Police are tonight looking for two people who held up an employee of Grace Kennedy this evening. According to financial controller Bernard Pickwood, the company’s messenger was on his way to deposit the proceeds of the day’s sales at the nearby branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia on the Northern Highway. But before the […]
It was derided by the Opposition as a pliable tool of government, but the Senate Special Select Committee appointed to investigate the operation of the Social Security Board appears to be going about its work with both speed and diligence. A release today summarizing the committee’s third private meeting, held on Wednesday, reports as follows: […]
With Belize’s financial status now under the microscope, both domestically and internationally, the country is faced with the difficult task of convincing its lenders that the nation is on the road back to financial health. That’s the message coming out of Belmopan tonight following annual meetings in Washington, D.C. with the International Monetary Fund, the […]
This month, the Government of Belize announced that supervision of the country’s credit unions would be moved from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to the Ministry of Finance, specifically, the Central Bank. The shift has created some confusion as traditionally Belize’s membership owned credit unions have been regulated much less stringently than the nation’s […]
We are well acquainted with the large corps of dedicated doctors and nurses from Cuba who work in Belize…but there is another group of volunteers, less well known perhaps, who also serve with distinction. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you have been to the Accident and Emergency at the Karl Heusner […]
While News 5 was at the Karl Heusner Memorial hospital this morning, our crew decided to check in on thirteen-year-old Stanwell Arana. The boy, who was severely beaten and left to die almost two weeks ago, was being tended by his fifteen-year-old sister. Conscious but tired, he managed to smile with his visitors and eat […]
A fifth person has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of twenty-five year old Nadir Husman. According to authorities, their ongoing investigations into Husman’s death have led them to twenty-nine year old Elrington Ottley of Marble Cone Avenue in Buttonwood Bay. Ottley has been charged with murder and remanded to […]
Investigations continue tonight into a series of shootings in the area of Kraal Road that have left two people recovering from gunshot wounds. According to police, the first call reporting gunfire came in at seven Wednesday night at a snack shop. No one was injured but officers noted that the glass door on a refrigerator […]
The initiative known as Youth for the Future has never been short of publicity…but beyond the hype of buzzwords like “empowerment,” “technology transfer” and “entrepreneurial training,” there are questions about just how effective the programme has been. Today, News 5’s Patrick Jones attended the final session of a three week seminar designed to teach young […]
