The House of Representatives met in the final session for 2023 on Thursday. During the sitting, a number of bills were tabled and passed, including the Port Acquisition and Settlement Deeds Bill. We led our newscast with this story yesterday and today we’ll take a closer look at government’s intention to purchase the Port of […]
Earlier today, the Christian Workers Union issued a release, following government’s announcement on Thursday that it will be nationalizing the Port of Belize Limited. The statement goes on to say, “while the Christian Workers Union welcomes yesterday’s passage in the House of Representatives of the Port Acquisition and Settlement Deeds Bill 2023, C.W.U. remains focused […]
There is sad news tonight about the nine-year-old child who was on life support with meningitis. News Five learned that he passed away earlier today, just as family and friends were planning to hold a prayer vigil for him on Saturday in Belmopan. Jayce Brown, a student at United Evergreen Primary School, fell ill last […]
The death of four-year-old Ayanna Bennett last month, while in the custody of a Mennonite couple, as temporary foster parents, raised the ire of many. Questions were asked about the kinds of checks and supervision that were being done why the abuse of the child could not have been detected beforehand. On Thursday, News Five […]
On Wednesday, we reported on a stabbing incident in San Pedro that left two policemen wounded. The initial story was that the policemen, Edwin Reid and Kieran Mena were walking shortly after midnight near the corner of Laguna Drive and Spider Lily Street in the vicinity of the San Pedro High School when the incident […]
Accused murderer, Hildebrandt Codd remains at large after he escaped along with Jesse Mejia through a window in an adjoining room to the Courtroom Number Three where they were scheduled to appear on Tuesday. Codd, who was supposed to hear his verdict for the 2019 murder of Densmore Bowman, and Mejia, who is to face […]
Earlier today, the Chief Magistrate granted a warrant of apprehension for the arrest of Nimrod Tillett, as well as an application for his extradition proceedings to begin. Tillett, who has been accused of committing two murders in Belize, is also wanted in Mexico for a similar capital offense. It is alleged that he killed a […]
Collin Francis, an inmate at the Belize Central Prison, appeared before the High Court today for a competency hearing. Francis, a mental patient, is accused of attempting to kill a psychiatric nurse by stabbing her. He is also accused of the deadly beat down of Nestor Vasquez Junior. That incident occurred inside the Queen Street […]
Forty-six-year-old Owen Pollard Senior has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned on a single charge of abetment to murder. His son, Owen Pollard Junior, is on the run and is wanted in connection with the attempted murder of twenty-seven-year-old Zane Pott, a resident of mile two on the George Price Highway. […]
The start of the 2023-24 sugar crop has been delayed and the Belize Sugar Industries Limited has voiced its discontent with the decision to postpone the start of production. In a statement released earlier today, the company said, “after discussions, B.S.I. and the three attending associations agreed to start the crop on December fifteenth, 2023. […]
Earlier this week, News Five aired a story on the shortage of sugar on supermarket shelves. The shortage is not occurring in the output from the Belize Sugar Industries, but somewhere along the supply chain, the bags of sugar that are produced are disappearing, presumably across the borders as contraband in neighbouring countries. Belizean sugar […]
During Thursday’s House Meeting, Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia gave a statement on the progress this present government has made in relation to the implementation of the C.C.J.’s Consent Order that was made in 2015. That consent order recognized the Maya people’s rights to customary land tenure, and required the Government of Belize to take […]
As the hustle and bustle of the season takes us into shopping areas to buy gifts and Christmas grocery, so too do thieves step up their game to see who they can pounce on to rob or steal from. But the police department has a number of operations going on in Belize City, and is […]
This week was observed as Disability Week and what better way for the House of Representatives to acknowledge persons living with disabilities than with the start of a live sign language translation of the House proceedings. As part of the upgrade that the House is undergoing, offering live sign language translations will now be a […]
Every year since 2014, the Inspiration Centre has been distributing calendars featuring artwork of the children that it provides therapy and assistance to. But now the centre has shifted from calendars to tote bags that still feature the art skills of the children. Today it held a ceremony to highlight nine of the children whose […]
COP28 continued today in Dubai. To enhance the engagement of youth from underrepresented communities in shaping climate policies, the COP28 Presidency launched the International Youth Climate Delegate Program. This initiative involves the selection of one hundred delegates to actively participate in the COP process, with a particular emphasis on candidates from Least Developed Countries (LDCs), […]
Another young Belizean who is participating in COP28 in Dubai is Monique Vernon. On Saturday, Vernon will participate in a panel discussion where she will share the successes and challenges that Fragments of Hope has had in protecting and preserving corals in Belize. She says that the aim is to share knowledge and gain knowledge […]
This week’s story is suitable for both kids and adults alike, and it comes with a book available for purchase too. We had the opportunity to sit down with Ramy Chia, a Belizean engineer and author, to discover how she is inspiring children to believe in themselves through her newly published book, ‘Amy’s Red-Haired Dream’. […]
