On Monday the People’s United Party threw a blue and white extravaganza to launch its election year manifesto…and today it was the U.D.P.’s turn to paint the town red. This morning I joined my media colleagues and an enthusiastic throng of party supporters to see what the freshly printed document has to offer. Janelle Chanona, […]
Police officials in Jamaica remain tight-lipped tonight, but some details are emerging in the continuing saga of ten Iraqi citizens detained in Montego Bay en route to Belize. A press release from Belize’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration states that an investigation, in cooperation with the Government of Jamaica, has shown that the Belize […]
A Belize City man has been arrested in connection with an attack on his girlfriend, which left her severely burned. Twenty-year-old Jervis Valencia Diamond, a resident of Mayflower Street, has been charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. It is alleged that on Tuesday afternoon, Diamond, following an argument […]
Shortly after one this afternoon, fire broke out at number ninety-three Boots Crescent in the Port Loyola area of Belize City. The blaze completely destroyed the property of Teresita and Reynaldo Soberanis. According to neighbours, they saw smoke coming from inside the bedroom of the house and then flames totally engulfed the building. At the […]
This morning traffic came to a temporary halt at the corner of Dolphin and Raccoon streets after a pickup truck crashed into a Trooper at the junction. According to witnesses, both vehicles were on Raccoon Street approaching the intersection when the pickup, which is the property of the Police Department, tried to overtake the Trooper, […]
Since Belize participated in the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has been holding public meetings to review, prepare, and eventually implement the national action plan. According to Patricia Mendoza, the ministry’s Chief Executive Officer, a commitment to coordination is the key […]
It’s one of the country’s newest high schools and even though election fever makes it easy to beg for handouts, the faculty and students of St. Michael’s College are determined to improve their learning environment through their own efforts. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The St. Michael’s Pageant is the high school’s […]
He comes from a clan whose art is expressed with bulldozers, cranes and cement mixers…but today News 5’s Marion Ali discovered that there is at least one member of the Berbey family that has a finer touch. Marion Ali, Reporting His passion is to tell stories through his art. And while many of the pieces […]
For decades, cycling in Belize has been a male-dominated sport. But this year, the women are determined to take their rightful share of the road. The female assault begins with Sunday’s B.T.L. Valentine’s Classic, which has attracted more women than ever in search of a thousand dollar first prize. Early this morning News 5’s Marion […]
