court over his dismissal. Today, Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa spoke on the topic and News Five’s Marion Ali […]
First it was Columbus Day – which last year was removed from the 2021 calendar of public and bank holidays. Then two weeks ago, the list of holidays for 2022 had Commonwealth Day missing and the October twelfth holiday returned, but under a different name – Dia de la Raza. The decision was met with […]
Just a few weeks ago, the Belize Bank introduced its E-Kyash feature with a press conference and live demonstrations. Since then, more and more vendors are adding this form of payment to make it easier for customers to purchase their products and services. Paul Lopez was out in Belize City checking out the payment system, […]
Employees of Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital are all considered essential workers on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, the staff has been stretched thin. Lengthy working hours and less than favorable conditions have taken a toll on staff morale, but they remain committed to providing […]
The K.H.M.H. Workers Union is also in the process of formulating a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the management of the hospital authority to negotiate salaries and working conditions for employees who are members of the union. A CBA is important in the circumstance given the challenges that workers are presently facing due to the pandemic. […]
Topics that affect women are usually what make it to the fore of roundtable discussions, but today there was a shift in that focus to men. It falls in tandem on November nineteenth with International Men’s Day, which will bear the theme: Better Relations between Men and Women. At the core of the discourse are […]
This morning in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the C.C.J. bench ruled in favor of G.A. Roe and Sons Limited in an appeals case involving the Commissioner of Stamps. The matter stems from the purchase of a property from the Belize Bank at an auction and the stamp duty that was paid on that sale. The […]
After two weeks of negotiations at three different levels at the COP26, the Glasgow Package was released. It chronicled the agreements as well as pledges of over a hundred countries who participated in the United Nations conference on climate change, a global response to its effects and mitigation. An incremental advancement is how it is […]
From the Conference of the Parties in the U.K. to Virginia, U.S.A. Minister Orlando Habet and C.E.O. Doctor Kenrick Williams are with the Belize Heroes organization looking at ways to build on infrastructure and policy development for the National Fire Service in Belize. Belize Heroes, which is the brainchild of Belizean American fire-fighter Archibald Macfarlane, […]
A doctor is being praised for the heroic work she did at an accident scene last week. Doctor Sloane Gill was on her way to Belmopan when she encountered the crash scene. She immediately sprang into action as other medics were on their way. Unfortunately, a married couple passed away as a result of their […]
The Public Service Union is joining the chorus calling for the removal of Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat, amid what appears to be turmoil within his ministry. We reported on Friday that former board member Doctor Fernando Cuellar resigned from his post on the executive of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority, following […]
One of the controversial topics for the past couple of weeks has been the shortages that the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital continues to experience, followed soon thereafter by the criticism of the hospital’s board of directors, by Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat. His sharp comments resulted in the resignation of board members Doctor […]
U.D.P. leader Patrick Faber today reiterated the Opposition’s call for Michel Chebat to step down as the Minister of Health and Wellness. Citing the recent increase in COVID-related deaths, a lack of COVID enforcement, and the shortage of meds at the public hospitals, to name a few, Faber is calling for Prime Minister John Briceño […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Workers Union is arguably the youngest labor organization to join the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, having been established a few years ago. Three years after its first president was elected to office, the union is once again in the process of voting for a new executive. The election […]
A new mandate comes into effect on December fifteenth, requiring all public officers and essential workers to be inoculated with at least the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to be allowed access to their workplace. The authoritative order issued by C.E.O. Rolando Zetina via circular, is being met with objection from the […]
In speaking with News Five this evening, Flowers also called out the private sector for the purported double standard where vaccine mandates are concerned. He says that the business community objected loudly to similar measures being imposed on employees within the private sector but that it seemingly supports the position being taken by government for […]
Earlier in our newscast, we heard from Doctor Fernando Cuellar on his views of the Minister of Health’s comments regarding the K.H.M.H. Board. Doctor Cuellar was a part of the K.H.M.H. executive up until last week when he tendered his resignation with immediate effect. He explained that the defining moment when he decided to step […]
Dr. Cuellar also criticized the structure of the Ministry of Health and shared his view that the ministry ought to be restructured. Dr. Fernando Cuellar, Former Board Member, K.H.M.H. “We have gone through exercises. We’ve spent millions of dollars talking about health reform and how this thing fi work but there’s been no political […]
On Monday, ten COVID-related deaths were recorded and share during the daily report issued by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The alarming number of deaths reported in one day sent shockwaves across the country. Today, the ministry issued a release clarifying the manner in which data for COVID-19 deaths are compiled and reported in […]
Today, the Belize Police Department destroyed twenty-five bales of cocaine confiscated during the drug bust in Bladen, Toledo District earlier this month. Eight hundred and twenty-two kilos of narcotics contained in almost seven hundred parcels were cut open, tested and then destroyed by fire. The media was once again there to witness the destruction headed […]
ACP Alford Grinage took over as Commander of National Operations after Assistant Commissioner Vidal was transferred from that post. This is because several members of his team were implicated during the drug plane landing. Eleven persons in total have been charged since then, including four police officers: Sergeant George Ferguson, Corporal Elmer Nah, and police […]
But, there is one aspect of the narco-eleven bust that U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte says is not being talked about enough. When the initial four police officers responded to the illicit landing, they came under heavy gunfire, possibly from their own colleagues. Here is what Peyrefitte had to say at today’s U.D.P. press conference. […]
The Minister of Health and Wellness is not the only one the U.D.P. wants to see out of office. Party Chairman and U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte says the Minister of Home Affairs and his C.E.O. have got to go. Addressing the issue of crime and violence, Peyrefitte asserted that Minister Kareem Musa and C.E.O. Kevin […]
Peyrefitte, the former Minister of Police under the Barrow Administration, went on to challenge Minister Musa about the current state of affairs in the Police Department, accusing him and his C.E.O. of lacking the ideas and vision to steer the department forward. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “This is what Kareem Musa said two years […]
