The coronavirus has reached the top levels of government. The Office of the Prime Minister has confirmed that PM John Briceño has tested positive for COVID-19. Briceño was swabbed today in Belize City and the results came back positive; he is asymptomatic. Since taking office, the PM has been moving around establishing his government and […]
Over the past three days, fourteen persons were reported to have died due to COVID-19, including well-known Ian Mariano, a former educator and sports enthusiast who was involved in the Belize District Basketball Association executive. Mariano was also a sports commentator for radio. On Friday, five deaths were reported: three elderly males from Corozal, one […]
The incessant rains from Hurricane Iota continue to drench from northern to western Belize. It has caused flooding in many parts affecting many industries, from livestock to vegetables. Many highways and bridges are impassable tonight and more rains are expected later in the week which means that further flooding is forecasted. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
Some fifty families in the village of Lord’s Bank off the Philip Goldson Highway have been affected by flooding. Since last week, the water level began rising in the village and today, we got a tour of the area by boat, thanks to a resident who assisted our team to access the area. The water […]
There are several access roads and bridges that are impassable tonight as flood waters continue to flow down towards the sea. A NEMO Advisory states that in the Corozal District, Caledonia, Sarteneja, Copper Bank, and Progresso roads are impassable and the Consejo Road is inundated. In Cayo, the low-lying wooden bridge and the Iguana Creek […]
Here in the City, the picture is much the same, there is water everywhere in most parts of low-lying areas in Belama phases three to five. Some residents have left their homes, seeking refuge elsewhere, while others will have to traverse through the water if they have to leave their homes. Here is News Five’s […]
In the West, the Iguana Creek Bridge remains underwater. The Belize River is slowly receding since the second flood but the bridge remains impassable for vehicles. The bridge links communities such as Buena Vista and Spanish Lookout to the George Price Highway. Residents of the communities are now using the Farmers Express Road build and […]
There are a total of two hundred and eighty-eight persons in fourteen shelters in three districts. Fifty-seven people are in two shelters in Orange Walk and about forty-two in Belize Rural, where five shelters are open. In the Cayo District, there are four shelters open in Calla Creek where eighty-eight persons have sought refuge and […]
Food Pantry and COVID-19 food assistance programme are on pause and the pantry is getting a rebrand of sorts. Today, when we caught up with Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia, we asked her about the distribution of COVID-19 assistance and how that’s coming along. Well, Minister Balderamos-Garcia told us that her ministry has had to put […]
The Public Service Union is calling for a commission of inquiry into the sale of government assets, including vehicles and pricey furniture, that were disposed of at rock-bottom prices ahead of the November eleventh general elections. The P.S.U. has issued a statement requesting that the newly-formed Briceño administration look into a recent fire sale in […]
According to Flowers, Prime Minister John Briceño, who is also Minister of Finance, should investigate the Assets and Utilities Unit which also oversees the Vehicle Care Unit where fleecing is purportedly taking place. Dean Flowers, 1st Vice President, P.S.U. “Addressing vehicles and securing government vehicles is something that we realize that we all have […]
While the P.S.U. applauds those ministers who have agreed not to get a new government vehicle assigned to them, the union is also asking that they follow the recommendations that have been put forward in respect of vehicle maintenance, since the annual cost of upkeep is approximately thirty million dollars annually. Dean Flowers, 1st […]
For the remainder of the first semester, primary and high school teachers across the country are being asked to report to work on Mondays only. It follows a decision made earlier today by Minister of Education Francis Fonseca and Minister of State Doctor Louis Zabaneh. Teachers will now show up for work at the start […]
Belize City police have charged twenty-two-year-old Jeffry Contreras with the crime of abetment to commit murder. He stands accused of playing a role in the murder of a well-known Bowen and Bowen employee, fifty-seven-year-old Sean Menzies. Menzies was fatally shot while on Lancaster Street in Belize City. He was in front of his yard smoking a […]
In the south, police in Punta Gorda have charged Aduan Usher for allegedly killing Eden Mejia. The thirty-two-year-old was fatally shot shortly after midnight on November nineteenth. Police found his body on Pampana Street riddled with bullets. It was first reported that Usher had escaped the hail of bullets, but Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett says […]
On Thursday morning, the Succotz Police Station was broken into and an assortment of firearms was stolen. The list includes a twelve-gauge pump-action shotgun, four nine-millimeter pistols, and two rifles; stolen from under the nose of a police officer who resides at the station. While a reward of two thousand dollars is being offered for information […]
Corozal resident, Roy Burgess is in trouble with the law—not only for hitting a man with his car, but lying to police about it. Burgess was unmasked with his lie after police mounted an investigation into a hit and run accident which he reported. On Friday night, Corozal Police were informed of a hit and […]
Five men and a seventeen-year-old male minor have been arrested and charged for burglarizing the home of Gary Samuels on Wednesday night. Samuels and his family were at their residence in Burrell Boom Village when the men barged into the house and held them up at gunpoint. The men escaped the premises with thousands of dollars […]
Family and friends of fifty-two-year-old Victor Morales are asking for your help in locating him. Morales was last seen about two weeks ago on November sixth. His sister, Demetria Pineda says that he was at her house in Roaring Creek Village before he headed to Gallardo Farm where he works as a caretaker. Pineda says […]
Back in January of this year, we reported on the retirement of Doctor Kenrick Leslie from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center. Doctor Leslie has been serving as the executive director at the regional entity since 2004 until he retired at the start of this year. This Wednesday, Leslie will be honored with a virtual […]
Doctor Young also spoke about the impact of climate change on the region, zoning in on Belize. He says the annual cost of climate change related events such as droughts and floods is equivalent to seven percent of the country’s GDP. It’s a significant number that Doctor Young says is a challenge for any country […]
During his interview with the media today, Executive Director, Doctor Colin Young of the CARICOM Climate Change Center also shared that the center has a number of adaptation and mitigation projects running across CARICOM member states. One of the projects being explored in Belize is the use of a wild grass called the Arundo Donax […]
Today, the National Fire Service received a fire truck for its Ladyville Station. It may seem like just a truck, but it is significant for the fire-fighters who will use it and the communities who will benefit from having this piece of equipment at their disposal in case of an emergency. To hand over this […]
Back in September, the Government came under harsh criticism for the sale of the National Fire Service headquarters in Belize City. The government at the time sold the fire station to Atlantic Bank for some two point eight million dollars. And as we have reported, the fire department must now vacate that spot in December […]
