As expected, Jeffrey Prosser and his attorneys in Miami did not react well to the Belize Supreme Court ruling yesterday that two of his directors were no longer eligible to sit on the B.T.L. board, and that in fact he was no longer eligible to be chairman. Today in Miami, Prosser’s people filed Justice Conteh’s […]
The twenty-fourth meeting of the Education and Cultural Coordination for Central America, CECC, officially opened in Belize today. Twelve national secretaries of the Ministries of Education and Culture for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Belize are taking part. News Five attended the inaugural ceremony, which featured addresses from Prime Minister Said […]
During this week’s Cabinet meeting, that executive body has finalized financial plans to fill a multi-million dollar gap created as a result of negotiations with Belize’s labour movement in February of this year. On Wednesday, officials told the media that the salary increases, a roll back in the environmental tax, and more money for the […]
The cycling community is without its elected leader less than half way into the 2005 calendar, after two-time president Gerald Garbutt decided to call it quits. Garbutt, who was first elected to the post in late November 2003, says it’s time to concentrate his efforts on other pursuits. This afternoon he told News Five’s Patrick […]
She walked away with the cheque this afternoon, but even up to the moment she collected, the latest winner of the Lotto jackpot could not believe her good luck. Around four this afternoon, Santa Elena housewife Clara Alicia Velasquez claimed Wednesday night’s jackpot of fifty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars. Velasquez says she has religiously bought […]
“Make Every Mother and Child Count” is the focus for this year’s World Health Day. Today, the occasion was marked in Belize with an official ceremony and an exhibition hosted at the Matron Roberts Health Clinic. Dr. Kathleen Israel, Country Rep., PAHO/WHO ?The focus today is on making every child and mother count and that […]
