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Belize won bronze in Honduras. The Under-19 Central American Male Volleyball Championship was held in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras, this week. Team Belize won the bronze medal, the first bronze in the nation’s history in this category. Team Belize also took home five individual awards for best scorer, second best spiker, best server, best […]
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Today, the Perdomo family, makers or Travellers Liquors, introduced their first international rum at the Travellers Liquors Heritage Museum in Belize City. The new product is the result of a partnership with a European businessman, as News Five’s Marion Ali found out today at the launching ceremony. Here’s that report. Marion Ali, Reporting Travellers […]
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Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner says that it feels good to be outside again with so many activities happening across the city. The council has also been working with law enforcement agencies to ensure that most activities, including concerts and parades, occur without incident. But with restrictions basically lifted and there is a sense of […]
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It’s been almost six months since the Belize City Council embarked on a parking meter initiative and proceeded to install the devices along the entertainment strip on Newtown Barracks and in downtown on Albert Street. While in some cases, it has been met with consternation, the pilot project is not yielding as much revenue as […]
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We have not reported on any impasse surrounding garbage collection and that is a good thing. But this responsibility, which lies solely with the Belize City Council, carries a hefty price tag. Discussions have, in the past, included a proposed garbage bill, but that was met with objection and it never materialised. Today, Mayor Bernard […]
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Illegal cattle ranching along Belize’s western border persists, five years after the first reports were made. This illicit activity is taking place within Belize’s forest reserves and has become a huge concern for members of the conservation community, as it is leading to the clearing of large portions of land. The main culprits are purportedly […]
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Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, and the Government of Belize, along with several other Commonwealth countries, is observing the nineteenth of September as a public and bank holiday. While employees across the private and public sectors are grateful for the extended Expo weekend, the announcement was met with cold water […]
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Bus operators held a press conference this afternoon in Belize City to share their concerns regarding the public transportation sector and what they feel are unreasonable conditions being placed on them as the Ministry of Transport seeks to upgrade the industry. The bus operators presented letters written by some of their members about some of […]
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Aside from the issue that the bus operators have with Floralia, they are also making additional requests, including duty exemption on their imported buses, more funds than the National Bank is willing to lend, and buses from Mexico and Guatemala to stop running through Belize. Ewart Metzgen, Secretary, Belize Bus Association “The National Bank […]
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News Five contacted the Minister of Transport, Rodwell Ferguson following the bus operators’ press conference to get his reaction to the concerns about Floralia and the permits they want to extend for ten years. Here’s what he had to say. Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Transport “In terms of Floralia, when they first came on […]
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Minister Ferguson also told us that while he would have to take the request for duty exemption back to Cabinet, his fellow ministers would have to approve the granting of this request. Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Transport “Since the pandemic, no buses from Guatemala, no buses from Mexico is coming into Belize. They want […]
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The price per gallon of liquefied petroleum gas (L.P.G.) has decreased by five cents. The Government of Belize announced the new fixed price for L.P.G. on Wednesday. The price now stands at six dollars and six cents per gallon retail. While the decrease is welcomed news, is it enough to offset the increasing cost of […]
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During an interview with Prime Minister John Briceño earlier today, he was asked about the exorbitant fuel prices, which have been the highest the country has experienced. The P.M. was asked about the fuel contingency fund which was established with the Central Bank of Belize to keep the prices at the pump fixed, and if […]
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A few weeks ago, there was a countrywide walkout by nurses from public health institutions as they protested poor working conditions and salary deductions. In some cases, there were also issues surrounding pension. Cooler heads prevailed after the Minister of Health and Wellness met with the Nurses Association of Belize, as well as the ministries […]
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During to his speech today, Prime Minister John Briceño said that the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is in need of infrastructural improvements. In an interview with the media, the PM went further to say that they are looking at the possibility of constructing a tertiary care institution in Belmopan and possibly a new facility in […]
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The Belize People’s Front leader has criticized Cayo West Area Representative, Jorge Milin Espat for visiting and distributing schoolbags among Belizean voters who live in Guatemala. Nancy Marin calls the recent visit “clientelism” and she has also called for the resignation of the recently appointed member for the redistricting task force, Senator Collet Montejo, who […]
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An Antelope Street family was today forced out of the building they called home for almost three decades when a group of men, representing the interests of Claudette Waldman, were accompanied by police to the property. The men proceeded to rip down their doors and remove all the household items belonging to Kenroy Staine and […]
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Primary schools are now in session and Belizean American Josephine Menzies-McFadzean is giving back to teachers at multiple institutions in Belize City, in honor of her family who are educators. Today at Eglah’s Training Center, a donation of stationeries was handed over to leaders from educational institutions, one of which will benefit from volunteer work […]
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Today inside the courtyard at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, government officials, including the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health and Wellness and the staff and management authority of the institution gathered to celebrate its twenty-seventh anniversary. Now seven hundred employees strong, the tertiary healthcare institution has been serving the country since September fifteenth, 1995. […]
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Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is posing a serious threat to the hundred and fifteen million dollar poultry industry. As we reported on Tuesday, the Belize Animal Health Authority confirmed that samples from one farm in Blue Creek, Orange Walk District, returned positive results for Avian Influenza Subtype H5. As a result, BAHA […]
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While avian influenza can spread rapidly within the bird and poultry populations, bird flu viruses do not normally infect humans. But sporadic human infections of avian influenza, also known as bird flu virus, have occurred. Since the recent detection of the presence of avian influenza at one farm in the Orange Walk District, personnel from the […]
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Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa also said that since the reopening of schools over the past two weeks, there has been only one observation of a marginal upsurge of COVID-19 cases, but it is not of concern to health officials because the number of new infections was not sustained in the ensuing days. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, […]
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This year, COVID has allowed us to return to a sense of normalcy and, even with no mandated public health measures in place; new infections during the September Celebrations are on the decline. But Director of Health and Wellness, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa told News Five today that exercising the safety measures cannot hurt, since COVID […]
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Bus operators met with the management of the National Bank of Belize today to further discuss the possibility of getting loans to purchase new buses. This is part of the revamping of the public transportation system to offer upgraded service to the commuting public. Following the meeting, President of the Belize Bus Association, Thomas Shaw […]
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Approximately thirty soldiers from the Belize Defence Force have been engaged in learning the Mandarin language since last week. They will continue doing so for the next year through collaboration between the governments of Belize and Taiwan. Today at the B.D.F. headquarters in Ladyville, the language program was officially launched. A News Five team was […]
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