Close to fifty northern residents, who commute daily to and from Belize City, say the police forced them out of their buses this morning when they were just about to take off for work. As if that weren’t enough, their charter permit issued to the group of workers who call themselves Northern Commuters was also […]
It may be the smallest of the nation’s protected areas, but Guanacaste Park was an ideal venue for the Belize Audubon Society and Minister of Natural Resources to reinforce Belize’s commitment to the environment. Ann-Marie Williams was on hand this morning to take in the sights and sounds. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Earth Day may have […]
Even by Belizean standards, it was not a big demonstration. But the picketing on Princess Margaret Drive did mark the first time that advocates for AIDS care and prevention moved from singing songs to chanting protests. Diane Finnegan, Public Awareness Officer, BOWAND “I think that there’s a lot of covering up going on. People are […]
Talks between Belize and Guatemala have entered their second day at OAS headquarters in Washington. The low-key meetings, scheduled to conclude today, are supposed to assess the extent of compliance by both countries to the agreements made under the OAS sponsored negotiating process. While the talks do not deal with the substantive issues of the […]
A familiar landmark on the Western Highway has been destroyed by fire. The sawmill, which has operated for a number of years at mile forty-six on the outskirts of Belmopan, burned to the ground on Tuesday night. Only a caretaker was on the premises at the time and he reports that while eating supper between […]
More details have emerged on a bizarre traffic accident at the Western Border, which resulted in ten injuries and the destruction of a building. It seems that around 4:00 Tuesday afternoon, a truck en route from Benque Viejo to the border, lost its brakes while descending a hill. Driver Cecilio Neal of Santa Elena, Cayo, […]
In late news from that same location on the border, reports reaching News 5 indicate that around 5:00 this evening a Belizean policeman in the no man’s land between Belize and Guatemala was arrested by Guatemalan authorities and taken off to jail in Melchor de Mencos. The officer has been identified as Ebelio Itza Jr., […]
The competition went down to the wire and when the judges finally spoke, the ninth weekly winner in Channel 5’s Karaoke TV was chosen. Here’s how it went. Williams Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “The winner for tonight who’ll get a two hundred dollars gift certificate from Courts Belize Limited, a hundred dollars cash from Channel […]
Holy Redeemer Credit Union members who have saved regularly, borrowed wisely, and paid back promptly, stand to benefit from some surprises at tonight’s general meeting. President of H.R.C.U., Karl H. Menzies, says the fifty-seventh annual assembly begins at 7:30 at St. John’s College Gymnasium on Princess Margaret Drive. Karl H. Menzies, President, H.R.C.U. “The assets […]
The Social Investment Fund has donated eight Pentium Three computers and accessories worth twenty-four thousand dollars to three Belize City schools as part of its Hurricane Repair and Rehabilitation Programme. According to Oscar Alonzo, director of SIF, the donation was made possible through a government loan from the World Bank for one and a half […]
It may not have the headline appeal of mad cow or foot and mouth disease, but a tiny insect has the potential to wreak just as much havoc on Belizean agriculture. News 5’s Jose Sanchez travelled to Placencia to learn more about the notorious medfly. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Mediterranean Fruit Fly had not been […]
With neither the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital nor Ministry of Health in any apparent rush to figure out how three hospital patients were transfused with HIV infected blood, the community is beginning to become aroused. Led by the Alliance Against AIDS, a demonstration called “Blood on Your Hands” is hoping to get the attention of […]
Eight young men from San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, spent the weekend in the island’s jail and today were transported to Magistrate’s Court in Belize City where they were charged with dangerous harm. The charges arise out of an incident that occurred on Saturday around 4:00 in the morning on the town’s main street, Barrier Reef […]
Late news from the Western border at Benque Viejo is that three people have been injured as the result of a truck crashing into the wooden building that houses the Border Management Agency. Details are sketchy at this time, but the accident apparently occurred around four this afternoon and the injured persons were inside the […]
It has been a good while since we last saw the excitement of semi-pro basketball at the City Centre. Actually it’s been one year, ten months and six days since Evan “Duck” Garnett inbounded the perfect pass and Keith Acosta slammed home the winning bucket to win the 1999 championship for the Phoenix Footlocker Raiders. […]
Food is a subject never far from the minds of most of us and tonight Ann-Marie takes a look at a popular eating habit that may be sending us to an early grave. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Walk around Belize City, any given day or night and you’ll find an enormous number of Belizeans buying fried […]
It has been over three weeks since a trio of patients at the K.H.M.H. were given transfusions of HIV infected blood, but authorities either cannot or will not announce their conclusion as to exactly how the tragedy occurred or who is to blame. However, the hospital’s chief executive officer did respond today to allegations of […]
Leon Anthony Walford, the seventeen-year-old man at the centre of last Thursday’s drama in Sandhill, was formally arraigned today in Magistrate’s Court. Walford was charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm, use of deadly means of harm, two counts of wounding, aggravated assault and common assault. It is alleged that in the wee hours of Thursday […]
The top military brass from the Caribbean, Central and North America will gather in Belize later this week to plot regional defence strategy. The sixteenth Caribbean Nations Security Conference, hosted by the BDF and U.S. Southern Command, will begin on Wednesday evening and run through Saturday. The meeting will be attended by delegations from the […]
While the Minister of National Security prepares to meet the generals, the Prime Minister has returned from his meeting with the commanders in chief. The three-day Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City, Canada, was, according to a government release, successfully concluded despite the violence in the streets. Prime Minister Musa spoke on the […]
When it comes to polluting the atmosphere, Belize is one of least guilty nations of the world. But that doesn’t mean we can rest on our reputation. One area in which we are falling behind is the use of refrigerants. Freon and other chloroflurocarbons from air conditioners and refrigerators contribute to the depletion of the […]
Children’s rights have been a central issue for the United Nations Children’s Fund and UNICEF has facilitated a number of successful events to demonstrate that commitment. On Friday, twenty one high school students from around the country will be facing ministers of government at the National Assembly in Belmopan for the “Keeping the Promise” children’s […]
If you are making plans for a short holiday in May, you are advised to check your calendar. Today Belmopan changed the date on which we will observe Commonwealth Day, traditionally celebrated on the twenty-fourth. The day off has now been moved to Monday, the twenty-first, making for a three-day weekend. Labour Day, scheduled for […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we want to welcome you aboard this fanciful flight on Sports Monday. Week II of the BFL football playoffs brought no real changes in the standings. The haves got more, the have-nots got nothing. We take you to the People’s Stadium O.W. where the home team Juventus looks to […]
The hunt has ended for the man who stabbed a woman in Sandhill and then abducted a boy at knifepoint to effect his escape. Details are sketchy, but seventeen year old Leon Anthony Walford was captured by police around 4:30 this afternoon at the bus station in Belmopan. He was on the loose since early […]
