In several stories over the last month we’ve followed Health Department officials as they inspected, shut down, re-inspected and subsequently allowed the re-opening of a Belize City bakery. Well, this week the inspectors were at it again, this time visiting Belize’s largest hotel. What News Five’s Janelle Chanona discovered was that, one: not all businesses […]
The public hearings of the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry will resume … but they will be forced to pack a lot of testimony into a very short time span. According to a release from the Commission there will only be five more public sessions, which will take place on December twelfth, fourteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and […]
The Belize National Coast Guard and B.D.F. Air Wing went into action this morning after a skiff belonging to the University of Belize failed to show up at Calabash Caye following a departure from Belize City yesterday. This morning the combined air and sea search located the vessel about two miles east of San Pedro. […]
An argument between a man and a woman has left one hospitalized. According to Orange Walk Police twenty-two year old Mariana Buddan was at home when her boyfriend, twenty-eight year old Heriberto Jesus Rejon, went to the residence around nine this morning. Investigations reveal that the couple was eating when Rejon accused Buddan of having […]
A witness booked for perjury has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Twenty-six year old Frederick Arzu was ordered arrested after he was caught giving a false alibi at the trial of his friend and former cellmate Ernest Hinds. This time around Arzu thought twice before lying under oath and admitted to his bogus testimony. […]
He may have left Belize for the greener pastures of football in Costa Rica, but there is no denying that former B.P.F.L. star goaltender, Shane Orio, has reached the peak of his career. Last night Orio’s team, Puntarenas, squared off against Olimpia of Honduras for the second game of the Central American Club Championship final. […]
And while we’re on the subject of Belizeans starring abroad, viewers in the Washington D.C. area shouldn’t miss a special concert featuring Punta King Chico Ramos. The veteran rocker will be performing at the Inter-American Development Bank on New York Avenue on Friday night. The gig begins at six-thirty and tickets are free, with distribution […]
Hotels are the backbone of Belize’s tourism industry and today the organisation that represents that part of our economy held its annual general meeting. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting According to President Miriam Roberson, 2006 was a busy year for B.H.A. Miriam Roberson, President Belize Hotel Association
In the world of tropical cyclones–otherwise known as hurricanes–no news is good news … and the 2006 season, which ended today, was one of the least newsworthy on record. Today News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin visited the Weather Bureau to find out why. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting You are looking at the tracks of the nine storms […]
In recent years the Mennonite communities of Belize have received increased recognition as some of the nation’s most productive farmers, road builders and businessmen. But what about the women? Not to be outdone, one set of ladies has combined hard work and an artistic flare to produce a remarkable product. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, […]
Poetry is hot in Belize with artists of varying abilities taking to the stages, airwaves and bookshelves of the nation in record numbers. One of the most ambitious efforts yet, both in terms of quality and presentation, launched this morning at the Radisson. Kendra Griffith has the story. Kendra Griffith, Reporting As of this morning, […]
