Cabinet has made a decision, essentially acquiescing to the demand put forward by cañeros in the north, that a commission of inquiry be convened into the sugar industry. That decision [...]
G.O.B. has said that it will not nationalize the sugar industry. But what will be the scope of the inquiry? Will the unresolved commercial agreement be settled? Jose Abelardo [...]
We also heard from Alfredo Ortega, the Chairman of the Committee of Management at the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. Ortega was among those leading the protest on Tuesday in [...]
Prime Minister John Briceño has said that at this time an increase in the controlled price of brown sugar cannot be entertained due to the high cost of living. Two [...]
You have been warned and now the government is taking action. Last week, Prime Minister John Briceño told the media that a taskforce was set up to address the global [...]
The Government of Belize is moving full steam ahead with its planned public sector pension reform. Conversations surrounding pension reform surfaced back in early February when, at a joint union [...]
The next story is a plight of a burly middle-aged man who was employed and, for the most part, suffered no known health issues during the first forty-three years of [...]
The United Democratic Party is currently in its convention season and standard bearers are being elected and endorsed across the country. In the Queen Square Division, Shane Williams, who is [...]
The family of a twenty-four-year-old man from Hopkins Village is seeking the public’s assistance to locate him. Marlon Martinez, who is hearing- impaired, was reported missing on Monday after he [...]
Fifty-nine-year-old Byron Broaster appeared unrepresented earlier today before Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman where he was read a single charge of theft. The Guatemalan/Belizean, who is homeless, claims to be on [...]
Tonight, we will feature two Belize on Reel stories. The first is in honor of Women’s Month and the other is in commemoration of Child Stimulation Month. Meet Alma Franz, [...]
It’s kite season, an annual tradition that has for many years firmly taken root in Belizean culture. While handmade kites are no longer as popular as they once were in [...]
Today, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed for the upgrade of several miles of road in the Valley of Peace community. The two point two million dollar initiative is being [...]
The Coastal Highway is on schedule to be completed later this year. It is a project that provides alternative access for commuters to southern Belize. Today, News Five caught up [...]
In March 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was detected in Belize. Since then, nearly seventy-one thousand confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded and a total of six [...]
We also heard from Doctor Marcos Espinal, the Assistant Director at PAHO. He responded to a question about the long-term effects of contracting COVID-19 and whether those long-haul COVID-19 symptoms [...]
This afternoon, the Belize Central Prison received two hundred and forty Chrome Books from the Port Moody Rotary Club in British Columbia. It was the final phase of an ongoing [...]
Last night, we told you about the controversy surrounding the demolition of a house on Pike Crescent in Belize City. As we reported, Caroline Young, who had reportedly been occupying [...]
A resident of Guinea Grass Village is twenty-five thousand dollars richer after spending three dollars on a Scratch and Win ticket. The winner, however, declined the request to be interviewed, [...]
