It’s that time of the year when the community is asked to give generously to the Salvation Army Kettle Appeal. The effort got underway today on Albert Street in Belize City. Captain James Garth, General Manager, Salvation Army “We raise funds so we can help the needy children in our community and even outside of […]
The reports of the sexual abuse of children may not seem as frequent these days, but sex crimes against children continue and every day children are battered by their mothers, fathers and other relatives. As part of their public awareness campaign the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse is sponsoring a week of […]
If you’re between the ages of nine and fourteen and love to draw, you could win up to one hundred and fifty dollars for coming up with a winning logo design. The Family Services Division is looking for a drawing that will be used for new posters, T-shirts and pamphlets for their “Give Your Heart […]
We’ve all got a mental picture of our dream house, that home we will build when we get our land, and enough money. But what if you are so poor your house is a nightmare, a structure that is just waiting to collapse around your ears. As News Five found out some Belize City folk […]
Whether you’re planning to go to the concert, just stay home or pull out a bag of tricks — if there are no treats, — don’t let the feeling of the Halloween weekend take your common sense away. Extra police personnel, the Dragon Unit and traffic officers will be patrolling Belize City and they have […]
New month, new rules. Come Monday, November first, a quick trip in or out of Belize City might also mean a quick stop at a local mechanic or auto parts store. In an attempt to curb city accidents, the Belize City Council will be doing daily car checks at the bridges outside Belize City, to […]
Bridging Interfaith Network is holding a conference for women this Friday and Saturday on issues facing today’s churches. The group, which formed two years ago, allows women from all religious denominations to come together to give support and share experiences. One of the founding members, Carla Housepien, spoke with News Five about the meeting and […]
This week just about everyone in Belize is thinking about where we were at this time last year when Hurricane Mitch appeared to be bearing down on us. If your survival instinct told you to leave everything behind and take your loved ones to Belmopan, you were in good company. What you may not know, […]
The continuing controversy over a proposed dam and hydroelectric facility at Chalillo on the Macal River is once again in the news. A release from BACONGO, an umbrella organization of Belizean environmental NGOs, announces the completion of a study it commissioned on the economic viability of the Chalillo Project. Not surprisingly the report concludes that […]
For most of us, dealing with financial institutions is about as comfortable as a visit to the dentist… but today, which just happens to be World Credit Union Day, we have a little story about a man who feels so good about the relationship with his credit union that he went one step beyond merely […]
If you’ve been on a waiting list for a telephone, you may not have to wait much longer. B.T.L. is already installing fixed wireless phones in San Pedro and will begin hooking up customers in Belize City up to miles four and a half, Ladyville, Orange Walk and Belmopan in December. This week B.T.L. signed […]
The CuBel houses may be going up, but the old wooden houses in Belize City keep on coming down. Today another house, this time on Frederick Alley, came crashing down. And just like the last one on Cemetery Road in July, the occupants were inside at the time. Three children were injured and the entire […]
Two weeks ago the Belize Energy Workers Union, publicly protested the Belize Electricity Limited’s refusal to acknowledge their claim that the company owed them money for their years of service. They said that since the government was selling its majority shares they wanted to be fired, compensated for their service and then rehired, the way […]
Did you know that there are two different minimum wages, one for manual workers and the other for domestic workers and shop assistants? The Women’s Issues Network of Belize wants to change this and give Belize’s working women a chance to earn more. The issue came up in April at a training workshop and has […]
The tribunal appointed to mediate in the dispute between the Belize Energy Workers Union and Belize Electricity Limited has made its decision. And while no official release has been issued by either side it appears that the three-man panel has ruled that the union does not have a valid claim. Last month the B.E.W.U. gave […]
We hear about so many cases of domestic violence, about men being arrested for hitting, or perhaps even killing the women they claim they love. While the police do make arrests, this occurs after the violence has already taken its toll. Can’t something be done to prevent such outbursts? This week the National Women’s Commission […]
It was World Mental Health Day on Sunday, but while the day is intended to increase public awareness of mental disorders, for most Belizeans mental health remains an abstract concept. At least, until you “buk up” to someone on the street who is talking or singing to him or herself or even taking off their […]
Today the world’s population hit six billion. Although the United Nations World Population Day was in June, today the six billionth baby was born. Here in Belize the experts believe our population will be somewhere between two hundred fifty and two hundred fifty five thousand by the next census in the year 2000. Sylvan Roberts […]
A few months ago the public saw Belizean factory workers putting a Cuban technique to work by manufacturing the sections of concrete that would eventually be put together to construct a house. It was hard to imagine what the end product would look like. Today the first Cuban technology house, dubbed a “Cubel” to signal […]
Throughout the world international organizations have launched programs to assist in reducing the number of teenage pregnancies. Partners of the Americas which link Latin American and Caribbean countries with the United States has already begun the process of addressing the problem in Belize. Under the theme of “Thinking, Talking and Taking Actions,” Partners of the […]
To celebrate World Lions Service Day, members of the Belize City Lions Club went out into the community they serve. One special occasion that took place on Mahogany Street was the handing over of a bus shelter to the Belize City Council. They also continued their free blood pressure tests. Lions throughout Belize have joined […]
Royal Canadian Legion Day this Sunday is being observed by members of the Belize Ex-Servicemen’s League. It might seem strange that they would be observing a Canadian event, but as the Belize Ex-Servicemen’s League explains, Belize was taken under the wing of the Canadian Ex-Service League back in 1966. The Canadians aided the Belizean veterans […]
While you may not be able to take that getaway this holiday weekend, those of us in Belize City can still enjoy some time with our family in a beautiful location next to the sea. It’s taken a few months to make sure everything was done right, but the finished product was worth the wait. […]
La Democracia, designated as one of the new satellite towns, will be growing by leaps and bounds in the future with the addition of some two thousand new homes, but today the folks already living there got a new water system. But at a cost of over two hundred thousand dollars, the system will provide […]
After the murders of four little girls in Belize City, and rising crime the government imposed a curfew for all children. It was among the recommendations made by the children themselves at the Children’s Summit in March and for the most part the kids and their parents are observing the curfew. But there are those […]
