An outbreak of common sense appears to be infecting residents of the Stann Creek Valley as the new management committee of the Citrus Growers Association seeks to leave behind the acrimony of the past. According to a release from the C.G.A., the committee, whose membership was reduced from nine to six following the resignations of […]
No arrests have yet been made in the brutal stabbing murder of journalist Richard Hulse, but today his family added three thousand dollars to the growing reward being offered for information on the case. The new funds will be added to the five thousand put up by the Belize Independent Media Association and one thousand […]
Earlier this week we brought you the story of Gesenia Cook, the Belize City mother whose five year old daughter was taken for the weekend by the child’s father and never returned home. Today she had her suspicions confirmed. Gesenia Cook, Mother “It’s like without her, I don’t know how my life will go on, […]
Last Wednesday we reported on an incident at the Fort Street Tourism Village where one of their heavy steel gates fell on a cruise ship visitor. At the time, we were told that sixty year old Patricia Tate suffered a broken hip, but that after remaining immobile for twenty-four to forty-eight hours she would be […]
Educational authorities have finally responded to an incident we reported last week in which a vice principal allegedly pulled a gun–later said to be a toy–on a pair of students. According to a release from the Ministry of Education, on Wednesday the school’s board of management and ministry representatives convened a hearing. The conclusion assigned […]
The man scheduled to next testify before the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry has written to the Commission raising questions concerning the competence and objectivity of the commission’s forensic auditor. According to David Novelo, auditor Mark Hulse, who tabled his preliminary report last week, should not have been given the job due to several conflicts of […]
Belizeans are seeking university level education in record numbers … and with limited resources, local institutions of higher learning need all the help they can get. Fortunately, as News Five’s Kendra Griffith discovered, Belize is not without friends in high places. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Administrators from tertiary level institutions across Belize and the United States […]
There is a great temptation in the media to run stories on developments in the private sector that are little more than advertisements for the businesses involved. The hope, of course, is that in return the company will bless the media house with increased advertisements. There are times, however, when the size or uniqueness of […]
With a bright sun, dusty roads, and large expanses of glare producing water, Belize is not exactly a nurturing environment for eyes. All the more reason then, to take extra care. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on an important collaboration that aims to have us seeing twenty-twenty. Janelle Chanona, Reporting San Pedrana Judith Arceo is […]
