Father’s Day is celebrated annually on the third Sunday in June. However, unlike Mother’s Day, it seems that in Belize the celebration for dads just hasn’t quite caught on. There’s no last minute rush to find the perfect gift, neither are patrons beating down the doors to buy tickets to a Father’s Day dance. Today […]
It is not easy to duplicate in a drill the life and death circumstances of a real fire. But friendly competition in the fire-fighter’s art is still a good way to keep Belize’s professional and volunteer firemen sharp. Jose Sanchez reports from the M.C.C. Grounds. Jose Sanchez, Reporting They may not be chosen to represent […]
Two men are behind bars tonight, arrested for the driveby shooting of reputed gang figure Clay Monsanto and two friends on Monday night. Brothers Gerald and Sheldon Tillett ages twenty-one and twenty of George Street in Belize City, were this afternoon denied bail and charged jointly with three counts of attempted murder, dangerous harm and […]
While some suspected criminals are arrested, too many others remain in action. On Wednesday night around 11:30 a trio of robbers hit the H.L.’s Burger stand at Cemetery Road and West Canal. One man held a knife to a waitress’s throat while his brethren rifled the cash pan to the tune of five hundred and […]
Friday the fifteenth is pay-day for many Belizeans and that is one reason police are asking the public to be extra careful when they count up their cash. It seems that local counterfeiters have been running their photocopiers overtime, with bogus blue notes appearing in Belize City and Cayo. The most popular serial numbers seem […]
Leaving Belize today for El Salvador was Prime Minister Said Musa. He will attend a summit of Central American Heads of Government, convened to discuss the Plan Puebla/Panama initiative. The Plan Puebla, which seeks to promote development from Southern Mexico to Panama, requires co-ordinated action by the governments and private sectors of the eight countries […]
The sugar industry is facing some major challenges and no less than the general manager of Belize Sugar Industries has called for serious changes in the way that crucial commodity is produced. Writing in today’s Belize Times, B.S.I.’s Joey Montalvo warned that dwindling supplies of cane threaten to cripple and destroy the industry, unless measures […]
In a small country like Belize where fires are a regular occurrence we often get to see our fire-fighters on the job albeit under stressful conditions. On Friday and Saturday, the public will be able to see our eighty-five fire-fighters engage in these same exercises, only this time for fun. Assistant Fire Chief Norris Fisher, […]
The University of Belize holds its first commencement exercises at 10:00 Sunday morning at the City Centre. Six hundred and forty-seven students from forty different programmes will be receiving either certificates, diplomas, associate degrees or bachelor degrees. Guest speaker for the occasion is Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. According to U.B. public relations officer Silvana Woods, […]
One of the country’s most popular cultural icons returned yesterday from South America, where he represented Belize at a meeting of the world’s poets. Grandmaster Leroy Young, best known for his publications “Made in Pinks Alley” and “Generation X,” dropped by Channel 5 this evening to tell us about his two week excursion. Leroy “Grandmaster” […]
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the opening of carnival season and one of the big bands is kicking it off with a pageant. This weekend six primary school children will be vying for the title of Little Miss Cultural Heritage. Jacqueline Burgess, public relations officer for the group, says that it’s an event which […]
While the airwaves may be full of catchy slogans telling us to “try N.H.I.”, the pilot public health programme is only now getting ready for implementation. According to Doctor Marcelo Coyi of Belize Medical Associates, they will soon be opening a clinic on Regent Street for residents of the city’s southside. Coyi spoke to News […]
While most experts agree that the best weapon in the fight against AIDS is education, no educational “magic bullet” has yet been found that irrevocably changes people’s risky behaviour. That, however, has not stopped people from trying. Jose Sanchez reports on the latest attempt in Belize. Jose Sanchez, Reporting In an effort to raise awareness […]
In Belize, photo opportunities for the news media and politicians are usually confined to ground breaking ceremonies, ribbon cuttings or the ever popular handing over of a computer. But this morning Prime Minister Said Musa acted more in the tradition of Tony Blair than George Price when he bravely strode into the Central Medical Laboratory, […]
For Joy Charley, supervisor of the Belize Blood Donor Service, life since the transfusion tragedy has been anything but dull. We asked her how the highly publicised incident has effected donations at the blood bank. Joy Charley, Supervisor, Blood Bank “We don’t really have a shortage, but since all this publicity that has happened with […]
As for the Commission of Inquiry, the report of the three man panel should be presented to the Prime Minister by the end of the week. Meanwhile, Minister of Health Jose Coye believes that it was important that the public had the opportunity to hear the testimony. Jose Coye, Min. of Health “To have a […]
In crime news police are still searching for the occupants of a stolen white Toyota who shot and wounded reputed gang figure Clay Monsanto and two others on Monday night. In a related development, however, a man wanted for questioning in the incident has been arrested for another crime. Twenty-four year old Brian Brown, the […]
The Belize Family Life Association conducted a ground breaking ceremony this afternoon and unveiled its plans for a new headquarters. The organisation, located on the old Belize City Hospital compound, will eventually move to a new location behind Pallotti High. According to B.F.L.A.’s Executive Director Jewel Quallo Rosberg, they also intend to provide additional health […]
Moving into a new house has never been easier in Belize, but not all the recent construction can be attributed to government, D.F.C., or a highly liquid banking system. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Habitat for Humanity is an international non-governmental organisation that has been helping Belizeans build homes since 1999. Mirna Paul, Habitat’s […]
Residents of Belize City’s Mesopotamia division, particularly children, now have a resource centre to call their own. Today was it’s first day of service. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting 88 West Street, which was once a community day care centre, has been refurbished to meet a community need. That’s according to Ray Lightburn, who unsuccessfully contested the […]
Belize’s growing corps of journalists can sometimes be an unruly bunch, but one issue around which virtually every reporter can unite is the value of a free meal… particularly one prepared by some enthusiastic chefs in training. Ann-Marie serves up the story. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting “The Belize Hotel Association has embarked on a pilot project […]
It was in February that twenty-seven year old Clay Monsanto got on national television to ask for peace among the nation’s gang members. That call was prompted by the brutal shooting of his baby boy in a murder attempt meant for him. Monsanto’s call went unnoticed, however, and last night the bullet with his name […]
The commotion on Central American Boulevard had barely calmed down when shots rang out again this afternoon in a neighbourhood not far away. Sherwin Nunez, believed to be in his mid 20’s, is lucky to be alive after an assailant fired three shots at him with what police say is a tech-nine. According to Leopold […]
A good samaritan is a person you can count on when you need help, and that is exactly what teachers of the Good Samaritan Institute need after they found out that their classrooms were burglarised. The school occupies a small section on the first floor of the Belize City Centre and caters to kids who […]
There is a saying in law enforcement circles that a smart cop does not believe in coincidence. Neither should a smart journalist. On yesterday’s newscast we reported two armed robberies, both committed by women. At the time, police told us that they believed the incidents were unrelated and it was a simple coincidence that two […]
