On Sunday night, armed men held up at gun point Orange Walk businessman, Rosendo “Chendo” Urbina Junior and his wife Becky as they were leaving their secluded house in the Honey Camp area. The couple and immediate family members have since fled the country to the United States. It’s a major story because Chendo is […]
The seizure of a hundred and eleven bricks of cocaine which resulted in the incarceration of Mexican national Martin Rafael Urias is attributed to a team of law enforcement officers on training near the Belize/Guatemala Border last Thursday. Those officers were deployed to the Belize/Mexico Border where they continued training with the US Customs Border […]
After collecting eighteen thousands signatures in a nationwide campaign, the Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage through OCEANA triggered a referendum on the question “Do you agree to oil exploration and drilling offshore and in its protected areas?” OCEANA is also requesting that the question be put to the people simultaneously with the March seventh […]
The government has said the referendum is not binding and that it is only one of two roadblocks in front of the coalition. There is dissent and one of its members has broken rank triggering an internal natural disaster that the organizers tried to clean up during the conference. The Ya’axche Conservation Trust, which manages […]
A B.D.F. volunteer sergeant was found dead this morning at his house in San Ignacio. There were telltale signs that Thomas Reyes made have taken his own life. A note and gun were found nearby. San Ignacio police, however, are investigating it as a case of homicide. The forty-nine year old Security Guard was found […]
How did a gun stolen from inside the San Ignacio Police Station end up at the Price Barracks Compound in Ladyville? Earlier this week the weapon, a nine millimeter pistol along with ten live rounds of ammunition, was stolen from an on-duty officer, who was reportedly sleeping on the job. It has since been retrieved […]
The formal introduction of Medical Tourism in Belize is in the pipeline; it was discussed on Tuesday at a forum spearheaded by the Caribbean Export Development Agency and the Inter-American Development Bank along with Beltraide, Executive Chairman, Michael Singh. The impression left was that the local doctors were all on board with the policy being […]
Cervantes says that before jumping into medical tourism, there are pressing problems in the field that require urgent attention. The BMDA believes that the exclusion of local doctors in the drafting of the policy, could lead to complications for medical tourism giving Belize a black eye. Dr. Andre Joel Cervantes “We understand that they are […]
Attorney, Dr. Elson Kaseke, passed away in Merida on Tuesday night where he was receiving medical treatment. Kaseke will be laid to rest on Friday morning in Belmopan. The Bar Association of Belize today issued a statement on his passing. The Bar says, “Kaseke served Belize in several capacities including Crown Counsel, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, […]
A man accused of stabbing a police officer in 2009, argued his way to freedom as he represented himself in court during a four day trial before Justice Adolph Lucas. The charge, Use of Deadly Means of Harm with Intent to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm, was levied against twenty-five year old Eusebio Cal following a […]
As part of our twenty-year anniversary we re-visit another feature from News Five’s first year of broadcasting. In 1992, a very young news Reporter, William Neal, ventured into the jungles of Belize to visit a master at his trade. It was one of the first times a Chiclero was shown on national television extracting and […]
Psoriasis is a skin condition that is not contagious. In this week’s segment of Healthy Living, a dermatologist discusses its effects and recommends early treatment to control the skin condition. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting If you had a patch of red itchy skin on your elbow, especially in our “Cold front season” in Belize, you’d probably […]
