One week after Guatemala rejected the Ramphal-Reichler proposals for settling that country’s long-standing territorial claim to Belize, today News 5 went straight to the top–or almost to the top–for an explanation of the abrupt change. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez, who is in Belize for a technical meeting in advance of tomorrow’s gathering of Central […]
His name is Ari Curtis Vanzie and tonight he’s one Belizean in a whole lot of trouble. Vanzie, a Customs Officer, was one of four men picked up at sea by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on August twenty-third, approximately fifty-five miles south of Jamaica. On board Vanzie’s vessel was a whopping three thousand, six […]
The ships of the United States Coast Guard and Navy are not the only vessels plying the waters of the Caribbean in search of drug runners. The United Kingdom usually has at least one ship of the Royal Navy cruising somewhere between Bermuda and Belize. That patrol, aside from drug interdiction, is also ready to […]
And turning from the sea to the air, we are informed that the mysterious cargo plane that landed on a farm road near Blue Creek last Friday has finally been moved. Authorities engaged two big tractors from the Mennonite community to tow the twin-engine aircraft a distance of about a half-mile up the road and […]
Police are asking your help tonight to identify the body of a man found today in the Mopan River near Benque Viejo del Carmen. The corpse is that of a Hispanic in his mid twenties around five feet, six inches tall. The partially decomposed body was clad in green pants and a striped T-shirt. It […]
Well it’s official…the world’s biggest cruise line is setting up shop in Belize… for a long, long time. This afternoon, officials from Carnival Corporation in Miami officially confirmed to News 5 that the company has reached an agreement with Belize Ports Limited to construct a new cruise terminal facility at the port…a deal which would […]
This evening, the Women’s Issues Network unveiled the publication: Definition of Gender in the Belizean Context. It is a guide that will assist organizations on how to better integrate and serve their male and female employees. WIN says it recognizes that both sexes have different needs, perspectives and interests and therefore every policy, project or […]
You may remember his face from all the Ruta Maya canoe races he’s won over the years; but make no mistake, Alex Lisbey is just reaching his peak. During the summer Lisbey took flight to conquer canoeists in the United States, and guess what? He did it. Lisbey is a three-time champion in the Texas […]
He’s no stranger to the regional gospel music scene and this weekend, Trinidadian artist Sherwin Gardner will bring his unique style of ministry to audiences in San Pedro and Belize City. Gardner, who is in the country at the invitation of the Heavenlies Gospel Band, touched down at the Phillip Goldson International Airport on Tuesday […]
With the Belizean art scene in a state of steady expansion and the nation’s library system aggressively developing new activities, it seems only natural that the two trends would eventually collide. And that’s exactly what’s happening this month upstairs at the Leo Bradley Library in Belize City. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you’re looking for a […]
