All eyes are focused on the K.H.M.H. and a deadly bacteria outbreak in the neonatal intensive care unit. K.H.M.H. figures put the infant mortality in the first twenty days of May at thirteen and the official position is that seven of those infants died as a result of the bacteria, while the rest died from […]
On Tuesday, the Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action held a press conference to demand answers from the K.H.M.H. and the government on the thirteen newborn deaths in the neonatal intensive care unit in the month of May. And this morning COLA, some of the grieving parents and concerned Belizeans marched on the K.H.M.H. to […]
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States concludes tonight in Antigua, Guatemala. Aside from the drug problem in the Americas that foreign ministers have been debating, another issue that picked up traction has to with two Inter-American conventions that deal with racism and discrimination. Belize’s position in respect of the two conventions is […]
When the national gender policy was launched in mid-May, it immediately unleashed a firestorm of controversy from very vocal church groups and most recently, the Belize National Teachers Union. The most outspoken opposition has come from the west, where local pastors have led the charge to have the gender policy withdrawn and revisited. Prime Minister […]
Internet rates have gone down recently and while some people are counting the extra change in their pockets, there really should be quite a few dollars more that internet subscribers could save. Belize has the highest internet rates as well as the slowest bandwidth in CARICOM. How bad is it? Well, a survey of the […]
As we told you earlier, the O.A.S. General Assembly closes tonight at the historic Antigua, Guatemala. For two days delegations have been discussing the need to urgently address the drug problem in the region. Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington was among the last to make a contribution to the debate. He likened the drug problem […]
As we reported on Wednesday, the issue of Guatemala’s territorial claim over Belize and the joint referenda to elevate the matter to the International Court of Justice was not discussed during the O.A.S. General Assembly. Guatemala’s Foreign Minister, Fernando Carrera, told News Five that prior to the annual meeting a decision was taken that neither […]
A popular restaurant in Hopkins Village in the south is no more following an early morning fire that gutted the establishment. Taste of India, a quaint restaurant along the coast in the village, went up in flames just after midnight on Tuesday. It’s a loss of approximately seventy-five thousand dollars says restaurant owner and chef, […]
Representatives from fourteen Mexican companies are in Belize as part of a trade mission organized by the Trade and Investment Mexican Agency, ProMexico and the Mexican Embassy. The delegation is meeting with their Belizean counterparts in order to identify potential buyers and suppliers for their products and services, but also to identify Belizean products which […]
At a press conference in late April, Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced the creation of the National Bank of Belize Limited. A Board of Directors, a Managing Director, location and startup money of twenty million dollars that would come from Petrocaribe funds were identified. It’s mission… principally to make residential mortgage and other consumer loans […]
A Belize City man will have to answer to a sexual offense for allegedly having sex with a teenage school girl last year on April twentieth. Twenty year old Ellsworth Hendy, a Belize City laborer, was informed by the Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith on Wednesday that a prima facie case has been established against […]
Norwegian Cruise Line will have to find a different island for its cruise ship port. But there is another tourism related project in development that far surpasses Norwegian’s hundred million dollar price tag. Stake Bank, originally estimated at US Two hundred and fifty million dollars would include the construction of three luxury hotels, a restaurant […]
About one thousand students and other youths will be taking part in the 2013 National Festival of Arts which is underway at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts. The next two weeks will see a host of students on stage showcasing cultural and artistic skills. The annual event is organized by the Institute of Creative […]
Music is a form of emotional expression. For young people, popular music is the medium through which they often express their mood, aspiration and development of their own cultural identity. Tonight News Five’s Isani Cayetano looks at the power of song and in this case, the power of dancehall music. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Across […]
