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Each year, the Ministry of Agriculture names a Woman Farmer of the Year to complement its new senior and junior winners. This year’s Woman Farmer of the Year, fifty-year-old Esmeralda Stanley, showed us today that she is not only deserving of the recognition, but that she is certainly self-sufficient. She lives by the mantra that […]
Written on April 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize District is often referred to as the vegetable basket for the urban market. Thousands of pounds of edible plants that are consumed daily are produced by many cooperatives just off the Old Northern Highway. Today, a News Five team travelled to Bomba – a farming community outside of Maskall Village. The Bomba United Farmers […]
Written on April 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, News Five caught up with Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai in Bomba Village and we asked for an update on the situation between Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industry. As we’ve been reporting, the parties have been at odds over an unresolved commercial agreement and today, News […]
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But what law exists that determines that the miller must compensate all farmers after selling sugar to Fairtrade at a premium price? Agriculture Minister Jose Abelardo Mai says that at this time there is none. It’s a matter that came up in cabinet on Tuesday. Jose Abelardo Mai, Ministry of Agriculture “The problem that […]
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At this time, the opening ceremony of the Second Central American Commission for Environment and Development Regional Environmental Congress is concluding at the Princess Ramada Hotel in Belize City. It is being held under the theme, “Interregional Unity: Enhancing Human Security and Environmental Resilience.” As pro-tempore president of C.C.A.D., Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and […]
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Belize’s Constitution, as it is, speaks about human security and environmental protection and in a national context, the country has a national climate change policy and strategic plan which looks at thirteen sectors that have direct links to the environment. Minister Orlando Habet says that the congress looks at targets embedded within the sustainable development […]
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Belize just recently welcomed and hosted the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Doctor Tsai Ing-Wen who was on a state visit to the Jewel and today, exactly two weeks after the president’s departure, the wife of the President of Mexico, Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller (Mew-ler) arrived in Belize bearing gifts. The visit from Müller […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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And while the wife of the Mexican President came bearing gifts, her short visit created quite a bit of inconvenience for motorists and commuters in Belize City. Traffic was backed up for miles along the Phillip Goldson Highway for just over two hours. But, could this long wait have been avoided if there were better […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The man who used to field questions from the media and share information on police news every Monday will be laid to rest on Friday, following a wake at the House of Culture on Thursday night, starting at six. Fittingly, today it was the family of Assistant Superintendent of Police, Fitzroy Yearwood who sat at […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-three-year-old Elden Flowers, a well-known street figure, walked free from the murder of Richard O’Neil earlier today after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in the courtroom of Justice Nigel Pilgrim. In November 2019, O’Neil was abducted and taken to an area along the Boom/Hattieville Road where he was […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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On tonight’s episode of Kolcha Tuesday, we look at a husband and wife couple that is working together to preserve Creole language and culture through artisanship. Andrea and Dion Rodriguez founded Kuchriments a few years ago, as a means of making some money from the sale of small trinkets and personal accessories, but their creative […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known as UNESCO, actively fights against prejudice and discrimination, as well as the defense of human rights and the protection of cultural heritage. The latter is what the donation from the Government of Mexico through the Recovery of Historical Records in Latin America and the Caribbean […]
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Earlier today, when the media caught up with the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Education, she was asked for an update on the rollout of the competency-based curriculum which was piloted at the start of the 2022 school year. As we’ve reported, education stakeholders have been travelling to schools across the country getting […]
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The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) is carrying out a mutual evaluation exercise on Belize. The evaluation is being done to assess the strength of Belize’s technical compliance in combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Technical compliance includes the assessments of relevant laws and […]
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Reggae Dancehall Artist Ras Indio, with the support of the Belize Tourism Board and few of his other partners, represented Belize in the U.S at the Dallas Reggae Festival. Ras Indio is internationally known and he has produced quite a few popular songs in the last decade as an artist. We caught up with him […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, a track and field coach from Virginia spent time in Belize scouting young talents. Former world champion sprinter turned coach, Andre Cason, spent Saturday and Sunday at the Belize Athletic Association’s National Track and Field Championships where he was able to witness some of Belize’s most promising athletes in action. The good […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Members of the House of Shotokan won big over the weekend at the Wu Shu Kung Fu Martial Arts Championship. The competition was held on Saturday in El Paso, Texas and students from the karate academy won awards in form, fighting and martial arts weapons categories. Among the winners is Ampree Swasey, who won first […]
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Belize’s National Football A team will receive much-needed support through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding today, ahead of preparations to play upcoming games. The Belize Tourism Board and the Football Federation of Belize agreed that, under this arrangement, the B.T.B. as the main corporate sponsor of the Belize National Team Program, will provide […]
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A team of law enforcement officers, as well as personnel from the National Forensics Science Services, is on the ground in southern Belize tonight. After a week of searching, including aerial surveys of a far-flung location in Toledo District, the party, led by members of the Belize Police Department, discovered the burnt vestiges of an […]
Written on April 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Two Belize City men who are part of the Leadership Intervention Unit were shot while socializing over the weekend on Amara Street. Ronlee Petillo and Alyon Domingo were at a yard on Amara Avenue on Saturday evening when shots rang out and the two sustained gunshot wounds. According to the Belize Police Department’s Regional Commander […]
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A family is mourning the loss of their loved one who died in a traffic accident early this morning on the Philip Goldson Highway. It happened between miles thirteen and fourteen in the wee hours today, and claimed the life of thirty-two-year-old Leonel Cabanas, a resident of Sand Hill Village. The father of four had […]
Written on April 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Fire Service today provided official details on a fire that destroyed four houses and left fifteen persons displaced. The mid-afternoon inferno occurred last Friday and investigation reveals that the fire started in the one of the structures at the rear of the property. It was a massive loss because nothing could have been […]
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We’ve been reporting on an increasing number of bush fires popping up across Belize District. It’s a perennial issue that presents itself during the dry season and this year, reports are that about twelve structures have been destroyed by these fires. But Station Supervisor of the National Fire Service Kenneth Mortis told the media today […]
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Twenty-year-old Kamaron Williams is on remand at the Belize Central Prison on charges of kept unlicensed firearm and kept unlicensed ammunition. On April sixth, the Police Street resident was found in possession of a nine millimeter pistol loaded with nine rounds of Aguila brand ammunition. He appeared unrepresented before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford where he […]
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The Women in Renewable Energy (W.I.R.E.) Network today launched a chapter in Belize. WIRE was founded six years ago through the Clinton Foundation in the U.S. The WIRE network is a community that focuses on the increase in gender equality across the energy sector. In 2022, the WIRE Network joined the Rocky Mountain Institute (R.M.I.), […]
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