The case of missing taximan Rene Alberto Caceres has been solved, as the twenty-one year old has turned up alive and well. Although his parents have still not seen him in over a week, a relieved father, Jorge Caceres, told News 5 that late last night he was able to track down his son all […]
Coming off the worst week of blackouts in a decade, the timing could not have been worse for Belize Electricity Limited. But tonight at the company’s annual general meeting, B.E.L. will prefer to look toward a brighter future. With their recent problems hopefully behind them, shareholders will actually hear some good news. Energy sales increased […]
This week is being observed as Coastal Awareness Week and the Coastal Zone Management Authority today held a symposium to discuss critical issues affecting Belize’s marine resources. Among those resources is our Barrier Reef. In 1995 News 5’s Stewart Krohn ventured out to Carrie Bow caye where he documented a phenomenon known as coral bleaching. […]
The gangland style murder that occurred after eleven this morning in Belize City was different from previous shootings mainly in its location…that is directly in front of St. Ignatius Primary School. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The intersection of Amara Avenue and Allenby Street was thrown into chaos today as a hail of deadly […]
Tonight, a mother of three is fighting for her life in the Northern Regional Hospital while the cowards who shot her have yet to be arrested. According to police, just after eight on Friday night, two masked men, one brandishing a shotgun, walked into the yard of the Peters family in Little Belize in the […]
He left home on May seventeenth with a parting word to his girl friend that he was going on a trip down south. Ten days later no one has seen or heard from twenty-one year old Belize City taxi driver Rene Alberto Caceres, and his family is appealing for the public’s assistance in finding him. […]
Belize City will be overrun by some of the brightest minds in the Caribbean this week as the University of Belize is hosting the twenty-eighth annual conference of the Caribbean Studies Association. The theme of the weeklong forum which opens tonight at the Princess Hotel is: The Greater Caribbean: Roots and Routes. Organizers say that […]
Before the Prime Minister exits the spotlight tonight, he will take time to honour a group of outstanding people who have contributed significantly to Belize’s development. At a special national awards ceremony, the P.M. will confer the Order of Distinction on O. Nigel Bolland for his work in the field of education; Mary Valdez for […]
Even for those of us who live near the sea, its sometimes easy to forget just how vital our marine resources are. This week–no matter where we live–we are all being reminded that the coastal zone of Belize is crucial to our future. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The opening of a research library […]
Approximately four hundred fans of food and drink flocked to the Radisson Fort George Saturday night for the annual Taste of Belize culinary gala, presented by the Belize Hotel Association and the Belize Tourism Board. During the day, twelve of the country’s best chefs took part in the kitchen Olympics, but by nightfall only six […]
Coinciding with the Culinary Gala was the launch of “Mmmm… A Taste of Belizean Cooking.” The project was inspired by previous competitions and features recipes from resorts and restaurants from all across Belize. The publishers hope that this cross section of creative cuisine will add some zip to familiar Belizean staples. Hector Martinez, Marketing Director […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re boxed into this fresh deal of Sports Monday. The defending semi-pro football champion Sagitun of Independence came to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday in a must win situation against Kulture Yabra after falling in a 1-zip blast at home last week in this semi-final round of the Prime Minister’s […]
The Ministry of Education today released the results of the Primary School Examination. And while some of the numbers are upbeat, they are not painting the kind of picture of primary school performance that educators were hoping for. According to a preliminary assessment done by the Examinations Unit, the national average this year in mathematics […]
While educators mull over the results of the P.S.E. to see how they can improve student performance, one person who has no complaints about his grade is Micah Munoz. The thirteen-year-old Saint Ignatius Primary School student topped this year’s P.S.E., beating out thousands of his peers to take the Jane and Michael Nembhard Award. Munoz […]
The hazards of construction work proved fatal for one Belize City man today. Information remains sketchy, but sometime around eleven o’clock this morning, twenty-seven year old Moises Gonzalez was working on the first floor of a building on Saint Thomas Street when he apparently fell to his death. The cause of the fall is not […]
Most reports of missing persons wind up with happy endings, as a rambunctious child or roaming spouse finally find their way home. But some cases do not fit the usual pattern…and that’s why tonight one distraught woman is asking the public for help. Ann Pou, Sister “I don’t know, I honestly don’t know. But just […]
It’s one of the fastest growing brands in Belize and today Milo, “the food drink of champions” stepped up to the plate to help the nation’s youngest athletes. Country Representative for Nestlé’s Milo, Errol Brisco, this morning handed over a twenty thousand dollar cheque to the National Sports Council. According to the council’s treasurer, the […]
With an economy perhaps fifty times bigger than ours, there doesn’t seem to be much incentive for the Guatemalan private sector to concern itself with doing business in Belize. But even in the world of international commerce, the saying “one-one fill basket” still applies…as News 5’s Janelle Chanona found out this morning at the Biltmore. […]
In the age of instant computerized communication, it is often overlooked, but the seemingly lost art of spelling is very much alive and well in Belize…as I discovered this morning at the City Centre. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Numismatic, which is spelt N-U-M-I-S-M-A-T-I-C was not the only difficult word the students had to spell. The finals […]
With its annual general meeting coming on Tuesday, what would have been a pretty upbeat report to shareholders may more closely resemble a wake. With blackouts now a daily occurrence due to a multiplicity of short-term problems, B.E.L. this morning faced an impatient press corps. And while there was no attempt to sugar coat the […]
The epidemic of rapes committed nationwide continues unabated. Police in Corozal report that on Monday an eighteen year old woman filed a complaint that on that afternoon she was abducted from a bar by four men, one of whom had originally accompanied her to the drinking establishment. The men allegedly forced her into a pickup […]
A wanted man is recuperating in Belmopan Hospital under police guard tonight after he was shot while resisting arrest. According to police, twenty-four year old Pedro Hernandez has been something of a one-man crime wave in the village of San Antonio, Cayo and on May ninth had tried to murder his own father. On Wednesday, […]
Beginning June second don’t be surprised if you notice something a little bit different on the bills in your wallet. On that day, the Central Bank of Belize will put into circulation a modified issue of the 1998 upgraded family of banknotes, beginning with the twenty and hundred dollar series. The new bills still have […]
The war against the AIDS pandemic is being fought on many battle fields, but after nearly twenty years of effort, no magic bullet has been found on any, be it treatment, cure or prevention. But some progress is being made and today a prominent member of the private sector was enlisted on the educational front. […]
The announcement by B.E.L. that it would compensate consumers for blackout induced damage to their electrical devices has been met by a good deal of scepticism…but as Patrick Jones discovered, however you view the gesture, prevention is better–and cheaper–than cure. Patrick Jones, Reporting Repair shops around Belize City have started to see an increase in […]
