Members of Belize’s legal community convened in Belize City today for the annual Bench and Bar Summit. But this year, the focus was on the changes that could lie ahead as the Caribbean Court of Justice comes on stream. Patrick Jones was on hand for the opening. Godfrey Smith, Attorney General “Today’s deliberations should not […]
They may seem like nothing more than little green and yellow wooden boxes along the major highways, but police checkpoints are becoming increasingly important tools in the fight against crime. Today, two more booths were officially dedicated in Cayo, and as you will see, before the ceremonies were even over some drugs were discovered. Patrick […]
Trade Ministers of the Americas met in Miami this week to renew their commitment to conclude negotiations for the establishment of a hemisphere wide free trade area by January 2005. Today they agreed to the text for a Ministerial Declaration on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, F.T.A.A.. According to a release from the […]
On Tuesday thousands of people flocked to Dangriga to celebrate National Garifuna Day. But it was not just the re-enactment that brought them to that southern town. In fact, organisers of Punta Fest 2003 estimate that two thousand people turned out at the Why Not Island for their first annual punta concert. According to the […]
One Punta group that made the trek to Belize this year for National Garifuna Day was “Punta Cartel” of Los Angeles. They describe themselves as sixty percent Belizean, forty percent Honduran, and their music as “ancestral” mixed with a little Latin flavour. Band leader Nuru and promoter Rafael Larios spoke with News 5 today. “Nuru” […]
Whenever we get sick we’re generally treated with a little extra care and compassion by the people we know, especially our families. But sadly, this is not always the case, even if we discover we have a potentially fatal disease like HIV. Next week is World AIDS Week, and once again the focus in Belize […]
News 5 has been asked to issue a correction to statements made on Thursday’s newscast regarding the cost of the new NEMO headquarters in Belmopan. According to Daedra Isaacs, the building was built for two point three million dollars–not twenty-one million. The funds were provided by the Caribbean Development Bank, with the Government of Belize […]
