A group of U.B. students is hosting a benefit fashion show later this week and they would like your support. The six students are undertaking their undergraduate studies and as a part of their requirements for the Convention and Events Course, they are to plan and execute an event for a final grade. The team […]
High schools from across the country gathered in Belize City today where students participated in a competition for young innovators. The goal is to use a miniature computer platform to perform various innovative I.T. functions. The students were tasked to come up with an innovative project based on the theme, “Inspiring Solutions to Global Challenges […]
Julian Cho Technical High School is arguably the largest secondary school in Toledo District and tonight it is without a principal. That is because acting principal Doctor Kent Arzu’s last day in that capacity was on November twentieth. News Five understands that there is a deadlock between the board of directors of the high school […]
Parliament today had a much different feel and tone. The special sitting was called to mark International Children’s Day so young students from all over the country were standing in as parliamentarians. They took their seats in the Speaker’s chair as well as on both sides of the aisle. There was no posturing to the […]
Nineteen-year-old Liyan Moralez is majoring in chemistry and math at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad & Tobago. He is the Most Outstanding Candidate in this year’s CAPE examinations, having scored eight grade ones and twos. A past student of Corozal Junior College, Moralez is the winner of the Belize […]
Ahead of the CSEC and CAPE award ceremonies to be held on November twenty-ninth in Independence, the media asked Minister of Education Patrick Faber about the outstanding performances by students at the Corozal Junior College and Edward P. Yorke High School. While there is room for improvement, Faber says that the government is pleased with […]
There is a report that a Xiabe resident and student from Corozal Junior College died after contracted dengue. This is the second student in the past two weeks who has reportedly died as a result of dengue. On November fifth, fourteen-year-old Sacred Heart College student Jennifer Moreno died at the K.H.M.H., twenty-four hours after she […]
On Tuesday, the names of this year’s brilliant students were released. We start with Liyan Moralez and Randel Pate; both are at the University of the West Indies Saint Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago pursing their bachelor’s degrees after receiving a professional and technical scholarship offered by the Government of Belize. Moralez pursues a […]
On November twenty-ninth in Independence Village in the south, Moralez and pate will be honoured along with some four hundred plus students including those who sat the CSEC. Edward P. Yorke High School is walking away with bragging rights after three of its students topped the regional exams. The Most Outstanding Candidate for 2019 is […]
As we said, all three female students were enrolled at the Edward P. Yorke High School in Belize City. The administration at the school is ecstatic because this is the second consecutive year that they have fielded the top two scorers of the CSEC exams. Acting Principal Josephine Flowers says that the outstanding performance by […]
UB’s marketing Expo took place in Belize City today. The expo provides an avenue for enterprising entrepreneurs to turn ideas and concepts into business opportunities. Hundreds gathered for the event where Boom Bam Belize, a group focusing on creating eco-friendly sound amplifiers from locally grown bamboo, took first place. Hipolito Novelo dropped by and has […]
The National Awards Ceremony takes place later this month in the south. The ceremony will recognize students that excelled in the CSEC regional exams and the CAPE. Students from the Corozal Junior College and the Edward P. Yorke High School proved they are worth their salt. A release from the ministry recognizes the outstanding students. […]
And since the government was quick to write off the Joshua Perdomo loan, the People’s United Party is calling on the Barrow Administration to do the same for hundreds of financially challenged students. The P.U.P. points to the recent statement from the University of Belize where a hundred students are at risk of being de-registered. […]
Ground was broken on Thursday morning in the Billy White community, Cayo, where a new preschool will be constructed in the months ahead. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Patrick Faber, along with Cayo Central Area Representative Rene Montero, attended a brief ceremony at the proposed site where the kindergarten will be erected. It […]
On Wednesday night we told you that over a hundred students will be de-registered at University of Belize for not paying their school fees for this semester. As you heard in our report, the finance director said that they have exhausted all measures to contact the students so that they can settle their outstanding payments […]
Today we asked Sankat his thoughts on the P.U.P.’s release to write off the students’ debt at the University of Belize. Sankat said that he hadn’t seen the release, but that it was a noble call to champion a write off. He noted, however, that it will not solve the problem, saying it was unsustainable. […]
The P.U.P.’s release titled “We need write-off Mister PM;” is in obvious reference to the loan write off to the son of the Cabinet secretary. The release states that the government, and the Minister of Education continue to trumpet the critical importance of education, yet they are prepared to remove access to education from these […]
The University of Belize and the Inter-American Development partnered to create a short term programme to build the local capacity of the management of natural and climate hazards along the Belize coastal zone. Twenty-eight engineers, including private contractors and employees of the Central Building Authority, Coastal Zone Management Authority Institute, Ministry of Works, Forest Department, […]
There are tensions at the University of Belize, where over a hundred students at are at risk of being kicked out of the ongoing semester for lack of tuition payment. It is understood that the government provides eleven million dollars U.B. this year but cash is running glow. On Tuesday, the university issued a notice […]
There are over five thousand students enrolled at the four U.B. campuses across the country. Each student pays roughly about one thousand dollars for the associate’s programme and two thousand two hundred dollars for the bachelor’s programme per semester at the institution. The outstanding balance is for only the first semester of the 2019 school […]
A two-day conference focusing on youths is underway in Belize City. It is being hosted by the University of the West Indies. The discussions are taking on issues of gender and equality, youth security and mental health, critical areas that impact the young and vulnerable population. Here is Hipolito Novelo with the following story. […]
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child has the right to an education that develops their personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential. Belize is a signatory to the convention, but here, education is a must for children up to fourteen years. It is four […]
The University of Belize has officially renamed its Faculty of Management and Social Science campus in Belize City in honour of the late Gian Gandhi. He is the former Solicitor General and Senior Crown Counsel who donated half a million dollars to UB. President Clement Sankat was on hand this afternoon for the unveiling of […]
It was all about macaroni this morning for a group of enterprising students from the University of Belize. But, the macaroni was not for consumption instead it was used to build model bridges by the engineering students. Today, their work was tested for weight and durability. Here is News Five’s Duane Moody. Duane Moody, […]
Today, Belize joined the international community in celebrating World Food Day. This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is focusing on the importance of healthy diets in tackling global hunger. The organization has highlighted an urgent need to ensure healthy and sustainable diets are both affordable and accessible to all. This year’s activities were […]
