While the September spirit may not yet be in full swing, there has been a shift in the general atmosphere, and a sense of good things to come. But with the carnival groups doing such a good job of getting publicity for the road march on the eleventh, the public may not have noticed that […]
On this week’s Sports Monday James Adderley highlighted the plight of almost a dozen runners who showed up at the starting line for what they thought was a scheduled ten-K race in Belize City. When the officials failed to show and the race obviously cancelled the irate athletes vented their anger to the media. Today […]
With almost seventeen percent of Belize’s population unemployed, the government and a number of agencies have been addressing the issue through job skills training programs. One program, the Youth Start Plan was initiated in 1995 between the government of Belize and the Organization of American States. Since then it has been taken over by the […]
One of Jamaica’s most popular musical exports is here in Belize to bring in the Tenth. Beenie Man arrived this morning and told News Five that it’s the crowd’s reaction that makes the show. He says he’ll stay on stage for as long as Belizeans can keep the energy up. Beenie Man “The show we […]
The Honduran Band, Libana Sabigy, is in Belize for the celebrations and will be performing along with the Garifuna band Cultural Boys at New Brighton Beach. News Five spoke with Punta Rock artist Raymond “Hamma” Gomez this week who is inviting Belizeans to come out by the seaside and enjoy what both bands have to […]
The latest addition to the Carnival Road March, which is breaking tradition by wearing T-shirts instead of costumes, has received its supply of shirts. The Telejammers T-shirts are available in eight colors: purple, raspberry, gold, lime green (pictured), mustard, red and orange. For ten dollars you get a T-shirt, bandanna and a whistle. Organizers say […]
You’d better pick your spot soon because the Carnival Road March is almost here. And every year this energetic spectacle gets better and better. The preparations are also taking longer and longer. News Five was roving around the northside of the city last night to find out if the groups are ready for the big […]
There appears to be a crisis in Belize City elementary schools, and although it’s not clear whose fault it is, tonight there are children who won’t be going to school tomorrow. Some of them didn’t go to school for the whole of last year either. The reason? The city’s schools are simply too small, too […]
The Central American Leaders Summit in Taipei, Taiwan concluded today with a trade and investment seminar. The Belize delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Briceño attended a one-day summit hosted by President Lee Tieng Hui on the sixth. Leaders from other Central American nations as well as the Dominican Republic discussed the region’s investment […]
If you have to take care of a terminally ill family member or someone who is on continued treatment at home you know just how overwhelming the situation may become. A nursing agency hopes to assist those families with qualified nurses or care takers. The agency, which opened on Monday, is owned and managed by […]
In August the House of Culture sponsored a drawing class for young people from nine to seventeen called “Drawing the Right Way”. This week visitors can see the contrast between their first attempts and the images they were able to reproduce after just ten classes. Today News Five spoke with some of the students and […]
Belize’s best storytellers walked away with cash prizes last night at the George McKesey Storytelling Competition finals. Anthony Zuniga received a thousand dollars first prize. Rafael Martinez took second with five hundred dollars, and Kirk Yard came in third and claimed his prize of two hundred and fifty dollars. Forty-two storytellers participated in the competition […]
A delivery truck stolen from Femagra Company Limited in Belize City has been found abandoned in Orange Walk Town. Police informed manager Vivian Molina that the vehicle was discovered Monday night on Aurora Street. It disappeared from Femagra’s Eve Street office on Sunday evening. According to Molina, the driver, Miguel Cal of Belize City failed […]
The Police Department is hosting the Commissioner General of the Nicaraguan police during her Central American tour to promote more awareness of women and children’s issues. Eva Gurdian met today with Minster of National Security Jorge Espat, Minister of Human Development, Women and Youth Dolores Balderamos Garcia and visited the National Women’s Commission, Belize Organization […]
With four children murdered in the last school year and incidents of child molestation on the rise, the police are increasing their presence in and around Belize City schools. To remind parents of the role they must play in helping to keep the children safe, the police held a press conference this morning at the […]
The Deputy Prime Minister, Johnny Briceño is representing Belize at a Central American leaders summit in Taipei, Taiwan. The delegation, which includes Minister of Works Henry Canton, Ambassador Gonzalo Quinto, Permanent Secretary David Gibson, Senator Eamon Courtenay, and Mike Bejos of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrived on September fifth. The Deputy Prime Minister and […]
If you weren’t able to make it to the National Stadium on Saturday night you missed quite a show. This year the carnival King and Queen Contest showed that the costumes are getting more and more elaborate. This year, not only were lights used by some of the contestants but fireworks as well and it […]
Miss Orange Walk is the new Queen of the Bay 1999-2000. Samantha Carlos, who was accompanied at the City Center on Friday night by the Central Drum Corps of Orange Walk as well as a number of supportive fans, won after stiff competition from seven young ladies from all over Belize. Samantha is a student […]
The September Celebrations activities continue tonight with the presentation of the ten finalists in the George McKesey Storytelling Competition. They were chosen after two days of elimination rounds from a total of forty-two entries. In the elimination round contestants were judged on their presentation, the way the story was told, the duration of the story […]
A sixty-four year old man has been arrested for the rape of an eight-year-old girl in La Democracia Village in the Belize District. Philip Nado, also known as “Bo-Rat” was charged on Saturday with unlawful carnal knowledge following the child’s report to police that she was raped at her grandmother’s home on the twenty-second of […]
A Belize City drinking water company is asking residents of Orange Walk to help locate one of their delivery trucks which was stolen from in front of their Belize City office on Eve Street Sunday evening. Manager of Femagra Industries Limited Vivian Molina told News Five the truck is a blue 1987 Mazda pick-up with […]
For many children all over Belize City it was a day of anticipation as school reopened after the long summer break. But while things ran smoothly for the majority, there were also little ones who were turned away. Not because their parents couldn’t pay school fees or buy their books or uniforms, but because there […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re invited to this monster dish of Sports Monday. The Santino’s Cycle Classic, in its fifteenth edition, for the first time featured a two-stage race which reigned supreme here in the city over the weekend. We take you to the start on Saturday on the Northern Highway and it’s […]
With the anniversary of the death of Sherilee Nicholas fast approaching and the three subsequent child murders still unsolved, most parents are keeping a close eye on their children, especially the girls. However, today the Amandala newspaper reported that a ten-year-old girl claims she was almost abducted Thursday evening. She managed to get away by […]
While police are looking into a possible abduction attempt in Belize City, they are also investigating a claim by an eight-year-old of La Democracia that she was raped at her grandmother’s house. The child reported that on August twenty-second around one thirty p.m. a man known to her only as “Bo-Rat” came into the house […]
