It was the story we were working on yesterday when we ran into the ruction between disgruntled laborers and Government Minister Hubert Elrington. And in fact the two stories are related: they both concern the issue of how our people are housed. Patrick Jones reports. The outside doesn’t quite tell the whole story, but behind […]
The project may not be worth eight million dollars but it’s still an important one, both to the politician who’s behind it and the laborers who want to work on it. Those two parties had something of a falling out, however, and a News Five crew, which happened to be in the Lake Independence area […]
The ongoing effort by Government to build a cruise ship terminal at the old Custom’s Wharf hit another snag today as the Supreme Court granted an injunction preventing the Minister of Natural Resources from transferring several parcels of land to the Belize Port Authority. The land in question, two properties belonging to the Belize Audubon […]
While those in the tourism industry try to hammer out a unified position, one group involved in the business of conservation says it is prepared to fight to the bitter end for what it believes is rightfully theirs. In May of 1993, the Belize Audubon Society was issued a title for the land and building […]
A high ranking officer of the Salvation Army’s Territorial Headquarters in Jamaica is on an official working visit to Belize. Financial Secretary Major Neil Suanders arrived in the country this afternoon and will spend the week reviewing the Army’s work throughout the country as well as conducting an internal audit of the church’s finances. Major […]
The Belize Red Cross Society is the beneficiary of some much needed medical supplies for its clinic in Belmopan. The donation was handed over earlier this week to the Director of the Society Audrey Courtenay, by a group of ladies who are originally from Guatemala that sees this small gesture as a way of repaying […]
An early afternoon fire in Belize City has left a number of people homeless. Sherlyn Young had just left her house to go and buy at a nearby shop when she looked back and saw smoke and fire coming from inside the house. Sherlyn Young, Fire Victim “I gone buy and when I look the […]
While efforts to save the life of the stranded manatee calf may have come too late to make a difference, the Ministry of Works is hoping the same will not be the case with the old Belize City Swing Bridge. According to a government press release, work on rehabilitating the aging structure will begin shortly […]
The National September Celebrations Committee today announced the launch of a competition to choose a patriotic song to be used in the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye. The bicentennial song competition is open, presumably, to both musicians and non-musicians and is being run on the premise that […]
Primary School children from the village of Hattieville and surrounding areas have reason to wear broad smiles these days. A team of visiting dentists from the U.S.A. today wrapped up a series of free dental clinics in the village. The primary school children from Hattieville Village were surprisingly calm and cool as they had their […]
The Child Care Centre on St. Thomas Street was today the beneficiary of a donation courtesy the Belize City Hospital Auxiliary. The gift comprised twenty two sets of sheets valued at six hundred dollars and was made through the assistance of past President of the Auxiliary Norma Young. The bedding comes on the heels of […]
For the past five days the staff and members of the Young Women’s Christian Association, the YWCA, have been holding activities in commemoration of the organization’s forty two years of service. The ‘Y,’ which was founded by Lady Winnie Ward in 1956, works together with local voluntary movements and intergovernmental organizations for the overall betterment […]
As criminal behavior goes, it’s not as dramatic as kidnapping, but if you’ve ever eaten a meal of rotten chicken you know that the results it produces constitute a crime against humanity… or at least the human stomach. And that’s just the way the health department feels. This afternoon health officers closed down the Yang […]
The Society for the Promotion of Education and Research, better known as SPEAR, along with the University College of Belize, will tonight inaugurate the tenth annual Studies on Belize Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is a timely one. Entitled “Land and Nation: Rights, Responsibilities and Reform” the conclave’s twenty or so presentations will […]
The area of Belize City known as Port Loyola has earned a reputation for controversy over the subject of housing. Last year, for instance, there was the infamous house built in the middle of Matura Street. Then earlier this month it was a disaster on Rivero Street, when a house came tumbling to earth. Today […]
They say appearances don’t always paint an accurate picture, but don’t tell that to the Belize Family Life Association. The ten year old organization today relocated its main clinic and headquarters to the old Belize City Hospital. B.F.L.A.’s Executive Director Jewel Quallo-Rosberg says the move to what was the operating theater wing, made possible by […]
If the people along the Sibun are concerned about threats to their flora and fauna, villagers in Seine Bight are tonight worrying about some unwanted visitors. For the last two weeks two jaguars have been roaming the area and residents are beginning to get edgy. The sightings were first made almost two weeks ago on […]
While the People’s United Party highlighted some of the obstacles facing Belizean women, during a forum today hosted by the National Commission for Women, Kathy Esquivel, the commission’s president said, the focus should not be on the problems women face. Instead women should celebrate who they are and the contributions they have made to society. […]
In the wake of last weekend’s accidental death of a Belize City man by electrocution, Belize Electricity Limited has issued a press release denying any liability in the incident and offering tips to the public on how to avoid the danger of high voltage lines. According to B.E.L., the accident which killed John Myvette and […]
Three community projects administered by the Belize Enterprise for Sustainable Technology BEST, are the recipients of some much needed assistance from the Canada Fund. Seventy seven thousand two hundred and ninety six dollars have been approved for disbursement to the Blackman Eddy Women’s Group in Cayo, the San Felipe Small Business Group in Orange Walk […]
When Sylvia Cumberbatch woke up this morning, the last thing she expected was for her house to come crashing down to the ground, but that’s just what happened. The two story wooden building on Rivero Street could no longer stand on its own as the rotted beams that once supported it gave way, and in […]
The age old saying that children should be seen and not heard is fast becoming a thing of the past. And no where was the move more visible than today at a workshop held at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City. Observers say far too many school aged children are beating the streets […]
It wasn’t because of a planned activity for Children’s Week, but the campus of the Toledo Community College was quiet today as students walked out of classes in protest. The weekly Tuesday morning assembly quickly turned into a demonstration that went through the principal streets of Punta Gorda Town. The students were protesting disciplinary actions […]
For a number of years now the United States Peace Corps has been a constant presence in Belize, working in many different facets of Belizean life in both rural and urban settings. Today they gave a rare look into the work they are doing around the country and Julietta Burrowes was among those who stopped […]
After four days of industrial action, the Citrus Company of Belize and its workers have reached agreement ending a labor dispute. The stalemate ended late Friday evening with the signing of an agreement between the C.C.B. and the Christian Workers Union. News Five’s Patrick Jones has more details. Although they won’t collect any pay for […]
