The Statutory Instrument that requires restaurants to accommodate only vaccinated people who can show their cards has begun to impact hotel restaurants. Restaurants presently can only accommodate fifty percent of [...]
The daily COVID statistics gives us an indication of how bad the infection and death rates are in Belize. On Wednesday, Acting Director of Health Services for the Ministry of [...]
The Opposition, United Democratic Party, has come out swinging against the Government for, in their view, not making COVID testing readily accessible to the public, forcing many to have to [...]
A Camalote resident is spending his first night on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was busted with over eleven and a half pounds of cocaine. Orlando Pascasio [...]
It’s been just over a week since fifteen-year-old Kassman Gill, a promising student at Saint John’s College died at the K.H.M.H.. He had been hospitalized for gunshot injuries he sustained fifty-two [...]
The Belize Police Department and the Customs and Excise department have gotten assistance from Central America Regional Security Initiative of the U.S. Government, in an effort to stem transnational crimes. [...]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay met today with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Lisandro Rosales Banegas during his official visit to Belize. They held a bilateral [...]
This is Mental Health Week and in Belize, anxiety and depression are the most prevalent challenges. According to Mental Health Coordinator in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Nurse Iveth [...]
Over the past twenty years, hundreds of children in Belize have received advanced care through the World Pediatric Project. While the non-profit organization celebrates that milestone, there are still many [...]
By tradition, patients in need of surgery would have the procedure performed by a specialist who would make a large incision into their bodies. Surgeons would later realize that this [...]
Dr. Cawich explains that with the advent of COVID-19 last year, it forced many in the medical professionals to rethink their approach to performing surgeries. Dr. Shamir Cawich, Professor [...]
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association’s (BSCFA) Committee of Management has written to the Prime Minister requesting a meeting on the status of their commercial agreement with the Belize Sugar [...]
The Leader of the Opposition, Patrick Faber has given an update on the consultations concerning the Justices of Supreme Court. Faber says he received the letter from the Cabinet Secretary [...]
Speaker of the House, Valerie Woods has been appointed the new regional Chairperson for Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. The post is rotated every three years and [...]
Five scholarships have been awarded to students in secondary and tertiary level institutions by the Belize Hotel Association. The five recipients are: Blythe Thompson from Saint Catherine Academy, Raonie Guerra [...]
Land activist Nigel Petillo has taken to Facebook Live to vent his frustration over what he says is the refusal of the Minister of Natural Resources, Cordel Hyde, works with [...]
The Belize National Rugby Team left for the Turks and Caicos Islands today. They will be competing for the first time in an international tournament. It’s a historic step for [...]
Here at News Five we are so happy to have one of our reporters back with us. Marion Ali, who was hospitalized with COVID-19, will be doing next week’s COVID [...]
