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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is”. That’s a quote from Vincent Lombardi an American football coach. Over the weekend, athletes competed across various disciplines to do just that, win. We kick off tonight’s coverage with some cycling action. The International […]
Written on May 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-six-year-old Armando Medina, accused of stealing a vehicle valued at forty-five thousand dollars from businessman Yhony Rosado, was acquitted of the charge earlier today, following a no case submission from his attorney. Medina appeared before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson in the presence of attorney Orson Elrington. During the trial, footage of the incident that occurred […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The Briceño administration, after canceling Brads’ contract to administer the Government Lotteries, is introducing a new system, including a special purpose vehicle, to manage the nightly Boledo draw and the weekly Sunday lottery. That special purpose vehicle is a company called Belize Government Lotteries Limited which will be overseen by a board of directors. The […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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According to P.M. Briceño, it would appear that Brads Gaming Group Limited, may have been underreporting its annual earnings prior to government monitoring their sales activities. Here’s how the prime minister put it during his presentation in the House of Representatives. Prime Minister John Briceño “So, in 2022, guess what, sales gone up.” […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize is preparing to construct a ninety million dollar, tertiary level, hospital in Belmopan. The funds for the construction of the state-of-the-art facility are being provided by the Saudi Fund for Development through a loan at a two percent concessionary rate. Prime Minister John Briceño explained the need for the construction of […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition lambasted the prime minister for the proposed construction of a ninety million dollar hospital in Belmopan. According to Barrow, the public health sector is in desperate need of investments towards equipment that will improve services across the country. Barrow asserts that medical practitioners are clamoring for the upgrade of their […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The Briceño administration introduced a bill to the House of Representatives today that is a step forward in tackling the scourge of corruption in Belize. The Civil Asset Recovery and Unexplained Wealth Bill will give the Government of Belize, through the Financial Intelligence Unit, the authority to recover assets and wealth acquired by individuals through […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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And, the Leader of the Opposition says he supports the Civil Assets Recovery and Unexplained Wealth Bill. In fact, Barrow suggested that the legislation be applied retroactively. Here is what he had to say. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “No politician should come into politics to become wealthy. You come into politics […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The Caribbean Examinations Council, C.X.C., today revealed that an investigation into concerns that the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Math Paper two was leaked on Wednesday, before the exam was sat on that day. Today, the Council announced that after communication with the ministries of education across the region, it has identified the country where […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The breach is one of several that have occurred in recent years and in this case, the information was spread across social media platforms. In that case, it would have reached many countries. In answering questions from the media across the region, Wesley said that C.X.C has informed the Jamaican Ministry of Education and that […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, E.U. Ambassador Marianne Van Steen led a delegation of diplomatic representatives to the western border where they visited the Adjacency Zone between Belize and Guatemala. The European Union has been providing financial support to the Organization of American States since 2012, to carry out a special international mandate. A new agreement between both […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, at the S.S.B. headquarters in Belmopan, a cheque of half a million dollars was handed over to the Government of Belize towards the renovation of the Supreme Court. The donation comes from a disaster fund of the S.S.B. that provides relief for government and N.G.O.’s in need of aid following disasters. News Five’s Duane […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s graduation season and all over the country, at various levels of education, students are celebrating their academic milestones. For many, this moment represents the hard work and personal investment paying off; for others, the completion means a little bit more. For persons who repeated and tried again, completion is a celebration of perseverance. In […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, information spread quickly of a boat that capsized in the English Caye Channel, just off the coast of Belize City. Seventeen passengers were onboard the vessel travelling from Rendezvous Caye to English Caye when the boat began taking in water. The Belize Coast Guard received the distress call around five-twenty and quickly deployed […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A day earlier, the Belize Coast Guard also assisted a U.S. national who had suffered divers’ sickness while diving out at the Turneffe Atoll. Bends is decompression sickness that is caused by a rapid decrease in the air pressure that surrounds a person while he or she is engaged in deep-sea diving. In this incident […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Today is recognized across the world as International Day for Women in Maritime. The day is being recognized under the theme “Mobilizing Networks for Gender Equality”. First established in 2021, the day celebrates women in the industry and is intended to promote the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the maritime sector. The […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The Central Bank of Belize has officially fixed buying rate of the U.S. dollar at two Belize dollars to one U.S. dollar, effective May second. Governor of the Central Bank, Kareem Michael explained the rationale behind the decision, saying that the focus has primarily been on cash instruments, specifically currency notes, which were subject to […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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According to the Central Bank Governor, the decision of the bank to fix the exchange rate of two Belize dollars to one U.S. dollar will greatly benefit the public. And while that is good news for consumers, Michael says that there was some level of push back by the commercial banks. Kareem Michael, Governor […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The citrus industry is all but defunct and stakeholders are now seeking alternative crops to grow on vast acreages that were in use for the cultivation of oranges. In tonight’s episode of Belize on Reel, News Five’s Isani Cayetano traveled down to Hope Creek where he visited Agricultural Development Services, a business that is expanding […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel in Belize City, stakeholders across the public and private sectors were engaged in discussion about climate change and all its facets. The national strategic dialogue was to discuss the outcomes of COP27 that was held in November 2022 in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt and Belize’s outlook for the upcoming […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Creating awareness on the impacts of climate change at the community level is among the work that government, multinational agencies and N.G.O.’s have been doing. It includes looking at Belize’s resiliency in the agriculture sector and minimizing carbon footprint, as well as the energy sector and looking at renewable energy. But recently there has been […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The landscape of Belize has been changing over time as several coastal communities are being washed away. We’ve been documenting the erosion happening in Monkey River, Gales Point, Barranco and other areas along the coast. It is an issue that is expected to get worse as sea level is projected to increase. Fisherman and tour […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council is owed over thirty-three million dollars in property taxes. Of that figure, twelve million dollars are in sheer penalties. A substantial amount has been owed for over five years, and now the Belize City Council is considering a proposal for central government to write off the total that it simply is […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Wagner, who had at one time expressed interest in entering the political arena at the national level, and who had been eyeballing the Albert constituency, seems to have a change of heart at this point in his career. Without specifically answering the question of whether he will run in the next general elections, Wagner said […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Climate change has prompted the discussions on cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions and its overall impact on the planet’s health. Those discussions began in Belize in 2018 with the shift from fuel-operated public buses to electric buses. Leading the charge in the discussion is the United Nations Development Programme, which will gift a few […]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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