School might soon be out for the little ones, but that doesn’t mean learning has to stop. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur is currently showcasing a display of animals and plants from the region at the Mexican Cultural Institute on Newton Barracks. Called “Wildlife and Trees from the Yucatan Peninsula”, the exhibition includes information […]
It started as a mystery: why did baby Tiana lose her life? By nightfall, however, although an explanation was at hand, not everyone was ready to let matters rest. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on the case from morning; her narrative begins at the morgue. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Dana Augustus and Stewart Sutherland, the parents […]
A release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicates that progress is being made to salvage some momentum on stalled efforts to end the Guatemalan claim to Belize. The word from a meeting held Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington is that work is proceeding on a draft agreement that will establish a process of transition […]
As I speak, Belize’s National Basketball Team is sweating hard against highly rated Puerto Rico in the final four of the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador. That match-up will be followed by the Dominican Republic versus Guatemala. Friday night the winners square off for the gold and silver, while the losers fight […]
On the heels of the Prime Minister’s announcement that former Minister of Citrus and outgoing Stann Creek West representative, Henry Canton, has been appointed as an Ambassador of Trade, it appears trouble is brewing inside his new company: labour trouble. According to the Christian Workers Union, which claims to represent approximately two hundred workers at […]
On Tuesday’s newscast, Minister of Budget Management Ralph Fonseca spoke about the changing telecommunications industry and the need for Belize to take the long view. Tonight, in the continuation of that interview I asked the nation’s point man on finance how the strategy of “growth economics” was doing more than four years into his term […]
Delegates from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras are meeting in the city for the next two days as part of the first regional tourism forum coordinated by the Meso-American Barrier Reef Systems Project. The workshop aims to promote conservation and sustainable use of the reef by learning from each country’s progress and setbacks. Noel Jacobs, […]
While he may not have reached the international stardom of Eminem, the artist in this next story expresses many of the same concerns. Jacqueline Woods has more on a newly released CD. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sixteen years after Goldburn “Eazy Glen” Adolphus started singing a combination of rap and dancehall reggae, he has released his […]
Just one false move and “bbbssssttt”, it’s lights out. That’s the reality employees of Belize Electricity Limited dealt with this afternoon as they participated in a live wire exercise in Ladyville. Using special equipment and newly acquired skills, the twelve B.E.L. linesmen from throughout the country conducted maintenance work without interrupting the flow of electricity. […]
Many of the holiday gifts we’ll be reporting on this season will make you laugh, make you drunk or make you fat. Tonight, however, we’ve got something that just might make you well. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you are planning on skipping your diet this holiday season, you may not want to read Dr. Bernard […]
On Tuesday we reported on the tragic accidental death of two babies: one in San Pedro and the other in Hattieville. Today, we regret to announce number three. Few details are available, but a late afternoon release from the Police Department indicates that around 1:55 p.m. a two year old girl was brought to the […]
Belize’s death penalty may be under assault from the European Union and a collection of local and foreign human rights groups…but that has not stopped the legal system from bringing criminals to justice. Today a major trial concluded in the Supreme Court and News 5’s Marion Ali was on hand for the verdict. Marion Ali, […]
On October eleventh, thirteen year old Rodney Borland was shot in the back during an attempted robbery at his family’s store in Punta Gorda. Ten days later, the critically wounded teen was air ambulanced to Guatemala to receive surgery on his spine and to remove a tube from his throat that helped him breathe. This […]
In a follow up to another story we’ve been tracking, today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the woman identified only as Delmi. Delmi, as we reported on November twenty-eighth, is an AIDS patient who already lost her husband to the disease and now cares for her two children who have fortunately tested negative for HIV. […]
It has now been confirmed that Belize’s National Basketball Team has qualified for a shot at a medal in the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador. This was made possible by the defeat of Mexico at the hands of the heavily favoured Dominican Republic, 79-67. On Thursday Belize will go up against the […]
It is not an unusual story, but it’s still one that needs to be told. Jacqueline Woods reports on an alleged case of brutality on the part of Belize City police. Kimberly Bradley, Homeowner “She was inside the bedroom when the police started to beat the two boys. And I think that is really wrong […]
Another week, another set of computer installations. Today’s ceremonies, however, were a little bit different in that the school in question is no stranger to the digital domain. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Saint John’s College was one of the first educational institutions to introduce computers to its students. Today, S.J.C. is making great strides in developing […]
They are as Belizean as rice and beans; as Christmassy as Santa Claus. And you know exactly what I’m talking about. Janelle Chanona, Reporting With Christmas just three weeks away, business on Albert Street is brisk. And when it comes to home improvement projects, Belizeans are going the whole nine yards…especially when it comes to […]
The accidental death of an infant in San Pedro has led to the suicide of the child’s father. Late Sunday night seventeen month old Osmin Rosa was eating some chicken and began to choke on a bone. His parents, nineteen year old Joycelyn Williams and twenty-five year old Luis Rosa, were unable to help the […]
Another infant has died, apparently of an accident, this time in Hattieville. According to police, around 7:30 Monday morning the lifeless body of one year old Julia Avila was found in a drain not far from her home at mile seventeen on the Western Highway. Julia’s mother, nineteen year old Patricia Myvette, reported that around […]
It doesn’t seem to occur as much as it used to, but now and then there is an escape from Hattieville prison. This morning, one of the facility’s inmates, Michell Miranda, managed to bust out of the minimum security section, but was apprehended this afternoon. Details are sketchy, but we are informed that the twenty-six […]
A man charged with murder has at least one more day before he knows his fate. After two full days of testimony, the prosecution, defence, and judge in the murder trial of twenty-five year old Hillaire Sears will address the jury on Wednesday before a verdict is given. Sears is charged in the killing of […]
Seven Cubans who washed up on northern Ambergris Caye last month and were later charged with immigration violations will be allowed to leave Belize, exactly the way they came. The charges against Jaime Sanchez, Enrique Camacho, Ramon Rivero, Alejandro Maury, Roberto Miranda, Armando Quintana, and Luis Maquedo have been withdrawn and an Order to Leave […]
Just when we thought the cruise ship mess had been straightened out, we are reminded it’s not over till it’s over. The venue for the latest round in the controversy was the temporary vendor’s area in Memorial Park. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It’s an industry that has increased six hundred percent this year and expected to […]
The elation following Sunday night’s basketball victory over Mexico at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador, has turned to embarrassment as the Belize National Team took a licking Monday night at the hands of the Dominican Republic. The final score was eighty-nine, forty-three. Belize was without the services of top scoring guard […]
