During ceremonies held last night by the Scout Association of Belize, the inaugural Leopold Balderamos Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Julian Castillo. Castillo joined the Scouts in 1960 and since that time has served the association in various roles, including as a member of the executive committee, Chief Scout, and is currently the Chairman […]
The embassy may have moved to Belmopan, but life at the Mexican Cultural Centre in Belize City remains busy. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the facility’s first show of the year. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This year the Mexican Embassy plans to hold seven exhibitions at venues throughout the country. The first show opens tonight […]
Local environmentalists gathered in Belize City on Thursday night for the presentation of the annual James A. Waight Conservation Award. This year’s recipient is Pulcheria Teul of the Toledo District. Teul is best known for her work with the Southern Alliance for Grassroots Empowerment, SAGE. With Teul at the helm, today SAGE is actively involved […]
One lucky woman got an early Valentine today … from the Tropical Gaming Company. Santa Elena, Cayo, resident Rosa Elena Abarca is the latest Lotto winner laying claim to a sixty thousand dollar jackpot. This afternoon Abarca arrived at the Lotto office on Queen Street to pick up her cheque. The young mother was especially […]
In the entertainment business, the show must go on … but in the real world, and especially in Belize, when something goes wrong, there’s very little hope of getting your act together before the curtain drops. That’s what local concert promoters faced last night after their headline performer, Gregory Isaacs, went missing in action. With […]
A good friend of Belize has died. Dr. Gay Wilentz, Director of Ethnic Studies at East Carolina University in the U.S.A., also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Belize. Her work here dated back to 1991 and she made it possible for a number of Belizeans to further their studies at E.C.U., […]
Twelve years ago Arthur Samuel Richardson and his two children left their native country of St. Lucia to embark on a journey through Latin America. Today the Richardsons are in Belize on the final leg of their odyssey before returning home. The trip has been financially sustained by the proceeds from exhibitions the family holds […]
She was knocked off her bicycle last July as she neared the Colonel English Bridge in Hattieville. The cowardly motorist that hit her drove off, leaving the seven year old for dead. But little Skylar Sanchez not only survived, but is rapidly recovering from her ordeal. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has an update. Floreth Requeña […]
On the occasion of its fourth birthday, today the Museum of Belize presented a gift to its visitors … a new interactive room that will allow for plenty of artistic freedom. News Five’s Karla Vernon explains. Karla Vernon, Reporting Since the Museum of Belize opened four years ago, the children have been told not to […]
As part of Black History month, the Belize City House of Culture has launched a special exhibition dedicated to black consciousness. Featured in the exhibit are musicians such as Bob Marley, Sister Carol, Mutabaruka, and Burning Spear. According to organiser Rita Mae Hyde, through their music, the artists have promoted the importance of self-identity. Rita […]
Photography: it’s always been an art form popular with people of all ages and incomes. And with new technology, snapping pictures is easier and cheaper than ever. Today, I found out just what Belizean students can do with their cameras. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Last November four primary schools: Wesley upper, All Saints, Holy Redeemer and […]
In October of 2003 the town of Punta Gorda–and the nation of Belize–was caught up in a lurid case of alleged child sex abuse. Three U.S. citizens were vilified by the media and charged with various crimes ranging from carnal knowledge to trafficking in persons. But after several years of postponed trials, the cases against […]
He is well known for his generosity to political causes in his native U.K. and Belize, but news from Australia indicates that Michael Ashcroft is spreading some of his wealth down under. According to Aussie press reports, the billionaire has made a one million U.S. dollar donation to that country’s liberal party. Handed over in […]
There is no question that Belize possesses an underwater treasure chest unrivalled in other parts of the world. And while a number of international film-makers have documented the wonder and awe that is life along the Belize Barrier Reef, tonight we feature the work of a local diver who took his love for the sea […]
The person in our next story is definitely a contender for VH1’s “Best Week Ever.” Thirty-four year old Belize City salesman Osvaldo Zetina can’t stop smiling. On Sunday, he won a hundred and ten dollars in the Boledo draw and then on Monday morning, he found out that he had won a hundred and five […]
Just one week before Christmas, Lisa Garoy and her four month old son were brutally gunned-down near her home in Taylor’s Alley. While the baby has recovered from the injuries, tonight his mother remains admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. But as we have noted throughout our coverage of this heart wrenching […]
You might not have seen his handiwork as you drove or rode by his workshop on Victoria Street, but tonight Curl Gordon gives News Five’s Karla Vernon a look at the inner workings of art … in wood. Karla Vernon, Reporting To an ordinary person, these are just pieces of wood. But to artist Curl […]
Jeffrey Prosser and his many corporate personas have responded to reports carried on this station and Channel 7 claiming that Prosser has defaulted on his multimillion dollar loan with the R.B.T.T. bank. Following a brief email exchange with Rene Henry, Prosser’s former P.R. chief and current special advisor, Henry made the following statement. “The transaction […]
Two weeks ago we reported on Jeffrey Prosser’s troubles in a Delaware courtroom; tonight it appears that he’s about to lose one of his major assets to the bank. Reports out of Port of Spain indicate that the U.S. Virgin Islands based communications mogul has failed to repay his loan to the Trinidadian bank R.B.T.T. […]
We often hear tales of Belizeans who move abroad and make it large… and tonight we are happy to report on one such hometown boy who took a good idea in Belize and made it bigger in the U.S.A. Bobby Espat started Rose’s Paper Products in a shabby building in downtown Belize City and eventually […]
He bought a two hundred dollar cell phone and tonight he’s driving a new car. During brief handing over ceremonies at the Bravo Motors headquarters today, the keys to a 2005 Nissan Platina were handed over to B.D.F. Sergeant Mark Loredo by B.T.L.’s Public Relations Officer, Linette Canto. Sgt. Loredo is the grand prize winner […]
It’s Tourism Awareness Week and for the next few days the major players in Belize’s biggest business will be highlighting the importance of their industry for the country’s development. Today official activities were focussed in Belize City where News Five’s Karla Vernon, formerly Heusner, found herself in the middle of a fair. Karla Vernon, Reporting […]
It was not-so-long-ago the hottest story in town… but things have been quiet on the Miami legal front while Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages reconsiders her contempt ruling, and other matters in the wrangling over B.T.L.’s ownership which remain on appeal. The news that has come in tonight, however, involves Jeffrey Prosser and some legal problems unrelated […]
The family of twenty-three year old Lisa Garoy is hoping that on Monday doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital will be able to perform the spinal surgery that will help the young mother to sit up for the first time in three weeks. Since Cynthia Gentle started appealing for financial assistance to get the […]
On December nineteenth, News Five introduced viewers to fourteen year old Rosendo Choc. Earlier that month, Choc, a student at the Cayo 4-H Centre, suddenly fell ill and collapsed. A medical examination revealed that the teenager was suffering from the rare illness Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a condition that attacks the spinal cord, nerves, and causes temporary […]
