Tonight we start our newscast with the heroic story of P.C. Bernard Ical. He was lost in the jungle but today he is back like he never left, Ical tells us tonight about his six days ordeal in the jungles in southern Belize. He credits his S.P.U. training and his positive mindset as things that […]
And so there you heard it – the man who helped to steer P.C. Bernard Ical to safety at the observation post is none other than his commissioner who was aboard the helicopter on Monday. But even before that air search – the commissioner of Police says that he gave his word to Ical’s family […]
And so today ComPol Chester Williams had nothing but welcoming words for his officer, hailing him a brave man – but did that brave man adhere to the protocols on the ground? Some believe that if Ical had followed those protocols it could have all been prevented. News 5 received copies of statements allegedly made […]
This news just in; two-term Prime Minister and Fort George Area Representative, Said Musa, is retiring from electoral politics. The Right Honorable Said Musa met with P.U.P. Leader John Briceño to inform him of his decision to resign from the political life and step aside as the P.U.P. Fort George Standard Bearer. Musa has been […]
Turning to crime, there was another murder in the Old capital on Monday night; it occurred on the heels of two other killings over the weekend. Dangriga resident, Nelson “Ricky” Miguel, had moved to Belize City since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic in March. He was inside a car on Faber Road Extension […]
A shocking video has surfaced on social media of a very alarming situation occurring in the Belmopan area. The video was released by a concerned Belizean; police as well as the Human Development Department and Helpage Belize have met to review the situation. The video captures an elderly man, being shown into a house which […]
Registration to vote in the November general elections is ongoing; the closing date is expected to be known once the date for elections is announced. So there is a frenzy at offices around the country. This morning long lines snaked outside the Election and Boundaries offices in Ladyville. Medical students mostly from India were lining […]
And today – the Commissioner also took some time to answer questions in respect to the investigative team to be assembled to look into the senate special select committee report. Public hearings took place for more than a year looking into the immigration department where visas and nationalities were issued illegally left, right and centre, […]
A Belize City family remains quarantined at a facility in Cayo after holding a family gathering on Friday night in Belize City. Present at the gathering was Pashwan Stuart who was about to celebrate her sister’s twenty-eighth birthday when her brother arrived. Her brother is COVID-19 positive, and according to Stuart, he was told to […]
The two minors who were arrested for the shooting of police constable Wilbert Chi have been released. A third person, a twenty-year-old man, remains in police custody. Chi was shot while he was on a motorcycle on Ebony Street in Belize City. Hours after the shooting, police officers descended at the barracks on Ebony Street, arresting […]
Since the curfew was lifted, there has been a string of crimes, including murders over the past several days. Today, the press asked Commissioner of Police about this. He says that while several of the officers on the ground were occupied with locating PC Bernard Ical – they are now back but that the department […]
A member of the Belize Coast Guard died on Monday night in Toledo. Twenty-year-old Anthony Pop was reportedly exercising near the Swasey Bridge on the Southern Highway when an eighteen-wheeler truck knocked him down and crushed him. He was transported to the Southern Regional Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the […]
The Maya Leaders Alliance appeared before the Caribbean Court of Justice today in a protracted legal matter involving the Office of the Attorney General. This most recent hearing was for both parties to provide an update on the implementation of the Consent Order which was entered into on April twenty-second, 2015. As part of the […]
Prior to today’s hearing, both parties appeared before the C.C.J. on June third for a similar session. They succeed mediation proceedings last year during which a draft land tenure policy was being undertaken. Despite affirming a landmark ruling handed down by the Supreme Court in June 2010, the issue of communal land rights remains before […]
Ministerial son, Jumoke Castro, has been released from government services. The Public Service Commission had been deliberating for some time, the matter of Castro. Earlier this year in January, Jumoke posted ugly threats against the wife of Pastor Wade from Plus T.V. The post did not find favour in the public domain and Jumoke was […]
International Literacy Day was commemorated today and its focus was teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, as well as the role of educators and changing pedagogies. In Belize, the Ministry of Education reached out to the media to see how a partnership with reporters and broadcasters can help in the delivery of […]
During the discussion this morning, it was pointed out by the reporters in attendance that perhaps the biggest deterrent to literacy in the technological era is the excessive use of shorthand and abbreviation. Here’s a snippet from that conversation. Isani Cayetano, Reporter, Channel 5 “One of the biggest challenges that I see with younger […]
This year’s national celebrations will be held virtually due to the COVID pandemic and the fact that gatherings are limited to ten persons. On Wednesday night, the Ninth Night Virtual Bram will be held. The virtual event starts at nine o’clock in the night and will feature an array of performances from Belizean artists and […]
Fear, worry and stress are normal responses to perceived or real threats, and when we are faced with uncertainty or the unknown. In that context, it is normal and understandable that people are experiencing fear amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the fear of contracting the virus, there are significant changes to our daily lives […]
According to psychotherapist Juliet Simmons, there are a number of factors that influence suicidal ideation or thoughts among men, including their present employment situation or financial constraints. Juliet Simmons, Psychotherapist “So these are definitely factors that would contribute to suicidal ideation: the unemployment rate, the financial stress that people are having. So these are […]
