Contention between various stakeholders within the cruise tourism industry over a much debated contract awarded by Carnival Cruise Line to Chukka/Bakabush Tours continued today with the parties involved weighing in their positions. CEO in the Ministry of Tourism, Mike Singh, for his part convened a morning press conference to clarify statements he made to News […]
According to Singh there are several independent tour operators including Cave-tubing.com that are successful at securing business without being contracted to any particular cruise line. However, Yonni Rosado, who owns and operates that company, publicly stated at yesterday’s FECTAB AGM that he is going out of business as a result of the current agreement Carnival […]
Dengue has been in our midst for many decades and because of our geographical location and landscape, it is expected to remain in the country permanently. But since its presence, this year has proven to be one of the most deadly. The high demand for beds for dengue cases at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, […]
It’s no secret that the crime situation in Belize has spiraled out of control and the government is grasping at straws to find solutions to the problem. But nothing seems to be working so now GOB has resorted to stiffer penalties for firearm offences. On this morning’s Open Your Eyes, Attorney Michael Peyrefitte broke down […]
The murder of Shelmadine Sanchez and Ivan Francis, last weekend, in separate incidents were supposedly linked due to the fact that they were both witnesses to homicide. As a result, NEWS FIVE posed the question: Should Belize invest in a witness protection program? A total of two hundred twenty-two voters weighed in and of that […]
The term frenemy has recently been added to the dictionary to describe a person who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy. Why bring that up you might ask…well an incident on the Hattieville/Boom Road just might exemplify the nature of such a relationship. Jarrett Tablada—a twenty-eight year-old BDF soldier—was charged today […]
For more than four months he has remained at large after he broke out of the Hattieville Correctional Facility. And since then he was thought to be back in the United States, but now it is reported that thirty five year old Dennis Quilter was hiding out on Belizean soil all along. The notorious figure, […]
There’s a bad case of sticky fingers going around and crimes of dishonesty keep popping up in court. Today Devon Neal and Darren Jones both appeared in Magistrate Court, charged with theft and burglary respectively. Neal was accused of snatching a gold chain from around the neck of thirty-five year old Shelly Moss as she […]
The Belize Tourism Board, in light of the ongoing dispute among tour operators, has expressed a need for standards to be implemented which should level the playing field within the industry. This comes in the wake of assertions that there are tour operators that have not been paying fees for the use of NICH facilities […]
If you love coffee as well as art, then the following story will be double shot of caffeine for your palate. The Art Gallery and Coffee Shop at the corner of Princess Margaret and Coney Drive in Belize City is the venue for an exhibition opening right now called the Coffee Collection. The Coffee Collection […]
If you ever ride on public transportation, you can expect to see buses moving outside their scheduled runs, the aisles filled with standees and no trash bins to place garbage on long journeys. According to the Department of Transport, there are many established regulations that have been broken by several companies. According to the department’s […]
The Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage was created in June. Since its formation, it has acquired membership from the Belize Tourism Industry Association, San Pedro’s Mayor Elsa Paz, the Association of Protected Areas Management Organization, OCEANA and COLA amongst others. The fast growing group which is calling for the government to ban offshore oil […]
Around eighty youths visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (K.H.M.H.) over the past two days to take advantage of the Rotary Club’s Gift of Life clinic. The program is financed by the Rotary’s signature fundraisers—the annual raffle and play. Today News Five saw the fruits of those fundraising efforts when we visited the clinic and […]
