If you’re in the mood for a comedy, and a free one at that, The Stann Creek Ecumenical College Sixth Form Acting Company is giving an encore performance in Belize City of “Lend Me a Tenor” which ran for five nights in Dangriga. According to the Belize Arts Council, “Lend Me a Tenor” is a […]
With all the furor over Guatemala this weekend, few people knew that a woman dear to the hearts of many Belizeans had died. On Sunday night around 10:00pm. Sister Mary Cecilia succumbed after a valiant battle with cancer. She would have been 88 in March. She will be remembered for her dedicated service to Belize’s […]
The Boom and Chime Band may be on the cover of a book which helps people use current technology like cellular phones, faxes and pagers, but their fame has come through their ability to preserve and promote a Belizean tradition: Brukdown music. But Wilfred Peters and his accordion, his musicians with their turtle shell and […]
The House of Culture presents “A Belizean Perception”, a collection of original photographs by photographer Noel Escalante. Escalante is the Deputy Registrar of Hotels at the Belize Tourism Board and frequently travels around Belize inspecting various hotels. He has been doing photography for fifteen years. The House of Culture says Escalante has managed to capture […]
This morning, News Five received a frantic call from a Belize City woman, telling us the Belize Guatemala Border had been shut down. However, a quick check at the Belize Customs, put any fears about increased international tension at least, to bed. Officials along the border tell us about ten Sunday morning, angry Guatemalans, upset […]
Today nine families from Maya Mopan, got the keys to their new wooden, zinc roofed homes. Nine four hole tabletop stoves were also handed over as a donation from the BWEL gas company. The homes were destroyed when a strong wind sent sparks from an indoor fire hearth into a thatch roof and quickly spread […]
Many people these days believe that the way to get things done is to form a committee or council, conduct an assessment and develop a strategic plan; hand it over to the appropriate minister of government; solicit international funding and/or donations from the business sector; get a consultant from abroad and then proceed to implementation. […]
It may not be an official holiday but on Sunday, many Belizeans and music lovers all over the world, took time to celebrate the birthday of Reggae legend Bob Marley. Almost lost amid the music, however, was the realization that February sixth also marks another important date in Belize’s cultural history: It was six years […]
It’s been called “The Running Man”, “Z-Line” and “Lightning Bolt.” And if you’ve driven into Belmopan lately you too will no doubt have your own name for the massive white sculpture which sits at the entrance to the capital city. This evening was the official dedication of the monument, entitled “Freedom of Thought.” Prime Minister […]
Its not too early to make your Valentine’s weekend plans and the romance begins this Friday. Singers Keith Lyn and Vic Taylor are teaming up for what promises to be a memorable evening of love songs. News Five was at the airport for the arrival this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The last time Vic Taylor […]
Belize City’s Bliss Institute is synonymous with the performing arts and under an agreement with Mexico, the seaside facility will soon be enlarged and renovated. This means that this year’s annual Children’s Festival of Arts will not be held at the Bliss. The Arts Council is advising all Belize District schools, however, to keep on […]
You won’t find him on the Disney Channel or the Cartoon Network…and he’s yet to make it on Channel Five. But that doesn’t stop Kent Pandy from being a giant in television…at least on Cayo’s S.E.N. TV. News Five cameraman Brent Toombs spent an evening with the one man network at his studios high atop […]
He’s considered the father of Belizean sculpture and his masterpiece the “Sleeping Giant” was even chosen as the watermark for our currency. But now the dust from the wood George Gabb has loved since he was old enough to hold a knife and chisel is affected his sinuses to such an extent he can now […]
“Nine houses in nine days” is the theme of the rebuilding effort in Maya Mopan Village following a fire last week which left dozens homeless. Today those involved in the reconstruction told News Five they want the victims staying at the Red Cross Shelter in Belmopan to come back to houses that are better than […]
On February sixth, musical artists around the world will celebrate the birthday of reggae icon Robert Nesta Marley. Belizean artists Gilvano Swasey and Sergio Hoare will express the love and spiritual connection they feel for Bob Marley through a display filled with images of “Bob”. They have put on this show every February since 1995. […]
Belize City police have detained a taxi driver for questioning after a young woman reported he raped her early Saturday morning. The twenty-six year old told police she left the Miami Nites club on Central American Boulevard around four a.m. in a taxi. The driver was a relative of one of her friends, but instead […]
When Yasser Musa opened the Image Factory, one of his goals was to document visual art in Belize. On Friday night, that goal transformed itself into the largest collection of artworks to be displayed so far. The show is called “Art for People.” Musa says one main aim of the display will be to inspire […]
?Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into another serving of Sports Monday. The Santino’s Jamis Cycling Team was invited to participate in yesterday’s one hundred-mile road race inside Merida, Yucatan across the Mexican Border so we tagged along. At the starting line we find Andrew Smiling and Ray Cattouse suited up in Santino’s […]
If you are planning to go out tonight the newly formed Millenium Entertainment invites you to a night of good entertainment. The show will feature both new artists as well as some well-known groups and individuals in a talent competition. The show is the first in a series of five competitions. Casey Smith and Germaine […]
Many residents of Belize City remember going to “matinee” at the Majestic Theatre. But ten years ago, when it became impossible for it to compete with the televisions which were popping up in everyone’s living room, the theatre closed down. It will re-open tonight, but the big screen has been replaced by little ones and […]
The Cayo based World Culture Band launched its debut album “Culture 2000” at the House of Culture this evening. The band, which is relatively new, coming together eight months ago, is managed by Sammy Harris. He spoke with News Five this evening about “Culture 2000”. Sammy Harris, Manager, World Culture Band “The whole concept of […]
It was not his first official visit to Guatemala, that distinction having come last year for the Central American Summit with US President Clinton, but it was clearly an important event. A new Guatemalan President was being inaugurated… and with the new man came a new chance to improve a relationship that lately has been […]
Although the inaugural ceremonies were delayed by four hours today in Guatemala City, the new president Alfonso Portillo took the oath of office. News Five’s correspondent Stewart Krohn reports that long discussions in the Guatemalan congress caused the delay, but in his own lengthy speech President Portillo commented that he hoped for strengthened relations between […]
Fortunes appear to be changing for Belize’s pride of the CARICOM Games Milton Palacio and his NBA team the Vancouver Grizzlies. In mid December the Grizzlies had only four wins and a staggering eighteen losses when the decision was made to fire head coach Brian Hill. Since Lionel Hollins took over as coach two things […]
Twenty-four year old Kevin Coye was laid to rest this afternoon following services at St. Joseph’s Church. The son of Health Minister Jose Coye and wife Yvonne, the young man died from head injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on New Year’s Eve. On January first the unconscious Coye was flown to Bella Aurora Hospital […]
