While most of the nation was celebrating Garifuna Settlement Day on Wednesday, the court martial of three British Army Gurkhas continued at the George Price Centre in Belmopan. The defendants, Durgahang Limbu, Yograj Rai, and Ramesh Rai are charged with “violent disorder” in connection with a brawl at Raul’s Rose Garden on May tenth, 2001. […]
It was the day for NEMO dedications it seems. This morning a warehouse retrofitted by the U.S. government was handed over in Ladyville, and this afternoon the new NEMO headquarters in Belmopan was officially opened by the Prime Minister in Belmopan. But as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found out, the headquarters was already being put […]
It has slipped below the local news radar in the last couple of weeks, but alleged incidents of child rape in Punta Gorda remains very much a part of the social conscience of the nation. One group that has decided to take the matter outside of their circle is the Mother’s Union of the Anglican […]
Today is World Children’s Day and the anniversary of the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child. To mark the occasion, the National Committee for Families and Children made a presentation to Prime Minister Said Musa this afternoon in Belmopan. News 5 was there. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 1990, Belize became the fifth […]
While the cruise ship industry continues to grapple with what some people classify as berthing pains, the rest of tourism sector is moving on. Today the pool of trained professionals who prepare industry stakeholders for their chosen line of work got bigger with the graduation of another set of certified trainers. B.T.B.’s Director of Tourism […]
Although Belize has played host to several feature films in the past twenty-two years, the country has yet to develop a movie industry of its own. Recently, seven aspiring filmmakers gathered in San Ignacio hoping to take the first steps of a long journey that may one day change the way we see ourselves. News […]
