A press conference is scheduled for this Thursday in Belize City to provide an update on an investigation into a nosocomial outbreak inside the neonatal intensive care unit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The alarming statistic that twelve premature babies died in May alone due to the outbreak caused panic in the population and […]
There is another issue that is moving to the front burner. Crawl Caye which is located in the South Water Caye Marine Reserve is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But all indications are that Norwegian Cruise Line is well underway to purchase the caye from four individuals for a mega tourism project. On […]
By all accounts the memorandum of understanding includes the ability for the company to open casinos and become an authorized foreign exchange dealer. The Sustainable Tourism Project, which was financed by the Inter-American Development Bank, hired a consultant in 2011 who concluded that, “Pocket cruise tourism is the only acceptable form of cruise tourism on […]
News Five has been unable to confirm reports that the very vocal Vice President of Oceana Belize, Audrey Matura-Shepherd, is stepping down from that position. But tonight there is speculation that if the rumors of Matura-Shepherd’s departure are true, it could be because of increased attention focused on her personal views in the wake of […]
The body of a Sand Hill resident was fished out of the river in Burrell Boom on Tuesday morning. It had multiple stab wounds; in fact, as many as twenty. And because of its state of decomposition it had to be buried on site. The grieving family, however, has now made proper burial arrangements for […]
At news time tonight, News Five has been unable to confirm if any charges have in fact been levied against anyone in connection with the destruction of the Noh Mul Mayan Archeological Site. The story was big news three weeks ago after it was discovered that on May ninth, a company owned by Orange Walk […]
Honduran national, Paula Franco must pay the court five hundred dollars for damaging a three hundred dollar surveillance camera or go to jail. The court has also ordered Franco to pay businessman, Carlos Mendoza, three hundred and fifty dollars in compensation for the damages. Forty-one year old Franco was this morning arraigned before Magistrate Dale […]
There was a shooting in the Neal’s Pen Road area between Haynes Street and Neal’s Pen Road that left no one injured and it gave the community a scare. Darren Godfrey Dawson, aka “Nose”, a well-known Office Assistant of a local business in downtown Belize City, is accused of discharging the firearm in public. The […]
The Belize National Football Selection headed to Melchor De Mencos on Tuesday for its first friendly game…And tonight, the road to success in Gold Cup 2013 looks promising for Team Belize. The team defeated Guatemala’s Club Heredia by a score of two to nil this afternoon. The National ‘A’ Selection, which played against the first […]
Belize has a steady stream of illegal immigrants who are being trafficked all the way to the United States. Those who are poor and unable to afford to get illegitimate visas or passports become easily recognizable as they move through the country. But after a string of recent arrests of Indian nationals in Belize, our […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Guatemala are scheduled to meet in Antigua, Guatemala next week in the margins of the O.A.S. General Assembly. And tonight, there is still no response from Guatemala’s cabinet regarding a possible date for a joint referendum to be held in 2014. However, Guatemala has produced a passport […]
Ride Across Belize covered close to eighty miles today. The peloton of riders took off from Corozal Town and by midday, they rode into Belize City. Among the mix were familiar cyclists as well as new faces with the common objective to join in the fund raiser to help the Belize Red Cross as well […]
