More than likely you or your child has eaten at least one of their products, be it corn chips or biscuits. The Diana Company based in San Salvador distributes a wide range of tasty treats all over Central America and starting soon, they’ll have their own warehouse in Belmopan. This morning, Belmopan Mayor Anthony Chanona […]
This week, nurses all over the country are participating in several activities organised as part of Nurses Week. Under the theme, “Nurses, Always There for You: Caring for Families,” the medical practitioners held a community service day where anyone could test their blood sugar, pressure, and eyesight. President of the Nurses Association of Belize, Jennifer […]
If B.T.L.’s new numbering system has you a little confused, don’t worry there’s hope in sight. Tomorrow, copies of the 2002 telephone directory hit coffee tables all over Belize. According to B.T.L.’s Public Relations Manager, Suzette Tillett, the list of digits comes complete with the new numbers you need to dial. Suzette Tillett, P.R. Manager, […]
For the past seven years the people of the Janus Foundation have been operating in the Cayo District on various projects. This morning, they let us through their gates to give us an insider’s look at just a couple of the projects they’re currently working on, aimed to improve not only the lives of the […]
For the past twelve weeks, the brave competitors of Channel 5’s KTV have taken the stage and sang their hearts out. Tonight, the final four face off in a sound clash that will leave only one of them victorious. Earlier today, Ann-Marie spoke to the hopefuls who are all confident of a win. Ann-Marie Williams, […]
One person is dead and several have been left injured following a Saturday afternoon traffic accident on the Western Highway. The collision occurred shortly after 2:00 p.m. between a pickup truck and a Novelos bus travelling in opposite directions. Police report that as the vehicles reached between miles twenty-eight and twenty-nine, near the Belize Zoo […]
It’s every woman’s nightmare…but for one young Belize City woman, the experience was all too real. On Sunday night twenty-nine year old Lauren Ciego was sleeping inside her home on Fern Lane when she was awakened by the sound of her bedroom door being pushed open. Ciego says by the time she sat up, a […]
Exactly one year ago today, a fourteen-year-old boy lost the battle for his life after a brutal bar brawl left him in a coma. David Zabaneh Jr. had been a student at Saint John’s College at the time and was out with three friends at Raul’s Rose Garden, a bar and brothel on the Northern […]
Later this week, a Belizean delegation will join representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries in Spain for a series of meetings with that country and the European Union. On Thursday, Prime Minister Said Musa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Assad Shoman and their counterparts from the Caribbean Community, will discuss opportunities for ventures with Spanish […]
Mother’s Day saw thousands of Belizean women being wined, dined and otherwise appreciated by their loved ones. But today, Ann-Marie spoke to one young mother at the K.H.M.H. who had a special reason to celebrate. Ann-Marie Williams Mother’s Day is usually a time when children honour their mother, but the tables turned on Sunday for […]
At over one hundred and seven thousand dollars, it’s the biggest lotto jackpot since the current franchise holder took over the game in 1995. Today we dropped by the lotto office, and even though we did not find a long line of people buying tickets, we were told that sales have increased substantially for Wednesday’s […]
It was part of the original plan for the Belize City Tourism Village, but is only just now being put into place. A number of water taxis, previously working out of other locations on the Haulover Creek, have joined together to form the Tourism Village Water Taxi Association. According to association president-pro-tem Joe Marin, getting […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just crashed into this monster ride on Sports Monday. We kick things off with the Mother’s Day Cycle Classic, which rolled off Sunday morning from Santa Elena, Cayo. Here’s the start as all four contestants get busy, namely Anamarie Bennett, Marinette Flowers defending champion, Fiona Humes Gonzalez former […]
If the Western Highway between the Zoo and Jaguar Paw is the nation’s most dangerous stretch of road, then the Northern Highway between the airport and Haulover runs a close second. Last night mile six was the scene of an accident that left one man dead and another tenuously clinging to life. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
Another early morning collision, this time between a parked dredge and a speeding skiff has left a San Pedro resort manager dead. According to police, thirty-two year old Logan Gentry, manager of El Pescador fishing resort, located three miles north of town, had been socialising at a local night spot with friends. Reports are that […]
Viewers of this newscast know that tragic accidents can happen anywhere at any time. But are you prepared to help when things go wrong? News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the Red Cross this morning, where a group of educators was learning that beyond the three R’s comes a fourth… that stands for rescue. Jacqueline Woods, […]
Gas stations continue to be a favourite target for thieves looking for a quick buck. Around 2:00 this morning a pair of armed masked men pulled up to the Texaco Star Mart at the northern entrance to Belize City. Joined by two accomplices waiting in the bushes, the gang overpowered and tied up the security […]
He broke the pattern of traditional opposition politics when in January of 2001 he joined with Prime Minister Said Musa to endorse a new approach to solving the Guatemalan claim to Belize. While at the time UDP leader Dean Barrow endorsed only the process and not any particular outcome, now that concrete proposals are about […]
Their names may not yet carry the same cachet as Ernest “Jawmain” Meighan, Andrew Smiling or Quinton “The Baddest” Hamilton, but Belize’s women cyclists have just as much heart–if not quite the speed–of their better known counterparts. On the eve of their big race News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams talked strategy with some of the competitors. […]
Belize and Guatemala may be as close as they’ve ever been to settling the nearly century and a half old claim to Belizean territory…but you’d never know it by the silence displayed by the politicians and media. That silence was broken today by NABR, the National Alliance for Belizean Rights in a press release issued […]
In news from Belmopan, the joint co-operation commission between Belize and Cuba has finished its two days of meetings. An agreement was signed that will continue the close working relationship between the two countries in trade, tourism, culture, housing and health, with a memorandum of understanding concluded on sending low income patients to Cuba for […]
In crime news, police are seeking three suspects in the shooting of a man in Ladyville. Twenty-seven year old Norman Bernard of Belize City told police that while working in Ladyville on Sunday he was threatened, kidnapped and finally shot in the leg before being tossed from the back of a pickup truck. Bernard has […]
In connection with the upcoming National Agriculture and Trade Show, the Ministry of Agriculture has named its farmers of the year. This year’s Junior Farmer of the Year is sixteen year old Efrain Cano of Caledonia Village in the Corozal District. He has been doing his own farming for three years, having previously worked with […]
For people who are in the process of making plans for the upcoming three-day holiday weekend, we’d like to remind you that the calendar you are using may be in error. Although the official date of Commonwealth Day is Friday, May twenty-fourth and that date appears in red on many local calendars, the holiday will […]
“Choose Today” is the theme of a men’s rally organised by the group Belizean Brothers in Christ. Its goal is to bring Belizean men closer to their families and communities. Founder of the Brothers, Tony Young, says this first time event is scheduled for Saturday at the People’s Stadium in Orange Walk Town. Tony Young, […]
