News 5’s continuing investigation into allegations of corruption in the issuing of Belizean passports has taken a new turn. Since no government official or immigration agent will speak on the record we have decided to seek the truth straight from the horse’s mouth–that is the passport holders themselves. Since all twenty-two of the adult applicants […]
Twenty lives were lost when the diveboat Wavedancer capsized in the middle of Hurricane Iris in the waters of the Big Creek Port. Tonight, the owner of the Wavedancer is back in Belize and in his first television interview since the accident, Peter Hughes offers his company’s version of the events that ended in Belize’s […]
Beginning Monday, Belizean children from the city and San Pedro will participate in a series of basketball camps hosted by the NBA’s Milt Palacio. Palacio will arrive in the country over the weekend and will spend a week teaching boys and girls between ages eight and nineteen how to handle themselves on the court. According […]
When Stella Maris School welcomed its new addition on April tenth, the school’s principal was wondering where the money would come from to furnish the home economics programme and buy supplies for the students. All that worry is now in the past as two Belizean grocery giants: James Brodie and Santiago Castillo, presented a cheque […]
A couple of other generous donations were made earlier this week that we somehow managed to overlook. On Tuesday the Belize City Lions Club was given over eight thousand dollars by the British High Commission. The money will be used to tile the floor of the Lions Training and Resource Centre on Princess Margaret Drive. […]
Meanwhile, not to be outdone, Rotarians in San Ignacio have joined forces with their colleagues in Seattle, Washington to equip two Cayo High Schools with networking computer laboratories. Under Rotary’s “Computers for the World” programme, Eden High and Mopan Technical High School received sophisticated systems including forty-three computer work stations, servers, printers and other accessories. […]
We covered them when they opened, and as several summer camp sessions come to a close, we thought we’d stop back to see how the campers made out. Ann-Marie Williams is up first from the House of Culture in Belize City. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting After a month-long summer camp at the House of Culture, today […]
Today, students from the Belize, Orange Walk and Cayo Districts participating in a B.T.B. sponsored summer programme, demonstrated what they’ve learnt about the tourism industry. The students were asked to come up with three-dimensional displays depicting what business venture they’d embark on ten years in the future. The ideas ranged from a restaurant with a […]
Over the course of this week we’ve taken a close look at the subject of illegal immigration, specifically allegations that Belizean nationality is being sold by corrupt officials and their partners in the private sector. But not all foreigners in Belize are engaged in passport scams. Some have made substantial investments here…and News 5’s Janelle […]
