On Monday two men boarded a Novelo’s Bus bound for Belize City. They would have reached their destination without incident and gone about their business, if it hadn’t been for two police officers who felt something was wrong. It’s not clear at this point what tipped off the observant officers but they took the men […]
Sometimes a losing proposition can be turned into a winning one, if you’re willing to look at the problem from a different angle. Business was so bad on Grupo TACA’s Belize-Miami flight that the company decided to cancel it, but negotiations between the company and the Belize government have resulted not only in a resumption […]
We all remember the panic we felt when we heard Mitch was bearing down on Belize. But would we be better prepared if it happened again? This week a seminar is underway which is intended to help Belize not only react when disaster strikes, but plan for it way in advance. We are only one […]
The Fisheries Department has made an arrest for illegal lobster fishing. On Monday evening the fisheries patrol encountered Rodrigo Allen and his boat near Caye Caulker. Three hundred and fifty lobster tails were found in an ice chest aboard the boat. Today Allen was taken to court and fined over 8 thousand dollars. The Fisheries […]
The tournament is next week and Belize still doesn’t have a head coach for the team it is planning to send to the COPA basketball tournament in Cuba, but the Belizean basketball players being pulled in from abroad are starting to arrive. This morning Dwight Myvett joined the crowd of hopefuls. Myvett, who has been […]
We’re always hearing that Belize needs more vocational education programs, but if you thought this could only be achieved at a facility like the Center for Employment Training, think again. The residents of the Princess Royal Youth Hostel will be embarking on some training and when they are through, you may very well find some […]
On Tuesday morning the Coastal Zone Management Project received a phone call about a manatee calf that was found stranded in Vista Del Mar. The baby, estimated to be only four or five months old, was rescued and then relocated to the abandoned shrimp hatchery at mile five on the Western Highway. There the mammal […]
The reef off Ambergris Caye has taken its licks in recent years. Coral bleaching caused by unusually high water temperature has left many of its corals without color, while the killer waves from Hurricane Mitch left some less hardy species washed up on the beach. But none of these blows by Mother Nature could be […]
Channel 5 is looking for a cameraman/editor to work in our news/production departments. Must have experience in a broadcast environment. Reply to personnel director at gbtv@btl.net.
