After several weeks of hard talk and a series of slowdowns and work stoppages, agreement has finally been reached on a new contract for sugar workers. The Belize Worker’s Union and Belize Sugar Industries Limited came to terms Monday night as an open-ended B.W.U. strike lost steam in the face of worker defections and disenchantment […]
The Attorney General’s ministry has announced the official appointment and swearing in of the Court of Appeal. Returning as president is Justice Elliot Mottley, while newcomer Justice Cecil Morrison joins Justices Manuel Sosa and Boyd Carey to round out the four-man panel. Justices Mottley and Morrison were officially sworn in Monday morning during ceremonies in […]
It landed on the Belize side of the Sarstoon River, allegedly after dodging an armed party of pursuers that, depending on whose story you want to believe, included the Guatemalan police, army, air force, and U.S. D.E.A.. Tonight the Bell 206 helicopter with two bullet holes remains under guard in the Toledo District awaiting its […]
He has been missing for more than a month now but despite the disappointment of dead end leads and bureaucratic lethargy, the family of fifty-seven year old Orlando Bodden is still clinging to the hope that they will see their loved one again. Today frustrated family members told News 5 that in the past six […]
A traffic accident on the Iguana Creek road this afternoon claimed the life of an eighteen-year-old man from Blackman Eddy Village. Jareth Ireland was knocked off his bicycle by a Mitsubishi pickup driven by thirty-four year old Elvis Cadle. The Burrel Boom resident told police that he was attempting to overtake two other vehicles on […]
The Attorney General’s ministry has announced the official appointment and swearing in of the Court of Appeal. Returning as president is Justice Elliot Mottley, while newcomer Justice Cecil Morrison joins Justices Manuel Sosa and Boyd Carey to round out the four-man panel. Justices Mottley and Morrison were officially sworn in Monday morning during ceremonies in […]
Belizean students have made their mark at scores of universities around the world, but two recent graduates of S.J.C. Junior College will be charting a new course in September. Javier and Andrea Bosch will take their place in the freshman class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Javier told News 5 that he […]
There is no doubt that a cadre of talented and energetic painters and sculptors has taken Belizean art to a new level. The challenge, however, is to expand the creative renaissance to the masses. This morning at the Belize City House of Culture, a credible start was made in that effort. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick […]
On the night of February twelfth of this year a rookie police officer found himself looking down the wrong end of a criminal’s loaded gun. When the pistol went off and the bullet struck his head, the young cop’s career, not to mention his life, should have been over. Tonight News 5’s Jacqueline Woods explain […]
