The government of the United Kingdom has demonstrated that although it no longer keeps two thousand soldiers and six Harrier jets in Belize, it is committed to helping the nation defend itself. This morning British High Commissioner Tim David and Minister of National Security Jorge Espat signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Britain will […]
While the Minister of National Security was having no problem in procuring equipment for his troops, he has had considerably less success in keeping it out of the hands of thieves. News 5’s Jose Sanchez asked Espat about the four recent thefts from the police and BDF. Jorge Espat “It is unfortunate, it is embarrassing […]
Two men are in custody tonight, believed to be part of a trio of thugs who robbed a farm and shot one of its workers. On Tuesday afternoon Jermaine Rhaburn was at his job on the Kim Chee Farm in Gardenia Village when three men tied him up and robbed the farm house. Apparently not […]
When a Port Loyola resident heard a loud noise outside his home around four-thirty this morning it may not have been gunshots… but the disaster was no less disturbing. Clifford White told News 5 that while he slept, his 1991 Dodge Caravan was fire bombed in his yard off Caesar Ridge Road. Clifford White “Apparently […]
Efforts to restore confidence in Belize’s system of justice are beginning to pay off, as on Monday a new judge of the Supreme Court will be welcomed to the bench. The entire court will sit in special session to swear in Samuel Lungole-Awich as the fourth sitting justice in the high court. Lungole-Awich was educated […]
A traditional attraction for joining the U.S. Navy is summed up in the slogan: “See the world”. And the same may be said for the navy of the Republic of China on Taiwan. On Monday of next week three ships of the Taiwanese Navy will drop anchor in Belize City harbour and stay for a […]
The transition of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital from direct government control to semi-autonomous status will take effect on April first. Today the Public Service Union met with management and senior staff of the K.H.M.H. as well as CEOs in the Ministries of Health and Public Service to discuss how the change will effect the […]
Nearly one hundred union members working at the Port Authority will finally receive salary increments. This morning another round was fought in the long running battle between the Port Authority and representatives of the Christian Workers Union, and while the union claims to have received some low blows, in the end at least some agreement […]
It’s almost three weeks since the People’s United Party, in a highly controversial race between three well known candidates, selected its standard bearer for the Collet Division. Today the United Democratic Party had a much simpler task as it endorsed twenty-two year old school teacher Patrick Faber as its unopposed nominee to contest the upcoming […]
Week six of Karaoke TV was a close contest between a number of talented singers. Here’s how the night ended. Williams Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “And the winner is Nalleli Rodas from Orange Walk, who sang “The Greatest Love of All.” (Nalleli sings an encore) The fourteen year old Rodas, a student at Muffles College […]
The Belize Council for the Visually Impaired has for years been providing the public with low cost high quality eye care… and with the recent opening of its new clinic near the K.H.M.H. that service has moved to the next level. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The eye clinic that occupies the Lion’s building […]
