On Tuesday The Image Factory on North Front Street will be hosting a one day exhibit featuring the works of Belizean artist, Rachel Heusner Superville. Superville says the pieces are among her favorites and women especially are invited to attend the show. Rachel Heusner Superville, Artist “My black and whites are mainly ink and charcoal […]
On Thursday night the carnival action moved to the northside of Belize City. News Five’s Jose Sanchez visited a number of the mas camps and found that spirits were high. Jose Sanchez, Reporting While the Cultural Heritage band members were sweating it out on Baymen Avenue, there was still some order inside the mas camp. […]
The excitement of September celebrations has been steadily increasing, but not all of the month’s activities involve jumping up. On Wednesday, Jackie Woods got in the spirit by taking in a show at… the library. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is the first of its kind exhibition hosted by the National Library Service of Belize. The […]
The carnival spirit revved up on Wednesday night as the city’s bands held their mas camps. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods visited some southside camps to get a peek at what we’ll see at Saturday’s road march. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There are two more days to go before hundreds of Belizeans will be lining the streets […]
It is a South American country with a wide window on the Caribbean. This week Belizeans will get to learn more about this fascinating nation, which all too often is seen only as a land of coffee and cocaine. This morning I got a sneak preview of a new exhibition. Jacqueline Woods The craft exhibition […]
It is a traditional part of the September celebrations, but this year’s Tribute to Belizean Patriots will be special. On the night of September 19th Belize’s first prime minister and father of independence, George Price, will receive the first ever National Hero of Belize award. The honour, which will offer the public a chance to […]
It was a large and excited crowd that packed the National Stadium on Saturday night to cheer for their favourites in the Carnival King and Queen Competition. News Five was there to record the action. (Contestants dancing in costumes) Beadau Banks, Junior King, Legacy “I feel very excited. This is the first day I came […]
The Queen of the Bay Pageant takes place tonight at City Centre and while she is not among the contestants we will soon be meeting another Belizean Queen. She is Sophie Rosado, Miss Belize of Louisiana. Queen Sophie was crowned in Kenner, Louisiana on July fifteenth and represents the Belize Association of Louisiana. She currently […]
It wouldn’t be September without the Queen of the Bay and this year’s pageant will be ready to roll on the first night of the month. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a preview. Jose Sanchez, Reporting With qualifications such as being tall and stately like a mahogany, pure as a Belizean mountain stream, sweet like […]
After nearly two decades of unmitigated bombardment from satellite television, books are enjoying a renaissance in Belize. This morning I had the opportunity to preview the latest offering. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Three years ago, Felicia Hernandez returned to Belize after migrating to the United States almost thirty-one years ago. Hernandez, who has spent most of […]
It received a little scare from Hurricane Debby, but the latest edition of the regional cultural extravaganza known as CARIFESTA rebounded strongly for participants and spectators alike. Today I went out to the airport to meet Belize’s returning artists. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Members of the Belizean contingent to CARIFESTA VII in St. Kitts and Nevis […]
On Monday, the Belizean contingent attending CARIFESTA VII, at St. Kitts and Nevis, is scheduled to return home. According to a government press release, our local artists have been involved in a number of performances. On Wednesday, at a UNESCO sponsored celebration, Andy Palacio and Punta Rebels took part in an outdoor event featuring drummers […]
It’s coming closer to Carnival time and one mas band intends to raise your body temperature and burn up the competition. C-JAMM recently formed a smaller group called Bodies on Fire, which is putting on a couple of mini performances to entice the public to join and support them. Today we spoke with one of […]
George Gabb is no stranger to Belizean art scene. Recognized as an establish sculptor, playwright and poet, his artworks can be viewed at his combination restaurant and gallery in the Buttonwood Bay, or at the entrance to the capital city Belmopan, where his lightening bolt like sculpture entitled “The Freedom of Thought” is situated. In […]
It’s almost September, and the Celebrations Committee is promising a wide variety of activities on their program that will appeal to everyone wanting to experience culture in the festivities. There are forty-eight events on the programme organized by the private sector and the September Celebrations Committee. This year the activities will be more culturally relevant […]
San Pedro was jamming this past weekend as the annual Costa Maya festival came to a close. News Five was on La Isla Bonita and brings you the following highlights. Jacqueline Woods Costa Maya Festival 2000 came to a close on Saturday with Belize night. The event was well attended by both the young and […]
It turns out that Vicente Fox is not the only international celebrity in Belize. As I speak Prince William, the future king of Belize, is preparing to bed down for the night somewhere in the jungles of the Mountain Pine Ridge, Chiquibul Forest or perhaps the Sibun Gorge. The prince is here as the guest […]
This Sunday, the BTL Park will be jamming as one of the biggest carnival groups, Cultural Heritage, will be hosting their annual Carnival Rampage. Each year the band holds the event to highlight the costumes that will be worn in the road march. Jacqueline Burgess, the band’s publicity director, says this year a lot of […]
Tuesday and Wednesday belonged to El Salvador and Guatemala. In the Thursday night edition of San Pedro’s Costa Maya Festival, Honduras showcased an indigenous dance group and a concert by six talented young ladies. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was there to soak up the culture. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Cuadro Nacional Dance group provided cultural entertainment […]
It’s a nation whose government can’t seem to resist giving us a hard time…but on the people to people level Guatemalans and Belizeans seem to get along just fine. And nowhere was this demonstrated better than last night at the Costa Maya Festival in San Pedro. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting No borders could […]
On some assignments for this newscast reporters must brave wind, rain, heat, mud, insects and even deadly snakes. Fortunately, the story I covered last night in San Pedro involved none of these perils and the only danger I faced was that of drinking too many Pina Coladas. Somehow, I managed to survive…and so did several […]
Tonight festivities at San Pedro kick off for the annual Costa Maya Festival. Five young ladies from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize will do their best to woo the crowd and the judges to claim the crown of La Reina de la Costa Maya. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods is out at San Pedro […]
Today a contingent made up of a wide cross section of Belizean entertainers and artists is on its way to St. Kitts and Nevis to participate in Carifesta seven. The event, one of the region’s most spectacular cultural showcases, is set to start on August seventeenth. We caught up with the delegation at the airport. […]
She is no stranger to Belize’s legal system and now the outspoken journalist-turned-politician has decided to embark on a new career as a lawyer. A release from the United Democratic Party has announced that Audrey Matura Tillett, UDP Senator and editor of the party’s newspaper, The Guardian, will shortly be leaving Belize to study law. […]
Belize is no stranger to missionaries from abroad; in fact if research was done, those fresh-faced Americans would probably be found to comprise a significant portion of our tourist arrivals. But in today’s competitive world it’s not enough just to proclaim the word of the Lord; you’ve got to have a special angle. Jacqueline Woods, […]
