It was first mentioned by the Prime Minister in March, tabled as a bill in the House last week and details didn’t reach the public until Wednesday. But by today the phones, faxes and e-mails were buzzing across Belize City and district towns as private sector representatives realized that the switch from a tax on […]
In headaches of a political nature talk show host turned politician Dickie Bradley is demonstrating that he intends to keep speaking out — no matter which party is in power. Appearing on last night’s “One On One” show with new host Stuart Leslie, the candidate for Queen’s Square not only threw the expected barbs at […]
There is bad news for basketball fans as reports out of Trinidad and Tobago indicate that the T & T national basketball team has decided to withdraw from the CARICOM championships to be held next month here in Belize. According to a story carried last night on Caribbean News Line, the vice president of Trinidad’s […]
In crime news, a forty three year old man from the village of Las Flores, just outside Belmopan has apparently become the latest addition to the list of persons who have committed suicide. According to forty-three year old Pedrina Ayala, around three o’clock Thursday afternoon, she left her home in the village to get the […]
For over five thousand candidates who sat the Belize National Selection Examination, judgement day has come. The results for the exam, which was held on May fourth, were announced today by the Ministry of Education and there is at least one child who is sleeping much better tonight. The Michael and Jane Nembhard Award for […]
He’s not here for turtle shells or pretty scenery. German based Belizean artist Pen Cayetano has come home not to play or paint, but to present a musical award named in his honor. According to the multi-talented artist, it is time for young Belizean performers to be recognized and he is more than proud that […]
Several weeks ago we ran a story on the opening rounds of a reading competition sponsored by the National Library Service. This morning we returned to Princess Margaret Drive for the finals, and discovered that this supposedly lost art has been found… very much alive and kicking. These children turned reading stories into an art […]
“Beta no litta” was the theme of a particularly imaginative public service campaign to clean up the nation’s highways. But while the music had a good beat and the drama was first rate, commentator G. Michael Reid finds that when it comes to littering, the most effective antidote may be a sharp blow from a […]
Like many big news stories in Belize the mass robbery and accompanying murder which occurred on the Hummingbird Highway on May second has faded from the nation’s headlines. But the fear instilled by the criminals and then aggravated by the police in their wholesale roundup of Hispanic immigrants remains fresh in the memories of those […]
We’re not sure if it has anything to do with the failure of police to lay a hand on a truckload of Guatemalan murderers on May second but the U.S. embassy has announced that it is donating two big pickup trucks to the Dragon Unit. Their purpose? To rapidly transport interdiction teams anywhere in Belize. […]
A freak accident in Toledo has left a Punta Gorda man dead. Thirty seven year old Simeon Coleman was driving down the Southern Highway from Big Falls to the district capital when upon reaching near mile nineteen, his pickup began to shut down as it labored up a hill. As it sputtered to a stop […]
Two well known educational institutions opened their doors to the public today and News Five’s Arreini Palacio, herself on summer break from U.W.I., went back to school. Her first stop was at C.E.T. on St. Thomas Street. Five months of skills training was brought to the public today in the seventh annual Center for Employment […]
While the kids at C.E.T. were looking toward the new millennium the students at Belize Teacher’s Training College were focussed on other activities. It was a dream come true for any student… a time for teachers to entertain them. The second annual Belize Teacher’s Training College Expo was held today on the campus on University […]
While election fever may be raising the temperature of Belize’s body politic, a different type of democratic voting took place throughout Belize today. The choices were not between red and blue but instead ranged over a number of different rights of children as set forth by the United Nations. Patrick Jones covered the balloting as […]
It was a tactic lifted right out of the U.D.P. playbook. Take a well-known personality with a flair for the unexpected, and place him in a constituency against a strong incumbent who looks like a sure thing. The objective: not necessarily victory but a chance to throw the enemy camp into turmoil. In this case […]
With Sankey’s unequivocal blessing Bradley was formally endorsed by the P.U.P. Queen’s Square Committee. It then remained for the new candidate to have his first face off with the media. The obvious question was why? Why would a man trade a powerful nationwide platform in radio and television for a chance to wrestle in the […]
In crime news there was excitement aplenty on Belize City’s south side this afternoon. News Five’s Patrick Jones was on the scene and files the following report. The mid afternoon robbery of the Coca-Cola delivery truck took place in front of Ke’s Saloon on Mahogany Street. Victim of the daring hold-up, Fred Michael and sideman […]
Much of Belize’s crime can be traced to drugs. In an effort to help kids avoid that pitfall the National Drug Abuse Control Council this morning held an unusual competition at Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. News Five’s Arreini Palacio was there. Fourteen students from thirteen primary schools sweltered in the morning heat as they battled […]
In a contest of a different nature we are pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year Channel Five has been named as the recipient of the prestigious Sandals Eco-journalism Award. The competition, open to all television stations and production houses in the Caribbean, and sponsored by Sandals Resorts, was won for a story […]
In related news another Belizean company has been honored in the region, this time in the tourism field. Chaa Creek Resort of Cayo has been selected as the Caribbean Hotel Association’s Green Hotelier of the Year. The award, sponsored by American Express, is given to the Caribbean resort which has established the policies and infrastructure […]
It was a story from a part of the country from which little is heard and still less is ever seen by the Belizean public. Early this year News Five sent a team to the idyllic village of Monkey River… and discovered that alongside the lush vegetation and friendly residents, an environmental disaster was threatening […]
In a final note young people across the nation are reminded that Thursday is your chance to vote… No, not to chose a new government, but to express your opinion on the rights of children. We’ll have a full report on the unique balloting, sponsored by UNICEF, on tomorrow’s newscast.
In Friday’s newscast we reported on a new initiative by the Prime Minister to abolish corporate income tax and exempt from personal income tax all individuals earning less than twenty thousand dollars per year. But lost in the general euphoria was the flip side of that proposal: that is a new business tax which will […]
And while they may be studying the latest tax proposal, members of the People’s United Party have been speaking their mind about other matters of economic importance. On Friday night in Orange Walk Town P.U.P. leader Said Musa outlined his party’s views on investment, production and trade. The occasion was the fifth meeting of the […]
Authorities are investigating the stabbing death of a man in Orange Walk Town. According to a police report, twenty-two year old Francisco Ack was walking along Lover’s Lane at about one o’clock Monday morning, when he was chased and stabbed on the right side of his chest and abdomen by three unidentified men. He was […]
