Big names in the international music industry are in town this week to celebrate Music Week but also to honor our own Mister Peters. He needs little introduction since he is a household name, well-loved and respected for his bruk dong music. This Sunday at the Bliss Centre, a concert is being held with an […]
We’re one week away from the Easter festivities and almost everyone’s plans include a visit to the beach. So tonight Safiyyah has a special presentation on what’s hot in swim wear this year. But of course there’s still a lot to do around the country so your favorite entertainment girl will also tell you where […]
Billie Miller, she is a power house among women in the Caribbean and she is here in Belize in connection with an initiative by the National Women’s Commission, called Women in Politics. Miller is among a small group of women that have made it to the upper layer in public service having served as Deputy […]
Most people would recognize the name Harold Crooks, he is the man who gave a damning report and recommended over a hundred ways to fix the police department. In fact the Minister of National Security, Carlos Perdomo, and the police hierarchy often pull out the report when questioned about how to deal with the rampant […]
But will the allegations have any bearing on the famous Crooks Report? The Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jeffries, was busy most of today, but the Police Press Officer, Sergeant Fitzroy Yearwood says Crooks’ problems should not affect the credibility of the report. Sergeant Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer “If he is being sought in Jamaica […]
Hubert Erin Elrington is a Belizean American, who is free in Belize, but wanted by the police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. He is the nephew of the Foreign Minister, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington and former Minister Hubert Elrington. Elrington, twenty four years old, has been implicated in a home invasion […]
There has been an overflow of fugitives who have absconded from the United States and sought refuge in Belize. Most of them have been Americans wanted for serious charges such as murder and child abuse to lesser crimes. Tonight another fugitive is being sought by the United States and his name is Hubert E. Elrington. […]
Also in the courts Justice Boyd Carey who has been sitting in the Belize Court of Appeal for ten years got a warm send-off today. The imminently qualified judge started his legal career as a registrar of the court of appeal and eventually was elevated to the Supreme Court and then the court of appeal. […]
Early this morning, a pioneer in broadcasting with tremendous experience in the public service, Rudolph Castillo, passed away in Belmopan. Castillo did not recover from a coma he slipped in about a month ago following surgery for injuries he suffered in a fall. Castillo was among top broadcasters in the early days of Radio Belize […]
Two weeks ago the chances of nineteen year old Ahmad Nah surviving a near fatal pellet wound to the left side of his forehead were very, very slim. Doctors had in fact informed his family that there was only a five percent likelihood that he would pull through. While his road to full recovery is […]
It was a fitting farewell for a man who touched the lives of many Belizeans and is considered one of Belize’s most distinguished businessmen, Sir Barry Bowen. His many successful business ventures benefitted the country’s economy and he employed well over one thousand persons. His final farewell, an official one, was held today and thousands […]
Meanwhile, a memorial service was held for Sir Barry on Monday in his hometown, San Pedro where the islanders deeply loved and respected the man who contributed immensely to the development of the town. The mass took place at the Island Academy, a private primary school which Bowen started in the 90’s. There were around […]
Earlier in the news cast, we told you about the Belize City and San Pedro services held for Sir Barry Bowen. The coverage continues with the motorcade of hundreds of mourners celebrating the life of the business mogul and culminated this afternoon with the procession, led by the Belize Defence Force Marching Band in full […]
Musicians, unionists, educators and students are mourning the passing of popular jazz musician and educator, Frankie Rhys. Rhys battled diabetes for twenty five years and his health condition turned for the worse in late 2008. He lost that battle early this morning at his home. It happened on the same day that Association for Belizean […]
Here is the face of one of Belize’s longest serving media workers. Whether it was her knack for journalism or her anchoring skills, Jacqueline Godwin, formerly Jacqueline Woods is saying goodbye to the field. Yes, the veteran journalist is bidding farewell to journalism! To pay tribute to this longstanding reporter and anchor woman, News Five […]
He celebrated his ninety-first birthday only last Friday, and this year there was no public appearance to mark the occasion, mostly because, as he put it, the recession does not lend to a party. Despite his age, George Price, the Father of the nation, can frequently be seen taking his walk between his home and […]
Attorney General Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington told News Five late last year that the government would be advertising the post of Chief Justice since the CJ, Abdulai Conteh, is reaching retirement age. At the opening of the Supreme Court this morning, the CJ himself said that many have been talking about his possible retirement in 2010. […]
The king of brukdong Wilfred Peters sat down with William and I last December on Open Your Eyes as a featured guest of the 2009 Brukdong Competition. But his health has been failing and Mister Peters has been hospitalized for the past two weeks. Peters, a diabetic, was admitted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital […]
