Two prison inmates took advantage of an outing to Belize City to escape. On Saturday night Gilbert Humphrey and Clarence Gentle who play on the prison basketball team were with the group taken to the Lake Independence Basketball Court for a game. However, sometime between nine fifty and ten thirty, the duo decided to make […]
The largest association of tax administrators in the world is meeting in Belize this week. The delegates from Commonwealth countries throughout the world met at the Belize Biltmore Plaza this morning for opening ceremonies and a welcome from Minister of Economic Development Ralph Fonseca. The Executive Director of CATA says the meeting of managers and […]
A primary school, which has built a reputation for itself in the performing arts here in Belize, will be showcasing their steel band, voice and dance talents in Mexico. The Belize Arts Council announced today that 25 children from Grace Primary School will participate in the Latin American Cultural Festival in Vera Cruz, Zacatecas and […]
Residents of Barranco and Santa Ana Villages in the Toledo District have twice the reason to celebrate this week with the opening of a new bridge and a health center. On Friday August 13th, the Minister of Works Henry Canton and Area Representative Mike Espat cut the ribbon for the bridge which spans the Moho […]
Thirty years ago, David Novelo Sr. began a brand new bus service in Belize. Over the years the company has grown and this weekend, his four sons and daughter were proud to carry on the tradition by introducing two luxury line Mercedes Benz buses. They will begin running along the nation’s highways in the next […]
This evening the residents of the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly received some help from abroad. The donation included wheel chairs, shower benches, crutches and a television set. The items were a gift from the Belizean Cultural Society of New York to the Ministry of Human Development. According to Helpage Belize they are grateful […]
While seniors at the Sister Cecilia Home will be benefiting from gifts sent by Belizeans abroad, some children on the other side of town now have somewhere to stay while their mothers go to work. News Five was there for the opening of a child care center at the corner of Gil and Sanker Streets. […]
Good evening sports fans and welcome to Sports Monday. I am Karl Tillett sitting in for the inimitable James Adderley once more. Cricket is a sport born in England and widely played with great passion in England and many of her former possessions. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan and the Caribbean have a […]
