Less than twenty-four hours after the Belize National Football Team won the away game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Thursday, the athletes and coaching staff touched down at the Phillip Goldson International Airport today. Beaming with confidence, the team arrived motivated and determined to defend its goal in Sunday’s matchup against the […]
But with a win in the Dominican Republic, are the Belize Jaguars ready to defend its turf and what are their predictions for the game? Deon McCauley, Striker, Belize Jaguars “The hard work that this team put in and the hard work that I put in, I mean with that alone, I know that […]
Tonight, News Five can confirm that Guatemalan military vessel GC-651 is still high and dry, perched on the reef between Middle Caye and Long Caye in the Glover’s Reef system, thirty-six miles from the Dangriga mainland. The Coast Guard has stated that the passage of the vessel through Belize’s territorial waters is allowed, under the […]
Just like clockwork, the rains came in June, and for residents of Crooked Tree that wasn’t good news. Their causeway was elevated just days before to deal with the inevitable flooding, but after the first few hours of rain it developed serious cracks. Twenty-four hours after, an entire section of the causeway fell away. That […]
And in more news on road safety…today, sixteen young men and women graduated from the Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) Train the Trainers Programme at the George Price Center. YOURS is an international youth-led and youth-oriented, not-for-profit, N.G.O. that is focused on youth and road safety. In partnership with the Government of Belize and the […]
The Ministry of Health has been plagued by ambulance complaints; hospitals either don’t have ambulances or the ones that they do have aren’t working properly. The list of reports about these issues include patients waiting for hours for the ambulance to arrive and they have to use their personal vehicles or that the ambulance malfunctions […]
A trio of Belize City men has been committed to stand trial for murder and attempted murder in the Supreme Court, following a preliminary inquiry earlier today. The first to be heard was the case of Devon Bailey, who is being accused of trying to kill thirty-one-year-old Charles Hines and Eldon Solomon in August 2014. […]
In 2011, Bob BouNahra made history being the first Belizean to make it to the Final table of the World Series of Poker also known as the November nine. BouNahra walked away with seventh place. At the time, BouNahra expressed his hope that Belize would become more prominent in international level poker. Well today, the […]
While all hopes are that the Belize national team will advance to the next round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match, the reality is that the Football Federation of Belize does not have the funds for the team to participate in the away games. According to Executive Member of F.F.B., Marlon Kuylen, this […]
Soca season is officially set to kick off this weekend with a massive lineup of Belizean and regional performing artists, including Patrice Roberts and Killa, taking the stage at the ITVET. Saturday’s concert, organized by Flavaz Entertainment, also features the breakaway talents of Lover Boy and Ernestine Carballo. Fans of Mr. Roley Poley can expect […]
According to show promoter Andazzi, the event also aims at assisting the local carnival bands with preparations for this year’s Carnival Road March. Andazzi, Promoter, Flavaz Entertainment “Flavaz Entertainment is known for doing the soca madness every year where all the carnival bands come out and we have a dancing competition and it’s just […]
