One would think that after spending the last week reporting on the death of over five thousand innocent people in New York and Washington, the media would have learned to deal with grief. Not so. This morning we received the news that a young Belizean businessman with close ties to a number of local media […]
It had the potential to be another massive criminal disaster, but good intelligence and swift action by police on Sunday evening stopped a carload of heavily armed Guatemalans, assisted by a Belizean accomplice, from wreaking havoc in the jewel. Today, with five gunmen on the loose, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods received an update from authorities. […]
Prime Minister Said Musa presented his annual State of the Nation address this morning to a special sitting of the House of Representatives held on the steps of the new administration building in Belmopan. As expected, the presentation was upbeat and in many ways mirrored the more detailed budget presentation delivered in March. Much of […]
While air service between Belize and the U.S.A. has resumed in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on modern history, some things are taking a little longer to return to normal. Mail, for example. After receiving several inquiries from viewers we spoke this afternoon to Postmaster General Compton Hinkson, who informed us that while […]
Over the last week we saw hundreds of U.S. fire-fighters putting their lives on the line to save life and limb, many of whom paid the ultimate price for their heroism. This leads us to wonder how equipped our own fire-fighters are to deal with a similar tragedy here at home. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams […]
They may not have the star power of Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires or the longevity of Dell and the Sensations, but the Belize-American band known as Wood Dwellas keeps on cranking out the music and gaining in popularity. We caught up with them long enough to preview their performance on Friday. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
The State of the Nation address was not the only big event taking place today in the nation’s capital. Across town this afternoon Mayor Anthony Chanona was cutting the ribbon on the latest art show at Belmopan’s Museum of Belize. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The exhibition “Zinc Lion” is a collection of paintings thirty-eight year old […]
They are not the first group of foreign volunteers to set up shop in Belize and will no doubt not be the last. But the bonds of friendship left by over a thousand Raleigh Venturers who have worked here since 1995 will endure perhaps even longer than some of the buildings they constructed. On Monday […]
