Leader of the Opposition, Dean Barrow, has been saying for days that for the two U.D.P. Senators, he would choose people who were young, dynamic and able to capture the attention of the Belizean public. Ultimately that public will decide whether Barrow made the right choice, but for today at least, the two appointees seemed […]
Public officers, those government employees who carry on the nation’s official business regardless of which party is in power, have been informed regarding the new allocation of departments to the various ministries created by the new government. While most of the assignments follow the traditions set over several decades of practice, a few departments were […]
In crime news, two female workers at Homer Dakers Grocery Shop in Buttonwood Bay received minor injuries during a robbery at the store around eight, Wednesday night. According to Irimay Curlin, the store’s manager, she was checking the night sales in a cash pan, when a short, dark skinned man, wearing blue jeans pants and […]
The Belize version of Lotto has seen some big jackpots and some that are not so big. While tonight’s winner definitely falls into the latter category, we’ll all agree that winning a couple grand is a lot more fun than going home empty handed. Cherry Galvez, $2,500 Bonus Draw Winner “Well, this morning, when I […]
If we watch the show “Cops” on television we know — or at least think we know — how law enforcement works in the U.S.A. But watching on TV wasn’t real enough for some members of the Belize Police Force, who recently got the chance to trade places with their colleagues from the great state […]
Call it a skirmish… call it a war… whatever you call it, Belize is celebrating the two hundredth anniversary the Battle of St. George’s Caye next Thursday. Activities for the bicentennial are in full swing and if your weekend calendar is not booked, there’s an event which should provide you with the opportunity to rub […]
In related news the government of Taiwan has stepped in to provide some fun on the eve of St. George’s Caye Day. At the request of the September Celebrations Committee the Chinese have donated twenty thousand U.S. dollars worth of fireworks which will be launched as part of this show the ninth night at the […]
From time to time we here at Channel Five are asked to intervene in a situation when official bodies, such as the police or Social Services, either cannot or will not get involved. Such was the case last month when several residents of Bermudian Landing in the Belize District asked me to look into a […]
