Prejudice and victimization are strong words coming from the teachers of Sadie Vernon High school in describing the current relationship with the school’s administration. By ten thirty this morning, the administration sent home the entire student body of over three hundred students while the teachers complained of two hard working co-workers who were fired, in […]
The Sadie Vernon High School drama is far from over. According to the teachers, next week they will hold a formal press conference in which they will detail many instances of questionable decisions made by the administration. And in the interest of education, they will also discuss how to re-establish the integrity of the school […]
While education is the cause of distress at Sadie Vernon, a tool on which most teachers and students use on a daily basis, is the cause of a deep knife wound. Twenty-three year old Elizabeth Martinez remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight following a near fatal stabbing incident across from her home […]
If you can make it to Sunday without heading to the pumps, you can save some cash because the prices of fuel are going down at midnight on Saturday. The decrease is minimal and the prices of premium and regular will remain above ten dollars but every penny counts when you are trying to make […]
You can’t have strength and vigor without mental health; that was the general sentiment among nurses and representatives from both the private and public health sectors this morning. They came together for the launch of a countrywide training program to equip community nurses to care for mentally challenged patients. The course was made possible through […]
To be of sound mind you must also be of sound body. Mental health is improved and balanced with physical activity. And one of the most physical sports in Belize is improving the outlook of its younger members while promoting sportsmanship in a competition that is attracting local and foreign talent. The Shotokan House of […]
Two individuals who are in a fighting spirit are from the People’s National Party. The P.N.P. is a Toledo based political party that is gaining ground in the south. Today happens to be the anniversary of the organization and its founder and candidate for Toledo East came by News Five to introduce the new addition […]
A B.D.F. Private has taken up residence at the Belize Central Prison and on March third, he will find out just how long he has to stay there. That soldier is twenty-three year old Paulino Assi, who was found guilty of Manslaughter late Thursday afternoon in the Orange Walk Supreme Court. The conviction is for […]
And in the Belmopan court, an electrician and a carpenter were charged with Drug Trafficking after allegedly being found with eleven and a half pounds of cannabis. The men, twenty-eight year old John Henry and thirty-one year old David Gabourel, were busted on Thursday at mile fifty-four on the Western Highway. They were travelling in […]
Fans and members of Youth Voices are experiencing the power of the spoken word at this very moment and there’s still time for you join them at the Tropicana Lounge in the Tourism Village. Youth Voices is hosting its first open mic night; bringing talented poets and rappers to the stage to share lyrics on […]
A consortium of scientists from Mexico’s most prestigious universities, through the Embassy of Mexico, held an inaugural symposium with local biologists and environmentalists from the University of Belize this week. The purpose of the two-day seminar was to brainstorm the development of an undergraduate program in Marine Biology at U.B. During the meeting, information was […]
It’s Friday and work is over… for most people which means it’s officially the weekend. And with the weekend comes our entertainment segment, What’s Happening Belize. Arielle has been scouting the social scene and the pursuit of a great weekend starts tonight with a first-class tribute to the late Frank Rhys. She also has an […]
