One month after a man drowned in the sea off the Yarborough area, an investigation is being launched into his death. Refusing to back down from his insistence on transparency, today Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez announced that he has begun to look into the death of 24 year old Kelvin “Brambles” Barrow. On February 24th, Barrow […]
In Dangriga, Police are investigating the shooting death of 24 year old Jonathan Hines, a labourer of Belize City. According to Elroy Dougal, also of Belize City, sometime around 7:20 last night, he was at his mother’s house in the Rivas Estate area of Dangriga. He said he saw Hines pull out a small brown […]
Concern that there may be too many timber licenses and not enough trees for everyone to cut, led 75 members of the industry and personnel from the Forest Department to meet in Belmopan this week. While it is true that 79% of Belize is under some form of forest cover, 40% of this falls under […]
Creating a sustainable industry was also part of a workshop in fly fishing techniques in Rancho Dolores and St. Paul’s Bank in the Belize River Valley last week. The training is to help those communities take advantage of opportunities in the tourism industry. It included sessions on techniques as well as guiding skills and was […]
If you’re a fan of jazz, you’re in for a rare treat this Friday Night. The House of Culture is inviting you to a night of Jazz featuring the musical talents of six artists, Frank Rhys on keyboard and tenor sax, Luciano Rosado on trumpet, Carlos Perrote on Drums and Keyboard, Mark Phillips on guitar […]
The Alliance against Aids has launched an urgent appeal for supplies for those living with HIV/AIDS. The Alliance says more and more clients are coming into their center, Common Ground in Belize City, needing basic items such as toiletries, warm clothes, canned and easily prepared food, vitamins and tonic. According to their figures, one person […]
They do various projects all over Belize, but the Rockview Psychiatric Facility has a special place in their hearts. Today the Belize Hospital Auxilliary unveiled their latest project. News Five was there. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Improving the physical layout of the Rockview Hospital has been a goal set by the hospital administration for some time. […]
With an increasing number of reports of abuse and neglect, people’s first reaction is often to say, “remove the child from the home!” And while this is usually the Department of Human Development’s last resort, it does happen. What becomes of the children who have to be taken away from their family, or whose family […]
Police have arrested and charged three Jamaicans of Freetown Sibun Village for Weed cultivation. Horace Francis, Delroy Mullin and Peter Myers have all been arrested and charged for the Cultivation and Possession of Controlled Drugs. Yesterday around 6:00am, Police conducted the Anti-Drug Operation in Freetown Sibun Village, where they discovered 3,000 mature marijuana plants and […]
