A recent flare-up of gang warfare in the vicinity of Kraal Road has seen four persons killed. Two of them, including Gary Young and Matthew Gutierrez, fell victim to armed [...]
Nicholas’ demise at the hands of police officers who were responding to the fatal shooting moments earlier has triggered an internal investigation, notwithstanding the fact that there was an exchange [...]...
A young man well known to police, Devon ‘Hulk’ Bailey, was gunned down on Friday night in Belize City. But as News Five’s Paul Lopez also found while doing this [...]...
There was a sad ending to the missing person report from Sunday as the lifeless body of twenty-two-year-old Carlos Guerra was found floating in the Sibun River behind Franks Eddy [...]...
A shooting in Belize City last Thursday has left Jaheed Baptist recovering from injuries he received while walking on Pen Road. Baptist reported to police that as he approached a [...]...
As the number of positive cases of COVID-19 continues to rise, for the first time, there is a cluster being detected in the public transportation industry. James Bus Line suspended [...]...
One of the groups that are now deemed “essential workers” are the employees of business process outsourcing companies or B.P.O.s. As of August first, they too must produce a negative [...]...
In news from the Olympic Games, all three Belizeans sent to participate in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics competed over the weekend. Amado Cruz made history from the start, by being [...]...
Emancipation Day was recognised for the first time this year as a public and bank holiday in Belize. The Ministry of Culture, through the National Institute of Culture and History, [...]...
Of the many activities held so far, an ecumenical service on August first shed light on the original actors in slavery. Interestingly, the churches played a role in slavery. In [...]...
Outside of getting communities more involved, it’s about changing the “crab-in-a-barrel” mentality. Director of the Institute for Social and Cultural Research, Nigel Encalada says that it is time for all [...]...
We are only just beginning the month of August and there are already concerns among tour guides over what they feel is unfair treatment compared to the tourists they escort [...]...
Schools are scheduled to resume in-person learning in the last week of August, so parents are trying to acquire those much needed textbooks and gather together money for various fees. [...]...
There was a small fire at the Supreme Court of Belize today. Reports to News Five are that the fire department was called to the court after a small tank [...]...
Belizeans of all ages are invited to enter a regional art competition. Today, McNab Design Limited and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre announced the “Speak Up” Campaign, aimed at [...]...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with educational sessions at hospitals, social media campaigns, and the certification of two polyclinics as Mother and Baby Friendly. [...]...
A spike in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks has prompted the Ministry of Health and Wellness to take stringent measures in an attempt to stem [...]...
A new taskforce will also be introduced to administer existing COVID measures in places such as shops and stores, public offices, as well as other business establishments. While a lockdown [...]...
Spanish Lookout remains an area of concern for the Ministry of Health, as well as the Belize Police Department. That Mennonite community in the west has been flouting the COVID [...]...
There is a concerted effort by various government ministries to get public officers vaccinated. While the approach has been met with opposition in some corners, by and large teachers are [...]...
For the first time, Belize will observe Emancipation Day as a public and bank holiday this year. It commemorates the day in 1838 when enslaved Africans from the English-speaking Caribbean [...]...
Protests have broken out in Guatemala, with thousands taking to the streets on Thursday, lighting fires and blocking roads across the country. The protestors who are an amalgamation of different [...]...
The Belize Sugar Industries, A.S.R. Group is processing its final delivery of sugar cane for the season. The company does not yet know how much sugar was produced in total [...]...
In the off season, B.S.I/A.S.R. says they will be making a twenty million dollars investment to improve facilities. These upgrades will include the water treatment plant to improve the quality [...]...
The press also asked about the company’s decision to move its sugar loading operations from the Port of Belize to the Big Creek Port. The company asserts that this will [...]...
