Lions hold glaucoma clinic in Battlefield ParkNot all of this morning’s action was inside the courthouse. As Patrick Jones discovered, there was plenty going on across the street. The Battlefield Park was temporarily transformed into a makeshift clinic where hundreds of city residents got their blood pressure taken and were tested for glaucoma – all […]
Over the next six months representatives from the Department of Women’s Affairs, The National Women’s Commission and other groups from throughout the country will embark on a study which will assess the opportunities for women’s political leadership in Belize. According to Women’s Commission President Kathy Esquivel, when you look at just how under represented women […]
The organization is more frequently associated with preventing abuse of children, promoting infant nutrition and advancing the rights of the child. But today UNICEF got involved with some older kids, who find themselves on the wrong side of the law. The UNICEF donation of woodworking tools to the Youth Enhancement Academy comes at a time […]
Since the news broke earlier this month in the international media that a cruise ship loaded with homosexual men and women was headed for Belize, there have been no shortage of opinions on the subject, ranging from lukewarm acceptance to outright opposition. Tourism Minister Henry Young as well as the Belize National Tour Operators Association […]
He spent almost twenty years in the States so he’s no stranger to the subject of Belizeans in America. Or, more precisely, Belizeans coming home from America. “On October 30th, 1961, just one day before the close of the hurricane season, Hattie slammed into Belize, a tempestuous rage. Absorbing the heft of the hit was […]
Life behind the fence at Hattieville prison is a frequent topic on this newscast, but it is not often that we send our cameras into the section reserved for those convicted criminals who happen to be female. This weekend News Five’s Patrick Jones and Wilson Pat made the journey…as guests of a group of radio […]
