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Humane Society sponsors pet show

One of the great national pastimes in Belize, along with sex and politics, is a fascination with beauty pageants. And while the contest to be held this Sunday is no threat to Queen of the Bay or Miss Belize, it does have its share of loyal followers. Arreini Palacio has a preview. Have you ever […]

Belize and Jamaica must clash again in CARICOM basketball

Perhaps not since the opening tip-off has the Belize National Male Basketball Team faced such a crucial moment in the week long tournament. The pressure to win has been pushed into maximum overdrive for the boys wearing the blue, red and white. And if they do the entire country will breathe a collective sigh of […]

Musa walks out on commission of inquiry

Viewers who watch this newscast live at six thirty know that it immediately follows the nation’s most avidly watched television show, “Another World”. And while our evening news cannot boast the tangled lives, twisted plots and torrid love affairs of this popular soap opera, it can occasionally provide a healthy dose of drama. Such is […]

Andrew Burn dies at 94

Tonight it is with regret that we report the death of Andrew Burn. Burn, who died at his home on Eve Street this afternoon after a long illness, was ninety-four years old. In addition to being a justice of the peace and earning an O.B.E., he was the longtime proprietor of the Angelus Press on […]

No progress in Cayo robbery/kidnap

In crime news, police have released a taxi driver who was detained for questioning in connection with a failed kidnapping and robbery last Saturday afternoon in San Ignacio. Thirty-one year old Orestes Cho was being questioned for possible involvement in the incident despite his claim that he himself was a victim of the bandits. Cho […]

Red Cross report cites traffic accidents

The International Red Cross today released its 1998 world disaster report… and one highlight of the document is something that those of us who watch and deliver the news know all too well: automobile accidents are killing more and more people each year. According to the report, the trend is so pronounced that by the […]

New school building for Calvary Temple

When the new school year commences on August thirty first, there is one bunch of primary school students who will be anxiously waiting to get into their classrooms. Today the staff and students of Calvary Temple School on Regent Street West, attended ceremonies officially opening their brand new concrete school building. The structure, which was […]

Two schools hold open days

School may be just about over for thousands of Belizean students but today I made one last visit to see just what was new at two Belize City schools. The exhibition, called open day, has been a popular annual activity around this time of the year for many primary schools. But today it was the […]

Belize tops Jamaica for third CARICOM win

The first game may have been a fluke, the second could have been ascribed to luck, but by the end of last night’s third victory over highly touted regional opponents you’ve got to believe that team Belize is definitely for real. James Adderley has all of last night’s action from the house of hoop dreams, […]

U.D.P. will launch manifesto July 12

The most popular sport in town these days, with the possible exception of CARICOM basketball, is trying to figure out the date of our next general elections. According to the constitution they must be held by October fifteenth, a date no later than three months following the dissolution of the National Assembly. While many pundits […]

Musa says commission of inquiry is “bogus”

And just in case anyone has forgotten that strategy, a remarkably fortuitous coincidence of timing has a government appointed commission of inquiry looking into Musa’s handling of the Economic Citizenship Programme between 1989 and 1993. That commission, chaired by Harry Lui, will hear testimony from the P.U.P. leader tomorrow. And while he has agreed to […]

Freetown traffic lights cause confusion

If you’ve watched this newscast over any length of time you’ve noticed that one of our pet peeves has to do with the installation of traffic lights; lights that never seem to work, are often disobeyed and whose violators forever go unpunished. Tonight we revisit a favorite disaster area on the north side of Belize […]

Audubon unveils environmental agenda

The environment is an issue which has grown in national prominence and today one of Belize’s most forceful environmental advocates took the opportunity to keep it on the front burner. Patrick Jones reports. Armed with slides and aerial photographs of various parts of the country as evidence, the Belize Audubon Society today went public with […]

CARICOM basketball moves toward semi-finals

The fourteenth CARICOM Basketball Championships continue at Belize City Centre with 6 female and 4 male teams battling for top honors. News Five’s James Adderley updates us on last night’s action in the Shell CARICOM Report. Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this edition of the Shell CARICOM Report. The National Female Basketball […]

Fire destroys Belize City building

The Belize National Basketball Team was burning up the competition this weekend at City Centre… and later in the broadcast James Adderley will have all the delightful details… but in the wee hours of Saturday morning, while most Belize City residents slumbered peacefully, content with their team’s opening victory, another building was burning, not figuratively […]

Kidnap/robbery in Cayo has residents in fear

The western part of the country is fast earning a reputation for danger. For the second time in one week, a group of armed bandits have wreaked havoc in Cayo, leaving the community in shock and law enforcement authorities scratching their collective heads. Around four o’clock on Saturday afternoon, Cayo businessman Juan Chuc was kidnapped […]

Dangriga child drowns in river

An afternoon outing on Saturday has ended tragically for a family in Dangriga. Eight year old Kenisha Flores and some relatives were bathing in the river in the new site area of the town around one thirty Saturday afternoon, when she disappeared under the water. A short while later, Kenisha’s lifeless body was retrieved and […]

Esquivel-Musa debate is confirmed

Belizeans will soon witness the first prime ministerial debate in our nation’s history. That’s the word from SPEAR and the Belize Chamber of Commerce, who have been working for the last nine months to make the event a reality. At a meeting held this morning with representatives of the media the organizations announced that the […]

P.U.P. unveils agriculture and tourism policies

While the two party leaders have agreed to debate once the election has been called, right now they are busy travelling to every corner of the country campaigning on behalf of their divisional candidates. This weekend Said Musa and the P.U.P. took their message to the people of San Ignacio. Patrick Jones reports. When the […]

B.T.L. and bank tax rates finalized

And in a correction to a story we ran on Friday, we had reported that the new business tax passed by the House of Representatives charged communications giant B.T.L. a rate of twenty two percent on revenues. In fact a last minute amendment prior to the third reading of the bill further lowered the rate […]

Belize men set torrid pace in CARICOM basketball

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this monster serving of Sports Monday. For the past week or so basketball activity in the Jewel has reached dizzying heights with the fourteenth CARICOM Basketball Championship taking center stage. We’ve got a lot of stats for you so let’s start with opening ceremonies Friday night which […]

House passes amended tax bill

It was once the party of big business, the last rampart protecting the merchant elite from the unwashed hordes of P.U.P. rabble. How times have changed. Today the United Democratic Party completed its electoral makeover, casting itself as the best friend of the working class by cutting employee taxes and shifting the burden to the […]

Opposition airs grievances, boycotts House

While the People’s United Party was not represented today in the House, its leadership did not use the morning to catch up on their sleep. They held a press conference in Belize City to let the public know exactly what was on their minds. Patrick Jones reports. There were five main issues on the agenda […]

Body found at Guatemalan border

Tonight the police need your help in identifying the body of a dead man found near the Belize-Guatemala border on Thursday. According to Benque Viejo police, they were visited by Guatemalan authorities, who reported to them that a corpse was found lying on a farm situated about twenty yards away from the border. When the […]

Man murdered in Corozal

Meanwhile in the North, Corozal police continue their investigation into the death of sixty-two year old Amado Castillo of Paraiso Village on Saturday night. Castillo was seen earlier that morning in Corozal Town and was apparently returning home when he was brutally murdered. Police say they quickly went out to the scene after receiving a […]