This Sunday, the BTL Park will be jamming as one of the biggest carnival groups, Cultural Heritage, will be hosting their annual Carnival Rampage. Each year the band holds the event to highlight the costumes that will be worn in the road march. Jacqueline Burgess, the band’s publicity director, says this year a lot of […]
There’s a flip side to the never ending story of murders and mayhem behind the walls of Hattieville Prison…and that is that at any given time a significant corps of prisoners are not behind the walls at all; they’re working hard right down your street. Jacqueline Woods met a few of them this morning. Jacqueline […]
Tuesday and Wednesday belonged to El Salvador and Guatemala. In the Thursday night edition of San Pedro’s Costa Maya Festival, Honduras showcased an indigenous dance group and a concert by six talented young ladies. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was there to soak up the culture. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Cuadro Nacional Dance group provided cultural entertainment […]
When the proposal for a mandatory national health insurance system was introduced earlier this year, it was turned into a public relations nightmare for its author, the Social Security Board. Since that time little has been heard from NHI until today, when the Ministry of Health officially launched the NHI pilot programme on the southside […]
Hattieville prison lies to the north of the Western Highway, so its inmates will not receive the benefits of the NHI pilot project. Pity, because on Wednesday the population of that institution increased by three when a trio of muggers were convicted of jacking a pair of tourists, who were walking by the Princess Hotel […]
Police continue to make times tough for the nation’s weed smokers. A raid in the Corozal District on Wednesday morning resulted in the destruction of a plantation with three thousand mature marijuana plants averaging six feet tall. Forty-four year old Marcelino Gilharry and fifty-year old Cecilio Villanueva of San Antonio Village were found on the […]
We haven’t seen many Lotto success stories lately, largely because the game has been suspended since December. But while the big draw is off the air, the scratch game has never stopped. Today Vern Usher of Dangriga is ten thousand dollars richer after winning that particular game of chance. News Five caught up with him […]
To most of us, the word science is synonymous with technology…and it follows that the more advanced the technology, the better the quality of science education. That may not be true, however. As I learned this morning, science is less about computer chips and robots than it is about learning to think. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
It’s a nation whose government can’t seem to resist giving us a hard time…but on the people to people level Guatemalans and Belizeans seem to get along just fine. And nowhere was this demonstrated better than last night at the Costa Maya Festival in San Pedro. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting No borders could […]
It is not a new idea, but one which has worked in the past. Over six years after a private sector initiative succeeded in buying back and destroying over two hundred and fifty illegal firearms, Cabinet, concerned by a steep rise in violent crime, has given the go ahead to try the plan again. At […]
The Olympic Games will open next month in Sydney, Australia, but in Belize the biggest sport seems to be wrestling over who can broadcast the event on television. In a press release issued today, the Belize Cable Television Operators Association explained that while it fully supports government’s efforts to implement recently passed copyright legislation, it […]
In an effort to help create a computerised database of those Belizeans suffering from cancer, Belize Electricity Limited has donated a computer to the Belize Cancer Society. The Intel Pentium computer and printer, valued at four thousand, five hundred dollars, was today handed over by BEL’s Public Relations Officer Diana Forman. Accepting the donation on […]
News is slowly trickling in on Friday’s visit to Belize by Mexican president-elect Vincente Fox. Fox and a small delegation will touch down at 12:35 p.m. at the Philip Goldson International Airport and depart at 4:30 that afternoon. During his four hours on Belizean soil, Fox will meet with Prime Minister Said Musa, be hosted […]
The University of Belize has evolved from an idea into a legal entity and today it took the first step toward becoming a reality to those who matter most: the students. Jose Sanchez reports. Amauri Amoa, Student “It’s a transition, it’s different. The changes are different, because as a UCB student we had different priorities, […]
On some assignments for this newscast reporters must brave wind, rain, heat, mud, insects and even deadly snakes. Fortunately, the story I covered last night in San Pedro involved none of these perils and the only danger I faced was that of drinking too many Pina Coladas. Somehow, I managed to survive…and so did several […]
It didn’t make any headlines, but on Friday two of Belize’s corporate giants signed a deal which may ensure the future of Belize’s biggest agricultural activity and at the same time reduce electricity bills across the nation. The memorandum of intent signed by Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Sugar Industries calls for BSI to construct […]
It is not a state visit because he is not yet head of state, but on Friday President-elect of Mexico Vincente Fox will pay a brief visit to Belize. Details of the four-hour tour have not yet been released, but it is believed that the trip will be confined to Belize City where Fox will […]
Four of seven passengers who went missing after the boat they were traveling in capsized, were found alive this morning. Ruset Connor, Wayne Connor, Angimar Connor and Orlando Bodden, all Hondurans, were today rescued by BDF soldiers after they were found floating near Hunting Caye. While details are still sketchy, it is believed that the […]
Tonight festivities at San Pedro kick off for the annual Costa Maya Festival. Five young ladies from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize will do their best to woo the crowd and the judges to claim the crown of La Reina de la Costa Maya. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods is out at San Pedro […]
Today Minister Mark Espat, in conjunction with the Belize Tourism Board signed into law a statutory instrument to regulate water taxis and pleasure boats. The move is part of an effort to improve the quality of Belize’s tourism product. Ramon Cervantes, Water Taxi Association “Through this S.I. we’ll be able to regulate the operation of […]
Improving the quality of services has become a priority of the government, particularly since tourist arrivals have dramatically increased during the last year. Espat credits the tourism boom to the variety of resources our country has to offer. Mark Espat, Minister of Tourism “In terms of overnight tourism, a lot of credit should go to […]
Today a contingent made up of a wide cross section of Belizean entertainers and artists is on its way to St. Kitts and Nevis to participate in Carifesta seven. The event, one of the region’s most spectacular cultural showcases, is set to start on August seventeenth. We caught up with the delegation at the airport. […]
It is one of the city’s most revered historical sites, but the years have not been kind to Yabra Cemetery. As part of an urban renewal project, a section of the site will be used for housing and recreation. On the remainder renovation work has begun…and News Five’s Jose Sanchez has an update. The Yarborough […]
Residents of San Ignacio are once again wondering what happened to their once peaceful town. Early Sunday morning, just after midnight, two masked men, armed with a pistol and sawed-off shotgun, robbed the Texaco gas station on the Benque Road. When the crime was over, security guard Julio Perez was dead, shot to the face […]
The nationwide weekend crime wave also washed over the south. On Saturday night around 10:00, two armed masked men held up a restaurant in the resort community of Maya Beach on the Placencia peninsula. Christine Duffy, the proprietor of Mangoes, told News Five that the pair, one armed with a knife and the other wielding […]
