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Manhunt for accused child offender

Reports reaching News Five late this evening are that the Criminal Investigations Branch is on the look out for one Carlos Milan. Reports are that Milan, who is a Biology teacher of St. John’s College and proprietor of Belama Fruits and Vegetables, was caught naked in bed with his seven year old stepdaughter. According to […]

P.M. in US on corruption seminar

Prime Minister Said Musa is attending a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on corruption. The conference, sponsored by the Carter Center, is called “Transparency for Growth: Fighting Corruption in the Americas”. During the three-day session, regional leaders will look at the causes and effects of corruption and relate these to their individual country’s strategy for combating […]

Government amnesty program to begin

Processing centers will be opened later this month to help undocumented immigrants obtain their permanent residence as part of the government’s amnesty initiative. The program, which will last for six weeks, will be carried out at facilities nationwide. Anyone who has lived in Belize continuously for four years, has married a Belizean or has a […]

Guatemala re-opens borders to Belize’s citrus

Belize will once again export citrus to Guatemala. According to the Ministry of Agriculture Belize had always met certain export standards, but when restrictions were heightened earlier this year to prevent the spread of the Brown Citrus Aphid, Belize’s citrus harvest became prohibited. Guatemala had established an emergency quarantine, but at a meeting in Guatemala […]

Y.E.S. gets Janus funding

The Youth Enhancement Services received a donation for their catering program from the Janus Foundation. The gift of almost fifteen thousand dollars was handed over by Janus President Gabrielle Wollensack to the Minister of Human Development, Women and Youth Dolores Balderamos Garcia today at Y.E.S. in Ladyville. The funds are to assist the students complete […]

Drug prevention campaign focuses on parenting

The curfew is designed to protect children from harm on the streets, but how do we protect kids from the very things they see so many adults abusing like drugs and alcohol? While the National Drug Abuse Control Council is the first to admit that there are no easy solutions, they say as a parent […]

Belizeans keeping healthy with aerobics

For years many Belizean women have stayed in shape by taking aerobics classes, and recently the popular workout known as Taebo, which has taken the United States fitness world by storm, has also gained a following here in Belize. But like so many other things that will be affected by the passage of the copyright […]

Channel 5 seeking cameraman/editor

Channel 5 is looking for a cameraman/editor to work in our news/production departments. Must have experience in a broadcast environment. Reply to personnel director at gbtv@btl.net.