The rumor mill was working hard today, spewing various reports of planned strikes by Belize’s labour movement. But at newstime tonight, only one had proven true: as of one this afternoon Belize City’s water pipes went dry. According to Belize Water Services Limited, this morning their union informed them of a walk out call sent […]
But in the rest of the Belize District it was business as usual at most of the village schools. Teachers we spoke with in Gracie Rock say that while they are in full support of industrial action taken by their union, their presence in the classroom is for the sake of the children, especially those […]
Tonight police continue to investigate the brutal killing of a homeless man on the streets of Belize City. Burned alive and left to die in front of a Southside neighborhood store, good Samaritans rushed the victim to the hospital but there was little doctors could do. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the disturbing details. Jacqueline […]
The weather was perfect and the crowd was big for last night’s week two of KTV. William Neal, Host, KTV “And the winner for tonight’s KTV Karaoke Competition is none other than contestant…number five.” Lorraine Bennett joins last week’s winner, Leon Banks as the first two of ten KTV semi-finalists. A repeat of last night’s […]
Their meeting started at ten this morning in the cabinet room in Belmopan but it was not until three this afternoon that union representatives and the Prime Minister parted ways, their meeting ending in deadlock. Throughout the day, the word out of Belmopan was not good. Government sources indicate that the Prime Minister “had nothing […]
Belizean students are planning to state their position on the Musa administration’s budget on Wednesday by holding a rally and march through the streets of Belize City. According to representatives of the student bodies of the University of Belize and Saint John’s Junior College, the voices of the country’s youngest citizens must be heard amid […]
While government and union negotiators met in the nation’s capital, the National Assembly reverberated with the debate of the thirteen-member senate. While the outcome was never really in doubt, the level of discourse was, as usual, several notches above the more democratically constituted House of Representatives. Noteworthy in the debate was an impassioned address by […]
Belize City police have arrested three men from Belize City in connection with a robbery over the weekend at Universal Health Services. Police investigations now reveal that they believe it was an inside job and one of the men charged, twenty-year-old Kelvin Meighan, was working at UHS as a messenger. Authorities suspect that Meighan gave […]
In an update to a story we ran on last night’s newscast, San Ignacio police have now confirmed to News 5 that there are two bullet holes on the back of a car that was being driven by Taxi man Jose Tejeda on Sunday night when he was wounded. The forty seven year old resident […]
The Social Investment Fund today received over a million dollars for use in community projects in different parts of the country. During brief ceremonies at the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute training room, CEO in the Ministry of National Development, Hugh O’Brien, handed over the cheque to SIF’s Executive Director Oscar Alonzo. Alonzo told […]
She migrated to the United States many years ago, but Kim Neal has not forgotten her Belizean roots. Last week she came back home for a visit, not just to check up on friends and family, but also to promote her new book of crossword puzzles, all about Belize. Neal says the book entitled: “Kruffy […]
Despite a number of deaths and injuries from the increasing number of boats operating along the coast, Belize’s manatee population continues to thrive. And the survival of those fascinating creatures has been given some added assistance by the creation of a sanctuary in the waters between Belize City and the barrier reef. On Monday News […]
When we last checked in with members of the Belize National Teachers Union they were being dragged from the area in front of the National Assembly building following various acts of civil disobedience. Today, although no longer in Belmopan, they remained off the job. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Despite […]
And what of the future? We caught up with B.N.T.U. president Anthony Fuentes and he told us that his union will be meeting on Tuesday with the Prime Minister…but until a satisfactory outcome is reached, teachers will continue their boycott. Anthony Fuentes, B.N.T.U., President ?The strike will continue until they hear from the union representatives. […]
They voted against the Government’s budget at Friday’s House Meeting but an early adjournment by the P.M. denied them the right to explain their votes. Today PUP backbenchers Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde got to make up for lost time. At a joint press conference this afternoon in Belize City, the two former Ministers burned […]
For Lake I representative Cordel Hyde, it was all about the welfare of his constituents. Cordel Hyde, Area Representative, Lake Independence ?Let me say upfront that I stand in full support of the unions in their struggle. In our struggle, power can cease nothing without a demand. To paraphrase the American Journalist, Frederick Douglas, ?If […]
Following their prepared statements, Hyde and Espat spoke to the press. Stewart Krohn ?Can you describe a scenario that would see you back in the Cabinet and see the present political impasse broken?? Cordel Hyde ?I can?t say at this point Stewart. That would be hypothetical and I would have to speculate and I think […]
A fatal shooting that took place in Belize City over the weekend may have taken place in a shop, but it was definitely not your usual homicide. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Fifty-one year old Norman Ferguson better known as ?butta? was an employee of Prime Cut Meats, a popular establishment at number […]
Police have detained two people and are looking for another in connection with the holdup of Universal Health Services over the weekend. According to the institution’s manager of supplies, on Saturday he was in his office when two men wearing masks and brandishing handguns walked in and demanded money. The manager says he opened the […]
The video footage is now part of the nation’s folklore of rebellion, right up there with the Tower Hill Bridge and streets of Benque Viejo. But if you thought that the Star Wars like precision of the riot squad and ballet style choreography of Assistant Commissioner Crispin Jefferies were spur of the moment decisions, think […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this week?s version of Sports Monday. And we?ll start off by saying I?ve got my football now, more info available now. Stay home, I?m able now…yeah you get the picture as the Belize Premier Football League opened the 2005 Regents Cup Tournament […]
Whether you were in Belmopan to protest the government’s budget, support it, or just look on, there was no escaping the conclusion that much of what happened today in the nation’s capital was not pretty. News 5’s Janelle Chanona was on the scene until late this afternoon with cameraman George Tillett. Here’s what they saw […]
Today the Opposition get its chance to critique the budget which government had proposed last week…and they did not waste the opportunity. News 5’s Patrick Jones has a recap. Dean Borrow, Leader of Opposition ?The nation by this budget is being forced to swallow the bitterest medicine imaginable.? Patrick Jones, Reporting With that opening salvo, […]
In the rest of the country outside the nation’s capital life went on today…and that life includes its share of tragedies, like fire. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting No one was home at number fifty two Castle Street when a fire started from inside the two bedroom structure at approximately two this afternoon. According to Gigi Bowen, […]
With many of the nation’s police officers doing special duty in Belmopan there was a risk that crime could run rampant elsewhere. Fortunately it didn’t, but that doesn’t mean all was totally quiet in Belize City. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting For the past thirty years, Julian Chell has been selling fruits and vegetables at number two […]
