Two brothers tragically lost their lives on Tuesday night on the San Antonio Road in southern Belize. Jamie and Anthony Archer were travelling along with two other persons heading to their village in a small car. The driver of car unfortunately lost control of the vehicle; it flipped multiple times causing the instant death of […]
U.S. Capital Energy is back in the news tonight because the company has applied for a new Production Sharing Agreement to carry out oil exploration in and around a specific area of the Sarstoon-Temash National Park. U.S. Capital previously held an oil concession signed in 2001 and in 2012. The company was granted the environmental […]
Two villages which have not taken a position on the matter are Crique Sarco and Dolores. The villagers are expected to inform the Government on Thursday. Today, News Five spoke to U.S. Capital Energy Country Representative, Alistair King, who explained why the company has decided to carry out oil exploration in Southern Belize once again. […]
But the Maya Leaders Alliance, which represents the governance of the indigenous community, refutes the position of the Attorney General’s Office. According to spokesperson Cristina Coc, government is, for all intents and purposes, coercing villagers into supporting U.S. Capital’s latest endeavor within the protected area. Earlier today, Coc told News Five that the Solicitor General […]
When the Government team headed south, a B.D.F. helicopter was used to transport nine persons to three remote villages: Graham Creek, Dolores, and Hicatee or Machakilha. The fact that King was on the helicopter is not going down well. The assertion that the helicopter was used to benefit the oil company was shut down today […]
Now for good news…Great Belize Television’s Channel Five has won its first award for this year’s Caribbean Broadcasting Awards Competition. Polling more than fifty-five thousand votes online, ‘Triple Joy’ a news story aired on this station in September 2017 won the People’s Choice Award. The story focused on three bundles of joy: Marlon, Malrick and […]
Tensions remain high tonight in the Gill Street area of south side Belize City, following the murder of three-year-old Etana Bennett. The toddler was sleeping along with her mother and father in their house, when a gunman took aim at their room from the neighboring yard. While Alva Moody was hit multiple times to the […]
There was a robbery at a butane depot in Corozal. Two men, armed and hiding their identity, assaulted the watchman on duty just before eight o’clock on Tuesday night. Forty-eight-year-old Luis Alberto Marin reported to the police that two men wearing dark clothing and with rags covering their faces entered the office of Belize Western […]
There is legal trouble brewing in the banana belt. News Five has confirmed that an outstanding debt, going back almost eleven and a half years, is owed to the Department of the Environment by the Banana Growers Association. The BGA is led by General Manager Sam Mathias whom we attempted to get comment from earlier […]
In 2017, a law was passed, making the possession of up to ten grams of marijuana legal. According to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, the amendment to Misuse of Drugs Act was to ‘try and give people a break.’ Prior to the new law, persons were arrested and ended up in jail for a miniscule stick […]
During our interview with the Attorney General, Michael Peyrefitte, we asked him about this decision to re-enter the political arena. As we have been reporting, Peyrefitte is aspiring to be the U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for the Port Loyola Constituency and is facing three other contenders including Philip Willoughby. According to Peyrefitte, his decision to run […]
The effects of the low second payment to farmers, is being felt across the north. On Tuesday, the Belize Cane Farmers Association said the payments throw the industry in crisis. Today, the Corozal Sugar Cane Producers Association, says that the lower than expected payment of forty-five dollars and forty-seven cents per ton of sugar, deals […]
According to B.S.I., the opening of new markets is key to the future of the industry. The company is providing about eleven to fifteen thousand tons of sugar to the domestic market, but the mill is producing one hundred and forty tons annually. So the global market share needs to be increased and ASR/B.S.I. has […]
The National Emergency Management Organization, in partnership with the United Nations’ Emergency Task Team in Belize, is conducting a three-day training on a number of aspects in Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Management. It looks at the basics of gender equality in the context of Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaption in the execution of […]
A medical mission from the U.S. is in the city providing a host of medical services to residents. The Louisiana and South Carolina Volunteering Mission is operating at the Wesley Upper School where persons have had the opportunity to check up on their health concerns ranging from dental hygiene to reading glasses. Today, their services […]
The Ministry of Health and the Inter-American Development Bank shared some good news today. They say that access to quality health services for the most vulnerable women and children in Belize has improved in the last four years. Today, they presented the results of the Salud Mesoamerica Health Initiative Project from 2012 to 2017 which […]
