The Deputy Prime Minister, Johnny Briceño is representing Belize at a Central American leaders summit in Taipei, Taiwan. The delegation, which includes Minister of Works Henry Canton, Ambassador Gonzalo Quinto, Permanent Secretary David Gibson, Senator Eamon Courtenay, and Mike Bejos of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrived on September fifth. The Deputy Prime Minister and […]
If you weren’t able to make it to the National Stadium on Saturday night you missed quite a show. This year the carnival King and Queen Contest showed that the costumes are getting more and more elaborate. This year, not only were lights used by some of the contestants but fireworks as well and it […]
Miss Orange Walk is the new Queen of the Bay 1999-2000. Samantha Carlos, who was accompanied at the City Center on Friday night by the Central Drum Corps of Orange Walk as well as a number of supportive fans, won after stiff competition from seven young ladies from all over Belize. Samantha is a student […]
The September Celebrations activities continue tonight with the presentation of the ten finalists in the George McKesey Storytelling Competition. They were chosen after two days of elimination rounds from a total of forty-two entries. In the elimination round contestants were judged on their presentation, the way the story was told, the duration of the story […]
A sixty-four year old man has been arrested for the rape of an eight-year-old girl in La Democracia Village in the Belize District. Philip Nado, also known as “Bo-Rat” was charged on Saturday with unlawful carnal knowledge following the child’s report to police that she was raped at her grandmother’s home on the twenty-second of […]
A Belize City drinking water company is asking residents of Orange Walk to help locate one of their delivery trucks which was stolen from in front of their Belize City office on Eve Street Sunday evening. Manager of Femagra Industries Limited Vivian Molina told News Five the truck is a blue 1987 Mazda pick-up with […]
For many children all over Belize City it was a day of anticipation as school reopened after the long summer break. But while things ran smoothly for the majority, there were also little ones who were turned away. Not because their parents couldn’t pay school fees or buy their books or uniforms, but because there […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re invited to this monster dish of Sports Monday. The Santino’s Cycle Classic, in its fifteenth edition, for the first time featured a two-stage race which reigned supreme here in the city over the weekend. We take you to the start on Saturday on the Northern Highway and it’s […]
