As the business community gets ready to work under the revised Liquor Licensing Act, the Mayors Association is still ironing out the kinks. Today, the association held a symposium in Belmopan to address concerns of the amendments. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jcaqueline Woods, Reporting With the amendments to the Liquor Licensing Act almost law, […]
Civil society has announced its senatorial choice in keeping with the fourth amendment bill, and she’s no stranger to the television screen. Public Service Union President Margaret Ventura has been involved with unionism for several years and was catapulted to the public spotlight recently for her work with the Committee for Action on Public Utilities […]
A midmorning power failure in Belize City today brought business in the downtown area to a standstill for almost an hour. A check with representatives at the Belize Electricity Limited reveals that a contractor working on a roof near Public’s Supermarket dropped a steel rod on a high tension line, causing the system to trip. […]
Despite efforts to the contrary, attempts to alleviate the congestion in Belize City have crashed with the simple reality that the narrow streets are no match for the number of cars hitting the pavement. This morning, one such typical street scene involving taxi drivers, buses and a congested corner threatened to erupt into much more. […]
What should have been a wonderful trip to the reef, today turned into tragedy for a group of American tourists. According to police reports, the visitors were vacationing in San Pedro and decided to take a snorkelling trip to Sergeant’s Caye. After arriving on the island around 11:00 this morning, sixty-seven year old Eula Davis […]
Most of the visiting dignitaries have departed, but the effects of the CARICOM-Central American Summit will remain in Belize for some time. Chief among them is the strengthening of Belize’s role as the link between the two sub-regions. On Tuesday, that status received support from an unlikely quarter: Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo. According to Portillo, […]
One of the key topics of discussion at this week’s CARICOM Summit was the need for bold and concrete regional initiatives to deal with crime and its underlying causes. Today, on the national level, a cross-section of Belizeans met to chart the future for the group most responsible for the crime problem and its solution: […]
Another sign that Belize is being irresistibly sucked into the mainstream of global life is the decision by B.T.L. to switch from our current five-digit telephone numbers to the internationally accepted seven-digit system. According to a release from BTL, the new scheme will be implemented on May first. Customers will keep their present numbers as […]
The historic summit between CARICOM and Central American leaders swept through Belize almost as quickly as Hurricane Iris. But instead of a path of destruction, the meeting ended with a ray of hope. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports from the Princess. Janelle Chanona, Reporting As the thirteenth Inter-sessional meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government […]
Hurricane Iris may be four months old, but that doesn’t mean relief efforts have stopped pouring in. Both Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington handed over donations to Prime Minister Said Musa today. Some twenty-eight thousand Vincentian students from primary and secondary schools contributed to the cause. Ralph Gonsalves, St. […]
In a time of scarce governmental resources and increased vandalism of schools, principals and teachers are hard pressed to find money to maintain educational standards. One school trying to raise money and have some fun at the same time is Central Christian on Freetown Road. On February fifteenth, the school will be holding “The Little […]
It benefited from little advance publicity, whether local or international, so Belizeans could be excused this morning when they awoke to find that the country had been overrun by a virtual invasion of regional dignitaries…and today was just the beginning. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports from the Princess. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Amid the flurry of […]
Another commission, this time closer to home, has been appointed by Prime Minister Said Musa. Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord, Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez and Human Rights Co-ordinator Maria Gamero, will look into the case of three Guatemalans who died in November at the hands of Belizean Security Forces. The three Guatemalans, all members of the Ramirez […]
Media reports to the contrary, crime is not the only danger lurking in the Belizean landscape. On Thursday, a farmer from the Corozal District lost his life when he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Sixty-nine year old Gabriel Ake was hunting near his farm in Copper Bank Village when he was attacked by what […]
The problem was one of miscommunication between the management of the Belize Tourism Village and a couple of stakeholders that service the Carnival Cruise Line. That was the sentiment of Tourism Director Tracy Taegar, following a meeting she held with tourism village czar Michael Feinstein, Mike and Martha Williams of Eurocaribe and Michael Garbutt of […]
Over the weekend, prime ministers and presidents from throughout the Caribbean and Central America will begin arriving in Belize as part of the intercessional meeting of the conference of CARICOM Heads of Government. Today News 5 spoke with Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Assad Shoman, who says while discussions will focus on topics like the […]
On our newscast last night we carried a police report on the death of a man as the result of a bar fight in Teakettle Village. Tonight we are informed the deceased, twenty-two year old Alden Smith, may have died from less sinister forces. A post-mortem conducted on Smith’s body determined that his death was […]
This year, domestic carrier Maya/Island celebrates forty years in the airline industry. Despite some pitfalls, Sales and Marketing Director Winston Trapp says with their experience and new management, Maya/Island is poised to be the airline leader. Winston Trapp, Sales/Marketing Dir., Maya/Island “We’re having the newest fleet in Belize. Within the next few months, you’ll be […]
Tonight, after several months of smooth sailing, the cruise ship industry is still grappling with its first major obstacle since the first call to port. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today, it was abnormally quiet at the Tourism Village’s dock, but it wasn’t because there wasn’t a cruise ship in […]
Big government development projects are no stranger to the Toledo District. What has been scarce, however, are successful development projects. Jacqueline Woods reports on the last effort to turn things around in the south. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Toledo has always been referred to as the forgotten district…and with the capital, Punta Gorda, lying two hundred […]
She was a pioneer in every sense of the word and a role model for several generations of Belizean women. And tonight we regret to report that Dr. Bernice Hulse is dead. Over her ninety years, Dr. Hulse accomplished much, particularly in the field of public health, where she led the team which virtually eradicated […]
A new publication which highlights the merits of the soon to be established Caribbean Court of Justice has been launched. Caribbean Court of Justice: Issues and Perspective is a compilation of commentaries and analyses of issues relating to the Caribbean Court. According to the Attorney General of Barbados, who chairs the preparatory committee for the […]
This evening the Toledo Development Corporation was formally launched in Punta Gorda. T.D.C. will co-ordinate activities in the Toledo District to promote increased development of the area. The corporation was a plan formulated by the Environmental and Social Technical Assistance Project and supported by the Government of Belize. According to ESTAP’s Acting Project Manager, Imani […]
It is not exactly a household word in Belize, but if executives of Intelco have their way, that name will soon reverberate throughout the country… beginning in the schools. News 5’s Stewart Krohn reports on the long awaited inauguration of a programme to launch Belizean kids into cyberspace… and their parents into an era of […]
“Post Disaster Epidemiological Surveillance” was the focus of a one-day workshop attended by sixty health care professionals, ranging from doctors to public health inspectors. According to Dr. Paul Edwards, director of epidemiology, today’s seminar lays the groundwork for health management of future disasters. Dr. Paul Edwards, Dir., Epidemiological Unit “To strengthen those participants, or those […]
