With a number of high profile criminal trials either underway or about to begin, there is growing concern in the law enforcement community that important witnesses may come under pressure to alter or withhold their testimony. Tonight a Belize City man is behind bars after he allegedly attacked one such witness to a crime. Police […]
It’s that time of the year when thousands of Belizean youths–recent graduates plus part timers–hit the job market in force. Some will send out dozens of computer polished resumes while others will simply walk the streets, knocking on doors. What they all have in common is that finding employment is often a frustrating experience. This […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital now has more doctors, nurses, lab technicians and radiologists to serve the public. Nineteen more thanks to the Nigeria-Belize Technical Co-operation Programme, a partnership which has provided Belize with expertise in the areas of education and health for over a decade. The new two-year contractual agreement between Belize and Nigeria […]
This year’s P.S.E. results, while generally considered a disaster in math, did demonstrate a few bright spots in science. Indeed, just going by the number of science open days being held around the country, we should not be surprised if the next Einstein held a Belizean passport. Jacqueline Woods reports on the latest Belize City […]
While the facilitators in the current effort to end the Guatemalan claim continue to stall for time, the inevitable rumours and speculation have begun to proliferate, both in the press and on the streets. On yesterday’s newscast we spoke to Foreign Minister Assad Shoman and our Ambassador to Guatemala, Moises Cal. Today we look at […]
Belize’s failure to allow U.S. authorities to broadcast propaganda into Cuba from a relay station in the Toledo District is being downplayed in Belmopan. A recent report in the Miami Herald indicates that the U.S. government was taken aback by the refusal of Prime Minister Said Musa to grant permission for the Voice of America […]
An Orange Walk woman is hospitalised tonight after being burned in an early morning fire. Twenty-year-old Aledes Ulloa, a Honduran national, says she was sleeping in one of the cabanas on the compound of the Rio Adventures Bar when she was awakened by intense heat and the strong smell of smoke. Ulloa told authorities she […]
Nineteen-year-old Andrew Tzib is lucky to be alive following a traffic accident that left him in a coma. Around 9:30 on Monday night, Tzib, a resident of Ladyville, was walking near mile two and a half on the Northern Highway when he was knocked down by a passing vehicle. According to police, after the young […]
Two suspects have been arrested after they allegedly held up and attacked the proprietor of a store in the Stann Creek District. The incident took place around 9:00 on Saturday night in Trio Village. According to Martha Perez, she and her common-law husband, Anacleto Garcia were about to close their shop, Henry’s Store, when two […]
Pioneer Belizean hotel owner Celi McCorkle has been honoured for her work in the development of tourism in the region. McCorkle, who opened one of the first hotels in San Pedro in the 1960’s, was among fifty people receiving awards from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation. The C.T.O. celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at the annual State […]
Another Belizean, honoured during his life as one of the nation’s greatest political figures, is receiving some new attention less than a year after his death. Today contractors were putting the final touches on a new monument and other improvements to the gravesite of Philip Goldson at Lord’s Ridge Cemetery. We are not certain when […]
Last week when the first real heat wave of the year descended on Belize, we took a look at how children responded by consuming record numbers of ideal ice pops. With temperatures still hovering in the 90’s, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams today took a look at how the rest of us are responding to the […]
Jacqueline Woods “Mr. Hyde we just wanted to know if you would care to comment on the accusation that has been levied against you.” Douglas Hyde “No comment.” Jacqueline Woods “So you’re saying that it’s not true or it’s true?” Douglas Hyde “No comment.” That was the scene this afternoon as twenty-four year old Douglas […]
The prosecution of Douglas Hyde and other cases of sex related offences raises the question of why various alleged acts, which all seem to fit the general description of rape, are often prosecuted under different headings. News 5’s Janelle Chanona today spoke to Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson, and asked him to explain the […]
Cane farmers will tell you that the most dangerous aspect of working in a Belizean cane field is the possibility of running into a poisonous snake. On Saturday, however, it was not a Tommy Goff that attacked a canero; it was a swarm of killer bees. According to police reports, fifty-four year old Eluterio Cal, […]
The relationship between Belize and Costa Rica strengthened visibly today when an official delegation from that Central American nation’s newly elected government paid a short but important visit to the country. Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister, Roberto Tovar Faja, arrived this morning and met with Prime Minister Said Musa and other government officials to discuss new […]
While Belize continues to cultivate political support from Central America, the wait for the next step in the settlement of the Guatemalan claim can sometimes feel interminable. Belize’s Assad Shoman is still sticking to the operative word “soon” even though the facilitators have now asked for another independent party to conduct a census along the […]
As both Belizeans and Guatemalans wait to hear what the facilitators will recommend, according to Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Moises Cal, the feelings from top to bottom are positive. Moises Cal, Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala “There is a will from the President of Guatemala to have this issue resolved as early as possible, for various […]
With the Guatemalan claim in short term suspended animation, Prime Minister Said Musa departed this afternoon for Washington D.C., where he will attend the sixteenth meeting of the Caribbean Group for Co-operation in Economic Development. The meeting, chaired by the World Bank, allows the eight member countries to explain their economic strategies to a forum […]
Belize is hoping to strengthen its human and social development efforts with a bit of help from our Caribbean partners. Today, Prime Minister Said Musa officially launched the National Council for Human and Social Development, COHSOD, making Belize the eighth CARICOM state to establish such a council. The group will co-ordinate work in the areas […]
They usually don’t ride quite as fast as Marion Jones runs, but then…Marion Jones doesn’t usually run the wrong way on a one way street. Today those cyclists brave enough to venture into town discovered that riding with reckless abandon now carries its risks. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The police crackdown comes as […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for another fresh delivery of Sports Monday. Five time champion Raiders went into the Capital Life competition Friday night at the City Centre looking for its third season win in the role of host to Orange Walk’s Music Centre, who came in showing […]
For the last three years, Belizean primary school students have nervously entered their classrooms on that fateful day in May to sit the Primary School Examination. The suspense of waiting to find out just how well they did was ended today as the Ministry of Education officially released the grades. And one little girl from […]
In related news, last month we reported that thirteen inmates at the Hattieville Correctional Facility had graduated from a prison education program designed to help them get ready to sit the P.S.E. Today, we are proud to announce that of the thirteen who took the test, eleven of them passed. Their grades ranged from A’s […]
Over the last week the Police Department has received some well-deserved praise, both for quick resolution of several armed robberies and a sensitive co-operative approach to cool off the gang violence which has ravaged Belize City. But a move announced today has some observers wondering exactly which substance the top brass has been smoking. In […]
