If you listened to rumours on the street you would think that by Thursday or Friday all life in Belize will come to a halt. But while citizens anxiously wait to see if the water, light and telephone service will be halted by angry utility workers, the unions and others opposed to new tax increases […]
Meanwhile Belize’s union representatives continued to hold their meetings today as they finalize their response to the budget. This afternoon, Public Service Union executive Hubert Enriquez told News 5 that following discussions in Belmopan last week, each union was mandated to come up with its own plan of action for this week. Meetings are set […]
No more. That was the theme this afternoon of a joint press conference hosted by the eight unions that comprise the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. It was an alphabet soup of acronyms but the message they spelled out was clear: they are strongly opposed to any tax hikes that are all but certain […]
The global fight against AIDS is not being waged on a single battlefield or even led by a unified command. Instead it is largely a war of small skirmishes–scientific, social, political–conducted all over the world, sometimes successful, sometimes not. In Belize a new initiative currently being implemented with assistance from the United States Department of […]
It happens every year at this time…that is the race to become the year’s first Belizean. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from the KHMH. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Baby Lucio Briceno, junior weighed in at five pounds, five ounces when he was born at eight forty five on New Year?s Morning making him the first born […]
The Young Women’s Christian Association today received a generous helping hand for its swimming programme from one of the country’s largest companies. During brief ceremonies at the Y’s offices on St. Thomas Street, representatives of Fortis, the majority shareholder in Belize Electricity Limited, handed over a cheque for four thousand dollars. According to executive secretary […]
Patrick Jones ?Downtown Belize City is the busiest I?ve seen it in quite a while and people are going here, going there, vehicles going down the street can only mean one thing…last minute shoppers picking up just what they need for Christmas Day tomorrow.? ?For the last three weeks or so, the Salvation Army has […]
This evening the Seventh Day Adventist Church hosted a Christmas party for over two hundred children from Fabers Road and surrounding areas. The boys and girls, who had to sit through a series of speeches before they were given their gift bags, did not seem to mind the long wait. According to the deputy leader […]
It was built as a facility catering to the needs of cruise ship tourists–a way for them to sample the best of Belize’s history and environment all under one roof. But today the attraction called Old Belize was turned over to a bunch of guys better known for jacking tourists instead of being tourists. As […]
The police top brass, it will be recalled, were present at the Caribbean Shores police station to witness the handing over of a donation to the family of Uwin Armstrong, the policeman who was gunned down on November twenty-sixth as he walked to work. Businessman Santino Castillo donated toys to the children of the fallen […]
Last week it was the children…and today senior citizens were on the receiving end of the Salvation Army’s Christmas goodwill. Close to sixty men and women from Belize City were invited to the organisation’s main church on Cemetery Road where they received food parcels from pastors of the church, Captain Anthony Sanchez and his wife […]
It’s as regular a seasonal occurrence as cool weather and the appearance of apples and grapes. I’m talking about Christmas crime…and the proactive efforts of police. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from downtown Belize City. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting According to Assistant Commissioner of Police and the officer in charge of Eastern Division Maureen Leslie, Belizeans […]
Employees of Belize Telecommunications Limited today reached out and touched thirty families countrywide through their community service project called “Christmas in a Can.” Originally the brainchild of business development executive Sharmayne Cadle Saunders, the company’s over four hundred workers pooled their resources and management chipped in to help make the holidays a little bit more […]
They say that around half of Belize’s population is under eighteen, making it one of the youngest countries on the planet…but I’ve got a little secret about the other half: someone forgot to tell them their age. Patrick Jones explains. Patrick Jones, Reporting The annual party for older persons gave over a hundred senior citizens […]
It’s the biggest banquet you’ll ever find in Belize, hosted by the organisation with the nation’s biggest heart. Today I got to join the Salvation Army as they brightened the faces of what seemed like every child in the city. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is not every day that a child gets to enjoy delicious […]
It may not be classified as police news but one Belize City mother believes that if not a crime, it’s at least a shame the way her son is abused at school. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Anna de la Fuente?s 11-year-old son is a student of St. Ignatius Middle School but on Wednesday, the young mother […]
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of a Toledo man that occurred over the weekend. The body of Alfonso Che was found near a roadside in San Antonio Village Sunday afternoon. He had been drinking heavily with friends before leaving them to walk home. Initial investigations led police to believe that he […]
It may not be a new story but it is a good story: the creation of another new Belizean homeowner thanks to the diligence, hard work and common sense of a programme organised by Habitat for Humanity. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was both reporter and presenter. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today thirty-three year old Carlene […]
On Friday UNICEF officials in Belize released their annual report on the State of the World’s Children. That the venue of the press launch was the Toledo District was no accident: Toledo, as most Belizeans know, is as poor as it is ruggedly beautiful. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The United […]
This evening the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, released its annual publication on the state of the world’s children. The seventeen-page report, which was launched in Punta Gorda, focuses on how poverty, armed conflict and AIDS threaten a child’s ability to grow and develop to his or her full potential. According to UNICEF?s Representative in […]
The Salvation Army today received a generous measure of help in its campaign to bring a smile to needy children at Christmas. Presenting a cheque for one thousand dollars to News 5’s Stewart Krohn, who accepted on behalf of the Salvation Army, was Speednet’s Chairman, Jaime Briceño. Jaime Briceno, Chairman, Speedent Communications ?On behalf of […]
They are often criticized, sometimes unfairly, for just doing their jobs. But there is a gentler side to public officers and this evening, that humanitarian spirit was aptly demonstrated by the staff of the Income Tax Department who hosted over seventy children at their annual Christmas party. Tax Officer Annisa Perdomo says the joy on […]
One of the two breaks in the ARCOS undersea cable ring has been repaired and BTL has begun to shift some of its telecommunications traffic back to that system. Viewers will recall that the first of two unrelated and highly improbable cuts in the cable occurred on November eleventh, seven miles east of Cancun. Traffic […]
A group of Belizean women have gotten together and committed themselves to offer to senior citizens and anyone in need of after health care the service right here in Belize. The women, who are former nurses, say that too often patients are being discharged early from hospitals and left on their own to recover from […]
Whether you live in San Ignacio, Belmopan, Dangriga, or Belize City, at some point you would have been forced to breathe the sickening smoke of a burning garbage dump. But help may be on the way. Nearly a decade after the project was first outlined in collaboration with the IDB, Belize will begin to comprehensively […]
