A police constable is hanging on to life after she and a man were shot in Dangriga last evening. PC Lorray Arzu and forty-four-year-old Leonel Rowland were sitting in a truck on Bishop Martin Street sometime around six p.m., when they became a gunman’s target. Both victims have been transferred to the K.H.M.H. for treatment. […]
We heard Commissioner of Police Chester Williams share that the police department would consult with Doctor Pedro Arriaga on whether it would be possible to transport PC Lorray Arzu to the Belize Medical Associates where she’d receive better round-the-clock care. Williams said that a doctor at the K.H.M.H. who performed a brain surgery on the […]
Gunshots rang out in Teakettle Village in the early hours of Thursday when someone discharged a firearm not far from where a police officer was waiting to be picked up by his colleagues. It is not clear whether the officer was the intended target of the shooting, but what is known is that he returned […]
The deadly accident that claimed the life of twenty-one-year-old Jorge Vargas near Ranchito Village on Tuesday remains an open investigation, as the Belize Police Department continues to gather information on what transpired that resulted in the fatal RTA on the Philip Goldson Highway. The head-on collision between a taxi van and an ambulance also injured […]
On Wednesday night we showed you an interview with a relative of Aaliyah Marokin, the twenty-year-old Corozal student who was involved in a tragic road traffic accident on Tuesday evening. In that interview, the relative informed us that Marokin was rushed from the Northern Regional Hospital and then to the K.H.M.H. in a critical condition. […]
Tonight, there is still no appointee to the post of Chairman of the Public Service Commission, that’s because the prime minister’s pick for presiding officer of that working group has withdrawn his name due to illness. Cresencio Sosa Sr. is the second person to have his name removed from the likely candidates to fill the […]
According to Flowers, the protracted delay continues to threaten the financial stability of families whose breadwinners were public officers who gave of themselves and their service to the Government of Belize for over thirty years. On the Phone: Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U. “Now the impact of this politicization of the commission has now reached […]
Flood waters flowing from the Mopan River are moving down stream faster than what has been recorded in previous flooding, according to the National Hydrological Service. Principal Hydrologist Tennielle Hendy says that as recent as Wednesday, the hydrological station in Benque Viejo del Carmen recorded flood waters moving at very high velocities from neighboring Guatemala […]
Since Sunday, there have been waves of floodwaters moving through Belize’s river system. This explains why the floodwaters in the Mopan and Belize Rivers receded temporarily before rising once again. Principal Hydrologist Tennielle Hendy also addressed the concerns of residents living in the Belize River Valley, in light of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Iota […]
Calla Creek Village residents can now move freely to and from their community after Ministry of Infrastructure Development personnel went in to repair a damaged culvert. The village was cut off from the rest of the country for the past three days, after floodwaters destroyed the culvert. We heard from the District Technical Supervisor at […]
Over two hundred tourism service providers are participating in the first annual Elevate Training Expo being hosted by the Belize Tourism Board in Belize City. The expo is providing tourism workers with over twenty different trainings hosted by lecturers from the Florida International University, and some of our very own experts. According to B.T.B., the […]
The Belize Police Department is yet to deploy body cameras for officers in the field, despite a donation of a hundred devices by the Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations. Those cameras will be used to record arrests, as well as evidence from crime scenes. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, cameras are also […]
Today, News Five’s Duane Moody headed west to Benque Viejo del Carmen where a bus company and the Department of Environment have been tackling an oil spill at the entrance of the town. The incident has brought into sharp focus the environmental impacts associated with these types of occurrences, but also issues of improper storage […]
The first-ever Climate Change Week is currently underway at the San Ignacio Hotel. It began on Tuesday and is being hosted by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management through the National Climate Change Office in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Office. The theme is “Enhancing Belize’s Position in Global Climate Action.” News Five’s Duane […]
For the past two days, youths have been engaged in a mock Conference of Parties. The young leaders assumed roles as party delegates attached to negotiating blocks; each of them representing different countries. They carried out climate change negotiations and were able to experience the scale and intensity of the COP. While the goal was […]
This morning, All Saints School in Belize City received a generous contribution of over ten thousand dollars from a benefactor who was once a student at the primary school. The donation of digital equipment and financial assistance for deserving students is part of an initiative to modernize and improve the existing courses being offered. News […]
