Brothers Delson and Tionne Paguada, as well as thirty-seven-year-old Timothy Carcamo, will be tried in the October session of the Supreme Court for the January 2018 murder of Paul Jex Jr. The trio is accused of orchestrating and carrying out the execution of the notorious street figure in the San Mateo area of San Pedro […]
In the Court of Appeal this morning, incarcerated sex offender Bert Vasquez represented himself before the bench in an attempt to appeal a conviction that was handed down in November 2018 for attempted rape. Vasquez, who is serving a ten-year sentence for forcible abduction, sexual assault and harm against a sixteen-year-old minor, took the stand […]
The results of the Primary School Examinations for 2019 were released on Monday and while we have been able to speak with the top performers across the country, we did not get a chance to hear from the Minister of Education on the outcome of the P.S.E. That was until this afternoon when we caught […]
The situation at Belmopan Comprehensive High School, where teachers and students have been protesting the participation of several fourth form students in this year’s graduation, despite not meeting the requirements, is not as grave as it appears to be. That’s according to Minister of Education Patrick Faber, who says that the practice of allowing students […]
The Belize City Council is facing cash flow problems. It’s a recurrent financial hurdle that all municipalities go through and it is caused by the ‘seasonal nature of tax collections’. During this time, because tax collection is low, the councils are tasked with exploring alternative options to alleviate such short-term seasonal cash flow challenges. This […]
Belize City Mayor, Bernard Wagner, also updated News Five on the municipal bonds. According to the mayor, investors in all tranches of both Series one and Series two bonds have already received their principal investment. The Belize Municipal Bond is also comprised of Series Three which contains three separate issues totalling more than nine million […]
Village council elections are scheduled for this month. Elections will take place between June twenty third and the twenty-eighth. Village councils across the country have been dissolved and while not much attention is given to these elections, this year’s result can serve as a glimpse into the political future of Belize. Thousands of voters living […]
At the beginning of the month, the Public Service Union which represents tens of thousands of public officers held its annual general meeting. During the meeting, an election took place and Gerald Henry bested Doreth Obermayer by more than one hundred and thirty votes for the post of president. Henry is joined by Trisha Perez […]
It has been more than a year and three months and a report on the Senate Special Select Committee’s inquiry has yet to be produced. The committee drilled and interrogated several witnesses and key experts as it delved into the findings of the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality Department 2011-2013. […]
Soca Dan Dada TR Shine has made it to the semi-final round of Yello International Bashment Soca Monarch Competition with his most recent track “Dip and Split.” The Belizean artist teamed up with regional award-winning music producer Kendoyll Simpson for the 2019 competition among the giants in the industry and made the cut. Of the […]
June fourteenth is recognized annually as World Blood Donor Day. In Belize, it is used to create awareness on the value of blood, as well as encourage voluntary donations to the National Blood Bank in the country. Today at the Central Health Region Compound in Belize City, the Belize Red Cross, in collaboration with the […]
Today, twenty residents of the Belize Central Prison proudly received their certificates for having successfully completing the Business Development Training programme. It is a programme rolled out by the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service through its technical units, the Belize Training and Employment Centre and the Small Business Development Centre Belize for the third year. The […]
The United Nations Human Rights Commission has opened a resource center for refugees coming into the country. It is based in Benque Viejo and is expected to provide information services, as well shelter, for those who need it. Andrea Polanco tells us more in the following story. Andrea Polanco, Reporting On Thursday, the United […]
This afternoon at the Museum of Belize, the National Institute of Culture and History launched a first-of-its-kind Cultural Development Fund. It is a program which will see local artists and artisans being able to access microfinance to fund cultural activities within their respective districts. It is an initiative that is the brainchild of NICH and […]
September Celebrations are set to commence in the next ten weeks, but extensive preparations are already underway to ensure that activities during the national month go off without a hitch. This afternoon at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex, various stakeholders, including representatives of the Ministry of Tourism, Foreign Affairs and the Belize Police Department were […]
