The Chiquibul Forest has been under attack for decades by Guatemalans who cut and pillage Belize’s resources for profit. As a matter of routine, the illegal clearings and campsites are used by loggers as well as those who harvest xate plants, just inside Belize’s border. But it seems that the situation is flaring up and […]
While the B.D.F. was patrolling in the west, the Belize Coast Guard was called out on a rescue mission. On Thursday morning the Coast Guard responded to a distress call to save three persons whose thirty eight foot vessel hit an unidentified object and started to sink near the Turneffe Atolls. The Coast Guard was […]
The government has now twice nationalized Belize Telemedia, as it says, for public purpose. But will the public really profit from the acquisition? In our last poll we asked viewers if they think the consumers or lawyers will reap the benefits. Seventy-six percent voted that the lawyers on both sides of the legal battle will […]
Just before news time this evening, the Belize Chamber of Commerce ratified a resolution that will land at the prime minister’s office. It follows government’s actions in respect of the renationalization of Telemedia on July fourth. While the floor was open to comments, there were no takers and the matter proceeded to the vote. Of […]
There’s a lot of talking going on at the Ministry of Works… so much so that the Ministry’s telephone bill will make you grasp for some air. We came across some rather interesting information from the last budget. MOW had an approved budget for an actual expenditure of two hundred and ninety-three thousand, seven hundred […]
During the past two weeks we’ve reported on several incidences in which landowners lost their properties to fraudsters who used forgery and a willing Justice of the Peace who signed and placed the JP seal on documents to sell off the properties. The name that kept popping up is Angel Moriera, the JP. Moriera’s name […]
Issues of the Justices of the Peace could have been solved years ago. According to Madrid, a former P.U.P. city councilor, in 2006, the council gave an office to the JP association inside the Commercial Center. He said the association was kicked out and they discussed with the then attorney general the way forward and […]
It’s been a bad week for cops. Yannic Wade is under question for Carnal Knowledge of a fifteen year old girl, who gave birth on Thursday. He hasn’t been charged but another cop did go before the courts today and learned that he will have to stand trial in the October session of the Supreme […]
Glenford Adolphus, better known as Easy Glenn, is an outspoken former employee of the Belize City Council and a well known face around the city. You’ll probably remember the U.D.P. activist from many television appearances, but tonight he is in the news for an old debt he hasn’t paid. Easy Glenn was picked up this […]
But there’s other news; twenty Belizean women from across the country are participating in a two day Marketing workshop. The Institute of Mexico collaborated with the University of Quintana Roo to hold its first workshop which was held in March of this year. Building on the success of the first workshop, the second round, entitled […]
The Cooperative Department and the Peace Corps signed a memorandum of understanding today. For the next two years six Peace Corps, one per district, will be working in Belize to help develop the full potential of the respective cooperatives. News Five was at the program launch today. Nina Hernandez, Country Manager, Peace Corps “Our interest […]
The Football Federation of Belize has been in and out of court this week trying to settle with the National Sports Council over the use of the sporting facilities in the country. But in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the national selection played a warm up game against Honduras’ Marathon and the Belize team overwhelmed the […]
Belizean athletes have been performing top notch in the international arena; most recently in Special Olympics Games, World Cup Qualifiers, Karate and the under seventeen COCABA tournament. Well, today we can add athletics to that list because a group has returned from competitions in Costa Rica and El Salvador with over twenty medals. Two of […]
In more sporting news, the Belize Karate Federation (BKF) is participating in the Iberoamerican Karate Championships in Managua, Nicaragua. This is the first time that our athletes are taking part in Iberoamerican sporting championships that are contested by Spain and Latin American countries and are considered equivalent to the Commonwealth games. The BKF has sent […]
It’s a payday weekend and we suggest you treat yourself to something special. So tonight Safiyyah will take you shopping at some of the best boutiques around town to find out what’s hot in summer fashion.
