For the last three years, Belizean primary school students have nervously entered their classrooms on that fateful day in May to sit the Primary School Examination. The suspense of waiting to find out just how well they did was ended today as the Ministry of Education officially released the grades. And one little girl from […]
In related news, last month we reported that thirteen inmates at the Hattieville Correctional Facility had graduated from a prison education program designed to help them get ready to sit the P.S.E. Today, we are proud to announce that of the thirteen who took the test, eleven of them passed. Their grades ranged from A’s […]
Over the last week the Police Department has received some well-deserved praise, both for quick resolution of several armed robberies and a sensitive co-operative approach to cool off the gang violence which has ravaged Belize City. But a move announced today has some observers wondering exactly which substance the top brass has been smoking. In […]
In crime news of a more serious nature, this afternoon police were seeking to question a suspect in the rape of a Belize City high school girl. The rape allegedly occurred on Thursday morning on the campus of Anglican Cathedral College. The female student, age fourteen, has told police that she was sexually assaulted by […]
Belize currently holds the chairmanship of CARICOM and our officials have been busy preparing for that organisation’s upcoming events. Last weekend Foreign Minister Assad Shoman chaired a meeting of the Community Council, CARICOM’s second highest decision making body, to finalise agendas for the twenty-third Heads of Government Summit and a long awaited meeting of civil […]
Today marks the end of the programme for Drug Awareness Week and this morning students from each district participated in a drug education quiz. The subject matter is real and so is the competition. According to Belize District Co-ordinator Karen Bodden, the children prepare months in advance and are eager to put the information they […]
News of the less-than-impressive performance on this year’s P.S.E. has authorities searching hard for answers. One place they may find some comfort is in the continued improvement of standards on the first rung on Belize’s educational ladder–our pre-schools. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It’s not the first time that the pre-school unit […]
Last month we brought you news of a new airline, whose executives swooped into Belize and told anyone who would listen about their big plans to run regular charter service from Miami and soon thereafter to become Belize’s designated national carrier. The first flight of Bel-Air International was set to arrive on June eighth. That’s […]
When you look at a painting can you tell if it was done by a man or a woman? A new exhibition opening at the Image Factory may help answer that question. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Women are very much at the centre of the fine arts scene. That’s the message four female artists are sending […]
Over the last ten years News 5 has profiled enough newly released Belizean music to fill a library. Tonight, we have the pleasure of introducing you to a recording that’s a little bit different. It was created by a group of people from different parts of the world who have taken the fleeting sounds of […]
