The Belize Red Cross Society in conjunction with the National Emergency Management Organisation, has organized a Damage Assessment and Needs workshop in order to better coordinate relief work after a disaster. According to Audrey Courtenay, Chairperson, of the Disaster Management Committee, the week long programme is geared to make people understand the urgency required to […]
These are good times for printers as it seems that not a week goes by without the launching of a new book. While today’s ceremony was not dedicated to poetry, art or fiction, it did highlight an important development in Belizean society. Ann-Marie Williams Belize can now add the first of its kind comprehensive women’s […]
An organisation created ten years ago to give at risk girls a chance at a better future, the Youth Enhancement Services Programme, celebrates a milestone on Thursday, International Women’s Day. It will officially open its new training centre at a site in Lord’s Bank Village. Executive Director Florence Dillett says Thursday will be a proud […]
They are working day and night to quickly finish a job that has the city’s traffic going in circles. When they are finished the western entrance to the old capital should look as up-to-date as its northern counterpart. Ann-Marie Williams inspected the job this morning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Twenty-five percent of the work on the […]
One year ago tonight the nation of Belize held its collective breath as word spread that a small plane was winging its way east with a precious cargo. Four Belizean law enforcement officers who had been kidnapped and imprisoned by the Guatemalan army a week and a half earlier, were on their way home. Those […]
It’s an issue that consumed the undivided attention of Belize’s best diplomatic minds for almost two months and distracted both countries from the more important issue of dealing with the Guatemalan claim. Finally, however, the problem of three illegal Guatemalan settlements on Belizean soil appears to be solved. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National […]
On Friday March third, Prime Minister Said Musa and Minister of Home Affairs Dickie Bradley, went on a working tour of the Stann Creek District. While inspecting some projects that government is developing in the area, Bradley took time out to present a new fire truck to the fire service in Dangriga. The 2001 model […]
“Believing in Ourselves-Uniting for the Future”, is the theme for Women’s Week being observed March fourth to tenth. Acting Women’s Department Director, Christy Castillo, says Belizean women have come a long way. Christy Castillo, Acting Dir., Women’s Department “We’ve created a referral system with the Ministry of Health and the Police Department. We’ve held workshops […]
Reports from the border indicate that all the residents of the illegal settlements at Rio Blanco and Valentin Camp have accepted compensation from the Guatemalan Government and are in the process of moving west. The situation is not so clear cut at Machaquila, however, as word from Belmopan this afternoon indicates that only fifteen of […]
It’s an annual rite of passage for thousands of Belizean students, and while they no longer get the day off or even a bag of goodies, Children’s Day is still a chance for the kids to let off steam and make some noise. Ann-Marie Williams has the story. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The words “Stay in […]
At last there is forward movement to report on the evacuation of three illegal Guatemalan settlements in Toledo. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guatemalan authorities on Wednesday began to pay compensation to heads of households and some have already headed west across the border. The process began slowly with only three of approximately […]
While Glenn Godfrey may have lost a legal battle today, he’s still hoping to win the larger telecommunications war. Last week in his budget speech Prime Minister Said Musa announced the signing of a contract with Godfrey’s ITL and Korea’s LG Electronics, which would give the newcomers the right to install a wireless Internet network […]
Caves Branch now boasts a new bridge as part of the completion of the Hummingbird Highway upgrade. The new road was built by Cisco Construction Company in two phases with work starting in April 1998. The first part of the project, which covered eight miles from the Sibun Bridge to Caves Branch, cost over nine […]
An art show opened today in Orange Walk and News 5’s Jose Sanchez discovered that while the medium may have been familiar, the message was not. Jose Sanchez, Reporting After Hurricane Keith faded, the damage left behind was thought to be primarily to buildings and crops. But that’s not necessarily true; our minds are also […]
The result of a postmortem on the body of a Guatemalan recovered from the Mopan River on Monday shows that he died from drowning. The result of the autopsy, which would otherwise be considered routine, was anxiously awaited by officials on both sides of the border due to controversy surrounding the death. According to Guatemalan […]
Today was scheduled to be “D-Day” at the Guatemalan border, “D” standing for departure of residents from three illegal settlements in Toledo. Late word from Belmopan is that Belize’s observers have just returned from the area by helicopter and are being debriefed at the Foreign Ministry. Earlier reports cryptically stated that “the exercise is ongoing.” […]
In just a few short years its creators and participants have turned it into one of the nation’s premier sporting events. And this year the big canoe race is going to be better than ever. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The serious paddlers have been practicing for months… and next week they’ll put it on the line […]
There is trouble at the border tonight and we are not referring to illegal Guatemalan settlements in Toledo. Instead the problems centre around the frontier post at Benque Viejo and the role of a newly created government body which may have overstepped its authority. That body, the Border Management Agency, has been ordered by the […]
As Belizeans, we are known as a proud people… but pride does not always translate into patriotism. Today the Ministry of Human Development took a step to promote nationalistic feelings in our young people as part of its Civic Education Programme. Jose Sanchez was on hand for the flag raising at St. John Vianney Primary […]
The Rotaract Club of Belize will be staging a fashion show to raise funds for education. The two-hour long production takes place at the Belize Biltmore Plaza on Saturday night at 7:30. According to the show’s co-ordinator, Kimberley Vasquez, the night will offer a preview of the latest styles for spring. Kimberley Vasquez, Coordinator “You […]
The painfully slow process under which residents of three illegal Guatemalan settlements in Belize are being returned across the border now has a new estimated date for completion. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs tells News five that the Guatemalan government has agreed to begin disbursing financial compensation on Wednesday to those settlers willing to voluntarily […]
Forty Orange Walk families have now taken up residence on what promises to be a planned residential community in the San Lorenzo area of the district. Area representative Johnny Briceno, in inaugurating the project on Saturday, says of the ninety homes built in the area seventy have already been sold. Johnny Briceno, Area Rep, Orange […]
A pocket-sized booklet outlining children’s rights and responsibilities in cartoon form was this morning launched at the Hattieville Government School. According to National Human Rights Coordinator Maria Gamero, the publication is timely as it coincides with National Children’s Week. Ann-Marie Williams “You hear a lot on child’s rights, but you seldom hear of responsibility. Zero […]
The sun has set on another day and to absolutely nobody’s surprise, over three hundred illegal Guatemalan settlers who should have left a week ago, are still firmly planted on Belizean soil. As suspicion grows that the delays are more deliberate than accidental, News 5 went to Belmopan to get the official spin. A subdued […]
Only a few weeks ago in the wake of a favourable border survey by the OAS, there was no shortage of government spokesmen, all too ready to profess cautious optimism of a new era in Belize-Guatemala relations. Today, with illegal Guatemalan settlers still firmly planted on Belizean territory, official information is as scarce as a […]
