A death investigation is underway in Orange Walk, following an altercation between an uncle and two of his nephews. Jockey Anthony Deras, who also goes by the surname Bartley, died after he was chopped and stabbed multiple times in front of his three children at his home just off Narciso Street. But as News Five […]
The redistricting exercise is a long-overdue process that is finally underway, but not without controversy. The redrawing of the electoral map across several of the thirty-one constituencies is causing a stir among area representatives from both major political parties. In Belize District, the idea is to reduce the number of constituencies from thirteen to eleven. […]
This evening, Port Loyola Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior issued a release regarding the ongoing redistricting exercise. While he vehemently opposes the reapportionment of his constituency, Usher says, “in fairness, the elimination of two divisions in the Belize District should begin with the smallest of the eight smallest divisions in the area, specifically Fort George, […]
A request under the Freedom of Information Act has been sent to the Ministry of Sustainable Development for gathered facts on environmental clearance, as well as an Environmental Compliance Plan, for the Port of Magical Belize. A little over two years have gone by since the Department of Environment granted that permission to Portico Enterprises […]
The question of whether permission has been granted to Portico for use of the seabed to construct a manmade peninsula was posed to the Minister of Sustainable Development earlier today. Clearance for such activity falls within the purview of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Mining, however, Minister Orlando Habet told us today that the […]
Concerning the dredging up of millions of cubic meters of material from the seabed, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow said that the environmental community was incensed at the thought of Waterloo’s proposal. However, no one, including Chief Executive Officer, Doctor Kenrick Williams, has said anything about Portico’s plan to excavate eight and half million cubic meters […]
And during his weekly sit-down with the media, the Leader of the Opposition also commented on the response he has received from the Royal Caribbean Group. It follows a letter that was written by Barrow to C.E.O. Jason Liberty on June twelfth in which several concerns were raised regarding the Memorandum of Understanding signed between […]
For the first time in the history of the country, FIBA will be hosting a junior national team competition in Belize. The U-seventeen Centrobasket Championship is a qualifier for the World of Basketball and today, News Five caught up with the U-seventeen national basketball team during a practice session at the Belize City Civic Center. […]
Heads of government of the Central American Integration System, SICA, have completed their fifty-seventh summit in Placencia. Tasked upon its receipt of the pro-tem presidency from the Dominican Republic six months ago to focus on economic and social integration, climate change, sustainable development, food security and migration, Belize’s Foreign Minister, Eamon Courtenay briefed the media […]
As Foreign Minister Courtenay just shared, one of the topics dealt with is food security. Notably, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and SICA signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement during the SICA meeting in Placencia. The main objective is to support the transformation of agri-food systems in countries with little rainfall. The […]
Lubetkin says that if respective countries can improve their food security systems, food production would be better and would benefit the people who are not eating well. He shared interesting figures of how much food we would collectively be able to start producing to be able to feed the people who are still going hungry. […]
One country that the SICA heads of government want to assist in improving the conditions of its people is Haiti. Haiti shares a border with the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. For decades, Haiti has had vulnerable communities plagued by floods, soil erosion, and wanton deforestation that have removed almost all of the […]
They were scheduled to arrive on the United Airlines flight around eleven-thirty this morning and then participate in a motorcade having competed and won three medals for Belize, but today, four athletes and two chaperones are delayed in New York after the airline company bumped them from their flights. While the issue was unpredictable, the […]
KTV-The Remix is back! Season Five of the popular entertainment show on Channel Five begins tonight with highlights from the auditions. The judges believe that this year’s hopefuls are the best set of singers to date and we can hardly wait to introduce them to you. So following the newscast tonight, stay tuned to this […]
