Since the beginning of March, Belize City police have had to investigate fifteen cases of missing person reports. The incidents mostly involve young girls between the ages of thirteen and fifteen. Most of the cases are considered runaways but the frequency in incidents has raised the concern of the authorities. According to Assistant Superintendent of […]
This afternoon, the government and people of Taiwan made another significant contribution to Belize. With the help of a Taiwanese company based in Japan, at least two forty-foot containers have arrived in Belize every month since October full of clothing, shoes, and accessories for men, women, and children. According to Taiwanese Ambassador to Belize, Joseph […]
For the second time in as many wins, a resident of Ambergris Caye is the latest Lotto winner. Lucilo Guerrero owns the Barrel Bar in San Pedro town and told us today that his lucky numbers: eight, ten, twelve, fifteen, and seventeen are the ages of his wife’s younger relatives. Guerrero realized he had won […]
The organisation is a household name, but for one reason or another, Habitat for Humanity has had a hard time living up to its creed in Belize. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods explains. Jacqueline Woods Thirty-eight year old Sandra Robinson, a single mother of two, is the newest homeowner thanks to Habitat for Humanity Belize. This […]
With estimates of the number of Belizeans infected with the HIV virus ranging from six thousand on up, it is no longer possible for the epidemic to be ignored by any sector of society. And with those most affected falling into the fifteen to forty-nine age group, the impact of AIDS is being increasingly felt […]
It’s only week two of Karaoke TV, but last night’s performance at the Palm Court of the Bliss proved that this year contestants will pull out all the stops to win the coveted title of King or Queen. But there could only be one winner … here’s William Neal with the judges’ decision. William Neal, […]
What a difference majority ownership makes. Barely twenty-four hours after Belize Water Services Limited announced its intention to seek rate hikes of almost nine percent, the company’s new ownerCthe Government of BelizeCsaid “nuttin like dat”. The turnabout was decreed by Cabinet today and conveyed to the public in its regular post meeting press release. As […]
Youth and jobs: it’s a union that everyone agrees is crucial to the nation’s social advancement. But talk is cheap and successful matchmaking has been noticeably rare. Today another major project was unveiled that seeks to put Belize’s underutilised young people to work. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Entra twenty-one, an eighteen […]
In related news, while I.D.B. funds help Belizean youths find jobs, Belize’s representatives on the bank’s board are meeting with fellow directors to chart a future course for the institution. According to a release from the press office, Minister of National Development Mark Espat and financial secretary Carla BarnettCBelize’s governor and deputy governor to the […]
San Ignacio police are no closer in finding the persons responsible for the double homicide that occurred over the weekend on a ranch in the Lower Barton Creek area in the Cayo District. Today, however, the police did release the name of the second person killed in the incident. According to authorities the body they […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions has abandoned legal action against a thirty year old man and a sixteen year old girl, charged with sexual offences. According to court reports, when Hattieville residents Mark Neal and the minor appeared in the Supreme Court today, Crown Counsel Marjorie Moyston entered a nolle prosequi motion, thereby allowing the […]
Every month the police department chooses an employee whom they believe has gone above and beyond the call of duty and recognises that man or woman as officer of the month. Today, the police commissioner announced his choice for March 2006. He is police constable Dwayne McColluch, working out of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. According […]
On Wednesday, Belize Telecommunications Limited will start handing out to its over thirty thousand customers, copies of the 2006 telephone directory. There are some new features that have been added to the book that the phone company believes will please the eyes of subscribers. According to B.T.L. public relations officer Linette Canto, the latest directory […]
The Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan today received a donation of equipment worth in the neighbourhood of half a million dollars. The forty foot container was shipped to Belize through the efforts of the Ministry of Health, Belize Natural Energy and Project CURE, a humanitarian organization based in Colorado. The equipment includes wheelchairs, defibrillators, EKG […]
While the company’s owners gathered in Belmopan to make their contribution to the nation’s medical facilities, the wells, pumps, bowsers, and employees of Belize Natural Energy Limited continued in their efforts to radically improve the nation’s economic health. This afternoon I took a brief tour of the Spanish Lookout oil field and discovered that in […]
The Public Utilities Commission is dealing with a double whammy tonight following submissions from both Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Water Services Limited for rate reviews. While B.E.L. is not asking for a hike in its recently approved new rates, come July first the imposition of GST on consumers of over one hundred fifty dollars […]
A double homicide in the Cayo district has left police with more questions than answers. According to San Ignacio Police around five-thirty on Sunday morning they were called out to a ranch situated off the lower Barton Creek Road. Authorities say as they approached the compound they came across the first body, lying face down […]
It’s been a playground of sports fishermen looking for action on the flats, but tonight it’s clear that Deer Caye, west of San Pedro Town, has also been used as a hideout for some serious criminals. Over the weekend a joint operation between the Belize Defence Force and Belize National Coast Guard unearthed on the […]
A sixty-two year old Belize City man has been found guilty of the sexual assault of an eleven year old girl. Emilio Blanco, a resident of Vernon Street, was today sentenced to three years in jail for aggravated assault and another one year for harm. The sentences, however, are to run concurrently. The minor reported […]
A freak accident in the Stann Creek district has claimed the life of a teenaged boy. Thirteen year old Wilmer Rocha was killed when a truckload of logs fell on top of him. The boy was helping his father, fifty-six year old Calvin Cornelius, unload the shipment at his farm near Silk Grass Village. According […]
The sixteenth annual Signa Yorke Memorial Lecture takes place tomorrow night at the Bliss in Belize City. The topic this year is the Caribbean Single Market and Economy or C.S.M.E., and guest speakers include Bert Tucker, Marian McNab and Kevin Hererra. Organisers from St. John’s College Junior College say it’s a timely topic and one […]
Culture: It’s the one area of government activity that consistently receives high marks and has not–at least not yet–been tainted by scandal. This week the folks involved in sustaining today’s arts friendly environment took time out to celebrate. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. William Neal, Director, Institute of Creative Arts ?Today we are […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?re absolutely welcome to this Monday issue of Sports Monday. The highly anticipated U-21 clash between the national football teams of El Salvador and Belize took us to the Carl Ramos Stadium in Dangriga yesterday. And of course, the flags emphasize the gravity of this encounter as both teams […]
