The body of an ex-cop was pulled out of the Belize River before noon today. It was spotted floating hours earlier and was finally retrieved in the area of the Haulover Bridge by a group of police officers with assistance from the B.D.F. who had been scouring the area. To the surprise of the police, […]
Thirteen newborn infants died in the neonatal intensive care unit of the K.H.M.H. in the first twenty days of May. Officials say seven can be blamed on an organism known as Enterobacter Cloacae and the death of the others was caused by the babies being premature. The origin of the deadly bacteria remains unknown and […]
Following the deaths of the newborns, K.H.M.H. authorities held only one group meeting with the parents involved. That meeting was held an hour before the press conference on May thirtieth. At the end, both Stephen Panton and Marisa Cruz were left with the impression that the session was not really about getting to the real […]
So what’s next for the parents who lost children to the bacteria at the neonatal intensive care unit? The ones we spoke to are planning to pursue legal action, especially after the press conference on May thirtieth. They feel that if they back down the powers that be at the K.H.M.H. and in government will […]
It is not officially confirmed, but News Five has learnt that in its meeting today, Cabinet supported the recommendation of the five-member subcommittee on the Norwegian Cruise Line’s one hundred million dollar tourism project. The subcommittee met on Monday at the B.T.B. headquarters in Belize City and rejected the proposal for the project at Crawl […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you believe that an independent investigation other than internal inquiry should be carried into the deaths of thirteen babies at the K.H.M.H? Yes or No? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an […]
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office, Santi Castillo, was involved in a cycling accident on the Western Highway this morning. Throughout the day, a battery of tests was taken to determine the extent of internal injuries and tonight, Castillo remains hospitalized. The accident happened near mile thirty-five at the peak of a sprint […]
We will have a report on the opening of the O.A.S. General Assembly taking place at this time in Antigua, Guatemala. The Belize delegation is led by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington. Apart from the side meetings which Belize is holding on the referendum and the plenary that gets underway on Wednesday, Elrington will […]
The forty-third General Assembly of the Organization of American States takes place this evening in Antigua, Guatemala. Our team is on the ground and we will have full coverage on Open Your Eyes as well as in our daily newscasts this week. Belize’s participation in the event is hinged on whether or not Guatemala would […]
Belize’s Ambassador to the United States and to the O.A.S., Nestor Mendez, spoke to the media in Antigua, Guatemala late this evening. Mendez told the reporters covering the General Assembly that Belize was invited to the regional meeting. Voice of: Nestor Mendez, Belize’s Ambassador (Courtesy Krem News) “The meeting between CARICOM and Central America […]
It has been almost one month since the Mayan monument Noh Mul in northern Orange Walk was destroyed without any charges levied against the culprits. The trucks and heavy equipment which destroyed the monument were caught in the act, and Denny Grijalva, the owner of the company has accepted responsibility. And according to a credible […]
In late July of 2012, two members of the Coye Family along with two of their employees were convicted of money laundering under the Money Laundering and Terrorism Act. While the employees escaped jail term at sentencing, Melanie Coye and her father, sixty-six year old Michael Coye were sent to jail for three years and […]
A month after a London court found that the Foreign Commonwealth Officer was wrong to suspend former High Commissioner to Belize, John Yapp, of inappropriate behavior, the sum of money he has been awarded is being settled. Yapp is to get three hundred and twenty thousand pounds…that is about a million dollars for the allegation […]
St. John’s College Extension Department, after fifty-six years of service to Belize, has closed its doors permanently. It was announced in February 2011, under the presidency of Frank Garbutt, that the Jesuit institution would be phasing out its Adult Continuing Education program over a two-year period. Since the Ministry of Education began offering high school […]
While oil companies across the country continue their quest for black gold, Belize Natural Energy Ltd., the first to strike and mine oil in commercial quantity, has won the 2013 Getenergy Global Education and Training in Exploration Award. The announcement was made earlier today during the ninth industry presentation underway at the Business Design Center […]
The annual hurricane season which commenced on Saturday has seen the National Emergency Management Organization working diligently to tie up loose ends in the event of a natural disaster. Last Thursday, NEMO held a press conference during which Minister Godwin Hulse, National Emergency Coordinator Noreen Fairweather and Chief Met Officer Dennis Gonguez outlined a conventional […]
The House of Shotokan recently had a eight man fight inside the auditorium at the Belize Elementary School grounds. The karate team has just returned from Chetumal, Quintana Roo where they participated in another tournament. The grandmaster of the House of Shotokan, Shihan Ray Kelly, says that two of his athletes won gold. Shihan […]
