On Tuesday, a group of sea pirates were detained in Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Believed to be the masterminds behind the attacks at sea in southern Belize, six Belizean men and two Honduran nationals were captured during a sting operation carried out by law enforcement officers from that neighbouring country. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
Thursday’s World Cup Qualifier between Belize and Haiti will proceed as scheduled, that’s a decision taken by FIFA following an investigation by a match commissioner who was dispatched to the island nation in the wake of an incident involving the Belize Jaguars. On Monday, when the team arrived in Port-au-Prince they were held at gunpoint […]
After several weeks of going without a casualty, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has recorded another COVID-19 death. In its daily update, it was noted that there is one new confirmed case of the virus, one new recovery and one new death. As it stands, the number of active cases has been reduced to […]
The country will have to wait for the reading of the budget for the new fiscal year 2021-2022 until April ninth. But today, Area Representative for Belmopan, Oscar Mira told the Belmopan City Council that it will be difficult. Mira suggested that it will be a tough budget to digest, but he was still hopeful […]
Belmopan Mayor Sharon Palacio says that their initial review of the Belmopan City Council has revealed debts in the millions of dollars, among other mismanagement and irregularities that include the selling of lands just days before the municipal elections in March. Today, Palacio said she believes that what they uncovered may be just the tip […]
A quick response to a News Five story a few days ago means one Belize City organization now has some additional funds to keep helping children. Today, SMART handed over a donation and also recommitted to expand its partnership with the Y.M.C.A. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Today, the Young Men’s […]
Turning over a new leaf is something that Brandon Baptist and his friends have been wanting to do for some time now and they have been looking for an opportunity to do better for themselves and their family. Together, they came up with an idea to seek the assistance of the police department to acquire […]
A man who was shot in the neck outside the Raccoon Street Police Station by a police officer while he tried to escape from their custody on Saturday has come forward claiming this account is inaccurate. Ryan Foster told New Five today that contrary to what Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero said on Monday’s newscast, he […]
Students at various levels of academic life will finally begin returning to their classrooms on April twelfth, but not everyone goes back at once. That’s the date that has been set by the Ministry of Education for schools to begin reopening after a year of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, Cabinet approved […]
As women’s month is coming to an end, the Belize Coast Guard is hosting a series of activities to highlight the roles that women play in its organization. There are currently around fifty women enlisted in varying capacities, some holding senior positions within this law enforcement agency. Acting Commandant Gregory Soberanis explains. Commander Gregory […]
Today, the wives of the coast guard men were also honoured for their contribution to the overall success of the organization. Commander Gregory Soberanis explains. Commander Gregory Soberanis, Acting Commandant, Belize Coast Guard “Many times our men are at sea and their wives are at home manning the fort and so today we honour […]
The newly appointed Mexican Naval Attaché to Belize, Captain Freddy Ruben Perez Castillo met with the Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Florencio Marin Junior today in Belmopan. The minister and the Mexican Naval leader pledged to continue strengthening the good relationship of cooperation between the two countries and to maintain open lines of […]
Belize celebrated World Tuberculosis Day today. According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, last year Belize had seventy-two cases of T.B. – twenty-four were females and forty-eight were males. The districts most affected are Belize, Cayo and Stann Creek. The age groups most affected were between the ages of fifteen to fifty-four years of […]
Land borders are still closed and those traditional vacation trips to tourism destinations in Mexico are off the table. But as we found out today, Belizeans are taking advantage of the great deals to increase domestic tourism, so much so that some popular areas across the country are completely booked out for next week. […]
