With so many young people making the headlines these days for all the wrong reasons, the Ministry of Human Development and UNICEF decided to hold a forum in which teens can discuss violence and the juvenile justice system. News Five was at the Belize Institute of Management this morning. Patrick Jones, Reporting The room full […]
Courts held their “Gold Rush Show” at the Chamber of Commerce Expo over the weekend. Host Rafael Martinez and the Courts show girls entertained audience members who participated in a question and answer section and a talent competition. A number of small prizes were given out but the highlight of the show was the spin […]
Kenny Morgan is the reigning King of Comedy in Belize. He swept in two categories and scooping up two thousand dollars in prize money at the George McKeasy National Story Telling and Comedy Championship Friday night. Morgan won first prize in both the storytelling and comedy categories. Second place for storytelling when to Michael Bylding, […]
Also at the Expo this weekend was the Bravo Motors draw, the proceeds of which are being donated to the Belize Cancer Society. Six members of the audience were handed balloons, which contained various messages, one of which was: you have the lucky hand. That person got to draw the raffle tickets. The winner of […]
A young musician underwent a serious operation this weekend at Universal Health Services to remove one of his kidneys. Five year old Amal Jones has been amazing audiences since he was two, but on Tuesday, doctors detected a large tumour on his right kidney. The news was devastating to the child’s parents, Belizean artists Raymond […]
On Tuesday it will be twenty-three years since Belize gained her Independence. The day is usually marked with an officially ceremony, parade and then all day festivity at the BTL Park on Newtown Barracks. On that day, it is not certain just how many Belizeans think about the importance of the occasion and just how […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley, and you?ve logged on to the latest edition of Sports Monday. BTL Nets and Kruzzaz went into Game III of the 5 Game Semi-pro basketball championships Friday night inside the City Centre knotted at a game a piece. Kenroy Smith comes out sizzling for the Kruzzaz as he penetrates to […]
He presides over a sixteen member Cabinet in which at least seven ministers neither trust him, nor enjoy his trust. The Opposition, numerically weak and hardly in fighting trim, has him on the defensive. And the public, although employed in record numbers with the lowest tax burden in modern history, appears at best indifferent and […]
Anyone who tries to navigate the streets of Belize City knows that it’s a miracle that more pedestrians and cyclists are not killed by cars, trucks and buses. But the fact is that every now and then people do die…that’s exactly what happened this morning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This is the bicycle nineteen-year-old Elizabeth Gushon […]
The annual exposition of Belizean products and services opened this evening on the grounds of the Saint John’s College Gymnasium in Belize City. Over a hundred and fifty display booths will give the public a chance over the weekend to see some of what the productive sector has to offer the local and export markets. […]
Experts and laymen alike may argue over whether Belize’s primary schools do a good job at educating our children…but if you’ve ever seen a seven year old struggling to walk home with a twenty-pound sack of books, you know that the kids work hard. That’s why the annual pre-Independence Day rally is a well deserved […]
In news from the world of higher education, Tasha Young, a graduate of SJC Junior College, is the winner of the 2004 Belize Open Scholarship. Young ranked first among one hundred and six Belizeans who sat the University of Cambridge International Examinations in May and June. She currently attends Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The […]
The Social Security saga began its next chapter today as this afternoon a Senate committee was officially appointed to investigate the alleged scandal at the SSB. The committee will be comprised of Senators Moises Chan, Rene Gomez, Arthur Roches, Dickie Bradley and Senator Godwin Hulse, who will act as Chairman. Their mandate is to investigate […]
And while in Belmopan the Senate was deciding on its future course of action, in Belize City members of the media were treated to the first public thoughts of a member of the group of seven ministers who resigned and then came back to Cabinet. Following a morning off-the-record group chat, Minister of Works Joe […]
It’s a subject often in the media and today the news on AIDS is both good and bad. Jacqueline Woods reports on the most recent statistics along with efforts toward reducing an alarming trend. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The number of new HIV and Aids cases continues to rise in Belize. Dr. Paul Edwards, Epidemiologist, Ministry […]
They’ve been used by police departments in England for over a century…but in Belize the science of fingerprinting has always taken a back seat to more easily obtained evidence like a suspect’s confession. But with defendants clamming up and witnesses too scared to testify, good old fashioned forensic science is about to make a comeback. […]
It was once a fixture of the September celebrations and a popular one at that. After disappearing from the programme for a while the military tattoo is back…and once again it looks like a winner. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting It’s not the battlefield of some far-flung war zone. But the sound […]
A shooting this morning near the village of Burrell Boom in the Belize District has left one man dead and the prime suspect armed and on the loose. According to police sometime around ten this morning, the silence of this quiet suburban neighbourhood was shattered by gunfire following an altercation between thirty-seven year old Dean […]
As Hurricane Ivan prepares to batter the U.S. Gulf Coast, the grim details are beginning to emerge of catastrophic damage suffered by the islands of Grenada, Jamaica and Grand Cayman. Aid plans are being formulated and a number of relief efforts are underway including an appeal by the Red Cross. In Belize three employees of […]
With close to two hundred miles of mainland coastline, a barrier reef, three atolls and scores of cayes, patrolling the territorial waters of Belize is a near impossible task. But to at least make a start on that job cabinet today approved legislation that will establish a National Coastguard. Initially the Coastguard will consist of […]
It’s been less than a decade since the relocation of the country’s major medical facility to its new location in King’s Park, but it seems like a century ago that patients were treated at the old Belize City Hospital on Eve Street. Part of the reason is that in its short existence the KHMH has […]
On yesterday’s newscast we reported that the tourism statistics so far this year were looking good…and today we found out one major reason why: marketing. This morning I visited the industry’s latest effort to woo the international travel trade and learned that the personal touch pays off. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It?s called the Belize Tourism […]
It has not been a good month for the Police Department. With seven murders in two weeks and more cops singled out for wrongdoing than valor, it’s difficult to see the results of improved training and reforms promised some time ago. And today the ugly side of law enforcement was exposed once again as two […]
In a correction to a story we ran on Monday, today twenty-five year old Dennis Belgrave called our newsroom to say he was not in the company of Nehru Smith and Clive Flowers when both men were shot and killed on Saturday night. Belgrave says he was riding home on his bicycle when upon reaching […]
In news from the tourism industry, Hurricane Ivan may have missed Belize, but his journey across the Caribbean still managed to have an impact here. There was some beach erosion and damage to docks in San Pedro and Caye Caulker, and presumably similar effects were felt in the northern atolls. Those who earn a living […]
