Dilma Cano is the young mother from Sittee River who was referred to the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan for emergency care when she began having complications with her pregnancy. Twenty four hours after her admission to the hospital on April twenty-ninth, Cano delivered a stillborn after twenty six weeks of pregnancy. But if that […]
But there is some good news to the health of the nation. And that’s because a U.N.D.P. study finds that the prevalence rate of Aids is a two point three percent and that there is a decrease in new infections in comparison to the 2009 figures when a little over five thousand cases were reported. […]
Drivers across the country have a little over two weeks to remove dark tints from their vehicles. A statutory instrument will come into effect to regulate tinting, a measure taken to deter criminals from hiding behind the tint to conceal their identity. In the following story, News Five’s Isani Cayetano looks at the acceptable level […]
The House meets this Friday in Belmopan. The government will be pushing forward five new bills to address the murderous crime rate which continues to climb with alarming speed. The bills include controversial issues such as the re-introduction of preventative detention, which is bundled in one package that is called the Eight Constitutional Amendment Bill. […]
While Cardona’s seating arrangements in the House is under question, one man who will be sitting at the head of the table is Gulab Sharma. Sharma, a Corozal businessman operating Kunal Enterprises at the Commercial Free Zone and a close ally of the Minister of Health, has been handpicked as the new Chairman of the […]
The notorious figure Darien Banks has been before the courts too many times to mention, but most recently he was charged along with his wife Desiree Barrow Banks. Trial began today against the couple on charges of Drug Trafficking, Kept Prohibited Firearm and Kept Prohibited Ammunition. They were both arrested following a search at their […]
An argument over a basketball game almost turned fatal for twenty-one year old Donovan P. Carter on April thirtieth in the Japan area of Ladyville and today a sixteen year old minor was charged with Attempted Murder. The teen was arraigned in the Belize Family Court and has been remanded to the Youth Hostel until […]
Matching weapons and bullets, tracing their origins to Belize are all pieces of the puzzle that investigators face when dealing with shooting incidents. Many times the gun histories and their owners remain unknown but one northern neighboring country is hoping it can help our security forces become more efficient. On Tuesday, officials from the governments […]
Today, twenty-nine year old Ann Bradley of King Street stopped by our studio because she said she’s come under unnecessary pressure by the cops. Since the end of April, Bradley said she has been the target of harassment since police zeroed in on her and most recently she was charged for a miniscule point four […]
There is a week or a month dedicated to the people whose work although significant, usually goes unappreciated. Nurses are amongst the professionals whose work, though vital, also goes unrewarded. That’s why this week is being celebrated as Nurses Week for the country’s five hundred plus nurses. A ceremony was held earlier today at the […]
Haiti is the second largest island in the Greater Antilles which is still recovering from a seven point three earthquake a little over a year ago but it is getting ready to install a new president in the next few days. While most of us still have images of destruction and despair, the Travelling Caribbean […]
But there’s another film to be released on Thursday. The Belizean Audubon Society and Healthy Reefs Initiative have teamed up for a public screening of the “Someday is Now” video. The two organizations joined forces for the participatory video to highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy Coastal Zone and Ecosystem, which they say are […]
