It’s a favourite fantasy to imagine winning millions of dollars but for one Belizean American and his wife, that dream has come true. On Thursday, seventy-four-year old Carl Bernard Hunter and his wife Diane claimed, wait for it, the ninety-seven million U.S. dollars they won in the Louisiana Powerball jackpot. In January, Hunter stopped at […]
For the past four nights, student performers have taken centre stage at the Bliss Centre to showcase their talents in music, drama, dance and poetry. Here are the highlights of those performances. [Montage of Festival of Arts performances] The secondary showcase ends tonight but the primary school performers will take over the stage from May […]
One is a fixture in the world of Belizean art, the other a first time exhibitor. Beginning Friday night the work of both women will be on display at the House of Culture. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith took a sneak peak. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Rachael Heusner is known on the art scene for her […]
For some people, Sir Colville Young is the Governor General of Belize but to a great many others Sir Colville is a teacher, a poet, an author and musician, not to mention a highly regarded linguist. But something you may not know is that the Governor General has been bestowed with four honorary degrees, not […]
One of the old sayings in the entertainment business is “the show must go on” … and that’s exactly what happened following the unexpected death of musician Andy Palacio in January of this year. The North American tour previously scheduled for him and his band, the Garifuna Collective, went on without him and according to […]
If you are a student poet, dancer, or musician, May is your month because that’s when the annual event that showcases the country’s most creative students take centre stage. I’m referring to the Festival of Arts of course and as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from the Bliss, this year’s performances are all show-stoppers. Kendra […]
The Guatemalan claim to Belize: Although often left to simmer on the public’s back burner, it remains the number one issue on our foreign policy plate. Foreign media reports say that during official meetings in Washington DC earlier this week, Guatemalan President Alavaro Colom indicated that his government will seek voter approval to have the […]
Viewers of this newscast are no strangers to the exploits of Belizeans who make it big in international professional sports. The name Milt Palacio immediately comes to mind in N.B.A. basketball, Marion Jones in athletics and fifteen years ago we chronicled the accomplishments of Chito Martinez, a Belizean who spent three years with major league […]
When Belizeans think of heading north to find work, what’s usually on their mind is California, New York, Texas or any other of the forty-seven states comprising the U.S.A. But that may be changing, as a release from the government of the United States of Mexico indicates that Belizeans may now be legally employed in […]
An accused rapist from the states living in the Stann Creek district has been expelled from Belize. According to local authorities, Dennis Wayne Fleming was charged with Rape in Oregon in 2001 and put on supervised release. Some time later, Fleming relocated to Belize and had been living at mile seventeen on the Stann Creek […]
We are used to periodic visits by ships of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard as well as the U.K.’s Royal Navy, but next week a new flag will fly in Belize City Harbour: that of Taiwan. A training squadron of that country’s navy is making a goodwill tour through the Caribbean that will stop […]
There are hundreds of Belizean Americans serving in armed forces around the world. Most have led distinguished careers but are hardly ever recognized for their accomplishments in Belize. But earlier this week one young woman who has made her family and the country of her birth proud came home for a very special ceremony. News […]
It has been one of the major roadblocks to improved relations with Guatemala and a long time festering wound to Belize’s sovereign pride … but a release from the Organization of American States indicates that the illegal settlement of Santa Rosa is no more. According to the OAS, the last three Guatemalan families living in […]
If you have been scouring every Sprite cap you come across looking for letters to form the words, GO NBA, we’ve got some bad news. Before the Bowen and Bowen offices opened on Monday morning Martha Perdomo was already calling to submit her name as the winner of two tickets to see Lebron James and […]
While rice and beans is still a staple Sunday dish in Belize, the musical side of Kriol culture has not fared as well as the cuisine. Aside from Mr. Peters, Leela Vernon and a few other local artists, the traditional tunes of the mahogany camps are as scarce as that precious timber. And that is […]
The other Kriol Council project is the publication of a book and accompanying CD entitled, “Traditional Games of Belize Volume One”. It is a compilation of Kriol games and its purpose is to revitalise that type of entertainment among the younger generation. Myrna Manzanares says the project was born from numerous requests by older folks […]
For the entire week, beer makers from around the region who call themselves the Master Brewers Association of the Americas are meeting in Belize to discuss issues pertinent to their industry. And while the event will focus primarily on technical concerns, two of the issues that will no doubt be discussed have to do with […]
Dr. Alvaro Rosado, the man in charge of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital since 2001, is on the way out. Information reaching News Five indicates that the new K.H.M.H. board, chaired by Dr. Ricardo Fabro, did not see eye to eye with Rosado and made it clear that his services would be terminated. When contacted […]
Umalali means “voice” in Garifuna, but the producers of a new music album released this week under that title are hoping the compilation of songs will become an important communication tool for one of Belize’s most dynamic cultures. News Five’s Kendra Griffith explains. Ivan Duran “Women have played a very important role in Garifuna culture. […]
The effort by leaders of the Peoples’ United Party to expel Mark Espat has met with resistance, both at the grass roots level and among Espat’s colleagues in the House. Today Johnny Briceño, former deputy prime minister and current representative for the Orange Walk Central Division, released a strong statement in support of Espat which […]
While his opponents engage in the political equivalent of gang warfare, Prime Minister Dean Barrow was in Washington today for a meeting with U.S. President George Bush. Along with his fellow Caribbean Prime Ministers Hubert Ingraham of the Bahamas and David Thompson of Barbados, the three leaders engaged Bush on issues of trade, tourism and […]
For the fourth time in six years it was a Belizean who walked up to the podium in Bridgetown Barbados to receive the Unsung Heroes award from FirstCaribbean International Bank. On Monday the husband and wife team of Lyndon and Laverne Bailey were honoured for their remarkable record of community service in establishing the Tubal […]
It was a hit last week at the Bliss and tonight courtesy of the National Institute of Culture and History, we’ll let viewer savour what parents and family friends got to enjoy at the Pre-school Festival of Arts. [Clips pre-school performances] Again, thanks to NICH for sharing that footage.
2008 has been declared the International Year of the Reef and with the Belize Barrier Reef voted as one of the seven underwater wonders of the world, a consortium of local conservation groups is using the occasion to bring this invaluable resource into focus. According to PACT’s executive director Valdemar Andrade, just boasting about having […]
One of Belize’s oldest citizens, Viola Myles, passed away at the Sr. Cecilia Home for the Elderly on Sunday morning. She was one hundred and five years old. Myles had been an active centenarian until late last year when she fell and broke her hip. We had made it a tradition to wish Myles happy […]
