The Parish Hall in Belize City was today used as the venue where the creative works of some Holy Redeemer School children were put on exhibition. News Five’s Julietta Burrowes reports. Their teachers say that it is one of the biggest occasions of the year, that is, Open Day at Holy Redeemer Middle School. After […]
The Bliss Institute in Belize City, has fallen victim to an invasion, but instead of high-powered guns and complex maneuvers, it was the simplicity of a child that did the trick. For the remainder of the month, primary and secondary school children from the Belize District will have the stage all to themselves to display […]
Since last Saturday’s mass hold up along the Hummingbird Highway, there has been no shortage of opinions expressed, ranging from the way the situation was handled by police, to who the assailants were. While the end of the week does not necessarily mean the discussion is over, tonight News Five’s Commentator G. Michael Reid gets […]
Authorities on both sides of the Belize-Guatemala border continue their search for a group of armed bandits who terrorized motorists along the Hummingbird Highway last Saturday. Local intelligence gathering mechanisms are operating at maximum overdrive, and authorities say it is only a matter of time before the suspects are hauled in. Earlier this week, a […]
Representatives of various indigenous groups were today given the opportunity to break bread with visiting Nobel Peace Prize Winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum. As Julietta Burrowes reports, the forum was an informal breakfast in Belize City. In her breakfast meeting at the Radisson, Rigoberta Menchu Tum met with leaders and representatives of various indigenous groups and […]
The Belize Electricity Limited has reported the implementation of a program of controlled blackouts that will be carried out over the next couple of days. A company press release says the move is necessary to make up for an unexpected shortfall in electricity production. According to the release, the problem started last week when one […]
The recognition of Belize by Guatemala as a sovereign nation earlier this decade was a major breakthrough in the centuries old dispute between the two countries. While the claim to Belizean territory still lingers, there continues to be steady stream back and forth across the border by citizens of both countries. But not all the […]
Belize City police have detained three people, one of whom is highly suspected of being the point man in a plot to get more guns on the streets. News Five’s Patrick Jones reports. According to Inspector Edward Broaster, police intelligence information led them to this house on East Collet Canal in Belize City where illegal […]
Authorities are investigating a mid-morning armed robbery of a taxi driver in Belize City. Fifty one year old Theodore Henry reported to police that shortly after ten o’clock this morning he was stopped by a young man at the corner of Vernon Street and Lindo’s Alley requesting taxi service. Although he had a passenger in […]
Fourth and sixth form students in Belize City are this week being given the opportunity to meet the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rigoberta Menchu. She arrived in the country this morning, and News Five’s Julietta Burrowes was at the airport to greet her. She is recognized all over the world as an activist for […]
After the nearly forty years of providing development assistance to Belize the British charity organization Voluntary Service Overseas is pulling out. A three man team of V.S.O. program directors from the Caribbean, working in conjunction with local employers today began a three week review of existing programs. This evaluation is designed to develop an exit […]
The term of office for the current National Assembly will expire at the end of next month and although their vote won’t make a difference in who gets to make up the next government, some very important people will get to make their mark well in advance of the General Elections. News Five’s Julietta Burrowes […]
Since the opening of the Image Factory on North Front Street, the gallery has been host to different forms of art exhibitions. But none like the one that is currently underway. “Minus 2” as it is called, is using the latest available technology to mirror the fast paced society in which we live with the […]
It was billed as a press conference to discuss ministerial issues and to report on recent achievements by the Ministry of National Security. And while he attempted to, Deputy Prime Minister Dean Barrow only briefly addressed certain aspects of his portfolio as the hot topic of the day was the mid-Saturday morning hold up on […]
After months of anticipation, Minister of National Security Dean Barrow has finally made good on a promise to implement a parole system. A statutory Instrument providing for the new initiative to start by the middle of the month was signed today by the Minister. A key component of the system is that an inmate will […]
Over the years the Lions movement worldwide has developed an outstanding reputation for assisting people suffering from sight related ailments. While it has mostly been adults who have benefited from the generosity of the voluntary organization, today it was some Belize City school children who were on the receiving end. Julietta Burrowes reports. Over seventy […]
While thousands of working men and women had a four day holiday weekend to rest, relax and unwind, those who labor for the Lord were hard at work getting their spiritual batteries recharged. Patrick Jones reports. Pastor Mazie Straker, Church of God “I love the Lord very much and what I would like to see […]
As most party goers were on their way home from their favorite night-spot on the Barracks early Friday morning, they became witnesses to one of this holiday weekend’s most tragic accidents. Two people lost their lives in the accident, which happened in front of the Fiesta Inn. Shortly after two o’clock on Friday morning, thirty […]
An afternoon outing with family and friends on Sunday ended in tragedy for one Belize City teenager. Shortly after two o’clock Sunday afternoon, fifteen year old student Ji Pang Zhoa, was bathing in the Sibun River near the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at mile thirty one on the Western Highway, when he disappeared under the […]
The Hummingbird Highway was abuzz with activity on Saturday morning, but none of the action had anything to do with the normal behavior of rational people. A group of bandidos went on a rampage near Roaring River, just outside Belmopan, and when it was all over, one man was dead, several others were injured and […]
They are committed to serve the less fortunate – they are the men and women of the Belize Lion’s Club. The Belize City branch is this week celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary and members have organized a week of activities to let the public know about the work they do in the community. A two […]
The Orange Walk branch of the Belize Red Cross has received a helping hand from Belize Sugar Industries Limited. The company recently donated five thousand dollars, which according to a press release from the Red Cross will be used by volunteers in Orange Walk to carry out their program of activities.
After months of seemingly endless studying and numerous mock trials, thousands of standard six students countrywide today got to sit the Belize National Selection Examination for real. According to a government press release, five thousand four hundred and eleven candidates, including thirty six private candidates registered to sit this year’s B.N.S.E. in Mathematics, English Language, […]
While thousands of standard six boys and girls make little dots on examination papers with a pencil to be seen by only a few people, other students are being given the opportunity to show their creativity to the world. Over the next thirty days, the Bliss Institute in Belize City will be transformed into one […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. There’s got to be something seriously wrong with the sports people when the National Infant A and B Track and Field Championship at the Belize Technical Grounds yesterday attracted only a handful of athletes which was so much more than the number […]
