The nationwide strike called by the teachers and civil servant unions appears to be fizzling as schools across the country were back in full session, and a large majority of public officers were at their workstations. What could be causing the apparent lack of support for the proposed shut down? Union leaders were tied up […]
The educational forum had been scheduled from weeks ago, but with loud and persistent calls for new elections, today’s presentation by the Elections and Boundaries Department could not have been more appropriate. Janelle Chanona, Reporting After more than a year of extensive fieldwork, and the passage in the National Assembly, this morning the Elections and […]
It was announced last month and this week Prime Minister Said Musa formally green-lighted a feasibility study as part of the government’s upliftment programme for southside Belize City. During brief signing ceremonies in Belmopan on Tuesday, Musa said that the results of a four-month long probe will hopefully give G.O.B. a better idea of what […]
In terms of numbers, they form the two largest components of Belize’s increasingly restive union movement. So when after days of suspense the Belize National Teachers Union and Public Service Union simultaneously announced their decision to go out on strike as of Tuesday morning, it looked like the long anticipated final offensive to unseat the […]
In news just in, the Public Service Union of Belize has officially announced its plans to take industrial action against the Government of Belize. In a letter dated today and addressed to Marcial Mes, Minister of Labour and Local Government, the P.S.U. states that this action is in solidarity with the National Trade Union Congress. […]
It may be hard for some of us to think about a hike in electricity rates at a time when we are worried about just having a steady supply of current, but come July first, our light bills are going to get bigger. B.E.L. has been granted an increase of eight point six percent by […]
Around nine this morning approximately one hundred employees of Belize Telecommunications Limited lined the street in front of the company?s headquarters on St. Thomas Street. A bomb threat had been called in to the facility, forcing workers outside. But when News Five arrived at the scene, one allegation was that when B.T.L.?s unionists had problems […]
The Youth Business Trust, a worldwide initiative founded by the Prince of Wales, is launching its programme in Belize. Described as a private sector driven enterprise, the Y.B.T. has assisted more than sixty thousand young entrepreneurs in countries all over the world. A programme team has spent the last four months preparing for tonight’s launch […]
Activities surrounding the first annual Music Week continued in Belize City today with a panel discussion. The topic on the table was entitled “Belizean music on the air: Composers need paying too!” According to organisers, local vibes are used daily in music programmes and in commercial productions on radio and television, but with no financial […]
Most of the news involving Belize Telecommunications Limited these days has been about the ongoing battle for the company’s ownership. But while the moguls trade legal blows, B.T.L. keeps right on rolling along. The company’s latest expansion programme is targeting the rural areas of Maskall and Lucky Strike villages in the Belize District, where after […]
The Senate Special Committee investigating the Social Security Board loan portfolios held its third public hearing today in Belmopan. The main feature of the session was a special auditor’s report on the Board’s investment portfolio transactions. While the report was referred to and extracts discussed during the meeting, it was not released to the public […]
In the latest hiccup in the B.T.L. legal battle, the Chief Justice postponed his expected judgment until Wednesday morning at nine-thirty. While that decision will be with regard to the composition of the legally beleaguered company’s board of directors, other developments today concerned the Belizean entity Sunrise and its bid to take over B.T.L. In […]
Since twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Tillett was reported missing one month ago the family has looked far and wide but still has no idea where their loved one might be. But they remain optimistic that Tillett, who suffers from mental illness, will be found alive and well. Today, Kendra and Darrel Tillett appealed to the authorities and […]
Details are in short supply tonight but News 5 has confirmed that late this evening a policeman was the victim of a shooting incident in Belize City. According to sources in the police department, Constable Edgar Pech, attached to the Crimes Investigations Branch was at home around five this evening, cleaning his service revolver when […]
We see them every day and continually ask why something cannot be done to improve the lives of Belize’s street people. Today one group of people came forward to say they will try. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The problem of homelessness has been with us for a long time. But compounding the situation […]
Due to the Easter holidays, there will be no newscast until March 29th, 2005.
The sensational deaths of a number of young people over the last few months, the daily reports of robberies, burglaries and other acts of crime and violence are never pleasant stories to have to tell, let alone experience. Now a group of SJC Junior College students want the community to put aside their fears and […]
While the world’s response to the AIDS pandemic may be longer on hope than it is on cash, there are increasing resources being made available to countries like Belize. But more money doesn’t necessarily mean better results. The key, as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered, is how to get organised. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Ministry […]
He has been missing now for twelve days and tonight the family of twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Tillett is asking for your help in locating him. According to relatives of the Blackman Eddy resident, Daniel, who has a history of mental problems, was last seen on March third in the Belmopan area. His brother, Darrell Tillett, today […]
Over the years numerous initiatives have been taken to diagnose the root causes of crime and produce solutions to solve the problem. But tonight, one local author claims that he’s spent the last eight years, not to mention more than a hundred thousand dollars, conducting scientific research on Belize’s youth and, guess what, his study […]
He was no stranger to the public, as a New Year’s Eve altercation with security men at the Princess Hotel was headline news in the media. But tonight twenty-two-year-old Eder Alamilla is dead, the victim of what appears to be a suicide by gunshot as he sat in his car near the unfinished St. Anthony’s […]
It may have been an easy break-in for two thieves, but it took a lot more work to try and get away. The action unfolded around three-thirty on Wednesday morning at the residence of thirty-five- year-old Eldon Gillett. Gillett told police he was awakened by a noise in his front yard and when he went […]
The Ministry of National Development today released the findings of a major survey conducted three years ago to determine the level of poverty in Belize and its impact on the economy. The 2002 Poverty Assessment Report, based on a sample of seventeen hundred people, estimates that ten-point-eight percent of the country’s population is considered very […]
Now that the results of the survey have been made public, the next step in the process is for the Ministry of National Development to formulate a strategy and action plan to reduce the level of poverty in the country. To achieve that goal, a series of consultations will be held to get feedback from […]
He claims he was punched in the face by a police officer, and tonight nineteen-year-old Marvis Espinosa is in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital awaiting surgery to repair a broken jaw. It’s a story that starts early on Saturday morning, when Espinosa says he was going home from a night club in Orange Walk and […]
