Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Dive Belize's Southern Barrier Reef
1. The 2nd biggest barrier reef in the world and the biggest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere. The majority of tourists visit the Northern cayes. Visit Southern Belize and you can dive some...
View ArticleWinner Best Environmental Film: Where Have Our Sharks Gone?
Winner of the "Best Environmental Film" award at the 6th Belize International Film Festival, "Where have our sharks gone?" examines the plight of sharks and their important role in marine...
View ArticleThe Cohune, The Gibnut And Us - Short Film By Ya'axché Conservation
The Ya'axché Conservation Trust has a cool short out about biodiversity when it comes to cohunes and gibnut. Some of the film is in Mayan, with English subtitles. Definitely worth a watch. "The...
View ArticleHow To Spot A Jaguar - Tips On Sighting This Magnificent Feline
The third largest feline in the world (behind the tiger and lion) and the largest in the western hemisphere, the jaguar makes its home in the jungles from Northern Mexico to Northern Argentina....
View ArticleAre You The Nurse? Spreading Contraception In Toledo, Belize
The day marked my fourth month in Belize. We had spent weeks and shed buckets of sweat turning a dirty, dilapidated corner of a building into a medical clinic. Since then, day after day, for long...
View ArticleBelize At Caribbean Fashion Week
Last week was Caribbean Fashion Week in Kingston Jamaica – and a number of notable Belizean ladies were turning heads. Prominent among them was the Prime Minister’s wife, Kim Barrow seen here on...
View ArticleBelize Tries To Remedy Deplorable Highway Safety Record
According to the Ministry of Health, Belize recorded a fatality rate of 19 traffic deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants last year. That was the highest fatality rate of all the member countries of the...
View ArticleAttracting Expats To Belize: Real Estate Promoters Tout The Jewel
The Caribbean English speaking country of Belize (know by locals as The Jewel) is seeing an increasing expat population as retired people are moving there from Europe to benefit from an incentive...
View ArticleDanny Michel Brings A Taste Of Belize To Folk Fest With Garifuna Collective
Having criss-crossed Canada and beyond for more than 20 years as a singer-songwriter, it’s not as if Danny Michel is a newbie when it comes to dealing with the headaches of touring. But the...
View ArticleLitigations Cost Millions And The Government’S Choice Attorneys Collect
<div id="attachment_88578" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width:310px;"><a rel="nofollow" class="highslide" target="_blank"...
View ArticleWhat Are The Implications Of The Maya Land Rights Ruling?
<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="highslide" target="_blank" href="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/SATIIM-Up0002.jpg"><img class="alignleft...
View ArticlePolice Allegedly Drag And Beat Naked Woman
<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="highslide" target="_blank" href="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Police-Abuse0001.jpg"><img class="alignleft...
View ArticleLocal Fleet Looks At Linking With Mexico Through Scheduled Flights
Tropic Air is looking at linking Belize and Chetumal in Mexico through scheduled flights. According to Honorary Consul of Belize in Chetumal, Juan Valencia Gomez, the state Ministry of Tourism –...
View ArticleRecruitment Examination For Belize Defense Force Scheduled
The Belize Defense Force is looking for men and women to join its ranks. The recruitment exercise will take place tomorrow across the country. Love News spoke with Major Thomas Cal. MAJOR THOMAS CAL...
View ArticleAdolescents Complete Empowerment Program In Southern Belize
The Productive Organization for Women in Action, POWA gave certificates to 48 adolescents for completing the POWA youth empowerment program in Dangriga. Correspondent Ifasina Efunyemi has more in this...
View ArticleFourth Apprenticeship Program Wraps Up
The Youth Apprenticeship Program has been in existence since 2010. Since then the program has had a positive impact on hundreds of young people. Today was another special day for the program as we hear...
View ArticleChild’S Play Leaves Young Boy Hospitalized And Minor In Police Custody
A shooting took place on Carpenter Street in Ladyville Village on Thursday night but the victim and the accused are little boys. The one who got shot is ten years old and he had to undergo surgery to...
View ArticleSouthern Chapters Of Belize Tourism Industry Association Opposes Proposed...
The BTIA held a meeting on Thursday marking the end of consultations with all of its chapters to ventilate the proposals for large scale development in the Placencia area for cruise tourism. Appearing...
View ArticleRetiring Way South Of The Border: Panama, Nicaragua And Belize
When Steven and Robin Fine started searching for a place in Latin America to spend their early retirement, they looked at spots in Mexico and Costa Rica, both popular destinations for American...
View ArticleWhen Will Hardest Working Mayor Finish The Streets?
Mayor Bradley also confirmed that no part of negotiations with Belize Waste Control involved an extension or amendment of that company’s contract with the Belize City Council. So with garbage matters...
View Article