While the cruise ship industry continues to grapple with what some people classify as berthing pains, the rest of tourism sector is moving on. Today the pool of trained professionals who prepare industry stakeholders for their chosen line of work got bigger with the graduation of another set of certified trainers. B.T.B.’s Director of Tourism […]
Although Belize has played host to several feature films in the past twenty-two years, the country has yet to develop a movie industry of its own. Recently, seven aspiring filmmakers gathered in San Ignacio hoping to take the first steps of a long journey that may one day change the way we see ourselves. News […]
Due to a public and bank holiday in celebration of Garifuna Settlement Day on Wednesday November nineteenth, the next newscast will be on Thursday.
More than two years and six months after fourteen-year-old David Zabaneh was beaten to death in front of Raul’s Rose Garden the court martial of three British army Gurkhas accused of involvement in the incident opened at the George Price Centre in Ladyville. The three men, all with the rank of rifleman, are twenty-seven year […]
Belizeans fed up with the incessant rains over the last two weeks today got some welcome respite from the inclement weather. But while the next twenty-four hours are supposed to be sunny, forecasters in Ladyville say it won’t last long. Deputy Chief Meteorologist Ramon Frutos, who is just back from the twelfth Central American Climate […]
While Belize may not have had much flooding this year, our roads have not escaped the usual damage brought on by constant rain. As Patrick Jones found out this afternoon, potholes are not just a nuisance, they can be very damaging to vehicles, and costly for drivers. Barry Reimer, Supervisor, Caribbean Tire “The primary example […]
We don’t tend to think of libraries as very dynamic places…but beneath their quiet relaxing exterior, ideas are always bubbling. And many of those are being discussed this week at a meeting of Central American librarians. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting At least three years ago Belizean librarians were introduced to a concept called […]
On Monday, as part of the Garifuna Settlement Day Celebrations, a monument depicting the Garinagu’s past, present, and future was unveiled at the Dangriga roundabout in the centre of the town. C.E.O. in the Ministry of Rural Development, Roy Cayetano, says the Drums of Our Fathers also represents something equally significant. Roy Cayetano, President, National […]
As much as we have grown used to violent death, particularly on the mean streets of Belize City, no murder that takes place in our midst is really typical. That’s what News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered today as she tried to make sense out of the latest killing in the old capital. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
A man detained last week in connection with the discovery of five illegal guns has been arrested and charged. Thirty-year-old Ewert Roberts Junior of Belmopan has been charged with four counts of keeping an unlicensed firearm, three counts of unlicensed ammunition, and one count of possession of a prohibited firearm. Four of the guns, along […]
While police in the nation’s capital are taking credit for solving the case of the missing guns, cops in Corozal are expressing dismay at a lack of cooperation in a child rape case. A ten-year-old girl claims that while at the Corozal Free Zone she was sexually assaulted by a man. Although intercourse was confirmed […]
A Belize City man can count himself lucky to be among the living tonight after he picked the wrong woman to jack. That woman, forty-three year old Debbie Vasquez, a member of the Belize City Council, told police that around ten Friday night as she was walking home from work on North Front Street, an […]
And in a final piece of crime news, the court martial of three British soldiers accused in the killing of fourteen-year-old David Zabaneh opens tomorrow, more than two years after he was beaten to death. By agreement with the Belize Government, the trial will be held under British Military law. The original charge of murder […]
There were murmurs of discord last week, but predictions are that come Wednesday the situation at the Tourism Village will be chaos, as Belize’s largest cruise tour operator squabbles with its two largest suppliers of transportation. The players tried to sort it out in front of the press this afternoon, to little avail. Patrick Jones, […]
The big white building on the foreshore is once again open to the public following ceremonies on Saturday afternoon. The completely refurbished House of Culture, traditionally known as Government House was built in 1814 and until 1981 was the home of Belize’s colonial governors. The building now houses various historical exhibitions, art gallery, meeting rooms, […]
The latest winner in the Courts Megabucks promotion, Yvonne Bradley, made that familiar spin of the wheel on Saturday, this time in Dangriga. Bradley took home her full seven thousand dollars in winnings as Courts picked up the income tax bill. The next Megabucks draw will take place on December first, with the maximum jackpot […]
The process started months ago with auditions to select forty-eight contestants from all over the country. On Sunday afternoon the final four in each of two categories squared off at Club Calypso to select the champions in the 2003 edition of Children’s Karaoke Television. The first winner announced was in the junior category. Maureen Dawson, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Kulture Yabra was on the road Saturday night in week four of the Regents Cup playoffs looking to rebound after last week’s 2-1 defeat at the M.C.C. Grounds. The whole world knew the defending champion Sagitun of Independence, […]
Law enforcement may have suffered a setback on Wednesday when four guns were stolen from the offices of Anchor Security Company in Belize City. But today police more than made up for it when an early morning raid near Roaring Creek turned up the four filched firearms plus a bonus in the form of a […]
Roaring Creek was not the only hot spot for police as on Thursday they hit double paydirt during a search of a house in Belize City. Forty-four year old Brassel Cattouse Senior and his twenty-five year old son, Brassel Cattouse Junior of Pike’s Crescent, have been charged with drug trafficking and keeping an unlicensed firearm […]
It was splashed across the front page of this week’s Reporter newspaper: predictions of big trouble at the Chalillo dam resulting from a shortage of accessible aggregate and a minor earthquake at the site that the newspaper claims caused cracks to open in the earth. But the owners of the dam, Belize Electricity Limited, this […]
And concerning a less controversial warning of disaster, the Agriculture Department is asking farmers and residents of the lower Sibun and Belize River Valleys to be on the lookout tonight for flash floods. Extremely heavy rains have been reported in areas upstream which could cause one or both rivers to overflow the banks over the […]
Educational development is usually looked at as a government activity…and when private advice is sought, that help usually comes from abroad. But as the nation matures in resources and sophistication, an increasing quantity of expertise is becoming available locally. Today teachers were invited to sample some of that home grown knowledge. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The […]
With the tempo of preparations for next week’s Garifuna Settlement Day rapidly increasing, a group of Belize City students today had the opportunity to join in the fun…and feel the beat of the nation’s most vibrant culture. Patrick Jones, Reporting The banner strung across the Belize City Centre this afternoon said it all. It was […]
Today is being observed around the globe as World Diabetes Day…and with such a large part of our population at risk for this dangerous condition, the experts were out in force trying to spread the word about the need for Belizeans to adopt healthier lifestyles. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is estimated that twenty percent of […]
