They took to the streets in the mid-morning sun, determined to have their say, even though they had more complaints than protestors. That was the scene this morning as angry Dangrigans held a peaceful demonstration at the Southern Regional Hospital alleging sub-standard care. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One month ago Lavern […]
Following the brazen murder on Wagner’s Lane on Thursday evening, police say they now have the gunman in custody. According to police, three hours after the shooting, the prime suspect, a fourteen-year-old boy, was turned in to police by his father at the Queen St. station. Up to news time tonight, the minor had not […]
On Thursday night another argument ended in blood, this time across town. Twenty-nine year old Henry Gaynair told police that he and his brother, Clinton Robateau, were near Castle Street in Belize City around 9:00 p.m. when they got into a fight with a Hispanic male. During the scuffle, a knife was pulled and when […]
In mid-July of this year, delegations from both Belize and Guatemala met in Washington as part of the negotiating process aimed primarily at settling the border dispute between the two countries. On Thursday night’s One on One, Guatemalan Ambassador Jorge Skinner-Klee took the chair across from host Dickie Bradley and the two soon found themselves […]
Tomorrow, the Belize Public Service Union will join other public sector unions both regionally and internationally in condemning certain policies of the International Monetary Fund. September twenty-ninth is being observed as the Public Sector Union Day of Action for Global Justice. Specifically, the unions are denouncing business strategies encouraged by the I.M.F. such as downsizing […]
Over the next week, “wiser” men and women throughout Belize will be honoured with a series of activities as part of “Older Persons Week.” According to Santos Diaz, second vice-president of Helpage Belize, the activities at the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly are aimed at adding life to their years. Santos Diaz, 2nd V.P., […]
Growing old is a fact of life, but with the years come the wisdom of experience. Tonight, we air the first of five documentaries on older Belizeans whose life stories are filled with lessons for us all. Hortence Robinson has been a traditional healer for more than fifty years. This is her story. Hortence Robinson, […]
