On Tuesday, officials from the Public Service Union dropped a bombshell by announcing that according to their sources, the National Health Insurance scheme will be implemented as early as April first. But tonight, government officials tell News 5 that’s not so. According to Cabinet Secretary Robert Leslie, government is still in the process of analysing […]
A recent ruling by the Privy Council has had the effect of eliminating the death penalty in Belize and a number of other Caribbean nations. Today in its regular press briefing, Cabinet announced that it has asked the Attorney General to look into the legal implication of removing the Privy Council’s jurisdiction as the final […]
Four witnesses testified today before the Commission of Inquiry established to investigate the shooting death of three Guatemalans near the border in Toledo last year. The first witness to take the stand today was Assistant Inspector of Police and Officer in Charge of Toledo, Cardinal Smith. Smith gave his account of the day in question […]
A forty-one year old bicyclist has died after being knocked down on the Western Highway. On Tuesday, Carlos Humberto Carcamo of La Democracia Village, was riding his bike between miles thirty-one and thirty-two when he was struck by a Toyota van. The vehicle’s driver has been detained as part of the police investigation.
Representatives of indigenous groups from around the Americas are meeting at the OAS in Washington to draft a declaration of rights. The working group, which includes member country delegations, will attempt to create a draft document, which covers cultural development, as well as social, economic and political rights for descendants of the region’s earliest inhabitants. […]
Returning from a major international conference were Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos Garcia and Martha Carrillo of the National AIDS Commission. The two women attended a special forum on AIDS sponsored by the Interamerican Development bank held in Fortaleza, Brazil. Recognising the immense threat of the disease to the region’s development, Garcia and Carillo […]
One hundred and forty unemployed youths will soon get a chance to learn some marketable skills. This is thanks to an arrangement by the Ministry of Education to provide scholarships for apprenticeship training at a private facility in Ladyville. According to a ministry press release, the Tubal Training Institute at mile ten on the Northern […]
A fisherman from the Corozal District is tonight over eighty-two thousand dollars richer. Alberto Palmero, originally from Sarteneja but now living in Georgeville, told News 5 he was more than surprised when a quick pick ticket bought over the weekend won him a whole lotta cash. Alberto Palmero, Lotto Winner “I see my wife they […]
Week four of Karaoke Television was another cliffhanger as only two points separated the winner from the runner up. After six stirring performances, host William Neal announced the decision of the judges. William Neal, Host, KTV “The winner for tonight is…contestant number six, Cherrymae Flowers.” (Cherrymae sings “Independent Woman” by Destiny’s Child) Cherrymae Flowers joins […]
Each year since its inception in 1998 La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge has captured an increasing share of the public’s imagination–and attendance–over the ninth of March weekend. So much so that, barring a miracle, the traditional Belize Harbour Regatta is dead in the water. But before high-tech Kevlar canoes raced down the Belize River, […]
