Cubola productions is known for a long list of local publications and today the publishing company released a new series of books for social studies and literature, targeting primary and high school students. The new books released are volumes one and two of ‘The Alchemy of Words: An Anthology of Belizean Literature for Secondary Schools […]
Meet Eileen Agusta of Belize City, the newest centenarian on the block. And in News’ Five’s tradition we stopped in at her home on Haynes Street in Belize City to catch up with her as she enters a century plus of life … her one hundred and first birthday. Eileen was flanked by her favorite […]
Belizean and Guatemalan officials may be edging close to an agreement to take the territorial dispute to the I.C.J., but on the ground, the B.D.F. has been busy securing Belize’s border. And tonight there are disturbing reports that a Belize Defence Force soldier was attacked and hacked over the weekend, well within Belizean territory in […]
Last week we reported murder in the village of Cotton Tree and tonight another man has been murdered in Georgeville, also in the Cayo District. A fight between two villagers over an old beef involving a woman has ended in the death of one man and the arrest of the other. When witnesses saw twenty-eight […]
And in a traffic mishap over the weekend, the Tush family of San Roman Village in the Cayo District is grieving the loss of a loved one, while praying for other family members in critical condition at the Southern Regional Hospital. On Saturday afternoon, police were called to the scene of a traffic accident near […]
There appears to be a notable increase in rape cases reported throughout Belize and a pattern seems to be emerging in a Belize City neighborhood. The most recent case reported to police took place about five streets from the previous incidents on Antelope Street. A twenty-one year old woman claims that at about five-fifteen on […]
Thirty-six year old Asher Brown, also known as Larry Sutherland, was charged today with Keeping a Firearm and Ammunition without a License. Following a naked search at the Queen Street Police Station, Brown was found in possession of a point twenty-five pistol with five rounds of ammunition. Just after midnight this morning, police received reports […]
His first job was to guard the court, but now a Belize City man has been locked up by a magistrate of the same court he once protected. Twenty-eight year old David Phillips A.K.A. “Goofy”, a former security guard of the Magistrates Court, was remanded to prison today after he was charged with Robbery. At […]
In news from Belmopan, government is tightening up legislation following the carnival grenade scare on September sixth in front of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. A Statutory Instrument has been passed into law to amend Section forty-five of the Firearm Act to include deadly items such as Hand Grenades, Grenade Launchers, and any Explosive Device […]
In news of a political nature, you would know of the infighting in the Belize City Council between the Mayor and her councillors. Now it seems that the next U.D.P. battle is not on St. George’s Caye but on San Pedro Ambergris where sparks are flying over convention rules. The party’s San Pedro Executive is […]
It is dubbed ‘The World’s First Nationalized Electronic Health System.’ And the Belize Health Information System, B.H.I.S., has taken the jewel to a new level in information for both the innovativeness and the significant strides that the Ministry of Health, has accomplished to improve our local health care system. The B.H.I.S. was initiated in 2005 […]
Statistics released last week show that consumers are feeling the pain of a high cost of living, but that the economy may be on the rebound as the wholesale and retail trade and manufacturing sectors grew by more than ten percent. And over the weekend, the Belize Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual trade expo […]
The Chamber and law enforcement worked together to put in place measures to give a sense of security following the recent wave of street violence. But despite all the good planning and organizational work, Mother Nature had its own way. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The 2008 Expo at the St. John’s College Auditorium had additional security […]
It was the first of its kind in Belize, and at the end of the evening, Miss Y Belize transitioned to become Miss Y International. On Friday night at the City Centre, Belize’s Anita Henry topped five other bold women from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale and Miami to capture the Miss Y […]
Most people think about retiring when they reach their sixties and seventies, but for Belizean Brukdong legend, Wilfred Peters, like good whiskey, wine and cheese, he seems to only get better with time. And this year, just in time for the national festivities, Peters is tonight celebrating yet another CD release, entitled “Nobody di Care […]
Belize is not the only country that gained its freedom in September. Today the diplomatic missions of Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and El Salvador were closed in commemoration of their September fifteenth independence day. But how is it that all of these countries gained their independence on the same day? We put that question to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad you could join us for this issue of Sports Monday. Week eight of the RF&G Tournament saw Football Club Belize venture into the People’s Stadium yesterday with its undefeated status and league leading standing on the line as they took on O.W.’s Suga Boys Juventus, whose […]
There is a mixed bag of some good and bad news in the country’s economic performance in the first two quarters of 2008. But first the positive indicators. Statistics released today by the Statistical Institute of Belize show that the private sector held its own and that gross domestic product rebounded after a slow start […]
In other news to add to the economic woes, this time from the citrus industry, the Citrus Products of Belize Limited has announced the final prices for oranges and grapefruit. According to a release, payments will be made on September fifteenth, but before growers start to celebrate, there is a notable and significant drop in […]
Belize has surfaced in an investigation of millions of dollars involving former President of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian. According to news reports coming out of that country, the former president, his wife, son, brother-in-law and daughter-in-law are being investigated to determine the whereabouts of thirty-one million U.S. dollars they are accused of depositing in offshore accounts […]
There is no shortage of news from the opposition People’s United Party which today issued a release expressing its concern to the governments of Cuba and Haiti over the loss they experienced as a result of Hurricane Gustav, Hanna and Ike. In Cuba, four lives were lost while over three hundred and twenty thousand homes […]
While Cuba is recovering from a string of hurricanes, Belize today accredited its new ambassador to the island. Said “Badi” Guerra presented his Letters of Credentials to Julio Almeira, Vice President of Cuba and delivered a personal message from Prime Minister Dean Barrow to Almeira, reiterating Belize’s solidarity with the government and people of Cuba […]
Police have another murder to solve, this time in the village of Cotton Tree where a Salvadoran national was shot to death and robbery may not be the only motive. Just before his death, the man was seen drinking with friends at his home and earlier in the day his girlfriend walked out on him […]
Disaster in the form of a fire struck early this morning for a family of four. When Donna and Terrence Pott and their three children left their Giles Street home and headed to school and work, they had no idea that within an hour they would have lost most of their material possessions. Kendra Griffith […]
And in news from the courts, forty-six year old labourer of Burrell Boom, Stanton Gillett, was today sentenced for Burglary. Gillett claimed in court the offence was in fact about weed he did not deliver. Gillett will spend five years behind bars after he was found guilty of burglarizing his neighbour’s house. The incident occurred […]
