In an age when a stranger can tell your lifestyle by looking in your garbage, it’s a good idea to keep it locked away. That goes double for a hospital whose medical waste may pose a grave danger to a curious public. Today News Five was called out to the yard adjacent to the Central […]
The three man Commission of Inquiry which recommended a reprimand for serologist Leona Garbutt was heavily criticized by Garbutt’s brother, Dr. Bernard Bulwer on last night’s One On One with Dickie Bradley. Commissioner Paul Rodriguez, who was also on the show, defended the work of the Commission, saying a week of testimony was thoroughly sifted […]
In crime news police in Belize City and Dangriga have made major drug busts. Thirty-seven year old Conrad Lino of Hopkins Village was standing at the corner of St. Vincent Street and Yemeri Road in Dangriga around 11:00 Thursday morning when he was stopped by a police mobile patrol. When the cops opened Lino’s knapsack […]
The second annual BELPRO CONEX opened earlier this evening and News Five’s Ann Marie Williams found out that there’s plenty of local stuff worth seeing…and buying. Merilyn Young, Organizer, BELPRO CONEX “There’s some products that have just come out on the market that Belizeans will be able to sample. There are also some new items […]
On hand to open the expo was Prime Minister Said Musa. Only recently returned from an important trip to Venezuela, the P.M. was asked about the results of that journey as well as the latest developments in the Guatemalan claim. Said Musa, Prime Minister “The talks did not break down, the parties agreed for the […]
If you’re interested in another take on Belize’s socio/religious/political situation, a new publication will soon be on the market. “Heat On The Beast” is a hundred page paperback written by Belizean American schoolteacher, Wayne Lopez. Lopez says his first work chronicles the Belizean way of life. Wayne Lopez, Author “Heat On The Beast” “When I […]
Over the past two weeks we’ve been highlighting several summer camps for children with a lot of time and energy on their hands. While many organizers behind the camps deal with the kids only at this time of year, the Youth Department is charged with the task of keeping our young people on track all […]
While the upper Stann Creek Valley has long been known as a lovely place to drive through, it has never been much of a destination on the tourist map. That may be changing thanks to the efforts of a group called Friends of the Valley. On Wednesday the Belize Tourism Board handed a five thousand-dollar […]
