They represent more than four hundred tour guides, tour operators, and hoteliers and today, the Belize Tourism Industry Association is not happy. After taking a good look at the contract signed between the Carnival Corporation and the Government of Belize, the BTIA is seeing red. According to the organization’s President, Steve Schulte, the clauses contained […]
Just two months after a price hike, the cost of butane has gone up again, by five dollars. According to the Ministry of Fisheries, Cooperatives, Commerce and Industry, the new charges for a one hundred pound cylinder are as follows: Belize City: eighty-three dollars Belmopan: eighty-five dollars San Ignacio: eighty-six dollars Benque Viejo: eighty-seven dollars […]
And if Belize Electricity Limited has its way, pretty soon, Belizean consumers will also be paying more for power. In a press release issued by the electricity company today, BEL says it has applied to the Public Utilities Commission for permission to raise its rates. BEL says the changes in their prices per kilowatt hour […]
Police are tonight looking for two men involved in separate incidents of forgery. According to authorities, for an unspecified period of time, checks in the name of Allan Lucario, valued at more than three thousand dollars were cashed through the Bank of Nova Scotia. It wasn’t until last Saturday that the unlucky customer, area representative […]
Tonight a twenty-one year old Belize City woman is hospitalised after she was shot in front of her home. Kareema Robinson told News 5 that around eleven thirty last night, she was about to enter her yard on Morning Glory Street when a bullet, apparently not intended for her, found its mark in her right […]
Their motto is: “Helping People to Help Themselves” but in an effort to introduce the services being offered by the Ministry of Human Development, and make the process easier, the Ministry has embarked on an ambitious public education campaign. The initiative is in the form of an Educational Forum on Social Services. Human Resources Development […]
They have relied heavily on the generosity of friends to get state of the art medical equipment, and this week, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is once again the recipient of another important donation. According to Dr. Francis Smith, the new orthopaedic implants and instruments will help the KHMH put patients back on their feet. […]
For the young and the young at heart, seeing an African elephant, an Asian tiger or even a Peruvian llama in real life is a source of great excitement. But with these amazing animals comes the possibility of diseases which might affect our local animal population. News 5’s Patrick Jones explains. Patrick Jones Reporting The […]
In the eyes of many, all the men and women who aimlessly wander the streets of Belize can easily be dismissed as “crazy”, “crack heads” or “drunkards”. But passing judgment is a lot easier than confronting the problem of mental illness in this country. And as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered, more than medicines, patients […]
