For some time, the government has been locking horns with the Belize National Teachers Union. The eleven-day strike last October took them to the brink and while tensions appeared to have eased, the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber today launched an attack on the B.N.T.U. Faber says the leadership of the union is neglecting its […]
This evening, News Five spoke to B.N.T.U. National President Elena Smith for a response on that charge as well as other related issues. Essentially, her response is ‘bring it on!’ Smith believes that this unexpected move from the Education Minister to target the Union is as simple as wanting a fight – a fight, she […]
The minister responded to a letter from PAC Chairman and P.U.P. Deputy Leader, Julius Espat, saying that cabinet ministers did not boycott a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee last Wednesday. Two of the four ministers on the committee contracted conjunctivitis and a third the flu, ruling them out of the meeting in which Auditor […]
In regards to the Teaching Services Commission, Smith told us that it was the Ministry that brought the issue to their attention and only one meeting has been missed as a result. A replacement for Smith – Union secretary Ruth Shoman – has been named and will be attending the November meeting. But the bigger […]
The charred, skeletal remains of an unidentified person were discovered off the Coastal Road on Sunday. Since then the Belize Police Department and forensic pathologist Doctor Mario Estradabran have been working to determine the cause of death and the identity of the individual. Five days later, investigators have confirmed that the bones are those of […]
Violence has sparked up in Corozal where an elderly couple was viciously attacked in an early morning home invasion on Monday. This Wednesday, a woman was shot in the abdomen while she was at home. Tonight, twenty-two-year-old Brenda Jandrez is in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Jandrez was at home along […]
So far for 2017, there have been a staggering one hundred and twenty-three murders across the country. Belize City has taken the majority with fifty-two homicides, that’s over forty-two percent of the murder count. According to our records, Cayo District is registering twenty-one homicides, two of which occurred in the Capital City Belmopan. Both Toledo […]
An aggravated burglary took place in Camalote Village two weeks ago, where an individual known as Ryan Hyde reportedly made off with several items, including a pair of laptop computers. Details of the incident are scarce, as the incident never made it to the daily police blotter. According to ASP Alejandro Cowo, charges have been […]
A major arrest is being reported in Honduras on an issuing plaguing Belize and neighboring countries. No less than an employee in the Ministry of Health in Honduras was arrested for trafficking in persons in the forms of forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation. Honduran authorities picked up Denia Syuapa Ochoa in San Pedro Sula […]
Earlier this year, Belize was ranked in Tier Three by the U.S. State Department as one of the worst offenders in the region for trafficking persons. Considering that Belize was previously in tier two as late as four years ago, it was a long hard fall fueled by persistent reports of high-level complicity in the […]
Since last week, photos began surfacing on social media of a heavily tinted, white van without license plate spotted in several communities in the city and the west. It caused a frenzy among parents and residents because of an allegation that the driver of the van was abducting students. Earlier this week, Assistant Commissioner of […]
Prison inmate, Carl Reneau, an electrician of Iguana Street in Belize City will have to stand trial for the murder of fifteen-year-old Jaheem Mahler, a student gunned down during a spade of murders in the city earlier this year. A prima facie has been established against Reneau so he will have to stand trial at […]
The driver of a delivery vehicle that fatally knocked down Melissa Andrews, as she rode on a motorcycle along with her husband from Sittee River to Silk Grass Village last Saturday, has been arrested in Belmopan. Julio Choc faces multiple charges stemming from the hit and run incident and police informed the media earlier today […]
Since an outbreak of pink eye almost two months ago, schools, as well as workplaces, have seen a considerable decrease in the population of students and employees. While missing classes due to sickness comes at the detriment of the student, workers with infected pupils need to be compensated by the Social Security Board. Today, S.S.B. […]
The third annual ‘Father Marion Ganey Quiz Competition’ finals took place in Belize City today. Winners from the six districts competed to answer questions about finance and credit union knowledge. Four students went on to the reserve round and at the end of the competition, Xander [Zander] Avelar walked away with first place. News Five’s […]
Excelsior High School launched its annual drug awareness week today in Belize City. As a part of the activities, students are participating in a number of competitions, which school officials hope will drive home the message to stay away from drugs. Celebrated under the theme, “Standing as one, together we can make this a drug […]
But despite years of drug awareness activities, Excelsior High School still struggles to reach some of its students. The school reports that there are students who attend classes while under the influence of drugs –and as a result, has recorded several dropouts. We asked Counselor Jenkins if the news of the decriminalization of small quantities […]
The Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, known as Día de Los Muertos, is being observed today in that country and parts of northern Belize as well. It is a time to remember and honor deceased loved ones, but it is not a gloomy or morbid occasion. Rather it is a festive and colorful […]
Belize and Taiwan have partnered to create a new online licensing system that will make the process of importation and exportation of goods much simpler, called the Belize Electronic License and Permit System. The ICT project will be facilitating government departments to provide what is called a one stop digitalized and integrated online service, which […]
As temperatures go down, the number of colds and flues goes up. If you’re hoping to minimize the amount of sneezing and coughing you’ll have this flu season, then this next edition of Healthy Living is for you. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting 2017 is winding down fast. As the end of the year approaches, so […]
