The Anglican Diocese has opened its first preschool. Located on the grounds of St. Mary’s Primary, there are twenty children attending the early learning facility, which was officially inaugurated this evening. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education ?You talk to teachers all over the country ? there is a significant difference between who have had an […]
Back in May this station announced a reward of a hundred thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the abduction and murder of five Belize City girls beginning in 1998. And while the killers have yet to be caught, the victims have not been forgotten. […]
This time of year is one set aside for celebration … and as 2006 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of our independence, all the more reason to make merry. Reflecting that spirit of the season, Prime Minister Said Musa today took the opportunity to present an upbeat interpretation of just where we stand at twenty-five. News […]
Critics of an agreement signed between the Citrus Growers Association and Caribbean Investors scored a minor victory over the weekend when the general membership voted to have the contract reviewed by a sub committee of farmers. According to C.G.A. chairman Ernest Raymond, in addition to distributing copies of the agreement, representatives of Banks Holdings and […]
A San Ignacio police officer continues to recover after he was attacked by several armed men. Police Constable Brent Longsworth, who was off duty at the time, was stabbed as he was waiting to buy food outside of the Blue Angels Club around three thirty on Sunday morning. Longsworth reported that as he was waiting […]
A tip-off has resulted in the arrest of two cousins over the weekend after they were caught with a significant quantity of cocaine. The incident unfolded in the area of San Roman Village between Orange Walk and Corozal Town. Corozal police report that around six on Friday evening they intercepted Teodicio and Fortunato Pott on […]
The turnover rate for officers at the Hattieville Prison is going up as another warden was busted trying to sneak weed into the penal facility. According to court reports, around seven Sunday night, thirty-three year old Denrick Bull reported for duty and a customary personal search was conducted. In his boots, fellow prison guards found […]
Today the Belize Police Department officially announced that some twenty-one officers have been promoted. During a brief ceremony this morning in Belmopan, Commissioner of Police Gerald Westby reminded the men and women that the new ranks should inspire them to better service. Gerald Westby, Commissioner of Police ?We have had two officers being elevated to […]
The Public Utilities Commission may not have a chairman, but it does have a logo. On Sunday the winner of the high stakes competition was announced at Belize Expo from over two hundred entries. The first place design was created by Norman Smith and Anwar Flores of the company, British Honduras Publicity. They will share […]
Food may not necessarily be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of nationalism … but in a lively and well researched book, a long-time observer of Belizean life makes a powerful case that, in many way, we are what we eat. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the story. Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
Good evening I?m James Adderley and it?s certainly a pleasure bringing to you this show we call Sports Monday. The seventh Lionman Triathlon gripped Belize City yesterday at its staging point, Sandlighters Promenade and it was only fitting that the national anthem was rendered by two of the most accomplished musicians in Belize saxophonist Chris […]
After weeks of criticism regarding his decision to stop giving advice to the Police Department, Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson is taking his detractors to court. Anderson today declined an on-camera interview with us but says he has instructed his attorney Kareem Musa to initiate legal proceedings against two media houses: Channel Seven News […]
In news from the political front, today Barrow and the United Democratic Party have also announced that they will boycott a special sitting of the House of Representatives scheduled for Monday morning in Belmopan. While the U.D.P. has made it a tradition to be absent from the event, citing that a sitting outside the confines […]
During official ceremonies on Thursday night, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, P.J. Patterson was conferred the Order of Belize. The award ranks second to National Hero status and Patterson now joins a distinguished group of honourees that include Marion Jones, Cuban president Fidel Castro, Sir Shridath Ramphal, Mexican Presidents Carlos Salinas and Vicente Fox and […]
On the first of the month, attorney Michele Chebat officially assumed his appointed post as Chairman of the Belize Social Security Board. Chebat’s predecessor Yasin Shoman resigned following recommendations of a special Senate Select Committee that he and then General Manager Narda Garcia be removed following more than two years of investigation into irregularities in […]
Chebat was in town today to unveil Social Security’s latest initiative in education. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education ?Math remains an area of fundamental weakness in our children?s education as so often glaringly reflected in our national examinations. There seems to be an unfounded fear of math at every level […]
Among the many activities planned for this weekend, tonight Belize’s “buffest” will take stage for the annual Mr. Belize and Ms. Body Figure competition. The event is set to take place at eight tonight at the Bliss Institute for the Performing Arts and according to President of the Belize Amateur Body Building Association, Alfred McKenzie, […]
Bargain hunters will descend on the S.J.C. gym this weekend looking for deals and steals at the country’s largest trade show. And Expo Belize 2006 promises not to disappoint. One hundred and twenty businesses were busy setting up their booths today in anticipation for an estimated ten thousand Belizean consumers. And according to coordinator Sybil […]
It’s an event that primary schoolers look forward to every year … the Children’s Rally. Today, News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin sat in on the ceremony in the old capital. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Despite sweltering heat, this morning more than three thousand primary school students paraded from the Marion Jones Stadium to the Belize City Centre […]
In the twenty-five years since the granting of Independence internal political unity in Belize has been an elusive commodity. And while the act of marching in a parade may not seem to be a big deal, within the context of Belize’s two party polarity it’s a major milestone. In a short press release today the […]
It was not a particularly fancy or high tech gift … but what more could an army wish for than half a million bullets? News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from Price Barracks, Ladyville. Brig. Gen. Lloyd Gillett, Commander, B.D.F. ?Today we are here to receive five hundred and thirty-six thousand rounds of live five point […]
Four days after he opened fire on a residence on Periwinkle Street, wounding twenty-two year old Everett Gillett, today police arrested the man they believe is the shooter. Eighteen year old Dorian Sutherland has been charged with attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and three counts of aggravated assault. Residents say around eight […]
He pled guilty to causing death by careless conduct on Wednesday for the shooting of Irene Gibson in 2004 … And today punishment was meted out to Lloyd Brakeman … in the form of fines: eight thousand dollars to be paid by September thirteenth, 2007 or in default one year in prison and a further […]
Back in the seventies and eighties marijuana was a major Belizean export, but with the growing demand for cocaine in the States and development of very powerful strains of domestic weed in North America, Belize’s cannabis trade over the last two decades has become more of a local business. The quantities sold can still run […]
Thirty-two Belizeans were honoured last night in the annual Tribute to Belizean Patriots, held at the Bliss. Twelve women and thirteen men from all over the country received the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Independence Award for outstanding contribution to building Belize, while five veteran public officers were recognised: Gladys Bernard with the Meritorious Service Award and […]
