Come tomorrow morning, the nation’s attention will focus on Belmopan as leader of the nation, Prime Minister Said Musa, climbs Independence Hill to present his fifth budget speech to the National Assembly. With elections right around the corner, tradition dictates that the incumbent government will paint a pretty picture of the state of the economy, […]
A traffic accident on the Western Highway this evening has claimed the life of a Belize City man. Thirty-two year old John Miguel, a driver for the Amandala newspaper, was on his way into the city, when around mile eight and a half, the white Isuzu pickup he was driving collided with a dump truck. […]
Late this evening residents living behind Euphrates Avenue complained to police about a foul odour coming from the vicinity of Gilda’s Cool Spot Bar. When authorities went out to the location they found, inside an abandoned wooden building, the badly decomposed body of fifty-two year old Russel Linares. Family members at the scene would not […]
Shortly before three this evening, a lone gunman entered the offices of A.A.A. Security on North Front Street and held up its staff. According to an eyewitness who called in to report the incident to News 5, the security vehicle had just pulled up outside of the compound and the driver went inside the building. […]
It’s been promised more times than Marion Jones has Olympic medals, but this time it looks for real. Following the visit of the legal advisor for the Marion Jones Foundation, work appears ready to commence on a new synthetic track and other amenities for Belizean athletes. According to Sports Consultant in the Officer of the […]
Environmental awareness has come a long way from a generation ago when bush was only good for chopping and wild animals were shot with rifles instead of cameras. We may not be certain exactly why the public’s attitude has been altered, but one factor may be the steady stream of small grants, which have raised […]
He gave the majority of his life to the nation’s phone company, and on January first, after thirty years at B.T.L. and its predecessor B.T.A., Ediberto Tesucum stepped down as the company’s chief executive officer. This morning he told News 5 that he retires happily, with few regrets. Ediberto Tesucum, Retired C.E.O., B.T.L. “I would […]
The concept of health has changed in recent years from a narrowly defined absence of disease to a broad notion of physical, mental and environmental well being. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand as a pilot programme was launched to make Belize’s schools healthy places to learn. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Lack of parental […]
Their names are well known…but not necessarily in the positions of guard, forward and centre. But not to worry, the ragtag bunch of basketballers will be playing their hearts out at City Centre Friday night…all in the name of charity. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This Friday night, the Belize City Centre will hold court to an […]
