Ninety five year old Viola Myles proved Friday night, that you are never too old to achieve the best in life. Myles, who was the most senior contestant in this year’s Miss Y contest, won the coveted title before a packed audience at the Belize City Centre. Myles, who suffers from cataracts in both eyes, […]
In a contest more familiar to most viewers, Miss Belize, Elvia Vega, has left the country for Hawaii where she will compete in the Miss Universe Pageant on May twelfth. The nineteen year old from Corozal is seen wearing the distinctive dress she will display in the opening of the worldwide telecast to be broadcast […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. And of course we’re off to the playoffs as Reggae by d River looks to seize the 1998 Belize District Basketball title against a game rival named Maria Chang Stadium. Down 1 game in the series the Stadium come out focussed as […]
The name of a high profile politician is in the news tonight but it is there in connection with matters of crime as opposed to affairs of state. Roberto Campos, brother of Minister of Mobilization Ruben Campos, was picked up by police at his home in Orange Walk early this morning and taken to that […]
Yesterday’s announcement by the Elections and Boundaries Commission that it was redrawing the borders of four northside Belize City constituencies and two in Orange Walk may have struck some observers as a radical move. And while the gerrymandering, which added voters to Fort George and Pickstock at the expense of Freetown and Caribbean Shores, did […]
Over the next two days, heads of student bodies from Central American Universities will be discussing ways on how they can improve their colleagues’ lives on campus. The conference, which is being hosted by the University College of Belize, is held annually under CUSCA, the superior advisory body for Central American universities. Ian Carrillo is […]
The Belize Cancer Society today received over five thousand dollars from the Corozal Rotary Club. The money is the amount raised from the organization’s March ninth swim across the Corozal Bay. Handing over the check was Hernan Riverol, the President of the Corozal Rotary Club and receiving the money on behalf of the society was […]
It is an annual event that is a long time in the planning as well as execution. And today it all came together as a baker’s dozen of Belize’s sharpest spellers tested their skills. Jacqueline Woods reports. The Belize City Centre was packed to capacity with hundreds of screaming primary school children, who took the […]
Education is a subject of vital interest to all of us, both as individuals and as members of a larger society. Tonight News Five commentator G. Michael Reid takes a look as some recent developments that have been causing a stir. “The topic of education was placed on the front burner recently when the education […]
Corozal police have arrested and charged two men in connection with the shooting death of forty three year old fisherman Nathaniel Majil last weekend. Thirty five year old Audomoro Itzab of Xiabe Village and twenty two year old Hugo Cassanova of Carolina Village have been jointly charged for the crime of murder and conspiracy. They […]
The Elections and Boundaries Commission this evening announced it had amended the boundaries of the Fort George, Pickstock, Freetown and Caribbean Shores divisions in Belize City. According to a press release from Chief Elections Officer Urban Reyes, the realignments were made to increase the number of voters in these divisions. Orange Walk Central and Orange […]
The calendar of activities leading up to the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye has been released. The Bicentennial Committee this morning hosted a press conference at the Radisson Hotel during which the logo and theme to be used for the celebrations were launched. According to Chairperson of the Committee Janine […]
The introductory phase of the first Raleigh International expedition in Belize has ended. Today I got to meet some of the exhausted venturers as they returned to Camp Oakley in the village of Burrell Boom. Looking tired and sunburnt, all one hundred and thirteen Raleigh International volunteers returned to Camp Oakley to rest and regroup […]
The Belisle Art Gallery at the Bliss Institute in Belize City is the venue this week, for a one of its kind exhibition. Today News Five’s Patrick Jones stopped in for a look and found that instead of the works of local artists, the pictures on the wall tell a different story. The groups taking […]
Representatives of both print and broadcast media converged on the National Fire Service Headquarters in Belize City this morning, but the occasion was not to report on a disaster. Instead it was for a half day seminar aimed at forging a closer working relationship between the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO and the media in […]
While media representatives discussed their role in keeping the nation informed in the event of a disaster, members of the Caribbean Disaster Relief Unit were next door brushing up on their coordinating skills. The twenty five participants are going through the orientation phase as they prepare for their role as relief agents in the event […]
While there are plans for a series of trail exercises to test the country’s Emergency Response capabilities, the scene on the Western Highway this afternoon was as real as it could get. A report monitored on LOVE FM indicates that Cayo businessman Kalim Habet, apparently lost control of the vehicle he was driving and overturned. […]
A number of activities took place countrywide today in commemoration of Earth Day. While many of these events sought to bring awareness of the importance of caring for the planet we inhabit, one organization involved in conservation used the occasion to give the public a look at the work it has been doing over the […]
The third edition of the People’s Assembly was convened Tuesday night in the border town of Benque Viejo del Carmen. And not even a heavy downpour was enough to dampen the resolve of the hundreds of party faithfuls who crammed Coronation Park for the event. Party Leader Said Musa outlined the P.U.P.’s National Health Plan, […]
A group of community minded people earlier this week traveled up the Western Highway, but their journey was not specifically to check out the beauty of the countryside. When members of the Belize City Hospital Auxiliary stopped in at Rockview, it was to celebrate an important milestone in the history of the local psychiatric institution. […]
The foot path leading from Eastern Division police headquarters to Magistrate’s Court in Belize City has been well trod by generations of accused criminals ranging in status from chain snatchers to multiple murderers. This afternoon, however, the men making the pilgrimage were elite members of an institution that is supposed to be a model of […]
Police continue their politically sensitive investigation of this weekend’s sexual assault of U.D.P. Standard Bearer Marisa Quan. And the harder the cops look, the worse things look for eighteen year old Barry Robinson. The Belize City man was again at C.I.B. Headquarters this afternoon, as police questioned him in connection with a series of burglaries […]
For those who may not be aware, Wednesday, April twenty second is being celebrated in Belize as Earth Day. In honor of this event the Belize Audubon Society has announced that on Wednesday a number of the parks managed by the society will be opened to the public free of any admission charge. The parks […]
In other environmental news, officials of U.S.A.I.D. and representatives of the Central American Commission for Environment and Development, C.C.A.D., this afternoon signed an agreement adding six point five million dollars to an existing regional programme to help the environment. As C.C.A.D.’s current President, Minister of the Environment Henry Young signed on behalf of the Central […]
The much criticized proposal for a free trade agreement between Belize and Mexico will be the subject of talks to be held this week in Mexico City. A Belize delegation consisting primarily of government employees left today for the meeting which will serve to let officials of both countries get better acquainted before formal negotiations […]
