It started as a mystery: why did baby Tiana lose her life? By nightfall, however, although an explanation was at hand, not everyone was ready to let matters rest. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on the case from morning; her narrative begins at the morgue. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Dana Augustus and Stewart Sutherland, the parents […]
A release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicates that progress is being made to salvage some momentum on stalled efforts to end the Guatemalan claim to Belize. The word from a meeting held Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington is that work is proceeding on a draft agreement that will establish a process of transition […]
As I speak, Belize’s National Basketball Team is sweating hard against highly rated Puerto Rico in the final four of the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador. That match-up will be followed by the Dominican Republic versus Guatemala. Friday night the winners square off for the gold and silver, while the losers fight […]
On the heels of the Prime Minister’s announcement that former Minister of Citrus and outgoing Stann Creek West representative, Henry Canton, has been appointed as an Ambassador of Trade, it appears trouble is brewing inside his new company: labour trouble. According to the Christian Workers Union, which claims to represent approximately two hundred workers at […]
On Tuesday’s newscast, Minister of Budget Management Ralph Fonseca spoke about the changing telecommunications industry and the need for Belize to take the long view. Tonight, in the continuation of that interview I asked the nation’s point man on finance how the strategy of “growth economics” was doing more than four years into his term […]
Delegates from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras are meeting in the city for the next two days as part of the first regional tourism forum coordinated by the Meso-American Barrier Reef Systems Project. The workshop aims to promote conservation and sustainable use of the reef by learning from each country’s progress and setbacks. Noel Jacobs, […]
While he may not have reached the international stardom of Eminem, the artist in this next story expresses many of the same concerns. Jacqueline Woods has more on a newly released CD. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sixteen years after Goldburn “Eazy Glen” Adolphus started singing a combination of rap and dancehall reggae, he has released his […]
Just one false move and “bbbssssttt”, it’s lights out. That’s the reality employees of Belize Electricity Limited dealt with this afternoon as they participated in a live wire exercise in Ladyville. Using special equipment and newly acquired skills, the twelve B.E.L. linesmen from throughout the country conducted maintenance work without interrupting the flow of electricity. […]
Many of the holiday gifts we’ll be reporting on this season will make you laugh, make you drunk or make you fat. Tonight, however, we’ve got something that just might make you well. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you are planning on skipping your diet this holiday season, you may not want to read Dr. Bernard […]
