The new session of parliament will convene in Belmopan next week, but if you thought it would be business as usual… think again. A release from the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly Jesus Ken, says that both the House and Senate will meet at nine o’clock on Saturday morning, September twelfth. But […]
While we are not sure how the Opposition will take to the new legislative arrangements, U.D.P. Leader Dean Barrow has made it clear that he will be relying on the media to keep the nation informed regarding his party’s activities. He made his remarks on Thursday night’s “One On One” with Stuart Leslie. Dean Barrow, […]
On Thursday it was a journalist and a businessman, who were named to the Senate by the United Democratic Party. Today comes word that Wesley College Principal Brenda Armstrong is the Governor General’s choice for appointment to the Senate. She was slated to the post, after consultation with the Belize Advisory Council. Armstong has played […]
In crime news, Belize City police are on the lookout for “G.I. Joe,” a man wanted in connection with the armed hold up of two women in separate incidents overnight. According to police, the first robbery took place around eleven o’clock Thursday night on Central American Boulevard. Twenty seven year old Elena Pfeiffer says she […]
While police in the city chase down a suspected robber, in Belmopan, a twenty-five year old man has been made to answer for the illegal possession of artifacts. According to police, a search conducted on the person of Sergio Ramos Coronado on Thursday morning, resulted in the discovery of over thirty pieces of Mayan artifacts, […]
It’s like trying to take the sugar out of the cake, but a recently resurrected women’s organization is crusading to catapult the fairer sex into a more prominent role in the nation’s leadership. Former political activist for the People’s United Party Dorla Bowman is inviting women, irrespective of their party affiliation to join her in […]
It was first known as the Festival Grand Market and year after year, thousands of Belizeans flocked to the grounds of the Belize Technical College to check out what the business community had to offer. Three years ago, however, the show underwent a massive transformation, but the fundamental objectives remained the same. Jacqueline Woods reports. […]
One week after the United Democratic Party was unceremoniously swept out of office and back into civilian life, the massacre at the polls last Thursday continues to weigh heavily on the minds of most people. Not least among them is News Five’s commentator, G. Michael Reid. “It is said that power corrupts and that absolute […]
