One of three men who escaped police custody on September twenty seventh has been recaptured. The elusive John “Cobra” Elijio tried to slither away from law officers but he was captured in Dangriga’s Sabal community around 3:00 this morning. Elijio was initially sentenced to five years for burglarizing the Photo Plus Store in Dangriga along […]
Christmas season is full of stories about people doing good things for the less fortunate among us…but what makes this next report special is these particular folks have been helping out for a long time…and not just at Christmas. Jose Sanchez, Reporting It started as a little project by the Southern Baptists in the United […]
With a shortage of hard currency, the nation of Cuba has little to offer in the way of financial aid to its neighbours. But what it lacks in cash is compensated by human capital: thousands of trained personnel in virtually every field under the sun. A good number of those skilled Cubans are working in […]
The meeting of potential providers of post hurricane assistance took place on Thursday in Washington, and News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams is just off the plane with her take on the proceedings. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Belizean officials are optimistic that their efforts to mobilise long-term economic support in the wake of Hurricane Keith will be successful. […]
It was a lesson in how to respond to disaster efficiently. Having approved a twenty million U.S. dollar emergency relief package in record time, the Interamerican Development Bank went one step further to organise a meeting of potential long term donors to help Belize recover from Hurricane Keith. That meeting was held today at IDB […]
Almost one week after a man entered a home in Dangriga and robbed a woman of all her jewelry, police have made an arrest. Joseph Castillo, Delmar Wright and a minor have all been charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Police say that last Friday Yolanda Guerrero reported to them that around eleven-thirty […]
The Coca Cola National Spelling Bee has started to buzz once again. This is the seventh year that the competition is taking place and two hundred and forty-two primary schools, divided into thirty-eight zones, are gearing up for action. Bowen and Bowen’s David Craig says that this time around there will be more prizes. David […]
The University of Belize Faculty of Arts and Sciences was given some added flavor today. The students of UB’s Belizean Literature course along with members of the public, dressed in costumes, performed dances and showcased a number of Belize’s ethnic groups. And as we passed on Freetown Road we were drawn in by the creativity. […]
Whether it’s because Belizean women are shy or Belizean photographers lack talent is not clear. In any case there has never been a calendar showcasing this country’s undeniably attractive women…Until now that is. Belize Brewing has done the deed and it’s up to the public to decide if they’ve succeeded. But enough talk, let the […]
The Christmas season is in full swing all over Belize and in addition to the traditional shopping, cooking, cleaning and partying, there is also plenty of Christmas entertainment. Earlier in the week I stopped by rehearsals for one upcoming show at the Bliss. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Last Christmas, when the National Youth Choir presented its […]
Belize’s most wanted criminal is tonight behind bars. Alerted by a tip from a neighbourhood resident, police descended on the area around Unity Street and Jane Usher Boulevard Tuesday night around eight. After a brief chase they finally caught up with twenty-two year old Stackle Monsanto. Monsanto, a resident of Kraal Road, had been convicted […]
The post mortem conducted today on a tourist who was found dead on Monday has not yet pinpointed the cause of death. The body of thirty-one year old Christian McCathern was discovered by a hotel housekeeper in his bathtub at a Placencia resort, locked in the arms of his wife Courtney, who was found unconscious. […]
The Public Service Union is going to bat for a civil servant it claims was wrongfully dismissed. In July Dr. Bertie Chimilio was suspended from his post with the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, BAHA, after allegations of financial impropriety while working at the Ministry of Agriculture’s veterinary clinic. On Monday Chimilio received a letter from […]
Education is in the news again and it’s not for a hurricane shortened semester, or new rules to licence teachers. Today’s item involves the construction of badly needed classrooms. I was on hand in the Fort George division for an official dedication. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There were simply not enough classrooms at the old Queen […]
If you stocked up on canned soup for the hurricane season and are now ready to eat from your stock, health authorities suggest you be careful. Notice has been received that a shipment of four different soups from Canada may contain potentially fatal botulinium bacteria. The soups carry the yellow “No Name” brand and are […]
Belize will be represented on the team of observers for next week’s elections in Trinidad and Tobago. Chief Elections Officer Myrtle Palacio is one of six members of the Commonwealth Observers Group appointed to witness the T and T balloting, which takes place on Monday. The group will be headed by former Canadian Cabinet Minister […]
The campaign to educate the public about the sexual abuse of children has received a boost, courtesy of the Canadian government. On Tuesday Luc Freshette of the Canadian High Commission, based in Jamaica, presented a thirty-two thousand dollar cheque to Elias Awe, secretary of NOPCA-SAVES, in Belmopan. SAVES, the Sexual Abuse Victim Education and Support […]
The Mayan site of Cerros on Corozal Bay is not well known, but a new project undertaken by the Department of Archaeology and the Protected Areas Conservation Trust will make it more attractive to visitors. Under the PACT financed programme, an existing open-air pavilion will be converted to a visitors centre, featuring display panels with […]
Despite some recent confusion over just who owns the rights to Belize’s domain name, .bz, the Belize Social Security Board has boldly stepped into the digital arena with the launching of its new website. Today the board’s management outlined their plans for the site’s development. Marta Hendrikx, P.R. Consultant, SSB “Well, the website has seven […]
Hotel chambermaids occasionally walk into some strange scenes as they enter a guest room, but the one that greeted an employee at a Placencia resort Monday morning went far beyond rumpled sheets and damp towels. At around ten o’clock the startled housekeeper at Rum Point Inn discovered what appeared to be two lifeless nude bodies […]
It is Belize City’s most upscale neighborhood, but the pleasant surroundings do not make West Landivar and Caribbean Shores a stranger to crime. As home to a number of the nation’s largest educational institutions, the neighborhood is alive with people both day and night. As of today it will also have the full time presence […]
The sun rose this morning to a day that was clear, dry and cool–in other words a perfect day to work outdoors. News Five’s Jose Sanchez joined a number of his fellow citizens to perform some manual labour on this the international day of volunteers. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Habitat for Humanity is planning to build […]
This Christmas, the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, BCVI, is inviting the general public to support its annual programmes for the blind by purchasing greeting cards made by one of their clients. Ten-year old Brendano Choco, who has been blind since birth, designed the card while he was at camp this past summer. Henry […]
The concept of projecting a photographic image onto a human model is not original to Jeannie Shaw…but it is the first time the technique has been used to depict a nation–in the case of Belize. News 5’s Jose Sanchez got a preview of the artist’s stunning exhibition, which opens tonight at the Image Factory. Jeannie […]
There has been a lot of publicity lately given to the issue of how teachers and students will make up the school days lost to Hurricane Keith. But while the question of whether to work over the Christmas holidays has been a controversial one, a far more important issue has barely been mentioned–that of teacher […]
