Two of the four prisoners who made a bid for their freedom early Friday morning are tonight back behind bars. 27-year old Michael Woods was recaptured by officers of the Patrol Branch on Friday afternoon in the Pine Street area. When the police officers found Woods, he was suffering from gunshot wounds to his right […]
It appears tonight that prisoners are not the only thing on the loose, as according to a release from Belmopan fuel prices are about to escape their bonds as well. Government states that its policy of absorbing ever-higher acquisition costs of gasoline by reducing taxes has kept prices at the pump stable and contributed to […]
If the National Agriculture and Trade Show wasn’t a part of your long weekend, News Five managed acquire a few highlights of the Belmopan bash. Organizers say over 36,000 visitors walked the walk on the weekend and surprisingly despite the increase in traffic on the Western Highway, not one traffic accident was reported.
While the profilers were on parade at the National Agriculture and Trade Show on Saturday morning, one man was reportedly picking a fight with the cops. According to police reports, around 10:00 am on Saturday, a police officer on the grounds was informed that one Thomas Hill of Camalote Village was carrying a weapon. The […]
In 1991, the Ministry of Health trained eighteen psychiatric nurses. the programme was the first of its kind and was assisted by a university in Newfoundland, Canada. Today that 3-year programme is being examined by other countries of the region to see how they can apply it to their psychiatric nursing education. Marjorie Parks, the […]
Meteorologists from Central America are meeting in Belize to discuss the regional climate and specifically what the next few months may hold in the way of rainfall. The forum is the third in a series of annual climate outlook forums. Ramon Frutos, the Agro meteorologist at the National Meteorological Service, says this year’s gathering is […]
In 1998, when government decided to combine five tertiary level institutions to form the University of Belize, the idea was welcomed with mixed emotions. Today that idea is about to become a reality with the doors of the university set to open on the first of August. This morning, on behalf of the Ministry of […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and welcome to this fresh flavour of Sports Monday. The City Centre basketball season has been slowly building momentum over the past few weeks, so we caught up with Friday night’s schedule. We join the action at the start of 2nd half with the contest between the Millennium Girls of […]
There seems to be no shortage of stories coming from behind the walls of the Hattieville Correctional Facility and today is no exception. It seems a well-planned, early morning escape earned four prisoners their freedom and has left one prison guard under suspicion. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Four prisoners are still on the run after they […]
He walked away with top honours in the National Spelling Bee and on Thursday his hometown celebrated with a motorcade. 11-year old Al Sanchez of Louisiana Government School was crowned champion when he spelled the word “tsunami” correctly last Friday at Belize City Centre. In addition to the accolades from his community both Sanchez and […]
If you missed the spelling bee you may want to check out another academic competition, this one taking place at the high school level. Tonight at 7:00 St. Catherine’s Academy and St. John’s College square off in the final round of the Belize Tourism Board’s inter-school debate. The topic for the debate, which is part […]
Belizean PhD’s and other education experts are meeting at the Belize Institute of Management to exchange ideas and come up with a proposal for the implementation of the Belizean Professorship Programme that will be incorporated into the University of Belize curriculum. A total of 7 Belizean professors are participating in the weekend forum. The programme […]
If you haven’t made plans for the weekend yet, one of your options is the National Agriculture and Trade Show. Organizers are expecting that a whopping 40,000 visitors will be patrolling the fairgrounds this weekend and today, vendors were eagerly setting up shop in preparation for all of them. In addition to the food on […]
If you were listening to the radio broadcasts of the House of Representatives today, you probably heard quite a lot of heated discussion on a variety of issues. This morning the man in the hotseat was Minister of Communications and Immigration Maxwell Samuels. The Minister was first asked about the recently concluded amnesty program and […]
Relations between Belize and Guatemala, which reached a low point with the kidnapping of four Belizean law enforcement officers in February, may soon be getting back on track. Representatives of the two governments met Monday and Tuesday in Washington to set an agenda for a ministerial level meeting to be held in July. At that […]
It has long been a favourite spot for Belizean fishermen and more recently a haven for tourists. Today the area centered around the Silk Cayes and Gladden entrance through the barrier reef was declared a marine reserve, a step which will hopefully lead to the more sustainable use of this valuable resource. News Five’s Janelle […]
They will be officially honoured this weekend at the National Agriculture and Trade Show, and today their names were released to the public. Gustavo Cardenas of Indian Creek in the Orange Walk District has been named farmer of the year. He is joined in the record books by Anita Chan of Bullet Tree Falls who […]
The Belize Tourism Board is proud to announce that continuing on the trend set earlier in the year tourist arrivals are up. In a press release BTB reported that arrivals at the Philip Goldson international Airport for the month of April showed an increase of 37.4% over the same period in 1999. Last April, 8,420 […]
The 42nd session of the Diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church gets underway tonight with a special service at St. John’s Cathedral. This year the Synod is being held under the theme “You Are My Neighbour.” According to the Right Reverend Sylvestre Romero, Anglican Bishop of Belize, the country is in need of some healing. […]
It may not be as well known as the Centre for Employment Training but for the last half decade a tiny educational institution in Belize City has been doing its part to impart marketable skills to young people. This morning News Five’s Jacqueline Woods dropped in for a look. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 1995, the […]
At today’s declaration of a marine reserve around the Silk Cayes and Galdden entrance there was a lot of talk about the underwater wonders that the area has to offer. Last July, News Five viewers got to sample those attractions for the first time on Belizean television…and tonight, with the area now under official protection, […]
Chances of another election before 2003 are slim and the Elections and Boundaries Department is taking advantage of the lull. The department has decided to step fully into the world of technology and totally computerize all its offices after years of repetitive manual data entry. This morning Prime Minister Said Musa was on hand to […]
This afternoon, two Belize City men were involved in a spectacular traffic accident but somehow managed to walk away uninjured. According the driver, Jaime Castellanos, the van was heading from Belize City towards Belmopan sometime after eleven this morning. When he reached the curve at mile 2, a trailer carrying a load of steel was […]
Logging is known as one of the most dangerous professions and on Tuesday it claimed a life. According to police reports 24-year old Abraham Neufield, a resident of the Mennonite settlement of Little Belize in the Orange Walk District, was using a chain saw to clear land along with a friend. One of the trees […]
As we reported yesterday, on Tuesday afternoon, residents of Central American Boulevard frantically called our newsroom claiming to have seen two known maximum security prisoners walking the streets in civilian clothing and without a prison guard in sight. Today News Five contacted Governor of Prisons Bernard Adolphus who confirmed that the convicts in question were […]
