On this, the eve of Garifuna Settlement Day, intensive preparations continue for the long list of cultural activities planned for tonight and tomorrow. And just in case you’re one of those people who won’t be able to make the trek to Dangriga and other points south, the Belize City branch of the National Garifuna Council […]
The second International Dance Festival may be over, but the work required to bring Belize’s level of dancing on par with global standards continues. According to local experts, the event has shown the Belizean society what the world of dance can offer our youths. Marion Ali has more. Marion Ali, Reporting Dancers and their choreographers […]
Several Belizean school children are hundreds of dollars richer tonight…their reward for making insurance interesting. Over a hundred and thirty budding poets and artists spent hours painting posters and writing rhymes as part of Regent Insurance’s “Protecting Belizean Businesses” competition. This morning, the winners and their teachers picked up cheques valued at a total of […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked on to this fresh dish of Sports Monday. The mad rush to make the four team playoffs in the Belize Premier Football League continues unabated with five weeks to go before the blade of elimination officially falls. Yesterday’s clash at the M.C.C. Grounds found the Builder’s Hardware […]
Fonseca for Freetown…that’s the latest cry out of the P.U.P. political camp. Francis Fonseca that is. The thirty-three year old Secretary General of the People’s United Party has confirmed that at a national executive meeting on Thursday he got the nod as the new the face in Freetown, replacing area representative Jorge Espat, who chose […]
More often then not, crime news on this broadcast comes by way of a daily press release issued by the police department. This morning, however, rather than waiting by the fax machine, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods and George Tillett were invited to observe our crime fighters in action. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Around 5:30 this morning […]
Belizeans may be preparing to celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day, but today on Albert Street there was no mistaking the sights and sounds of…you guessed it: Christmas. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, the amid the noise and confusion in downtown Belize City, the peal of bells and live Christmas music signalled the start of the Salvation […]
Today students of the University of Belize took the afternoon off to attend a symposium on tourism. The presentation was held under the theme, Tourism: Redefining a New Path for Belize. It was organized by the Belize Tourism Board and U.B. as part of activities celebrating Tourism Week. Sharret Yearwood, a lecturer from the university, […]
Earlier we looked at the traditional opening of the Christmas season by the Salvation Army. And while the bells were ringing on Albert Street, not far away some young ladies were displaying Christmas cheer of their own. Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting In case you were wondering, this is not a commercial bakery. It’s […]
On Wednesday of this week a groundbreaking was held in Dangriga for the Buyei Juan Lambey Institute. The institute is a community organisation dedicated to the advancement of Garifuna spirituality, and is headed by the current Buyei, John Mariano. In 1989 we were fortunate to speak to Mariano–at the time he was home on a […]
Tonight, a group of Cuban men are being detained at the San Pedro police station…stranded sailors apparently in search of a more prosperous life. News 5 understands that on Wednesday, Belizean law enforcement officials, acting on a tip, visited an area near Bacalar Chico near the Mexican border and found seven men, between the ages […]
In other news on the subject of immigration, News 5 has learned that the long running criminal investigation into the illegal sale of passports is nearing a conclusion. The results of the police probe are expected shortly on the desk of D.P.P. Kirk Anderson, who will then decide how to proceed. We understand that the […]
It may not rank with the arrival of a new airline or opening of a big hotel, but advancements in the development of tourism come in different sizes. News 5’s Janelle Chanona was on hand for one such step this morning. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning the Small Tourism Enterprises Program Resource Centre was officially […]
Today is World Diabetes Day…and if you think that it’s just another useless notation on an already crowded calendar, you may want to think again. As news 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered, the disease is killing and disabling Belizeans in record numbers. Ivy Davis, Diabetic “The sugar lets me feel weak, you know. Let the whole […]
Although the Belize-Guatemala referendum has been postponed until sometime in the future, the Belmopan Lions Club believes the topic is still very pertinent. That’s why the organization has centered on the proposals for its seventh annual National Public Speaking Contest tomorrow night. Seven sixth form students from around the country will debate the theme “The […]
With reports of child abuse so prevalent in Belize you’d think that thousands of young Belizeans would be emotionally scarred for life. But children are often tougher than they look. Today a workshop in Belize City explored ways of building on those inner strengths to help kids beat the odds. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports. […]
We’ve looked at festivities involving Tourism Week, not to mention the international dance festival now underway…but in a few days time Garifuna Settlement Day will be upon us, and today News 5’s Marion Ali got a preview of one event you won’t want to miss. Marion Ali, Reporting In the lead-up to the November nineteenth […]
The conventional local wisdom on CARICOM is that Belize gives much and receives little. That may or may not have been true in the past, but an announcement today should go a long way toward changing that impression in the future. The news, brought home from Barbados by the Prime Minister, is that CARICOM’s Regional […]
The venue for the Prime Minister’s announcement was the beginning of the Dangriga leg of his nationwide tour. The P.M. was received at the town’s entrance this morning with a cultural welcome. He visited the drainage project on Saint Vincent Street and toured a number of the town’s neighbourhoods, accompanied by Mayor Cassian Nunez. One […]
A signing took place in Belize City today for a technical cooperation project to boost the nation’s trade and investment. That effort involves a grant of almost a million Belize dollars from the Inter-American Development Bank. Signing on behalf of Government was Minister of Budget Management, Ralph Fonseca, while the bank’s representative in Belize, Hugo […]
Meanwhile, BELTRAIDE’s Executive Chairman, Jose Alpuche, says the project will target its resources at direct contact between buyers and sellers. Jose Alpuche, Executive Chairman, BELTRAIDE “Matching markets with actual production here in Belize, where we find little difficulties, attempt to solve them. So it’s in effect a direct link, business to business. That’s the most […]
When the Paslow Building burned on September twenty-eighth, the media spotlight was firmly focussed on the fire department’s amazing new hook and ladder truck…and rightly so. But while fire fighters in Belize City boast state of the art equipment, the same could not be said for the rest of the country. Today two vehicles came […]
There was plenty of activity today at the Memorial Park…and it had nothing to do with the three cruise ships in the harbour. News 5’s Janelle Chanona has more. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon as part of the Second International Dance Festival, dancers from Forces of Nature, a dance company based in New York, gave […]
Art in Belize comes in many forms and an exhibition on this week in Belize City proves you don’t have to be an expert to go public. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the next two days, over a hundred entries submitted to the Belize City Lions Club as part of a poster contest will be displayed […]
When it comes to sheer creative talent, there are few Belizeans in the same league as Pen Cayetano. The only problem is that we don’t see enough of him. Fortunately, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods sat him down at the opening of his latest exhibition of paintings. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting For the past twelve years, forty-eight […]
