Over the past several weeks the news has been filled with stories of sexual assaults on children. Today the children raised their voices in protest. The massive march was the culmination of a week of classroom activities designed to address the issue of child abuse. If the National Committee for Families and Children had any […]
After their win at the polls on Wednesday, the new P.U.P. City Council was sworn in today and is ready to get down to business. Hyacinth Latchman was at City Hall for the ceremony. David Fonseca, Mayor “I, William David Fonseca do being duly elected as a member of the Belize City Council do solemnly […]
Police received some help for their crime fighting efforts from the Chinese community today. The gifts came in the form of both funds and equipment. News Five was at the Raccoon Street Police station this afternoon. The ten bicycles, a gift from Edward Quan, the proprietor of Quan’s Trading Centre will be used by Zone […]
In other police news, Minister Espat met with formation commanders this morning in Belmopan. He congratulated the senior police command for their work to fight drug trafficking which he says has resulted in Belize being certified by the United States. He also stressed the need for the police to continue arresting and prosecuting sexual offenders, […]
It’s a project that has been going on quietly for several years now. On Thursday the clinic was packed once again as people seeking a medical opinion about their hearing loss waited anxiously to see a visiting doctor. Hyacinth Latchman stopped by the Rotary Ear Clinic to find out about the types of problems being […]
Everyone is looking forward to a three-day weekend but you don’t have to leave Belize City to enjoy yourself this year. Or, if you are going out of town you may want to come back in on Monday and check out the action at the Fort Point. According to Francisco Leiva of People at Work […]
Not all of this weekend’s action on the water will take place in Belize City harbor. The first leg of La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge got underway early this morning below the Hawksworth Bridge in Cayo. The four-day canoe race runs from San Ignacio all the way down the Belize River to Belize City. […]
Tonight G. Michael Reid would like you to remember a man who spent years in search of a place to call home and finally found it on our shores. Although he might have been forgotten, seventy-three years later he is venerated. But it’s not the money he left behind that we appreciate; it is his […]
