A day after police, B.D.F. soldiers and a group of protesters battled for control of the Tower Hill Bridge, Prime Minister Said Musa has appointed a Commission of Inquiry. That commission is chaired by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh and includes former police commissioner Sherman Zuniga and Father Lazarus Augustine of the Catholic Church. According to […]
While in Belmopan we also dropped in on Commissioner of Transport Glen Arthurs. The man at the centre of Monday’s storm–and object of much public criticism–says that the piece of paper he eventually signed was of no real consequence. Glen Arthurs, Commissioner of Transport “It was expired on the twenty-sixth of July 2001, and yesterday […]
Stewart Krohn “Ann-Marie has moved from the anchor’s seat to join the other members of the News 5 team who made yesterday’s coverage possible. They are cameraman Brent Toombs and summer intern Isani Cayetano. Isani, a sixth form graduate, is studying broadcast journalism at Columbia College in Chicago. What we’re going to be doing tonight […]
Covering pitched battles between police and protestors is fortunately not a story we have to do very often. But today at the Tower Hill Bridge a controversy over bus transport erupted into violent confrontation, the likes of which has not been seen in twenty years. Ann-Marie Williams and Brent Toombs were on hand and have […]
Two serious road mishaps, one of them fatal, marred an otherwise safe weekend on the nation’s roads. On Friday night Alfonso Garcia of Big Falls, Toledo was knocked from his bicycle while riding on the Southern Highway between miles eighteen and nineteen. He was rushed to the Punta Gorda Hospital and later transferred to the […]
On Saturday one of the four health care providers under the southside N.H.I. pilot project was officially inaugurated. The Integral Health Clinic on the corner of Curasow and Gibnut Street was opened for inspection and guest of honour, Prime Minister Said Musa, used the opportunity to remind his audience that the best medicine is the […]
It’s one of the best tasting fish in the sea and that, unfortunately, has been its undoing. Jacqueline Woods reports on efforts to preserve our once plentiful supply of grouper. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In the early ’70s there was no shortage of the Nassau Grouper even though the fish was one of the most commercially […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned to a fresh serving of Sports Monday. The semi-pro baseball scene was the only ticket in town Friday night matching San Cas U.B. against the Data Pro Raiders. We start the action with Raiders point guard Fabian Pittman using his left hand to gain two points. […]
Nineteen year old John Franklin, who was shot as he tried to rob Sikaffy’s Store on Albert Street, has been charged for his crime. Franklin is charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. He remains in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital […]
Belmopan police are on the lookout for two men who held up and robbed Belstate Realtors Limited. The incident took place just before 10:00 this morning on Belize Street, a residential area of the city. According to proprietor Calvin Neal, at first he did not know the men had come to rob him and when […]
Police are tonight questioning twenty-three year old Terrence Bailey of Bocotora Street in Belize City in connection with a blue Mitsubishi Galant found abandoned on Dickenson Street. Police say the car used in the robbery of two thousand dollars from a fourteen thousand dollar payroll on July thirteenth on Coney Drive, has been registered to […]
Since the neon green traffic signs were erected along the Northern Highway in early June, the Traffic Department has been out conducting sporadic road checks and issuing warning tickets to drivers who have not been adhering to the speed limits. Motorists who use the stretch of highway from the entrance of the city to Haulover […]
Last November when Hurricane Keith hit Belize it not only destroyed many homes on the island of Caye Caulker, but ruined most of cayes’ greenery including many coconut trees. To help restore the scenic beauty of the island, Agriculture Minister Daniel Silva this week donated five hundred coconut seedlings to the Caye Caulker Village Council. […]
Whenever summer rolls around there are never enough activities to keep young minds occupied. The Young Women’s Christian Association is trying to accommodate as many youngsters as possible with a two-part summer programme. The first ended today. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Some three hundred school-aged children spent three weeks of their summer vacation at the annual […]
Today over one hundred children from Caribbean Shores received certificates after successfully taking part in a youth camp. The event, which featured a number of different sports, was organised to give youths in the area something to do while on vacation. As News Five’s Jacqueline Woods found out at today’s closing ceremonies, the old adage […]
This morning Cabinet convened a special session to consider among other things the I.M.F. Belize Staff Report 2001. The report noted the Belize Government’s economic policy, which seeks to sustain strong economic growth mainly through low taxes, public investment, and provision of credit to the private sector through the Development Finance Corporation. It also noted […]
Nine days after thirty-four year old Winston “Tanga” James was gunned down in the Mahogany Street Extension of Belize City, family and friends will rest a little easier tonight knowing the culprit is behind bars. Eighteen year old Marvin Nunez, also of Mahogany Street Extension, has been arrested and charged with James’ murder.
A Chinese businessman is tonight recuperating and short of four hundred dollars. Chang Ming Te reported to police that about 8:30 Wednesday night, two men entered his hotel in the West Lake area, around mile eight on the Western Highway, requesting to rent a room. Upon showing them the room, Te was robbed at gunpoint […]
Belizeans can take a look at the economic conditions of the country and how it affects citizen security through the publication: Democratic Governance and Citizen Security in Central America: The Case of Belize. The book contains three research papers by locals Minelva Johnson, Dylan Vernon and Shaun Finnetty. Finnetty, SPEAR’s chairperson, says the new release […]
Over the next two years Belize Electricity Limited will be offering thirty-two thousand dollars in tuition scholarships for Belizean students to attend the University of Belize. The scholarships, four for associate degrees and four for bachelor degrees, will be awarded based on academic merit, financial need and character of students. The recipients must also complete […]
Think pageant and more than likely the word beauty comes to mind. Not this time though, as Public Service Union women test their knowledge of the public service at Miss P.S.U. One of the organisers, Diane Parks, says six contestants will vie for the coveted title on Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the Holy Redeemer […]
Belizeans and tourists who like to dine on venison may get some good news as a programme to boost production of farmed deer is getting off the ground. A herd of twenty fallow deer imported to Central Farm in February has given birth to thirteen fawns, which will be ready for market by the end […]
The Belize City Games begins August eleventh, and whether you’re planning to go for the gold, silver or bronze you must first take part in the preliminaries. According to president of the Belize Amateur Athletic Association, Nelson Hyde, the trials start on Friday from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. Nelson Hyde, President, B.A.A.A. “The meet is […]
Despite recent problems within the B.N.F.A., football officials say things have been progressing smoothly in its goal to develop the sport in Belize. Following the dissolution of the B.N.F.A. Executive on June thirtieth, Bertie Chimilio was re-elected as president until elections are held in two months. This morning the association hosted a press conference to […]
If you are still filling out your social calendar for the upcoming weekend, there is one show you may want to include in your plans. On Saturday night the Belize City Centre will be rocking with the sounds of Glen Washington. The artist arrived in Belize this morning and News Five’s Jacqueline Woods was at […]
