Well, another Intelco deadline has come and gone. As per a promise, made by the company’s chief executive officer last week, today we were sitting around the office patiently waiting to find out when Intelco is finally going to start its service. And for a change we weren’t disappointed…well, we at least have a date. […]
A Belizean businessman has died in a traffic accident in the Peten district of Guatemala. Family members say Daniel Choe was only minutes away from his destination when the crash occurred. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spoke to the grieving relatives this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Thursday morning, well known Belize City businessman, forty-six-year-old Daniel […]
Tonight a man is charged with murder following the death of his victim six months after the incident. According to police reports, on Thursday, thirty-one year old Benjamin Chulin of Tower Hill in the Orange Walk District was rearrested and charged with murder after the authorities were informed that forty-one year Reynaldo Roberts had died […]
A government and private sector partnership is expected to yield new opportunities for enterprising young Belizeans. Over the past ten months, Youth For the Future and the Belize Business Bureau have been cultivating a working relationship to develop programmes for its members. Today, the two organisations formalised their agreement by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. […]
Today was celebrated as World Population Day, but except for a couple of press releases from PAHO, the event passed without much fanfare in Belize. But in the fine print of those documents, facts quoted from the Central Statistical Office, reveal some startling information on adolescent reproductive health and sexual practices. According to the C.S.O., […]
With summer now in full swing it is officially the season of camps and classes. This morning, News 5’s Patrick Jones stopped in at one such activity on Freetown Road where he found a whole bunch of little ones trying to learn some new tricks. Patrick Jones, Reporting After two weeks of training, the next […]
Good to go: that’s the word from organizers of Caye Caulker’s lobsterfest set to start this evening on the island. For the past nine years a group known as the Caye Caulker Island Veterans have been hosting La Isla Carinosa’s Lobsterfest. The event is dedicated to honour fishermen, but the best part is that visitors […]
It is a life threatening disease which has impaired the lives of thousands of Belizeans. But while diabetes can be controlled to the point where a person can lead a normal life, there are some very specific disciplines which must be strictly adhered to. One of them is proper foot care. News 5’s Patrick Jones […]
