We usually lead this newscast with shocking stories of crime, important decisions of government, or plain old political gossip. But ten years from now when we look back at the biggest story of the decade, it will likely be the devastation produced by the AIDS epidemic. Today officials from across the Caribbean met in Belize […]
A Belize City man is dead, stabbed during a fight between two women. According to police reports, thirty-four year old Mark Peters of Neal Pen Road was walking near the Princess Hotel late Tuesday night with his girlfriend when she became involved in an argument with another female. When Peters tried to intervene the woman […]
In other crime news, the driver of a vehicle that killed a pedestrian on the Western Highway has been arrested and charged. Thirty-four year old Honduran Jose Monterosso has been charged with failure to stop and report an accident, driving without due care and attention, manslaughter by negligence and causing death by careless conduct. On […]
It was one of those typically Belizean controversies that provided hot copy for a week or so and then seemed to simply vanish into thin air. What I’m talking about is the issue of tenders for cruise ships. Today that issue resurfaced as Cabinet approved development concessions for two companies to bring in new boats […]
The Belize Hotel Association is out of the closet. Hey, they said it…not us. It seems the B.H.A. has been bouncing from holes in the wall to borrowed space and back again for years. But after all that torture and torment, they now have a new home. According to the association’s President, Ben Routi, their […]
But as the Belize Hotel Association gets its residential act together, they’ve still got an old beef with cruise tourism, particularly as two big deals are in the works that would open Belize to over a million cruise visitors a year. As these of one-day tourists hit the city streets and rural destinations, the B.H.A. […]
According to health authorities, everyday the emergency room at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital sees an average of seventy patients… and that number gets bigger on the weekends and holidays. In light of this reality, medical officials need as much help as they can get. This week, that aid comes in the form of a […]
It’s a media house that dominates the radio dial with no less than three stations aiming for nationwide dominance. And as of today all the broadcasting entities under the direction of Rene Villanueva and family are cohabitating in a new home in Belize City. Patrick Jones reports from Slaughterhouse Road. Patrick Jones, Reporting The new […]
There was a parade today in Belize City–not terribly unusual during the patriotic season–but this morning’s revellers brought experience as well as enthusiasm to the streets of the old capital. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This time it was not a bunch of excited school children parading the streets, but men and women old enough to be […]
It’s not as familiar as the latest dance hall tune, but that doesn’t mean the music described in our next story does not have an impact. News 5’s Patrick Jones tells us why attending tonight’s concert at the Biltmore will be a memorable experience. Patrick Jones, Reporting Sir Colville Young’s Ode to Independence is described […]
