Today some Belize City kids experienced their first ever art exhibition. Since September, the House of Culture has been offering an art education programme for children in order to keep them in a safe and productive environment after school hours. Now that the class has come to end, the kids got together for some snacks […]
Hurricane Keith is rapidly fading into Belizean folklore, but there are still people in need. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams today accompanied one relief mission in the Belize district and is just back with the following report. Ann-Marie Williams “An organisation with an environmental focus, Programme for Belize, has decided to broaden its outreach to bring […]
After one month of drama the United States of America has finally decided who its next president will be. Although the decision was ultimately decided by the 5-4 decision of a bitterly divided Supreme Court, the world’s only superpower appears ready to move on, and by inauguration day on January 20th it should be business […]
What was informed speculation on Monday has become gospel on Wednesday. Cabinet has decided that the best way to pay for the increase in sugar cane prices demanded by farmers is to raise the price of local sugar. Those rates are expected to rise by ten and twelve cents per pound respectively when the new […]
Cane farmers are not the only agriculturalists receiving improved rewards for their labours. Estimated prices for this season’s citrus crop have also been revised upwards. The projected price of a box of oranges has this week gone from four dollars to four dollars and ninety-one cents. The rise was prompted by a prolonged upturn in […]
Belizean entrepreneurs will brush up on the tricks of the business trade when they attend the first of what is slated to become the annual Belizean Producers Convention and Exhibition, BelPro ConEx 2000. Organised by the Belize Business Bureau, the event opens Friday at the Belize City Centre and continues through Sunday. President of the […]
Belize Electricity Limited dished out fifteen thousand dollars to Krem Radio’s management as a contribution to the station’s New Year’s cycling race. With hopes that Belize may someday produce a corps of world-class athletes, the need has been seen for more investment in sporting activities. While we wait for that to happen, the generous donation […]
Today students from the University of Belize Children’s Literature programme put on a display to showcase storybooks and puppetry written and performed by students. The displays were created primarily to inform the public about the importance of literature in the development of children’s speech and communication skills. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The storybooks were written by […]
It seems that Santa will be spending a lot of time in Belize this Christmas. Last week we previewed the play Surfin Santa, now this Saturday, the Belize Arts Council is presenting a musical concert entitled “Under the Mango Tree with Santa.” Though St. Nick was not available for comment, the Arts Council’s Luis Chan […]
The Baak Yaad Tyata is not the only place that will be filled with the sounds of music on Saturday night. Those who believe that the greatest musical instrument of all is the human voice, will find some new sounds emanating from Landivar. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Seven Belizeans, five women and two men ,are blending […]
There are many different ways to celebrate the joy of Christmas and the employees of one of the nation’s most important air carriers have found their own special niche. I joined them–and some friends–this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting With their planes to Belize running near capacity and corporate profits solidly in the block, employees Continental […]
It’s a village that sits on a thin ribbon of land in the middle of a shimmering lagoon. The serene waters are home to an abundance of game fish, not to mention the amazing manatee. But despite its beauty, few Belizeans know it. Hopefully, that situation will change. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Gales Point is described […]
Viewers who live near the airport in Ladyville may have recently noticed a sleek new silhouette in the sky. The Boeing 757, operated by American Airlines, is the largest aircraft currently serving Belize and is in use daily to and from Dallas. The market in the Central and Western United States is rapidly expanding and […]
Do you remember playing games like red light, blue light, 123, or rabbit, rabbit find a hole? Well, if you don’t its time you learned once again, but this time with your children or grandchildren. The Young Men’s Christian Association is putting together a fun filled evening called a Ball-A-Fair. After school Wednesday evening, the […]
There has not been a whole lot of good news coming out of our national football selection, which is rapidly gaining a reputation as the doormat of Central America. But looking at the kids just starting out in the game, there is reason for hope. The following story, which comes courtesy of Channel 3 in […]
For most students this is the last week of school before the Christmas holidays. But News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams found out this morning that as the semester winds down, a group of teachers is gearing up. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting If there’s any truth to the old teacher’s maxim that eighty-five percent of what students learn […]
In Spanish it?s called “sin verguenza,” the well-known Yiddish translation is “chutzpah,” while the English would term it “the height of arrogance.” In Belize, however, we just call it being “facey.” But all those words don’t even begin to describe the behaviour of two policemen who are accused of robbing a Belize City Boledo vendor. […]
It was the kind of scenario that everyone driving on the Western Highway at night dreads…and on Friday one woman was killed and three others critically injured when their vehicle ran into the back end of a semi-trailer. Thirty-two year old Tyrone Bennett remains in a coma at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after the […]
Crispin Gladden, a thirty-three year old KBH security, guard lies in a critical but stable condition as he recovers from three gunshot wounds he received during an attempted robbery. Gladden, an unarmed guard at the Esso Coral Groves gas station at mile one and a half on the Northern Highway, was attacked by three men […]
The looming crisis confronting the sugar industry has been averted, at least for the present, as cane farmers have agreed to begin deliveries to the factory. BSI will open its gates at 6:00 Tuesday morning and cane juice should begin to flow shortly afterward. The farmers had refused to deliver cane since Friday, claiming that […]
It may not be an eighty million dollar a year business like sugar, but the people who grow hot peppers are beginning to make their mark. Last year Belize exported five hundred and sixty thousand pounds of fiery peppers to the United States and this year the amount is expected to rise to six hundred […]
New funding for development projects has been secured from the World Bank. Meeting on Friday at the Bank’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, Minister of Budget Planning Ralph Fonseca signed a thirteen million dollar loan agreement for street and drainage improvements in the nation’s municipalities, as well as work on the upgrading of the Boom Hattieville Road. […]
Town Councillors countrywide are expected to upgrade their record keeping and data collecting skills with the aid of state-of-the-art computers. The donation, which includes seventeen computers, monitors and printers, was made possible through the Korean International Co-operation Programme. Minister of Local Government Valdemar Castillo received the donation from Counsellor Jung Soo Doo of the Korean […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re strapped in for this exciting ride on Sports Monday. The Central Division Male Basketball Champion emerged Friday night in the rubber match of the three game series between the pre-season favourite Anglican Cathedral College and the challenger Excelsior High at the City Centre. This picture of the stands […]
Sugar may be Belize’s biggest agricultural product, but the opening of this year’s crop will not begin on schedule. Cane farmers are unhappy with the estimated price of just over thirty-eight dollars per ton of cane and the management of the Corozal and Orange Walk divisions of the Cane Farmers Association have notified both Government […]
