Being a good bartender entails more than just fixing fancy drinks and collecting big tips from happily inebriated customers. That was the message this afternoon as a training course for budding mixologists was held at the Biltmore. Lucy Fleming, Belize Hotel Association “People had the opportunity to not only learn about the bar and bartending, […]
The management of Belize Electricity Limited today came as close as they may ever dare to guaranteeing consumers that rates will drop once the Chalillo Hydro Project comes on stream. That prediction accompanied the announcement that the Public Utilities Commission has approved the new power purchase agreement under which B.E.L. will buy current from its […]
It’s a familiar scene to drivers who travel on roads leading to garbage dumps. Follow a truck carrying refuse and you frequently find yourself dodging the debris that flies off the back. Jacqueline Woods did some following of her own this morning and found authorities taking action. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today, drivers who were transporting […]
The artists featured in the following story are not wannabe rappers, DJ’s or Belize-Americans trying to launch a CD they recorded in a L.A. garage. These guys, as Ann-Marie discovered, actually play instruments and make sounds that really sound like music. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting In an age where school bands are a rarity, it’s nice […]
Life may be returning to normal in southern Belize following the passage of Hurricane Iris almost three months ago, but there are many people, especially in the Toledo District, who are still in need of supplies. Today, one Belize City couple demonstrated that it is never too late to reach out and give a helping […]
It is a sad, painful fact that while many children go home to parents that love and care for them, there are three times as many, who go home to an environment where they are mistreated, abused and neglected. Too many Belizean children are victims of this practice, evidenced by the number of them being […]
If you happened to be on Freetown Road this afternoon and wondered why there was a slow-down in traffic, don’t worry it wasn’t an accident. Earlier today, Caribbean Shores Area Rep Jose Coye opened a drop-in centre and clinic. The facility will be managed by a steering neighbourhood committee with assistance from NDACC. It is […]
Two days after the bodies of Kirk “Psycho” Thompson and Edmund Velasquez were retrieved from the Old Northern River in Maskall, just how these two young men died is still a matter of contention. But despite the number of conspiracy theories in circulation and the serious aspersions being cast on the Belize Police Department, it […]
Since this story broke on Wednesday night, the Police Department has asked the public to believe it is entirely plausible that two young men drowned simultaneously in a practically stagnant river that isn’t very deep and is dotted with trees. Whether cramps were the culprits or not, a double drowning is certainly a rare event, […]
Kirk Thompson and Edmund Velasquez will never see the inside of a courtroom, but the street verdict is already in. Ann-Marie took a walk downtown today to find out how some of you feel about this dramatic story. Citizen #1 “I would have wanted him to come in alive. With me fair is fair, and […]
Even though the Police Department maintains that no officer came in contact with either Kirk Thompson or Edmund Velasquez, prior to discovering their bodies in the Maskall River on Wednesday, they were definitely in the area earlier in the week. On that same day, two residents of Lucky Strike Village, located just a few miles […]
On Thursday members of the local press dropped a bombshell on news listeners that as many as fifteen prisoners had escaped from the confines of the Hattieville prison and weapons, money and a cell phone had been found on another prisoner. Tonight the superintendent says it’s simply not true. According to Major Errol Gentle, neither […]
The Government of Belize has confirmed today that the management of the post office, in addition to the Prison Department, will be privatised. The government is trying to conclude negotiations with the present Board of Governors and its chairman John Woods, who has expressed an interest to manage the institution. According to Minster of Housing […]
In a decade of chronicling the ups and downs of life in the sometimes tarnished jewel we call Belize, it stands out as one of the strangest and most disturbing stories this news organisation has ever covered. Disturbing because three people are dead who shouldn’t be; an unarmed policeman and two men who are suspected […]
It was hyped as the first official forum at which irate consumers could lay out a detailed case against B.T.L. and its newly imposed rate structure. And while it delivered somewhat less than expected, the public is now on record to lawmakers in its opposition to the current state of the telecommunications environment. Janelle Chanona […]
With thousands of Belizeans awaiting their December telephone bills with a mixture of defiance and trepidation, rumours swirled today that B.T.L. was having second thoughts about the implementation of their new rate structure, which was supposed to come into effect December first. Numerous calls to the company’s P.R. Department were met with the reply that […]
Motorists travelling on Central American Boulevard are asked to approach with caution when driving from Racoon Street to Neal Penn Road. The east side of that section of the Boulevard has been closed and the west side has been divided into two lanes. The closure is the result of drainage works currently being carried out […]
The problem of child abuse in Belize is no longer swept under the rug, as in years past, but despite the efforts of NGOs like NOPCA and increased sensitisation of the Human Services Department, police and judiciary, Belizean children still resemble an endangered species. This morning a major three-day conference opened in Belize City that […]
After a four-month break, the Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Tower Hill Riot had to be adjourned this morning. The reason was that the three witnesses: Glenford Arthurs, George Sanchez and Police Superintendent Paul Wade were never served with the notice for their appearance. Arthurs however showed up anyway because […]
In an update on another story, Toledo East Representative Mike Espat is in a Fort Lauderdale hospital tonight recovering from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Sunday. Espat was flown to Florida on Monday afternoon by air ambulance and is receiving treatment for his injuries, the most serious of which are said to be […]
The most common complaint by Belizean drivers about fuel for their vehicles is invariably the price. But with gas prices comfortably down from their 2001 highs, the latest problem is one of supply. Rumours of an impending fuel shortage fluttered around the city today and News 5’s Janelle Chanona got behind the wheel to check […]
An orphanage for abused and neglected children was today the recipient of monetary donation from a Belize City business house. Marla’s House of Hope, located in Belmopan, was today awarded a lump sum of money from Travellers Limited and a pledge of a further donation every month for the rest of this year. According to […]
Today, to the delight of more than a few parents, most school children were back in the classroom. But for one community pre-school, which has been robbed twice in the past three weeks, this morning was looking pretty bleak in more ways than one. But a couple hours into the day Area Representative and Minister […]
Arriving in Belize today was CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington. He is here to brief Prime Minister Said Musa, who as of the new year took on the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community for the next six months. At a joint press conference late this afternoon in Belmopan, Carrington explained why in the era of […]
One of two teenaged girls seriously injured in a bus mishap on Wednesday morning, Nicole Vacarro of Ladyville is only now able to speak coherently about her ordeal. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited Nicole and families of both young women to see what the future holds. Nicole Vacarro, Accident Victim “Well I am not feeling […]
