It was a controversial case: a Punta Gorda teacher filing suit against the management of Catholic Schools because she was dismissed from her job in June of last year when her boss discovered she was pregnant and not planning to get married. Although her case was not unique, it was the first time anyone had […]
On Thursday, the Government of Belize signed an agreement with Carnival Cruise lines to begin construction of a fifty million dollar port in Belize City. It was signed although there is an existing agreement with Royal Caribbean, which owns the Fort Street Tourism Village. When News 5’s Janelle Chanona asked Prime Minister Said Musa if […]
The Assembly chambers in Belmopan were the scene of a pitched battle over bonds and the government’s latest attempt to raise money on the international market to restructure the nation’s debt. Patrick Jones reports from the nation’s capital. Ralph Fonseca, Minister of Finance “We have successfully gone to the international market with three bond issues. […]
They are the latest addition to the radio scene in Belize City, and one year after Integrity Radio hit the airwaves, the station is celebrating in grand style. Just like the message at the heart of its programming, the “nothing-but-truth” radio station is inviting everyone to join in the celebration. Errol Robateau, Manager, Integrity Radio […]
Last week we brought you a story on a culinary workshop for members of the tourism industry where the participants were making a variety of main dishes. But after a main course, comes dessert, and today, the chefs were whipping up something sweet and delicious. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting “We have our own, so we must […]
If there were any doubts about Belize’s commitment to cruise tourism, they were dispelled today as the Government, Port, and Carnival Corporation inaugurated what may well rank as the largest single private development project in the nation’s history. And while it appears that certain legal impediments have not yet been removed from the scene, there […]
It’s a story that’s been kicking around in the media for several weeks, and today, it’s official. Twenty-three year old Immigration Officer, April Parchue, daughter of the department’s director, Colonel Peter Parchue, appeared in Magistrate’s Court this afternoon to answer ten charges of theft and false accounting. The charges stem from an investigation by auditors […]
A brazen afternoon break-in in Belize City has left the suspected burglar suffering from gunshot wounds and the defiant homeowner lucky to be alive. According to police, around three Wednesday afternoon, twenty year old Bert Vasquez was at home on Raccoon Street Extension when he heard suspicious sounds coming from the back of the house. […]
Intent on keeping bad cops off the line, a sting operation launched by the Internal Affairs Unit of the Police Department has resulted in the arrest of another officer. Police Constable Brentford Longsworth has been charged with extortion after he “charged” a local businessman eight hundred dollars in exchange for the recovery of a stolen […]
The Ministry of Human Development has contracted the services of the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect to assist them in confronting the problems that occur in dysfunctional families. NOPCAN, which has traditionally addressed the issue of abuse, is now focusing its attention on prevention and how best the organization can […]
If you’ve ever been treated at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, the three regional public hospitals or dozens of government health centres nationwide, chances are you’ve come under the care of a Cuban doctor or nurse. Today ceremonies were held in Belize City to recognize a half decade of medical assistance from our island neighbour. […]
This weekend the nation’s capital will be the scene of some entertainment not often experienced in this newly digitized age. With over a hundred performers a packed house–consisting primarily of family members–is guaranteed. But this production is no mere vanity affair…as News 5’s Patrick Jones found out. Patrick Jones, Reporting The students of Dramatic Force […]
In early May, a Belize delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, Godfrey Smith, will meet with its Guatemalan counterpart in Washington, D.C. for an official “where we are” in the negotiation process. While the primary discussion topic will be an agreement on confidence building measures, recent cross-border incursions will no doubt receive […]
It’s a growing problem that police say they have no intention of ignoring. And tonight they’ve got an arrest to prove it. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story from the Queen Street station. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sometime after ten on Monday night someone gained access into this pickup truck by prying open the back […]
And in an update to last night’s story on the shooting and robbery of business executive Phil Gallaty in Ladyville, we are informed that Gallaty regained consciousness following surgery at Universal Health Services and around two-thirty this afternoon was sent in an air ambulance to Miami for further treatment. Gallaty was shot in the stomach […]
In news from Cabinet, that body has confirmed that government will introduce legislation in the House on Friday to facilitate a two hundred and twenty-five million U.S. dollar bond issue to be placed on the U.S. and European market. Proceeds from the fifteen year issue will be used to refinance portions of government’s short-term high-interest […]
They have been vocal opponents of the privatization of the Government Printery. And today the Printers Association took G.O.B. to court seeking to have full disclosure of the agreement that moved the facility on Power Lane in Belmopan from a public entity into private ownership last July. President of the Association, Amparo Noble, says the […]
On yesterday’s newscast Channel 5’s News Director Stewart Krohn presented the results of his investigation into the redistricting exercise currently being conducted by the Elections and Boundaries Commission. His conclusion was that the recommendations of the redistricting taskforce are clearly unconstitutional in that they give far too much representation to Belize District voters and too […]
And while our constitution now allows us to democratically debate an issue like redistricting, this right must not be taken for granted. Fifty years ago today, men and women fought hard to earn the right to vote in Belize, successfully achieving universal adult suffrage for all citizens. Today the Elections and Boundaries Department hosted the […]
Consultation has become the mantra of the twenty-first century good governance movement, and while we sometimes get carried away with the concept, the feedback facilitated today in Belize City seemed to make a good deal of sense. Maud Hyde, Chief Education Officer “We feel that our students, our children have a voice. We need to […]
You can call it brazen, bold, audacious, or just plain facey. Whatever words you choose, it appears the dictionary is rapidly running out of adjectives to describe the nature of violent crime in Belize. The latest outrage occurred in Ladyville on one of the country’s busiest thoroughfares. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from the scene. […]
Janelle Chanona “The history of Belize shows that it is a rare day when both of the nation’s major political parties actually agree on something…but it does happen. One instance was when the members of the National Assembly succeeded in raising their own salaries. Another–far more costly in constitutional terms–is about to be slipped past […]
The term “biodiversity prospecting” is not an everyday conversation topic in Belize; but as industrialized countries continue to search for newer and cheaper sources of pharmaceutical and agricultural products, researchers are taking to the forests and seas of developing countries around the globe. And since there are no mechanisms or legislation governing the systematic search […]
Medical stories are a staple on this newscast…and while sometimes we have the unhappy task of reporting bad news, tonight’s feature has a happy ending: for the patient and the nation’s major hospital. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 1992, seventy-one year old Cyril Flowers was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate. Although he […]
He had originally said that no dividends would be paid out in the near future, but B.T.L.’s majority shareholder, Jeffrey Prosser, has apparently had a change of heart. A press release from Belize Telecommunications Limited issued late Friday evening announced that the company will pay dividends to all shareholders for the year ended March thirty-first, […]
