There was a time when the annual general meeting of the Belize Audubon Society was about as exciting to the general public as… birdwatching. But today, 30 years after the society’s founding, birdwatching has gone mainstream and environmentalism is almost as popular in Belize as the traditional pastimes of sex and politics. Toss into the […]
One of those natural resources is water, more specifically the power of falling water to generate electricity. News Five’s Stewart Krohn asked Fonseca if the Chalillo Dam Project, which has been criticized as environmentally dangerous and economically unfeasible, was still a “done deal”. Ralph Fonseca, Minister of Economic Development “Well it certainly is, as long […]
In crime news tonight, forty year old African Alcine Eudithia is in police custody after allegedly trying to use someone else’s Visa Gold card. According to police Eudithia visited the Barclays Bank Branch Office near the Belcan Bridge on Monday morning and requested a cash advance of two thousand five hundred dollars U.S. He gave […]
In their weekly Cabinet meeting, amendments were made to a bill to amend the Criminal Code. The bill is designed to protect women and children. Among the proposed changes are increasing the age for which children are considered capable of committing a crime from 7 to 9 in accordance with the Convention on the Rights […]
The Belize National Selection Examination results are out and St. Ignatius School has much to celebrate with one of their students getting the highest score in the nation. Fifty of their standard six class scored above the ninetieth percentile and all their students passed. Tareek Young came in first with a 99.9 and Melanie Perrera […]
Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School is cheering this week as well but for a different reason. Their highest scorer on the B.N.S.E. almost did not get to take the test. Theodore Augustine moved to Belize City from Dangriga during the first term but wasn’t able to enroll in a primary school. He didn’t give up […]
This morning a concerned parent called News Five to say that despite a recent letter from Gwen Lizarraga High School that students will not be allowed to leave the school grounds without their parents, for any reason, including illness, students were sent out today to sell raffle tickets. However, there are always two sides to […]
With the start of the hurricane season today, many of us are reliving the anxious days last October when Mitch had us fearing the worst and praying for the best. While we followed the weather reports tracking this fickle storm, trying to decide which way to run, we didn’t know there was a cruise ship […]
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.
