With all the holiday weekend news to report yesterday there was one story that had to wait a little longer to get on the screen. Its omission, however, in no way reflects any lack of importance. Patrick Jones reports on Sunday’s journey from the Maya site of Cerros to the town of Corozal. The benefit […]
She’s been around a good while now and Patrick Jones took a trip to the Image factory to see her take on Belize. Her name is Pamela Braun…. and these images are the outward expression of her innermost thoughts – in short, life through the eyes of “The Painter”. Pamela “The Painter” Braun “A lot […]
A holiday weekend excursion to Bacalar, Mexico has ended in horror for a number of Orange Walk residents. According to Corozal police, shortly after six Monday evening, a small yellow bus, belonging to Chells Bus Company of Corozal, was returning from the Chetumal border to Orange Walk Town. Traveling at the same time, in the […]
A freak accident has left one man dead and two injured in Belize City. On Saturday afternoon Antonio Estrada, Douglas Gabourel and John Myvette were together on Coney Drive preparing a sailboat for launching. Apparently while lifting the sail its boom or mast made contact with the B.E.L. high tension lines overhead. All three men […]
In the Orange Walk District the lure of the dam on the Rio Bravo proved fatal for a young fisherman. On Monday afternoon twelve year old Eltezar Magana of Orange Walk Town was fishing at the dam, which is part of the Mennonite’s hydroelectric system at Blue Creek, when, according to a friend, he suddenly […]
The weekend’s string of tragedies continued on Monday when Belizeans were shaken from their holiday mood by news of a plane crash off the coast of Belize City. Fortunately, however, the only casualty in the accident, was mechanical. Twenty four hours after it crashed into the choppy waters off Hicks Caye, a part of the […]
First it was low world prices, then a labor dispute. Now there’s more bad news for Belize’s beleaguered citrus industry. The Agriculture Ministry has announced the detection of Mediterranean fruit flies at two locations in Southern Belize: Mile 2 1/2 on the Hummingbird Highway and Mango Creek near the Southern Highway. Government, with the cooperation […]
While agriculture officials are keeping an anxious eye on imports of Central American fruit, tomorrow we will be hosting a visitor from the South who should receive a friendlier welcome. Costa Rican President elect, Dr. Miguel Angel Rodriguez, will be visiting Belize for a one day courtesy call prior to his inauguration. He will hold […]
It was the first of its kind and rarely in Belize has an inaugural event caught on with such a bang. On Friday News Five’s Patrick Jones was on hand for the start of La Ruta Maya River Challenge…and on Monday he caught the finish. Menno Penner, Canoeist “Now I know why this race named […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this offering of Sports Monday. The 1998 B.F.L. Championship series moved to the People’s Stadium for game 2 after the defending champion Juventus had taken the opening match with a 2-zip score over Acros last Sunday at the M.C.C. Grounds. So we tied to Orange Walk and […]
Despite the lack of a new extradition treaty, Belize and the United States seem to be cooperating just fine when it comes to handing over suspected criminals to Uncle Sam. In the latest attempt to kick out an American, however, Attorney General Dean Barrow has run into some unexpected opposition… his brother Denys. News Five’s […]
A downtown Belize City travel agency was held up this morning and the pair of robbers are still on the loose. At around 11:45 two dark skinned men entered the premises of Belize International Travel Service at 18 Bishop Street. One of them brandished a large knife and told the single clerk on duty, “Give […]
Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed… or in the case of sailors, it doesn’t pay to get off your boat. That’s the way one Danish mariner is feeling today as he lost not one vessel, but two. The tourist, 58 year old Kenrich Enemark, was living aboard his 38 foot […]
The office of the Prime Minister has issued a press release to clarify the status of Albert Representative Philip Goldson. Citing reports in several newspapers that Goldson has been replaced as Minister of Human Resources, the release states that despite his illness, Goldson maintains his status as Minister but under section 43 (1) of the […]
If numbers alone tell the whole story, then Belize is in fairly good shape, as we boast the highest population of manatees in the region. But tonight there is one less marine mammal prowling the waters just offshore Belize City. Officials of the Coastal Zone Management Project were called out to the Crystal Shipping dock […]
In a perfect world every day would be Children’s Day, but until that comes about we’ll have to settle for once a year. Jacqueline Woods, as always, was on hand for the festivities. The City Centre was packed to capacity as children cheered, clapped, danced and sang to the tunes of the D-Revelation band. The […]
The last time so many people paddled down the Belize River may have been a thousand years ago… when dugout canoes filled with Maya merchants were paddled toward the coast to trade corn, cacao and cotton for jade, obsidian and sting ray spines. But the men and women propelling these narrow craft are in it […]
If his yacht dropped anchor in Belize City harbor today, the man known as Baron Bliss probably would have had his fortune stolen before he had a chance to give it away. But while times may have changed the legacy of the Baron just keeps on giving. “Anywhere from beginning of June to the end […]
You may run but you won’t find it easy to hide in Belize. That’s the message behind the issuing of an expulsion order by Immigration Minister Dean Barrow against a U.S. businessman living in the country. Thomas Crutchfield was taken into custody on Saturday and Chief Justice George Singh issued the writ informing him of […]
An early morning traffic accident on the Northern Highway near Caribe Farm has claimed the life of one man. Police reports say Twenty Nine year old Armandito Manzanilla was headed towards Corozal when upon reaching between miles thirty nine and forty, he lost control of the vehicle and causing it to overturn. According to Corozal […]
It’s been nearly seven months since the incident shocked residents of the Yarborough area of Belize City, but the long arm of the law has finally caught up with another young man in connection with the stabbing death of a Stann Creek Valley farmer. Twenty two year old Kelvin Reneau was arrested and charged on […]
As the good weather months approach, those in the tourism industry say they are as prepared as they will ever be to handle what is expected to be another busy tourist season. And with the Belize Tourist Board reporting increasing numbers of arrivals dating back to the first quarter of last year, one would think […]
It has been the dream of the Belize Arts Council and many other people for a long time now, that is, the formation of a National Youth Band. After much lobbying and a generous donation of instruments from Governor General, Sir. Colville Young, that dream will now become a reality. The Arts Council will be […]
Other news coming out of the Arts Council today is that three young Belizeans will be traveling to the United States for specialized training in Theater Technology. The three technicians have completed an initial course at the Center for Employment Training and are now being offered the opportunity to further that knowledge at a Theater […]
He was an Englishman who held the title of a Portuguese Baron. He was also a big fan of Belize who left not only his heart here but also his money. Each year a harbor regatta is held in memory of Belize’s biggest public benefactor, Baron Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss. Ten years ago on […]
