They’re practicing their lines and their dance steps, dieting and working out…all in anticipation of their big night on Friday…when one of these charming ladies will claim the title of…”Miss Y, 1998″. Yesterday I watched them rehearse. This year’s Miss Y contestants are as bold as you can get. The Seenagers who range in age […]
It is never easy to report on a crime of sexual assault… and when the victim of such an inherently distasteful act happens to be a politician it makes things even more complicated. The facts as we understand them are as follows: at around five a.m. Sunday morning Marisa Quan, U.D.P. standard bearer for the […]
In Corozal a weekend visit to the beach proved fatal for a Taiwanese teacher. Twenty two year old Wan Chen Hsieh was bathing Sunday afternoon with a group of her countrymen at Blades Lagoon near Santa Elena when around three she suddenly disappeared under the water. Twenty minutes later her lifeless body was recovered and […]
In other police news, authorities are still looking for the owner of eighty pounds of marijuana found on a farm in Burrell Boom. Seventy three year old Belize City resident Lionel Gentle, his son and some other men, went to visit Gentle’s country estate on Sunday morning. While at the farm, and reportedly while getting […]
Regional leaders appear pleased at the results of the two day Summit of the Americas, which concluded on Sunday in Santiago, Chile. While the way has now been opened to begin formal negotiations on a hemisphere-wide free trade area of the Americas, the concerns of the small states of the Caribbean were addressed and mechanisms […]
“Save The Earth Through Music,” is the theme of a one week summer music camp now being planned for children between the ages of seven and thirteen. To prepare for the session, hosted by the Belize Arts Council, teachers have been invited to learn how music can be integrated into their curriculum. According to the […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this hefty serving of Sports Monday. We begin with the Belize District Basketball playoffs and here we join M & M Christian Ambassadors making its final stand in the series down one game to Reggae by d River. The Ambassadors try to mount no breeze defense in […]
While we are just entering the season in which our so called leaders argue daily and loudly about who is destroying the country and whose party is best suited to repair it, the greatest threat to Belize may lie not in any political disaster… but a natural one. And thankfully those people, mostly scientists, who […]
In crime news, an eighteen year old man was wounded in a shooting incident early this morning in the Kings Park area of Belize City. Forty one year old businessman Chi Zhong Tian told police that he came home around twelve forty five this morning and found the metal shutter covering the front of his […]
While Rosado awaits charges, four young men from the North have had more accusations brought against them in connection with a crime spree earlier this month in Corozal. In addition to charges of murder and conspiracy arising from the killing of boledo vendor Alejandro Cano, sixteen year old Rocky Matura, eighteen year old Jeremy Matura, […]
A reporter’s job is not always an easy one… and this morning I drew the short straw, earning an assignment that got me wet, made me seasick and thrust me into the company of a ship full of strangers. But guess what? I’d go back in a minute. Getting out to the H.M.S. Newcastle was […]
The 1998 Cross Country Classic is now part of history, with a new champion and a new record. But almost a week after Ben Bernard’s spectacular performance the race is still being debated. Tonight News Five commentator G. Michael Reid offers his perspective. “A belated Easter greeting Belize and with sincere wishes that your season […]
A landmark decision in the Supreme Court today advanced government’s strong support for the death penalty and sent two death row prisoners one step closer to the hangman’s noose. Justice George Meerabux dismissed a motion by convicted murderers Herman Mejia and Nicholas Guevara who were trying to have their sentences overturned on a Constitutional Motion. […]
In political news the Belize Times today, in a headline story, accused Minister of State Faith Babb of abusing her government position in connection with the construction of her new home at Newtown Barracks. The Times, official organ of the opposition P.U.P., claims that Babb obtained eighty thousand dollars from Taiwanese loan funds earmarked for […]
Stories of traffic accidents are nothing new to this newscast, and while this one in Belize City was fairly benign causing no physical injuries, it was responsible for some heavily injured pride. According to witnesses, Maria Isabel Gallegos was reversing her car out of a driveway when she just kept backing up, not stopping until […]
“B.N.T.U – A driving Force For A Nation In Transition”, was the theme for the twenty eighth annual Convention of the Belize National Teachers’ Union. The meeting, which was held at the Crystal Palace Theatre in Orange Walk Town, was attended by over six hundred teachers from across the country. The two day convention, which […]
The National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse last night held its annual general meeting. In her report to the membership Executive Director Lorna McDougall reviewed the works carried out by NOPCA during the last twelve months and said that with funding sources fast disappearing, NOPCA is fighting an uphill battle to keep its […]
Reports from Frank’s Eddy Village in the Cayo District say gravel mining on the Caves Branch River has been put on hold, apparently as a result of pressure from the Department of the Environment. According to Environmental Technician Albert Roches, he and other officials of the department visited the area last Thursday following a News […]
It may not be as prestigious as the Miss Belize Pageant or have the long history of Queen of the Bay, but when it comes to pure fun the “Miss Y” extravaganza is at the top of the charts. The annual pageant, for women over sixty, will be held on Friday April twenty fourth at […]
Leaving Belize this morning for Santiago, Chile was Belize’s delegation to the second Summit of the Americas. The four man team is led by Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel and includes Minister of Trade Alfredo Martinez, his P.S. Rodney Neal and Minister Counselor at our embassy in Washington, Claude Haylock. The summit is a follow up […]
While Belizean leaders were heading south, the leading lights of Caribbean business were heading east, to meet in Belize. This morning I attended the annual general meeting of the Caribbean Employers Confederation. Forty years ago, the Caribbean Employers Confederation, an umbrella organization of Employers Organization, was formed with the purpose of improving relations with governments […]
A habit of joy riding has landed a nineteen year old Belize City youth in some hot water. The reason is that Otis Carr seems to prefer using other people’s cars instead of his own. Carr, who lives on Wagner’s Lane was arrested on Tuesday and charged with two counts of taking conveyance and two […]
Viewers may have noticed that something on our broadcast looks a little different tonight. After six and a half years of using a studio set that was intended to be replaced after two weeks, we finally got around to building a new set. The concept, featuring shots from previous newscasts, was designed by News Director […]
Belize Telecommunications Limited this afternoon signed an eight point three million dollar contract with Alcatel Telecom, the Mexican company hired to lay a fibre optic cable between Belize City and Corozal. According to Chairman Nestor Vasquez, this is the second phase of the upgrading of B.T.L.’s transmission network. After the unpleasant experience with Long Shot […]
It was the story we were working on yesterday when we ran into the ruction between disgruntled laborers and Government Minister Hubert Elrington. And in fact the two stories are related: they both concern the issue of how our people are housed. Patrick Jones reports. The outside doesn’t quite tell the whole story, but behind […]
