Ever since the Government of Belize signed an exclusive fifteen year contract with an untested but well connected competitor, relations between Belize Telecommunications Limited and the boys in Belmopan have not exactly been amorous. But today, whatever differences may exist between G.O.B. and B.T.L. were set aside as the monopoly telecom provider made a long […]
The rumour mill was in high gear today after reports that President of the University of Belize, Dr. Angel Cal, had been relieved of his duties. Any hiring or firing at that level at the University is done by the Prime Minister. This afternoon, Said Musa said Cal is leaving, but is actually heading off […]
Two more children have lost their lives, the latest in an unusual string of unrelated accidental deaths. On Tuesday night twelve year old Elbin Alvarez of Valley of Peace died suddenly at his home, apparently the victim of a freak accident. His sixty-three year old mother, Irma Alvarez, told police that Elbin was playing in […]
There is news to report on one of the three persons cited as missing on our broadcast of last night…some of it good and some not. The good news for the mother of thirty-nine year old Allison McField is that her son is alive and well. The bad news is that he’s in jail. In […]
A Cayo baker is lucky to be alive tonight after he tried to disarm a gun toting robber. Thirty-nine year old Nelson Alfaro of the Spike of Gold bakery in San Ignacio told police that around 8:00 Tuesday night a masked gunman entered the bakery, pointed his pistol at Alfaro and took three hundred dollars […]
In what has been described as an effort to make good on all its manifesto promises, Cabinet, on Tuesday made a number of policy decisions. In the area of Social Security, draft legislation was approved that will overhaul many of the board’s operations. Among the changes are an increase in the size of the board […]
With the value of Belize’s farm grown shrimp exports climbing steadily, the realm of aquaculture is no longer a novelty. Today, a significant new investment was officially opened in the field of fish farming. The operation is located on the Coastal Road near the village of La Democracia. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Tilapia: the very name […]
Forty or so years ago a ground breaking science fiction movie, “The Fantastic Voyage”, told the story of a group of scientists who were shrunken to microscopic size and actually entered the body of a dying patient in order to save his life. Today, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods witnessed the twenty-first century version of that […]
