The name of a high profile politician is in the news tonight but it is there in connection with matters of crime as opposed to affairs of state. Roberto Campos, brother of Minister of Mobilization Ruben Campos, was picked up by police at his home in Orange Walk early this morning and taken to that […]
Yesterday’s announcement by the Elections and Boundaries Commission that it was redrawing the borders of four northside Belize City constituencies and two in Orange Walk may have struck some observers as a radical move. And while the gerrymandering, which added voters to Fort George and Pickstock at the expense of Freetown and Caribbean Shores, did […]
Over the next two days, heads of student bodies from Central American Universities will be discussing ways on how they can improve their colleagues’ lives on campus. The conference, which is being hosted by the University College of Belize, is held annually under CUSCA, the superior advisory body for Central American universities. Ian Carrillo is […]
The Belize Cancer Society today received over five thousand dollars from the Corozal Rotary Club. The money is the amount raised from the organization’s March ninth swim across the Corozal Bay. Handing over the check was Hernan Riverol, the President of the Corozal Rotary Club and receiving the money on behalf of the society was […]
It is an annual event that is a long time in the planning as well as execution. And today it all came together as a baker’s dozen of Belize’s sharpest spellers tested their skills. Jacqueline Woods reports. The Belize City Centre was packed to capacity with hundreds of screaming primary school children, who took the […]
Education is a subject of vital interest to all of us, both as individuals and as members of a larger society. Tonight News Five commentator G. Michael Reid takes a look as some recent developments that have been causing a stir. “The topic of education was placed on the front burner recently when the education […]
