Although a good education was the focus of all involved in Friday’s dispute at Sadie Vernon High, the teachers and the administration clearly have not found a suitable middle ground in working towards that goal. Over three hundred students were sent home while the teachers complained of several injustices including the firing of two teachers. […]
According to the United Nations, nearly two point five million people from one hundred and twenty-seven countries are being trafficked around the world. The annual revenue derived from trafficking in persons is estimated to be in the billions. It is a brisk trade and victims are often sorted into categories of bonded labor, forced labor […]
A Chinese grocer is tonight lucky to be alive after being grazed over the head by a bullet during an armed holdup on Saturday night. Forty-five year old Jian Liang Li, proprietor of Liang Kee Fast Food near mile two and half on the Northern Highway, was the victim of an attempted robbery when a […]
Earlier we told you about Leonard Chavarria’s woes with the P.U.P.; on the other side of the political fence, Mark King was home safe. You will remember him as the whistle blower against Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya, and more recently, he took a swipe against the UDP for rejecting his application to run as […]
A police pursuit on Saturday morning caught the attention of many onlookers at the busy intersection of St. Thomas and St. Joseph Streets. It happened close to midday and a number of police officers were involved. But up until late this evening, there have been no official reports by the police in their daily blotter; […]
The second accident over the weekend was on the Western Highway between miles two and three. Twenty-six year old Braulio Esquivel, a bus driver of Belize City, was travelling in a 2000 Nissan Frontier pickup from Fabers Road towards Western Avenue at about three forty-four on Sunday. A green Jeep Grand Cherokee heading in the […]
A Belize City fisherman broke into a jewelry store and only got away with twenty dollars. It’s a small loot, but it was enough to land twenty-six year old Marlon Young in jail for five years. The Barrack Road resident entered C-Medina’s Jeweler Souvenirs at the Commercial Center on February eleventh after the owner, seventy-six […]
A Belize City woman, who has been in police custody for the past four days, was arraigned today for allegedly stabbing her neighbor. The police reports and charge sheet have the name of the accused woman as Stasha Lopez, which was taken from her Social Security Card. She says, however, that her name is Sasha, […]
Stephen Okeke is well-known as a painter, sculptor, author and fulltime entrepreneur. Okeke has donned another hat that many people aren’t aware of. For the past two years, Okeke has been a part of an organization intended to help fathers to deal with challenges of raising and protecting the family. It is called the Father’s […]
Exactly two weeks after he was shot by two men at his home, a money changer has died of the injuries. Thirty-four year old Jaime Headman who lived in San Joaquin Village, Corozal, was met by gunfire when he opened his door on the night of February seventh. He was shot to the upper chest […]
Sightseeing in the old capital is a favourite activity for visitors to the Jewel. The visitors learn about Belize’s colonial past as well as its modern history from tour guides, who take them through the city mainly on horse and carriage rides. To boost their knowledge of our history, the Belize Tourism Board facilitated a […]
Throughout the country students are participating in their local high school festival of arts. The shows are a precursor to the National Festival of Arts which is showcased at the Bliss in June. However, at the district level, the Belize District High School Festival of Arts is being hosted at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and we welcome you to this fresh dish of Sport’s Monday. For a 5th time the elite cyclists of this nation took aim at breaking the 1 hour limit set by the Belize Cycling Association to finish the 26 mile ride to Hattieville and back would Saturday February 19th make […]
Prejudice and victimization are strong words coming from the teachers of Sadie Vernon High school in describing the current relationship with the school’s administration. By ten thirty this morning, the administration sent home the entire student body of over three hundred students while the teachers complained of two hard working co-workers who were fired, in […]
The Sadie Vernon High School drama is far from over. According to the teachers, next week they will hold a formal press conference in which they will detail many instances of questionable decisions made by the administration. And in the interest of education, they will also discuss how to re-establish the integrity of the school […]
While education is the cause of distress at Sadie Vernon, a tool on which most teachers and students use on a daily basis, is the cause of a deep knife wound. Twenty-three year old Elizabeth Martinez remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight following a near fatal stabbing incident across from her home […]
If you can make it to Sunday without heading to the pumps, you can save some cash because the prices of fuel are going down at midnight on Saturday. The decrease is minimal and the prices of premium and regular will remain above ten dollars but every penny counts when you are trying to make […]
You can’t have strength and vigor without mental health; that was the general sentiment among nurses and representatives from both the private and public health sectors this morning. They came together for the launch of a countrywide training program to equip community nurses to care for mentally challenged patients. The course was made possible through […]
To be of sound mind you must also be of sound body. Mental health is improved and balanced with physical activity. And one of the most physical sports in Belize is improving the outlook of its younger members while promoting sportsmanship in a competition that is attracting local and foreign talent. The Shotokan House of […]
Two individuals who are in a fighting spirit are from the People’s National Party. The P.N.P. is a Toledo based political party that is gaining ground in the south. Today happens to be the anniversary of the organization and its founder and candidate for Toledo East came by News Five to introduce the new addition […]
A B.D.F. Private has taken up residence at the Belize Central Prison and on March third, he will find out just how long he has to stay there. That soldier is twenty-three year old Paulino Assi, who was found guilty of Manslaughter late Thursday afternoon in the Orange Walk Supreme Court. The conviction is for […]
And in the Belmopan court, an electrician and a carpenter were charged with Drug Trafficking after allegedly being found with eleven and a half pounds of cannabis. The men, twenty-eight year old John Henry and thirty-one year old David Gabourel, were busted on Thursday at mile fifty-four on the Western Highway. They were travelling in […]
Fans and members of Youth Voices are experiencing the power of the spoken word at this very moment and there’s still time for you join them at the Tropicana Lounge in the Tourism Village. Youth Voices is hosting its first open mic night; bringing talented poets and rappers to the stage to share lyrics on […]
A consortium of scientists from Mexico’s most prestigious universities, through the Embassy of Mexico, held an inaugural symposium with local biologists and environmentalists from the University of Belize this week. The purpose of the two-day seminar was to brainstorm the development of an undergraduate program in Marine Biology at U.B. During the meeting, information was […]
It’s Friday and work is over… for most people which means it’s officially the weekend. And with the weekend comes our entertainment segment, What’s Happening Belize. Arielle has been scouting the social scene and the pursuit of a great weekend starts tonight with a first-class tribute to the late Frank Rhys. She also has an […]
