On Tuesday night at seven, all eyes will be on the Miss Universe pageant, where Belize’s representative, Leilah Pandy, will take to the stage in Quito, Ecuador. Leilah is generally thought to be one of Belize’s strongest entries in a number of years and has reportedly been received very well by officials, media, and fellow […]
If you’ve ever tried to read the weekly column in the Reporter, “Weh Ah Gat Fi Seh,” you know that reading Kriol is more easily imagined than accomplished. Today, on the occasion of the release of a Kriol book of short stories, Patrick Jones decided to give it a try. Patrick Jones, Reporting ?Ah memba […]
He is not yet a household name in Belize–in fact he’s not even a Belizean. But with a new CD and a hotly promoted concert this weekend at the Bliss, Aurelio Martinez is betting that Paranda music will reach the popular pinnacle that punta rock has presided over for the last two decades. Janelle Chanona, […]
The show, called “Cubanisimo”, is part art exhibition, part entertainment, and part bazaar. And as News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered, depending on your mood, this small touch of Cuba can be a very rewarding experience. Patrick Jones, Reporting The exhibition which will run through Friday of next week at the House of Culture is featuring […]
It was an event that, as usual, lived up to the hype. In the end the new Miss Y crowned over the weekend was a popular choice with a Cinderella story and winning personality. Emcee “Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Y 2004-2005 is none other than contestant number four, Catherine Flowers.? Jacqueline Woods Catherine did you […]
It’s not everyday that you get married…so imagine the excitement of one happy couple when they found out not only that a wedding was in the works, but the entire affair would cost them hardly a cent. Host ?Couple number two, that?s Tifarah and Ernest, received twenty-seven points, making them the lucky couple who will […]
The Belize District Festival of Arts is in full swing at the new Bliss…but what those in the audience may not appreciate is the amount of hard work that goes into the performance preparation. Patrick Jones visited one Belize City school and found that practice will hopefully make perfect. Patrick Jones, Reporting The sound of […]
A Corozal family is tonight anxiously awaiting word on a relative who has been missing for a week now in Guatemala. Fifty-seven year old Orlando Bodden was contracted to transport a truck load of raw alcohol from the Guatemalan City of Puerto Barios to Belize last week, but his family lost all contact with him […]
The festival of arts is a countrywide affair, with school children from all over the nation participating. But today, the largest venue, with the largest amount of students got its festival off to a lively start. And after being away from the Bliss for several years, the general consensus was that it was great to […]
This Tuesday, the teachers and students of Stella Maris School invite you to a one-of-a-kind Art Therapy Exhibition at the Mexican Institute. The idea behind the show is to let the public become aware that even people with disabilities are able to express their creativity. Jiacuy Roche, Intern, Special Education Unit ?Our therapy is a […]
The Mexican Embassy is inviting the public to a free concert Saturday night at the Bliss featuring a youth orchestra from Quintana Roo. The Orquesta Sinfonica Juventil has been a part of the Quintana Roo School of Music since 1994 and has performed in Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Campeche, as well as their home state. […]
The four-day Easter weekend may have put a dent in your pocketbook, but if you’ve recovered enough to go out this weekend, the folks at the House of Culture are inviting you to something special on Friday night. Patrick Jones, Reporting The show will feature beautiful young ladies modelling elaborate fashions from all over the […]
His powerful but mellow voice has been entertaining Belizeans since the mid 90’s…and who–no matter which party you voted for–could forget the haunting anthem of the P.U.P.’s successful 2003 election campaign. Well, the man with those well tuned vocal chords–Super G–has a new CD out…and today he stopped by for some P.R. Super G, Recording […]
Most of us think of libraries as just places that house collections of books. But that perception is changing… and today one Belize City library opened a special exhibition that the staff is hoping will not only be educational, but enjoyable as well. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Turton Library on North Front Street not only […]
It’s a scene that has been played out many times in the past…a throng of media gathered on the tarmac of the Philip Goldson International Airport to welcome a performer, any performer, to a country thirsty for entertainment. However, for a change, this was not some refugee from the recycling bin whose best years, and […]
Between the Image Factory, House of Culture, Museum of Belize, and the Mexican Institute, it seems that not a week goes by without a new art exhibition. Tonight we’ll preview the latest from across the northern border. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Mexican artist Gerardo Espejo started painting at the age of fifteen. Twenty-five years later he’s […]
He landed in Belize just in time to meet the hurricanes and tropical storm that blew away not only homes, schools, and businesses, but also government’s economic plans. That Belize recovered so quickly was one achievement for which Hugo Souza, local representative of the Interamerican Development Bank, can claim no small measure of credit. On […]
It’s been described as a combination of boot camp, Peace Corps, and tropical vacation. But whatever you call it, for the last six weeks one hundred and twelve Trekforce volunteers and two dozen staff members have been working hard from north to south on a number of projects designed to harden the Trekker’s bodies and […]
It may have taken her a week to claim her prize, but today a very camera shy Aurora Roberts of Orange Walk walked into Tropical Gaming Company and claimed her prize of seventy-two thousand five hundred dollars. Roberts, a single mother with four children, won the money after her numbers were drawn on Wednesday night. […]
It began in 1974, a group of people getting together to share their love of singing, and to socialize a bit. Surely, none of the original members expected the Belize Chorale Society to still be performing for Belizean audiences thirty years later. On Saturday night they will hold a concert to mark this important anniversary […]
She’s been a staple on the Belizean media scene for over a decade be it via radio, print or television. Today, Belizean writer Karla Heusner is the newly published author of a book entitled “Food for Thought”. Already the recipient of rave reviews, Food for Thought is a collection of articles Heusner has written over […]
There may be an indecent amount of crime and violence in Belize today…but there’s also plenty of love. For one Belize City woman: a century’s worth. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Saturday, Ethel Fairweather will be celebrating her one-hundredth birthday. She still manages to get up at six each morning and […]
It was an opening fit for a king, or in our case a Baron. On Friday, The Bliss Center for the Performing Arts reopened after a year of construction work to upgrade the facility named in honour of Baron Bliss, Belize’s greatest benefactor, and built in 1955. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, audiences were […]
If you thought the mayor’s ball last weekend was the social event of the season, you might want to rethink that from the excitement that has been emanating from the Southern Foreshore for the past week in anticipation of tonight’s grand reopening of the Bliss. The “best of the best” are slated to perform over […]
He was not a head of state, never ran for office, and carried no portfolio, ministerial or otherwise. But if public recognition and popularity were the criteria, then the man known as Ramsey was as well known as any of our political leaders. Tonight we regret to report that Ramsey, one of those precious souls […]
