In a small country like Belize where fires are a regular occurrence we often get to see our fire-fighters on the job albeit under stressful conditions. On Friday and Saturday, the public will be able to see our eighty-five fire-fighters engage in these same exercises, only this time for fun. Assistant Fire Chief Norris Fisher, […]
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the opening of carnival season and one of the big bands is kicking it off with a pageant. This weekend six primary school children will be vying for the title of Little Miss Cultural Heritage. Jacqueline Burgess, public relations officer for the group, says that it’s an event which […]
While most experts agree that the best weapon in the fight against AIDS is education, no educational “magic bullet” has yet been found that irrevocably changes people’s risky behaviour. That, however, has not stopped people from trying. Jose Sanchez reports on the latest attempt in Belize. Jose Sanchez, Reporting In an effort to raise awareness […]
In Belize, photo opportunities for the news media and politicians are usually confined to ground breaking ceremonies, ribbon cuttings or the ever popular handing over of a computer. But this morning Prime Minister Said Musa acted more in the tradition of Tony Blair than George Price when he bravely strode into the Central Medical Laboratory, […]
As for the Commission of Inquiry, the report of the three man panel should be presented to the Prime Minister by the end of the week. Meanwhile, Minister of Health Jose Coye believes that it was important that the public had the opportunity to hear the testimony. Jose Coye, Min. of Health “To have a […]
The Belize Family Life Association conducted a ground breaking ceremony this afternoon and unveiled its plans for a new headquarters. The organisation, located on the old Belize City Hospital compound, will eventually move to a new location behind Pallotti High. According to B.F.L.A.’s Executive Director Jewel Quallo Rosberg, they also intend to provide additional health […]
Moving into a new house has never been easier in Belize, but not all the recent construction can be attributed to government, D.F.C., or a highly liquid banking system. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Habitat for Humanity is an international non-governmental organisation that has been helping Belizeans build homes since 1999. Mirna Paul, Habitat’s […]
Residents of Belize City’s Mesopotamia division, particularly children, now have a resource centre to call their own. Today was it’s first day of service. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting 88 West Street, which was once a community day care centre, has been refurbished to meet a community need. That’s according to Ray Lightburn, who unsuccessfully contested the […]
If you’re a resident of Coney Drive, then you know all too well that when it rains the street becomes a river and in the dry season a bed of choking dust. According to Area Representative Jose Coye, all that is about to come to an end, hopefully in five months when the rehabilitation of […]
Residents of Coney Drive should keep their fingers crossed until their paved street is actually delivered, as their next door neighbours were similarly excited when they got the long awaited news that their boulevard would be paved. But after months of work on Durgeon Drive, residents there say the job was a joke. Today area […]
Belize’s union movement is up in arms tonight over what they claim is the illegal firing of banana workers. Christian Worker’s Union President James McFoy told News 5 that his union has been attempting to organise labourers at several farms and had been receiving strong support from employees in the industry. He claims that on […]
Three contracts were signed this morning for hurricane rehabilitation projects. The infrastructural works, totalling five point five million dollars, include the paving of Coney Drive in Belize City, construction of a new municipal pier in San Pedro and environmental improvements in that town and the nearby island of Caye Caulker. Funds are being accessed from […]
The Lower House met this morning in the nation’s capital to make some amendments to the supreme law of the land. Jose Sanchez was there. Jose Sanchez, Reporting A bill to amend the Constitution was introduced at today’s meeting at the House of Representatives. The primary changes will be to shift the composition of the […]
Close to twenty men converged on the Chateau Caribbean hotel this morning to talk about being responsible fathers and by extension parents. This is a first time effort by NOPCA to allow Belizean men to put forward their views in a round table discussion for solidarity and to get recommendations for a national conference in […]
It’s not unfamiliar to hear of a women’s round table. A place where issues affecting women, children and families are discussed. Now, in a bold move by the National Organisation for the Prevention of Child Abuse, NOPCA, the first men’s round table discussion takes place on Friday. NOPCA’s executive director, Lorna McDougall, says the forum […]
In news from Cabinet, that body has decided to take action against two activities that have on occasion caused the government some embarrassment. The first effort to tighten up involves Belize’s merchant ship registry. As frequently reported on this newscast, Belizean registered ships operating on a flag of convenience principle, have been regularly busted around […]
If you’ve looked around Belize City during the past few days, you would have noticed that officers in the Traffic Department are wearing new uniforms. And while it will make their presence more visible, the Belize City Council is banking on that point to make motorists think twice before breaking the law. According to Paco […]
Representatives of L.G. Electronics, the giant Korean Corporation that is contracted to provide government with its own high speed communication network, are in town this week to provide details of the system. News 5’s Stewart Krohn met with them this morning and was told that the wide band C.D.M.A. technology, originally developed for military use, […]
While the system is designed primarily for data and Internet use, a limited amount of voice transmission will also be provided. But the equipment can be upgraded and expanded to form the nucleus of a full national telecommunications system. Glenn Godfrey, whose company, International Telecommunications Limited, partnered with L.G. on the project, was asked if […]
The three man commission of inquiry appointed to investigate the circumstances under which three patients at the K.H.M.H. received HIV infected blood, convened this morning in Belize City. Although cameras were barred from the public proceeding, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams was in attendance and she joins me in the studio tonight for an update. Ernesto […]
In what must be one of the fastest turnarounds in the history of Belizean publishing, the Government printer has just completed a book containing Belize’s oral arguments in the dispute with Guatemala. The case refuting the Guatemalan claim to Belize, made on May twenty-first and twenty-second in Washington, was presented at the OAS by Assad […]
News of her arrest shot across town with the speed of a Marion Jones sprint, but after a night in a Queen Street holding cell, Marisa Quan finally got to face her accusers. That’s when the sometimes creaky wheels of Belizean justice finally began to roll in her favour. The Government P.R. Officer, along with […]
As Belizeans, we have come to associate the police with law and order, not to mention the violent environment that often comes with the territory. Today a gentler side of the police personality was served up when they dined with Belize’s golden citizens of the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly. According to Sergeant Gilbert […]
They don’t have the big sound of Byron Lee or the sexy moves of Square One, but the set of musicians now in the country has probably performed in more local venues than any other group of visiting artists. Ann-Marie reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting A little bit of Haydn…A little bit if Celtic medley…a little […]
While the last three decades have seen him smoothly make the transition from young rebel to elder statesman, the one constant in the life of Assad Shoman has been the persistence of the Guatemalan claim. As chief negotiator in the latest and most ambitious attempt at dialogue, the ambassador with ministerial rank has had to […]
