And if that one percent becomes law, the unions, according to B.N.T.U. President, Anthony Fuentes, will keep their options open. Jacqueline Woods “Was the one percent increase discussed?” Anthony Fuentes, President, B.N.T.U. “Yes, that was discussed but nothing much came out of that because government is hell bent on the one percent increase and the […]
Tonight a man from the Stann Creek District is charged with the attempted murder of a police officer. According to Independence Police, around two-thirty on Tuesday afternoon, Police Constable Tyler Castillo was heading home and had just gotten off a bus at the junction of the Southern Highway and the Georgetown road. Two other men […]
Effective July first, Belize will assume the role of pro-tem president of the Central American Integration System. SICA, an organization made up of seven neighbouring countries, is designed to promote and coordinate international relations and to protect natural resources. According to Moises Cal, Belize’s Ambassador to Central America, our role for the next six months […]
It’s not a high profile body, but its dozen members possess a wealth of experience that should provide crucial support in the effort to provide the nation with quality education. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today, the National Council for Education met for the first time to do some basic housekeeping. According […]
After thirteen weeks of intense competition it boiled down to one of the closest finals ever…but when the scores were tallied on KTV 2003, there could only be one champion. Host Neil Hall did the honours at Club Calypso Tuesday night, beginning with second place. Neil Hall, KTV Host “The runner up is Ernestine Carballo.” […]
It will never be a threat to multinational food conglomerates like Kraft or Nestle…and if the truth must be told our own Marie Sharp looks like a giant in comparison. But even the queen of pepper sauce started off in her kitchen… and that’s exactly where I found the subject of the following story. Shannon […]
It came in as a last minute bulletin on last night’s newscast, but it was not until today that the full impact of the tragic road accident was felt by the nation. Tonight, three people are dead and a fourth is barely hanging on in the hospital. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the details. Jacqueline […]
When we last left the Social Security controversy on Monday evening, union leaders were meeting in Belmopan with the Prime Minister following a morning of mass protest marches in several municipalities. There has been no official communiqué from the participants, but according to the President of the Belize National Teacher’s Union, Anthony Fuentes, that meeting […]
In another political controversy–the Chalillo Hydroelectric project–government seems to be having better luck. Today the Belize Court of Appeal dismissed the application of the Belize Alliance of Conservation N.G.O.s, BACONGO, seeking to overturn last year’s Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Public Utilities Commission and its third master agreement with Belize Electricity Limited. This […]
If you’ve been to the cayes, Cayo, Placencia or any other of Belize’s tourism hotspots you’d know that, considering the time of year, business has been pretty good. And now we have the numbers to prove it. According to a release from the Belize Tourism Board, tourist arrivals at the Philip Goldson International Airport for […]
Amidst the burgeoning bevy of Belizean beauty contests, it is the crown jewel…Miss Belize, the pageant of distinction. And this year after months of serious recruiting, organisers promise that all eight contestants vying for the title personify the essence of what Miss Belize represents. The young ladies will spend the week touring the country in […]
TV sets all over the country will be working overtime tonight as the final four contestants in Channel 5’s annual karaoke competition battle for over five thousand dollars in cash and prizes. And while dedicated KTV fans are quite familiar with the exploits of their favourite singers on the stage, they may have forgotten that […]
It was not the massive public demonstration the unions were hoping for, but the turnout and conviction of the marchers were still sufficient to keep up the pressure on government to reconsider at least parts of its proposed increases in Social Security contributions. Here’s how it looked this morning in Belize City. Janelle Chanona, Reporting […]
The protests against government organised by the National Trade Union Congress were not confined to the old capital. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports from Orange Walk, where union workers from the Tower Hill sugar factory added to the size–and credibility–of demonstrations in that northern town. Patrick Jones, Reporting Hundreds of demonstrators armed with placards queued […]
In news just in, reports to News 5 indicate that two people are dead following a collision on the Western Highway. The accident, which occurred around five this evening near mile twenty?one, involved a westbound Guatemalan tour bus operated by Linea Dorada and an eastbound minivan. Two occupants of the minivan are believed to have […]
No one is sure exactly why a resident of the St. Martin de Porres area of Belize City was murdered over the weekend, but there is no doubt that the final moments before his death were filled with terror. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the grim story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Authorities say evidence they found […]
A domestic dispute in Dangriga turned deadly over the weekend and tonight two children are without their mother. According to police sources in that southern town, just after seven on Sunday evening, twenty-eight year old Delma Lucas was at her home at First New Site when her former common-law husband and the father of her […]
He has spent his entire adult life working in virtually every nook and cranny of our system of justice. Today that experience paid off. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This morning, under the watchful eyes of the legal community and invited guests, former Director of Public Prosecutions, Adolph Lucas was officially sworn in as Justice of the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and allow me to welcome you to this issue of Sports Monday. It might not have been properly publicised, and in fact, it did not attract the number of fans an event of this magnitude usually commands, but the Belize Basketball Association nevertheless opening the curtain Friday night on the […]
To strike or not to strike. That’s the big topic of discussion at this hour as the management council of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize meets in a closed-door session at B.N.T.U.’s conference room in Belize City. Representatives of member unions that make up the N.T.U.C.B. are laying their respective positions on the […]
On Friday the government passed a bill of dubious constitutionality, which seeks to put the Chalillo hydroelectric project beyond the reach of the legal system. But from the looks of things, Chalillo is doing just fine without any help from Belmopan. Today, the Court of Appeal ruled that it had no jurisdiction to grant an […]
In other court news, this time on the criminal side, a policeman has been charged in last weekend’s fatal shooting at Caye Caulker. Constable Sheldon Arzu has been charged with manslaughter in last Saturday’s death of Ruben Alarcon, which occurred at the island’s police station. Police say that Arzu acted in self-defence against an armed […]
They are still working out the glitches in the system locally, but that didn’t stop B.T.L. from going worldwide with its Digicell service. International roaming will give B.T.L customers who have signed on to their premier package the luxury of making and receiving calls on their own Digicell phones, almost anywhere in the world. According […]
She has long been recognized as one of the nation’s most gifted artists…and while Rachel Heusner–married name Superville–now calls the island of Tobago home, she is always welcomed back in Belize. News 5’s Patrick Jones caught up with her today as she set up her latest exhibition. Patrick Jones, Reporting The kaleidoscope of colours that […]
At one time a trip to the recording studio was the burning ambition of every budding musician. But with the rapid advances in technology over the last decade, the ability to record and mass-produce music cheaply has opened the world of professional music to virtually anyone with a computer and creative mind. And it is […]
