Educators from all over Central America converged on Belize City this morning. The event both increased the stature of the host, University of Belize, and placed the institution in the position of a bilingual bridge in the Americas. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It was the sixty-first meeting of CSUCA, The Consejo Superior Universitario Centro Americano. The […]
The first lotto jackpot since the game reopened a month ago has been won. Merlene Kerr of Gracie Rock Village is tonight ninety-five thousand dollars richer. The mother of five children says she bought a single lotto ticket with all five lucky numbers. Merlene Kerr, Lotto Winner “I just pick it from two separate numbers […]
The local office of the Interamerican Development Bank held a raffle of its own this morning and three journalists got lucky. Karla Heusner of the Belize Times, Desiree Cain-Smith of Krem Radio and Channel Five’s Ann-Marie Williams will visit Washington D.C. next week to cover a conference of organisations interested in providing financial assistance to […]
This is National AIDS Week and as one of the activities the National AIDS Commission and U.B. have joined forces to raise awareness. The first in a series of programmes was held at U.B.’s Faculty of Business this morning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It was a regular school day for the students of the University of […]
Belize’s largest soft drink manufacturer, Bowen and Bowen Limited, along with Coca Cola International, presented a check to the Ministry of Education for almost eighty thousand dollars. The money will be used to assist forty-six schools that were damaged by Hurricane Keith. Today News Five spoke to Bowen’s sales manager Nick Pollard about the donation. […]
The Belize Elementary School is getting an early start into the spirit of the holidays by putting on its annual Christmas programme. Fifteen of the classes will be singing, dancing and acting on stage tonight and tomorrow night under the theme Christmas Around The World. Leslie Nisbet, Teacher, Belize Elementary “We figured this year instead […]
If you happened to visit the lobby of Channel 5 today you would have seen a steady stream of people, all getting in their last minute entries for the annual Gimme 5 promotion. The event, now in its ninth year, promises to be another week of fun and free gifts. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This year’s […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this fresh serving of Sports Monday. Defending BFL champions Sagitun rolled into the MCC Grounds for a crucial match-up with the city team Kulture Yabra, the only team in the jewel with a winning record against the Independence team. Would the Yabra dominance continue today? We […]
