It is an issue that is yet to emerge from the clutter of the 2003 campaign, but the People’s United Party believes that its past accomplishments and future plans on behalf of the nation’s women will be an important factor on March fifth. This morning I was on had at the Radisson when the P.U.P. […]
Confirming what we had reported last week, a joint press release by the Belize Business Bureau and Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today announced their sponsorship of a public debate between the leaders of the two major political parties. The debate will be held the night of February eighteenth in the Radisson’s Caracol Room […]
In some late breaking political news, the United Democratic Party has registered its strong disapproval of what it claims is the granting of an exclusive fifteen year national license to the Novelo’s Bus Line. According to a U.D.P. release, the license gives the company exclusive rights on all major bus routes, including runs to Chetumal […]
If there is any special characteristic to this year’s general election, it is the large number of independent candidates. And today, one more aspiring representative officially threw his hat in the ring. As News 5’s Marion Ali reports, while the race may be nominally for the Albert Division, his campaign is clearly directed against a […]
A child from Ladyville is recuperating from a broken foot after a vehicle knocked him down on his way to school. The child’s mother, Mary Palma, reported to police that six-year-old Otto Palma was attempting to cross Mirage Road around 8:00 this morning when the incident occurred. He apparently misjudged the distance between himself and […]
A Roaring Creek man lies in the hospital with a stab wound after he was attacked in the centre of Belmopan. Twenty-six year old Andres Garbutt told police that he was conversing with a friend near the Barclay’s Bank parking lot around ten on Tuesday morning when one Randolph Hyde attacked him from behind. Garbutt […]
An ex-policeman was today sentenced to jail time plus the payment of compensation to the family of a man who died in his custody. Mervin Vernon was today sentenced by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh to nine months imprisonment and the payment of five thousand dollars to the family of Frederick Reynolds Junior, who was shot […]
It’s a new year, and–of course–that means a new promotion at Courts. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand this morning as the wheel spun for the first disbursement of… Megabucks. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-two year old Diego Villanueva had only once chance to spin the wheel and win up to five thousand dollars. Having […]
Last week we reported on the success of eleven-year-old Belizean Lisa Tucker as she sang her way into the finals of the popular U.S. television show “Star Search”. This Thursday in the biggest night of her young life, Lisa needs your help. Fully one half of the judging on the show is done over the […]
Some rough figures had been quoted by the politicians, but today the Immigration Department confirmed that Belize’s tourism industry has made a remarkable recovery from the devastating effects of the nine-eleven terror attacks. Figures released yesterday show that 2002 overnight tourist arrivals at all ports of entry totalled a record one hundred and ninety-nine thousand, […]
It compares favourably in both form and substance, with institutions of similar size and purpose anywhere on the planet. Today, I was on hand as the Museum of Belize took a well deserved bow. Janelle Chanona, Reporting With its own unique brand of pomp and circumstance, the Museum of Belize this morning celebrated its first […]
