The medical partnership programme with the Cuban Government may have offset the impact of an alarming deficiency in healthcare providers in Belize, but tonight local authorities maintain that the issue still requires urgent attention. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Officials hope that by the year 2015, a healthy number of doctors, nurses, and other care providers fill […]
A convicted killer will have to wait two more days to hear his fate after sentencing was delayed today in the Belize City Supreme Court. Twenty-one year old Jermaine Pascascio was found guilty of the murder of Inez “Blankie” Leal in early February and was scheduled to be sentenced today. However, following mitigation pleas by […]
It’s a scenario that plays out daily in offices across Belize … grown men and women begging for a handout. But in Magistrate’s court today, one such hustler found himself on the wrong side of the law after he jacked a woman’s purse. Reports are that nineteen year old Akeem Tillett had routinely gone into […]
Belize’s reputation as a connoisseur of exotic delicacies is well known … with the royal rat story at the top of the list. But tonight News Five takes a look at another popular local dish: the iguana, also known as bamboo chicken. The reptile is plentiful this time of the year, but conservationists worry that […]
Just in time for the Easter celebrations, today local concert organisers welcomed a Caribbean gospel group to Belize. News Five’s Karla Vernon was part of the reception committee in Ladyville. Karla Vernon This afternoon the Grace Thrillers Gospel Band arrived at the P.G.I.A. for a one night concert at the Belize City Centre this Saturday. […]
From the established to the aspiring, today the members of the Backyawd Crew visited our studios to promote their attempt to break onto the Belizean music scene. Here are the highlights of their CD: Ancient of Days. Shane Espat ?That just mek I feel good because then this da weh I want shub through inna […]
They are a relatively new company, but Ready Call Centre is fast developing a reputation as being controversial. Sources inside the company tell News Five that after a company meeting on Thursday night, a manager and at least two senior supervisors resigned in protest of a managerial decision to fire a number of agents. Today […]
