The loans may be small, but the aspirations are large. Patrick Jones reports on the latest attempt by Youth for the Future to turn young Belizeans into business tycoons. Patrick Jones, Reporting The loan disbursement is for approximately twenty thousand dollars. Director of the Enterprise Unit Sandra Bradshaw says the money covers six projects with […]
A programme to help prevent AIDS, particularly among vulnerable young people, was officially launched this morning. An agreement between the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries, OPEC fund/the U.N.F.P.A., and the Government of Belize was signed in Belmopan at the George Price Centre. The government press office spoke with Hetty Sarjeant of the United Nations Population […]
It took sometime to get off the ground, but the City of Belize finally has its own website. It was launched during a short ceremony today at City Hall. According to Deputy Mayor Yasmin Shoman, CITCO wanted to put up a website for people of all ages to learn about the legislation that governs the […]
Two organisations that play key roles in protecting the nation’s economic health are on life support tonight. The Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, with headquarters on the Barracks, is running out of funding at the end of April, while the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, BAHA, is having great difficulty sustaining its current level of […]
It’s not disability week, but raising awareness about the reality of living with or caring for someone with a disability is crucial to improving the quality of life of persons with special needs. For the past three weeks, the Parent Association for Children with Special Needs here in Belize City has been hard at work, […]
For most of us, our first exposure to the world of ultralight aircraft was news of a Boxing Day plane crash in the village of Blue Creek in the Orange Walk District. But the real story of this latest craze in aviation is not in the mishaps, but in the increasing number of Belizeans who […]
While the Prime Minister’s term of office has plenty of time left to run, such is not the case for the deal to sell Belize Telecommunications Ltd. With the original sixty-day due diligence period come and gone, the P.M. explained that the matter is very close to completion. Prime Minister Said Musa We are still […]
Each Year, the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, hosts summer camps for disabled children across the country. The trips motivate the children and help them deal with the challenges that accompany blindness. When the children are in school, B.C.V.I. continues assisting these special students to get an education. However, the programmes are expensive to […]
Over half of Belize’s population may be under eighteen, but the folks at the high end of the age spectrum are still able to kick up some dust. Today they outlined their plans to make the nation more elderly friendly. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting “We won’t just be put out to pasture and […]
Two weeks ago the budget for 2004-2005 was presented by Minister of Finance Ralph Fonseca. Today, the Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow had his say. Patrick Jones reports from Belmopan. The meeting started with the presentation of reports from committees, all of which were ordered to lie on the table. And Minister of Foreign […]
There were balloons, a cake and yes, they even sang happy birthday, all in honour of the Museum of Belize’s second anniversary. February fifth is the D.O.B. of the M.O.B. and to mark the occasion, a brief ceremony was held this afternoon in Belize City. As part of the celebration, Minister of Tourism and Culture, […]
As a concept, the idea of a mainland cruise ship port on the southside of Belize City was greeted positively when the project was announced last year by Carnival Cruise Lines. But the devil, as they say, is in the details. In this case an existing fifteen-year monopoly awarded to the tourism village, now owned […]
She has consistently taken the point of view that the job of the Elections and Boundaries Department goes well beyond counting ballots. And today Chief Elections Officer Myrtle Palacio unveiled her most recent publication aimed at educating Belizean voters. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting “A Framework for Voter Education” is the Election and Boundaries […]
He’s only been on the force a year and seven months, but today Police Constable Horace Portillo walked away with a newly instituted “Officer of the Month” award. Commissioner of Police Jose Carmen Zetina says it’s the desire of the department that Portillo’s zeal and attitude towards his job will rub off on the rest […]
This morning, the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired saw the light at the end of a very dark tunnel as some much needed funding has come their way. In Belmopan today, Japan’s Ambassador to Belize, His Excellency Mutusyoshi Nishimura, presented a cheque for more than seventy-five thousand U.S. dollars to Prime Minister Said Musa. […]
Late this evening the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued a statement objecting to several of the recent tax amendments passed by the House of Representatives last Friday. The Chamber says it is presently consulting with its members about specific concerns on each of the amendments, but at this time they recognize that the […]
The Chamber of Commerce is not alone in issuing statements critical of recent government decisions. This evening the Belize National Teacher’s Union, B.N.T.U., says that among the issues raised at a meeting this weekend, was government’s “lack of transparency and full disclosure in its buy-out and impending sale of B.T.L. shares to International Communications Corporation, […]
The launch of the fifth cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund got underway this morning in Belmopan. The programme is intended to allow poverty-stricken communities, especially in the south, to receive financing for upliftment projects. Over twelve million dollars in grants from the Caribbean Development Bank is now available to community groups. Patrick Jones […]
It is not certain just how many people in the workforce have HIV and AIDS, but the deadly disease has mainly affected persons in the productive sector: that means young men and women between the ages of fifteen to forty-nine years old. Today, the Ministry of Labour and Local Government launched a workplace HIV/AIDS project […]
It wasn’t the big announcement we were all hoping for: that INTELCO had finally achieved the elusive interconnection it has been battling over with its arch rival. Instead, the group of journalists who travelled to the company’s headquarters at mile thirteen and a half on the Northern Highway today, witnessed the formalization of an agreement […]
Negotiations have been taking place for years, and their case has been taken up by the O.A.S. …but so far representatives of Toledo’s Maya residents are not satisfied with the progress being made. This evening Greg Ch’oc of the Maya Leaders Alliance gave a lecture at the House of Culture and News 5’s Stewart Krohn […]
It is a problem that has been with us for many years, but despite a number of sincere and practical efforts to find proper shelter for Belize City’s homeless citizens, a hard core insist on living outdoors. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the Mayor’s latest effort to solve the problem. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting We […]
The Institute of Social and Cultural Research invites the public to the first in a series of lectures this Thursday evening. News 5 spoke with I.S.C.R.’s Froyla Salam about the topic, which is both historical and timely. Froyla Salam, Institute for Social and Cultural Research “As in the case of the subject of our first […]
Tonight News 5 is pleased to bring you another segment in our series on children available for adoption. Last week’s profile resulted in a good response from viewers, and we hope that once you meet the following four kids, they too may have a better chance at finding a family to love them. Jacqueline Woods, […]
In police news of a different nature, ground was officially broken this morning on a new police station for the burgeoning village of Placencia. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Stann Creek West Area Representative Rodwell Ferguson did the honours this morning on the one hundred and thirty thousand dollar structure. […]
