It was to have been Innovative Communications CEO Jeffrey Prosser facing off with the Belizean press corpstoday, but this afternoon we were informed that “scheduling conflicts” would prevent the BTL boss from the sit down. In his place appeared the company’s Washington lawyer Lanny J. Davis. Davis’s claim to fame is a two-year stint with […]
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of a Toledo man that occurred over the weekend. The body of Alfonso Che was found near a roadside in San Antonio Village Sunday afternoon. He had been drinking heavily with friends before leaving them to walk home. Initial investigations led police to believe that he […]
It may not be a new story but it is a good story: the creation of another new Belizean homeowner thanks to the diligence, hard work and common sense of a programme organised by Habitat for Humanity. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was both reporter and presenter. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today thirty-three year old Carlene […]
It is an increasingly important source of news for Belizeans at home and abroad…but of course we’re a little bit biased. What I’m talking about is our own Channel 5 website. And if you’re in the habit of logging on, tonight you’ll find a new look…and the makeover is not just cosmetic. Patrick Jones, Reporting […]
It’s one of the last remaining vestiges of the official past but now the venerable TD4 form used for filing income tax for over thirty years, may be on its way out. The form has been in existence since 1971 when the Pay As You Earn system was introduced. But those were the days of […]
On Friday UNICEF officials in Belize released their annual report on the State of the World’s Children. That the venue of the press launch was the Toledo District was no accident: Toledo, as most Belizeans know, is as poor as it is ruggedly beautiful. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The United […]
