After all those reports of violence, it seems more than appropriate that on Sunday, religious leaders throughout the country celebrated a National Day of Prayer with their congregations as a protest against the crime situation. Today, Belizeans in agreement with the move, abstained from food and spent most of the day praying for peace. News […]
Belizean musicians have been going international for some time now, but the sale of their music has yet to make much of a dent in the world market. That situation has improved of late, with the release of a new CD. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It’s the first time that the works of […]
With the usually raucous budget debate set for Friday, Prime Minister Said Musa spent today’s lunch hour doing some warm up exercises. The occasion was an address to the Belize Business Bureau at the Biltmore Plaza. Focussing on crime, the economy, and health reform, the P.M. spoke from notes and answered questions from the audience. […]
Today’s meeting of the Business Bureau was not all politics. A few minutes were set aside to present the prestigious Marla Holder Award. This year’s recipient is Eva Middleton. Middleton, who holds a Master’s degree in Public Health, is best known for her work as an early advocate of breast-feeding. She’s also a veteran community […]
AIDS: it’s a story that’s been with us since 1986 and shows no signs of moving off the front page. Today, those leading the charge against the deadly disease took their campaign to the city. Jacqueline Woods was there. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Last April the National AIDS Commission embarked on a nationwide consultation to establish […]
In a time when ethnic lines around the world are becoming increasingly blurred, the University of Belize has found it timely to discuss identity in the context of Belize’s multi-cultural society. “Black and So What: the Relevance of Racial and Cultural Identity” is the focus of a public forum on Thursday evening at the Holy […]
There’s more to university life than academics…and if you don’t believe me, you can ask the six young ladies vying for the title of Miss U.B. Ann-Marie has a preview. Contestant #1 “Hi, my name is Shakira Bennett and I’m Miss Perseverance.” Contestant #2 “Hi, my name is Karen Requena and I am Miss Unique.” […]
Whether the cause is famine, hurricane, earthquake, economics, or just plain “head tek”, people are on the move as never before…and Belize is no exception. How those moving masses are dealt with was the subject of a seminar today at the Radisson. Ann-Marie reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting With the 2000 population census reporting thirty-two thousand […]
They produce an important stream of data that, combined with satellite imagery and ground based radar, can pinpoint the location of a hurricane, and help provide a better forecast of where it will go. Today, I got the opportunity to meet the plane and crew who instead of fleeing from hurricanes…fly into them. Janelle Chanona, […]
It was a murder suicide that shattered a peaceful village and shocked a nation. But the damage which remains in the wake of last week’s bloodbath on the Western Highway, goes beyond a family’s grief. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today, fourteen-year-old Daisy Figueroa is recuperating at Belize Medical Associates in Belize […]
A student has drowned while swimming in Corozal Bay. According to police, around eleven a.m. on Thursday seventeen year old Elden Butler of Calcutta Village was bathing near the area known as Miami Beach. Witnesses say he was seen to go under the water and not resurface. Butler was pronounced dead on arrival at Corozal […]
Those who are incarcerated have plenty of time to think about what they did wrong and how they will set things right when they are released. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand to observe a programme that hopes to make life better, both for the newly freed inmates…and their families. Jacqueline Woods “How […]
The Basic Needs Trust Fund doesn’t receive a lot of publicity, but it is a major source of funding for crucial infrastructure across the nation. Today, government and the Caribbean Development Bank signed an agreement for a three point two-five million U.S. dollar grant, which will continue the programme, which is aimed largely at rural […]
A recent ruling by the Privy Council has had the effect of eliminating the death penalty in Belize and a number of other Caribbean nations. Today in its regular press briefing, Cabinet announced that it has asked the Attorney General to look into the legal implication of removing the Privy Council’s jurisdiction as the final […]
Four witnesses testified today before the Commission of Inquiry established to investigate the shooting death of three Guatemalans near the border in Toledo last year. The first witness to take the stand today was Assistant Inspector of Police and Officer in Charge of Toledo, Cardinal Smith. Smith gave his account of the day in question […]
Representatives of indigenous groups from around the Americas are meeting at the OAS in Washington to draft a declaration of rights. The working group, which includes member country delegations, will attempt to create a draft document, which covers cultural development, as well as social, economic and political rights for descendants of the region’s earliest inhabitants. […]
One hundred and forty unemployed youths will soon get a chance to learn some marketable skills. This is thanks to an arrangement by the Ministry of Education to provide scholarships for apprenticeship training at a private facility in Ladyville. According to a ministry press release, the Tubal Training Institute at mile ten on the Northern […]
Thousands of Belizean students had their already long weekend extended by an extra day, as their teachers left the classroom to stage a protest in Belmopan. Citing government’s failure to take their contract negotiations seriously, the demonstrators took their message within shouting distance of the corridors of power. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Estimates […]
This morning tragedy struck Hopkins Village as that community lost one of its very young residents. Dangriga police say around ten-thirty this morning two-year-old Rondeen Nunez was playing in her yard when her mother, twenty-four year old Rosella Lopez, left her daughter’s side to go inside and check on some fish frying in the kitchen. […]
The Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate a shooting incident which claimed the life of three Guatemalans in November of last year got underway this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. Six witnesses took the stand this morning, who gave their account of what happened on November twenty-second 2001 when sixty-one year old Jesus […]
This afternoon twenty students from Holy Redeemer Primary were invested into that school’s scouting group. The ceremony was significant because after six years without a scout banner, the school has revived its participation. Holy Redeemer has the distinction of establishing the first scout group in Belize in 1910, with the movement eventually spreading nationwide. Today, […]
Next Tuesday, more than ten thousand teachers and public officers are expected to hold a national demonstration and rally in Belmopan. The move is being organised by three unions: The Belize National Teachers’ Union, the Public Service Union and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers. In a press conference this afternoon, union leaders maintained […]
He is known to many of us as “Jolly Rancher”, but there is little joy these days in the life of Roderick Matura or his family. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from the bedside of a young man whose world has been turned upside down. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Medically, there is not much more that […]
Last Friday night the public got a chance to see young men showcase their talent in the Mr. Nice Guy pageant. This Friday the students of Excelsior High School invite you to their sixth annual Miss Excelsior contest. For the past three months, the eight ladies have been working overtime getting ready for the pageant. […]
Earlier in this newscast, we made a tongue-in-cheek reference to Women’s Week, reporting on the exploits of three accused robbers. But the role of females is changing radically in fields other than crime. For the past week News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams has been talking to a number of Belizean women in high places and found […]
