Gun violence in Belize City appears to be on the rise once again, particularly in Port Loyola where two separate shooting incidents have been recorded within a twenty-four-hour period. On Thursday night, a killer stalked Jason Sutherland outside of his home and waited for an opportunity to open fire on him. When the moment presented […]
Twenty-one-year-old Kevaughan “Bigga” Staine remains on remand after he was convicted on a charge of attempted murder for trying to kill his own cousin, nineteen-year-old Taisha Staine. The near fatal-incident happened back in 2013 in Saint Martin De Porres area on December thirteenth, 2013. Taisha was walking to a nearby shop when she reportedly saw […]
A common theme of our reporting over the years on the Primary School Examination is that English, Social Studies and Science have all been less challenging to exam-takers than Mathematics, and specifically the Paper Two, problem-solving section. This year, that narrative has changed, if only slightly. Students speaking to News Five at the examination centers […]
In sporting news, the planned game one of the Premier League of Belize Championship Finals for this weekend has been postponed. General Secretary to the Premier League of Belize, Wilhelm Miguel, this afternoon confirmed to News Five that the game scheduled between Verdes Football Club and Belmopan Bandits Football Club is on hold, pending the […]
The Primary School Examinations are already half-marked – a computer scanner does the job for the multiple-choice English and Science papers, while selected teachers come in to mark the composition section. In past years, eyebrows have been raised over the content of the students’ work, from text message language to mature themes in writing. But […]
We have previously covered how students with “special needs” – the visually and hearing impaired; the handicapped; those with autism and developmental learning disabilities – have taken part in the Primary School Examination. There are more of those students this year than ever before, prompting the Ministry of Education to take special measures. Also noteworthy […]
What really are the importance and significance of the P.S.E. results? There is an annual debate about whether the teaching content gets through to the youths, and the majority of secondary schools place less emphasis on the scores than they do the regular Standard Five and Standard Six grades. But the P.S.E. as a mark […]
For a third consecutive year, Chamberlain Consulting has embarked on hosting a leadership conference in Belize. Leadercast Live takes place in Atlanta, U.S.A., but is simulcast to over a hundred locations worldwide, with Belize being only one of five Caribbean countries doing it. It’s a conference for everyone: students, public and private sector reps, as […]
Nine dynamic presentations were featured in the 2018 Leadercast. The inspirational speakers are from different walks of life, but overcame challenges that have proven that a leader is not a post or a title, but who you are and what you do. Baseball Hall of Fame’s Jim Torey spoke about working with victims of domestic […]
The Ministry of Health is monitoring growing cases of Hepatitis ‘A’ in the west. It is a highly contagious liver infection caused by the Hepatitis virus. According to the ministry’s Facebook page, they first recorded the cases among school children in Benque Viejo Town and Arenal Village, but now there are confirmed cases of adults […]
The Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Unit received a trove of donations, including traps and tablets to fight mosquito borne diseases. The British Government handed over the equipment to the Ministry of Health on Thursday to strengthen surveillance and outbreak response of dengue and zika in high risk areas of Corozal, Orange Walk and Cayo. […]
On the heels of a strong performance on Monday night at the Belize City Civic Center, the playoffs for the 2018 season of the National Elite Basketball League kicks off tonight at nine p.m. Smart Belize Hurricanes is once again hosting; this time, Dangriga Dream Ballaz will go head to head with the formidable team. […]
The Hurricanes are currently ranked second in the 2018 season, with a five-game winning streak going into tonight’s game. Dubbed a battle of rice and beans versus hudut, C.E.O. Gilbert Gordon told News Five today that he is confident that the team of Smart Belize Hurricanes is motivated to bring the championship back to the […]
