The verdict is in: not only does Belize have the Delta variant of COVID, we also have three others. This evening, the Ministry of Health and Wellness announced that test [...]
Not surprisingly, most of the news coming from this week’s cabinet meeting centered on the COVID-19 epidemic. But it seems the government will move away from its strategy of simply [...]
And while our fears that the Delta variant is present in Belize have been confirmed, today the attorney for the Belize Police Association, Dickie Bradley told News Five that sending [...]
A number of police officers contacted News Five today to say they had been sent home this morning. While they would not appear on camera, attorney Dickie Bradley says that [...]
And while the test results from Baylor University confirmed that a number of COVID variants are indeed present in Belize, and have been here for months, there is one of [...]
Some cyclists who were set to represent Belize in the Dominican Republic this week were unable to join the larger delegation when they tested positive for COVID-19. News Five has [...]
Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner was back on the job today after days of being in isolation for his COVID infection. The mayor told News Five that he tested negative [...]
A fire broke out early this morning in Caye Caulker Village. The windy weather did not help, so despite efforts to extinguish the raging fire, it spread, robbing a family [...]
Personnel from the National Fire Service were back on the scene later today doing their investigation in an effort to determine its cause. What is known is that the fire [...]
The last time there was a fire on Caye Caulker was back in September 2019 when a fire broke at Nando’s Golf Cart Rentals and Apartments. Fourteen persons were displaced [...]
Earlier in the newscast, we spoke with Mayor Bernard Wagner about his return to work and the COVID cases at City Hall. We also asked him about the impact of [...]
The mayor is advising residents that City Hall can’t continue to foot the expense of garbage collection without the residents contributing to that bill. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor [...]
But it’s not all bad news for Belize City residents. As Mayor Wagner explained, the Municipal Bond did not perform as well as it was projected to, and so some [...]
It had fallen off the radar for some time as the COVID-19 pandemic took center stage in the national discourse, but sargassum continues to impact tourist hotspots in the country. [...]
Laddie Gillett, Shamar Nicholas and Kwamie Williams: three Belizean teens recently gunned down. Sadly, they will not be the last young men to make the headlines. Tonight, in the first [...]
The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council alongside the International Organization for Migration continues to promote their “People not Property” awareness campaign. This morning, a representative of the effort was a guest [...]
The Maya People of Southern Belize joined in celebrating today as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. This year’s theme is “Leaving No One Behind: Indigenous Peoples and [...]
With a new academic year set to begin later this month for secondary and primary schools, respectively, Belize Telemedia Limited has been working with the Ministry of Education. This is [...]
And while there may be some vaccine hesitancy in the public sector, as many as ninety-two percent of all B.T.L. employees have received their first COVID inoculation. It’s an impressive [...]
Despite an ongoing vaccination drive led by the management of the telecoms provider, quite a number of employees are still working from home on a rotation basis. According to C.E.O. [...]
