For the third time in less than four weeks, officials are engaged in a search and rescue mission at sea. Details remain sketchy, but tonight we understand a tourist who arrived in Belize today on a cruise ship was out snorkelling with his wife and brother about a mile south east of Caye Caulker in […]
The B.E.L. bombshell of yet another hike in rates seems to have caught everyone by surprise… everyone except the folks at the Public Utilities Commission. According to chairman Dr. Gilly Canton, during the full tariff review process that brought new rates into effect on July first, a contingency clause, called a threshold event, was incorporated […]
In light of the most recent chapters of the bus wars, the brutal reality of the importance of the country’s transport system is now at the forefront of the government’s consciousness… and tonight there is news to report regarding the future of the Novelo’s Bus Company. Reliable sources tell News Five that there is a […]
A B.D.F. solider sentenced this week in absentia for ammunition offences has turned himself in to authorities. Former Belize Defence Force soldier, thirty-seven year old Eloy Hemmans was thought to have fled the country after he failed to appear in Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to face a charge of prohibited ammunition. Hemmans was found guilty […]
A teenager has been arrested and charged following a beat-down in Belize City that sent another youth to the hospital. Seventeen year old Miguel Angel Chacon, is described by police as the ring leader of a group of men who beat and robbed two young men at the Belize City Centre. According to the authorities, […]
With one allegation of police brutality after the next and perceived corruption throughout the ranks, the Belize Police Department has had a tough time establishing and maintaining good community relations, especially in hotspots like Belize City. But as I found out this morning, there are pockets of cooperation scattered across the country whose efforts have […]
Tonight preparations continue in earnest for the official consecration of Reverend Canon Philip Wright as Bishop for the Anglican diocese of Belize. Presiding over the ceremony will be Archbishop of the West Indies Drexel Gomez. This afternoon Archbishop Gomez called on Anglicans to work with the clergy as only through unity can the work of […]
Medical care in Belize has undergone tremendous transformation, but as we found out this afternoon, some of the doctors and nurses in the country are continuously striving to improve their skills so as to serve the public with the latest methods in medicine. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Resuscitation courses aren?t new to Belize, but this week?s […]
Across the country tonight, Garinagu, and the Garifuna at heart, are preparing to mark this year’s Settlement Day with dance, music, food, and tradition. Here in the city, some of our youngest citizens left the books behind to experience that culture first hand. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting With November nineteenth only […]
As anyone who has had to endure the painful process that is a trip to the land?s office in Belmopan will tell you, any improvement in the system is greatly appreciated. And this morning, during official ceremonies in the Corozal District, residents of Sarteneja reaped the benefits of those improvements as eight hundred land certificates […]
