Today the Belize National Basketball Team, dubbed Belizean Heritage by the Association, continued its winning ways by demolishing Guatemala by a score of one hundred to sixty-four, the second thirty plus victory in as many days. Yesterday Belizean Heritage destroyed the Nicaraguans with a score of ninety-eight to sixty-seven. The morning after the thirty-one point […]
The question of eligibility was discussed by Enrique Basulto, President of COCABA, in a News Five interview today in Cancun. Basulto spoke about the grounds for the disqualification of the Belize National Team from this tournament organized by COCABA. Enrique Basulto, President COCABA (Translated from Spanish) “The situation with Belize is that they turned in […]
While the prowess of the Belizean team continues to be evident on the court, so too are the problems of eligibility off it. First there was the question of nationality; whether it was by naturalization or by descent. Then there were talks of missed deadlines. Does it end there? Sadly, no. News Five spoke to […]
And while we have heard from COCABA, the players, the Minister of Sports and the legal advisor of Team Belize, what are people saying on the streets? News Five took to court of the public opinion. Citizen # 1 “I’m supporting the Belizeans all the way. I think FIBA are just scared now that Belize […]
The controversy over the establishment of the Teaching Services Commission, as a part of the proposed Ministry of Education’s amendments to the Education Act, continues despite claims by the Ministry that the changes will stabilize Belize’s educational system. According to Minister of Education, Honorable Patrick Faber, the commission’s management of teacher applications and subsequent approvals […]
But while Faber was unavailable for comment because he is currently out of the country, Information Officer of the Ministry, Arlette Gomez, says that the release from the Catholic Diocese is misleading since the ministry has always had the final say with regard to hirings in church-state schools. Gomez says the amendment simply gives the […]
A villager of Sarawee in the Stann Creek District is dead after he was knocked down on Monday night. The incident happened sometime before eight o’clock between miles four and five on the Stann Creek Valley Road and claimed the life of fifty four year old Dennis Peters. Police investigations have revealed that Emily Cornelius […]
The uncle of deceased, sixteen year old Kevin Francis Jex, last Friday released information in which he alleges linked the police to his nephew’s death. Elton Jex claimed during a press conference at his house that he found out from another youth described only as Kareem, that he and Francis had robbed two people, including […]
After spending three years behind bars awaiting trial, thirty-three year old Ted Armstrong had his day in court. Unfortunately for him, all that came of it was… more waiting time because prejudicial statements by police caused Justice Michelle Arana to discharge the jury and order a retrial. Armstrong is accused of fatally stabbing Jerome Longsworth […]
A nineteen year old Rhaburn Ridge villager—who has been on the run since a shooting incident dating back to March—was finally detained by police on Monday. Jorge Rivera appeared today in the court of Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers to answer to two counts each of Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault. No plea was taken and […]
Gales Point Manatee Village is not only a home to the Kriol tradition but also to a large number of wildlife including manatees, loggerheads and the endangered hawksbill turtles. The abundance of wildlife prompted villagers to have the area declared a wildlife sanctuary on August fourth 1998. But since then the sanctuary has been surviving […]
Today our basketball stars took to the floor for a second time in the COCABA Games in Cancun. Our opponents were from Guatemala and the victory we earned was even more impressive than Monday’s – winning by a convincing margin of thirty-seven points, with Belize scoring one hundred and Guatemala sixty-three points. James Adderley has […]
