A dangerous hand grenade and assorted ammunition were taken off the city streets on Monday night. A concerned citizen, whose identity will not be revealed, handed over a black plastic bag with the grenade as well as ammunition including twelve forty-millimeter rounds, fifty-two seven point six-two rounds, and eighty-six point two-twenty-three rounds of ammunition to […]
A terrible traffic accident is reported on the Western Highway. It happened before six this evening and it is reliably reported that a resident of Belmopan was killed. A News Five team is at the scene and we can say tonight that three vehicles were involved; a passenger bus, a gas truck and a private […]
We have been reporting on the woes of rice farmers, some of whom are now going out of business. Their sales have dipped by as much as fifty percent and the importation of Uruguayan rice has contributed to their financial losses. On Monday night, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that grain growers in Blue Creek […]
A sixteen year old high school student alleged in September 2008 that she was kidnapped and raped. But the now nineteen year old victim, took the stand today and told the court that she does not wish to proceed with the case against thirty year old Richard Russell. She provided no explanation as to why […]
Before turning to tonight’s question, our viewers were pretty close on our previous poll in respect of who would better represent Caribbean shores. When we checked today just before posting the new question, the poll gave Ann Marie one hundred sixty-six votes, Chandra received three hundred and sixty-five and Santi got eight hundred and ninety […]
It has been quiet on the city streets for days, but on Monday night violence flared up again. An eighteen year old Belize City student was shot and is hospitalized. Keshawn Goff and his girlfriend were riding on Welch Street shortly after seven p.m. when they were approached by a man near the junction with […]
The IMF country report was released late last week. It follows consultations conducted in August with Belizean officials on economic developments and policies. There are two issues that stand out in respect of social indicators. The report recognizes the high poverty rate of forty-one percent and says that despite a five point seven percent spending […]
Belize has gained a reputation for environmental tourism. That landscape has been changing and on a smaller scale, the country is also gaining reputation for medical tourism. Medical tourism is sought out particularly by Americans who want to complete medical procedures at an affordable price. For some time there has been speculation among the medical […]
Delegates from across the region attended the two-day seminar that also focused on Innovation in the Service Sector while looking at opportunities for the Caribbean. The Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Network is a network of policy makers responsible for science and technology policy in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The STI Network forums are […]
Amongst the topics discussed at the Science, Technology and Innovation Caribbean Network Series was Regional Integration. Because Belize has a unique geography and history, it is hoped that the Jewel can bridge the networks of both Caribbean and Central America. Flora Montealegre Painter, IDB Science and Tech. Division Chief “Regional integration is a priority of […]
A San Pedro businesswoman, who was in Belize City over the weekend, was greeted with a very unpleasant surprise when she returned to the island. The home of Catherine Paz was burglarized while she was away and the thieves made off with a sizeable loot. Two laptops, a sound system, an iPod, as well as […]
Forty-six year old Mark Conorquie, who was caught red handed stealing a government vehicle assigned to Director of Human Services Ava Pennil on December twenty-third, 2010, was today sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of wounding the driver of the van, Edwardo Perez. While attempting to take the vehicle Conorquie was […]
Sixteen Days of Activism, celebrated countrywide by the Women’s Department, is winding down. It’s started at the end of November and a number of activities including an awareness parade and a men’s forum on gender based violence have been held. This Wednesday, another key activity is planned which involves a daylong session during which interested […]
In late 2009 the Ministry of Transport started renovations at the bus terminal in Dangriga and as the works progressed in 2010, vendors were prevented from selling their products inside the facility. According to restaurant owner, John Castillo, he was promised a stall by the Ministry of Transport. But Castillo came to our studios to […]
In the next few days, we will be celebrating twenty years of broadcasting. Great Belize Productions started as a video production company in 1982, a year after television was first introduced in Belize. We pioneered local television news and our first newscast was on December ninth, 1991. Our award winning newscast continues to be our […]
