For those of you who have been feeling like Belize is now post-pandemic, tonight there is a reminder that we still need to exercise caution. As you know, on Tuesday, there was an additional COVID-19 related death, bringing Belize’s total to three hundred and twenty-five since the start of the pandemic some fifteen months ago. […]
On Wednesday, we reported of a positive case of COVID-19 detected within the staff at Wesley High School in Belize City. Two weeks earlier, a number of students had tested positive at two primary schools; they were closely related to an outbreak that was detected at the Princess Casino. In all instances, there are protocols […]
Minister Chebat says that it is even more important that teachers get vaccinated because they are the first line of protection for the children who are expected to return to classrooms for in-person learning come August or September when schools reopen. Michel Chebat, Minister of Health & Wellness “This is the only way to […]
Last Thursday, we reported that some fifty thousand people had received their first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine since the inoculation process began in early March. That number is up by seven thousand so far, as the second dose is also being administered for the first three phases of the rollout exercise. Today, Health and […]
The skeletal remains of an unidentified male person were retrieved from a bushy area in Elridgeville, Toledo District shortly before noon today. Sometime around twelve o’clock, Punta Gorda police were called out to the village where C.I.B. personnel observed a decomposed corpse clad in a pair of shorts and an orange striped shirt. The discovery […]
The victim of Tuesday afternoon’s fatal road traffic accident, involving a high-ranking police officer, has been identified as seventy-three-year-old American national Bertina Juran Cruce. As was reported at the time, preliminary investigations indicate ACP Aaron Guzman was driving in the direction of Orange Walk on the Phillip Goldson Highway when his SUV and Cruce’s car […]
A man from Trial Farm Village died in a freak accident earlier this afternoon. Police say the farmer, Salvador Ozaeta, was working on a tractor at a cane field in Yo Creek Village in the Orange Walk District. It is believed that while he was reversing, the tractor reportedly fell into a culvert and overturned. […]
Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise recently concluded a working tour of the country to gain insight into what’s happening on the ground at the various branches and departments. Minister Jose Mai shared his findings today with News Five, including some issued discovered in Toledo that need to be corrected immediately. Jose Mai, […]
While with the Agriculture Minister, News Five got an update on the 2020 sugar crop. People are wondering whether the industry is going to experience another loss because sugar cane in the fields will not be harvested before the rains begin – and about the access given to Santander in the west to mill sugar […]
Minister Mai says that the sugar cane that is being delivered at this time to the millers in the north should have been harvested one or two months ago, so the quality is not optimum. He says that the milling by Santander has not started just yet and the process is now in discussion by […]
Today at the Mexican Embassy in Belmopan, Belize received a report on the Meso-America Hunger Free School Feeding project in the South. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation completed the pilot project where several schools in Toledo were introduced to gardening – where they […]
The battle of the buses in Ladyville is a situation that the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy and Logistics says is trying to resolve. As we have reported, tensions are rising between four bus operators in Ladyville over routes, scheduled runs and even passengers. Things got physical on Monday when one of the bus operators […]
C.E.O. Leal told News Five that his ministry is also working on policies behind the scene to upgrade the public transport industry. That includes getting bus operators to put more well-maintained buses on the highways and getting rid of broken-down buses. From a short-term standpoint, Leal says the focus is currently on the safety of […]
News Five also asked C.E.O. Leal about his new Chief Transport Officer, Diane Vasquez. Since her appointment on May eighteenth, the leadership of the Public Service Union has been critical of the choice. Former First Vice President, now President of the P.S.U., Dean Flowers believes that her qualifications, though extensive, do not fit the post. […]
If you’re looking for something to do this week or over the summer school holidays, the Belize Audubon Society is encouraging you to visit one of the national parks they manage. They have been certified with the B.T.B.’s Gold Standard and so the COVID-19 safety protocols are in place. While these parks and protected areas […]
The Belize Jaguars are anticipating a big win on Friday night when they do battle against Nicaragua in an away match. Belize’s national team is participating in the first round of World Cup Qualifiers and having lost its inaugural match against Haiti, won convincingly in its second outing against Turks and Caicos a few weeks […]
In 2019, a study carried out in Belize showed that one in six Belizeans have some form of chronic kidney disease, and as many as three out five Belizeans are at risk of developing the disease. It’s a worrying reality and these growing numbers put pressure on existing care and treatment infrastructure. And so when […]
Di Bruwry is Belize Brewing Company’s latest seven-figure investment venture. Located just a short distance from the Phillip Goldson International Airport, the micro-brewery and restaurant venue is now open for Belizeans and foreign visitors. The design of the venue’s interior gives keen focus to the history and heritage of the company. But, what they hope […]
