Thirteen Belizean women writers are to have their literary works published in an anthology of short stories titled: “Memories, Dreams and Nightmares.” The book is the fifth publication in the Belize Writers Series and was edited by visiting East Carolina University professor Gay Wilentz. Wilentz told News 5 that the book is yet another attempt […]
With the tourism industry in Belize booming it’s no surprise that many Belizeans are seeking employment opportunities within the sector. Responding to the increased activity, last year, the University of Belize offered degree programs in tourism to its students. This morning the sixty students presently seeking Associate and Bachelor of Science degrees in tourism at […]
If you’re looking for a way to take your mind off the stress of everyday life, you might find some welcomed solace viewing the masterful strokes of paint on canvass. On Tuesday night, Cuban Artist Manuel Daza launched his latest collection of works. This morning, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods stopped by to see the exhibition. […]
They learn the skills involved in camping out in the great outdoors…but their own camping centre near Burrell Boom has deteriorated to the point where the word rustic is a compliment. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams dusted off her old scouting expertise to see how the situation is being turned around. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Camp Oakley, […]
Much of the country is holding its collective breath as overcast skies and intermittent showers threaten to bring renewed flooding to parts of the Toledo, Stann Creek, Cayo and Belize Districts. While rain forecast for tonight should be nowhere near the quantity which fell last week, with the ground already saturated it will not take […]
It was pushed out the headlines by last week’s floods, but just as the rains were beginning to drench the south and west, a team led by the Organisation of American States was completing a four day exercise to see just who is living in the one kilometre wide adjacency zone east of the Belize […]
The United Democratic Party today won a victory of sorts when the Court of Appeal granted a complete stay of execution of its judgement in the Bel-China land case. The same court had previously reversed a decision of the Supreme Court, ruling that the UDP acquired the land from government illegally. But after Attorney and […]
His removal from the bench became official in February, but former justice George Meerabux was back in court today, this time as an appellant. Attorneys Wilfred and Hubert Elrington appeared in the Court of Appeal this afternoon to contest their client’s dismissal. They argued on three grounds. Firstly, that the chairman of the tribunal appointed […]
In crime news, charges have been filed against a man who savagely attacked his victim with a bat. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-three year old Lyle Price lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital suffering from a fractured skull. Price was attacked by one Marlon Garnett just outside of his Dolphin […]
Police are still looking for the criminal or criminals who broke into a pair of downtown Belize City businesses. According to the victim, the thieves were talented, but not particularly lucky. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This morning, employees of Eduardo Martinez and Sons Limited and the Caribbean Holidays Travel Agency, located at number 81 Albert Street, […]
He has written so many cheques during his term of office that his wrist must be sore, but that hasn’t stopped Ambassador Charles Tsai from signing one more. On Monday the Taiwanese diplomat presented a cheque for two hundred and twenty-eight thousand U.S. dollars to Prime Minister Said Musa. This represents the sixth tranche of […]
While journalistic rumour has it that the U.S. government is vex with Belize for turning down its request to use the Voice of America station in Punta Gorda to beam propaganda into Cuba, you’d never know it by the news from Gabourel Lane. A press release from the embassy today indicates that work is nearly […]
It was announced last month amid great fanfare and today the starting date for service by U.S. Airways was officially made public. The airline has received U.S. government approval to fly four days each week between Belize City and U.S. Air’s hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Those flights will run on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and […]
In basketball news, official word from the Belize Basketball Association indicates that contrary to earlier reports, the Raiders will be able to field a full squad against the San Cas U.B. team this Wednesday. Following Friday’s fistfight between Raider Thomas Gillespie and B.T.L.’s Claude “Too Tall” Jones, the league has suspended both players for two […]
National elections may be more than a year away, but the Elections and Boundaries Department is making sure from now that Belizeans understand what voting is all about. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Part three of the Elections and Boundaries Commission’s public education campaign continued today. Designed for political and religious leaders, […]
After a waterlogged weekend, Belizeans all over the country are once again bracing themselves as more rains cause new flooding. The latest from the Ministry of Works and officials at the Meteorology Department is that the Guacamallo Bridge on the Macal River is under four feet of water; there is fifteen feet of water above […]
As residents try to protect life and property in the face of the floods, tonight there is one happy story to report. On Saturday evening, Oswald Young, who we had reported was missing after floodwaters took over his farm situated outside of St. Matthews Village, was found alive and well. On Friday morning a British […]
In other news from the Ministry of Works of perhaps a different kind of flood, late this evening we have confirmed that Minister of Works Henry Canton will be stepping down from his present position as early as September. Canton has worked out an agreement with Prime Minister Said Musa to remain area representative for […]
A San Pedro man is in police custody tonight on the charge of the murder of his uncle. According to officers on the island, twenty-year-old Johnny Leslie Rancharan has been arrested and charged after he stabbed his relative twice in the chest. Reports are that Rancharan and his thirty-five year old uncle, Simeon Williams, had […]
Eight Belize City children are without their father tonight after he was gunned down over the weekend. According to police reports, thirty-seven year old Anthony “Oats” Usher, a popular newspaper vendor, was with friends on the Berkeley Street Bridge around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday. News 5 understands that shortly after a young man, twenty-four year […]
A father is dead, while a young mother and her child are in the hospital tonight after a tragic accident over the weekend. Although the cause of the accident is still being investigated, the stretch of road on the Northern Highway is no stranger to this kind of tragedy. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline […]
Tonight, a local parish is still coming to terms with an early morning break-in that almost cost them their beloved building. Reports are that tourism officers on patrol noticed smoke coming out of the windows of the St. John’s Cathedral after midnight this morning. Fire officials rushed to the scene and managed to prevent serious […]
But not all the news off Albert Street was disheartening today, as just across the street at the House of Culture, one Belizean icon was determined to keep his music alive. Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The accordion has always been a part of the Belizean music scene, but now it’s an art on […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is another fresh dish of Sports Monday. Things have heated up immensely in the Capital Life Basketball Tournament, so we took our cameras Friday night to the City Centre for the prime-time rematch between five time champions Raiders and archrival B.T.L. Nets, who prevailed in game one. The […]
There was good news and bad news today from flooded areas in the west and south of the country. The good news is that in many areas the waters are receding; the bad is that what the sunshine has revealed is that a number of roads, bridges, and buildings took a serious beating. In the […]
