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The University of the West Indies’ Pro-Vice Chancellor for Planning, Professor Densil Williams, is in Belize in connection with activities for the installation of Dr. Luz Longsworth as Principal of the Open Campus of the U.W.I. Professor Williams is executive director of the Mona, Jamaica campus’ School of Business and Management with a concentration in […]
Written on March 17, 2017 | Posted in
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On Thursday night Doctor Luz Longsworth was inducted as the Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the U.W.I. Open Campus – it is a role she has been acting in since 2015 but it was made official right here in Belize City. Longsworth has spent twenty five years with the U.W.I. and even worked here […]
Written on March 17, 2017 | Posted in
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The U.W.I. is the region’s leading tertiary institution – it has four campuses – Mona, Cavehill, St Augustine and the Open Campus. The Open Campus is the newest of the four and is available in seventeen Caribbean jurisdictions. It has been rapidly growing and aims to meet the needs of students through its unique offerings […]
Written on March 17, 2017 | Posted in
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A dental initiative for Anglican primary schools in Belize City has students motivated to smile and show off their clean, pearly whites. Project Smile is a dental program of the Episcopal Church of Savannah, Georgia that sees hundreds of students on an annual basis benefit from professional dentition. News Five’s Duane Moody reports on the […]
Written on March 16, 2017 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Education kicked off its two-day consultation workshop with principals, heads of school boards, and other education partners to engage in a discussion on how curriculums can be streamlined to improve education offering through content and delivery. This is being done to ensure that students who graduate from high schools are adequately prepared […]
Written on March 14, 2017 | Posted in
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On Thursday evening at the University of the West Indies Open Campus in Belize City, a new publication was released, targeting upper division for primary schools as well as first and second form students. ‘Rootsville’ is a compilation of locally inspired stories and a play, authored by Althea Garbutt, a teacher at the Nazarene High […]
Written on March 10, 2017 | Posted in
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Former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UWI Saint Augustine Campus, Professor Clement Sankat, retired in September 2016 after forty years of service as a member of staff. He has since been appointed as the new President of the University of Belize and succeeds former President Alan Slusher. The announcement of Sankat’s selection was made during […]
Written on March 9, 2017 | Posted in
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The first round of the National Tertiary Debate sponsored by the Social Security Board kicked off this morning in Belmopan at the George Price Center. In the morning session, Independence Junior College squared off with San Pedro Junior College, taking the first of four slots available in the semi-final round. News Five was on hand […]
Written on March 3, 2017 | Posted in
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The National Pre-School storytelling competition got underway at the Bliss today in Belize City. The event, which has been taking place for more than ten years, saw the participation of two finalists from each district today. The Bliss came alive with teachers and students participating in creative ways of story-telling- from using props to a […]
Written on March 3, 2017 | Posted in
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Horizon Academy went global today – right on their school grounds. Students transformed themselves and their spaces into countries as far as Egypt, Japan and India. Today’s efforts are a part of celebrating culture day at the school and so for their annual open house they decided to showcase cultures outside of Belize. News Five […]
Written on March 3, 2017 | Posted in
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The number of preschoolers is on an upward trend. Today, there are over two hundred and twenty-nine preschools across the country with over seven thousand five hundred students enrolled in early childhood centers. That figure is a combination of three and four year olds referred to as level one and level two students in the […]
Written on March 1, 2017 | Posted in
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Farmers in the Cayo and Orange Walk Districts have thousands of pounds of potatoes rotting in the fields – produce they have been unable to sell because of competing imported Mexican and contraband potatoes. On Monday, farmers in La Gracia in the Cayo District said they can’t get buyers – and then there are the […]
There was uproar this morning outside of Gwen Lizarraga High School where tardy students were locked out and not allowed to enter the compound, essentially missing out on their first classes of the day. When our news crew arrived on the scene, over a dozen students were standing outside on Antelope Street and police officers […]
Written on February 22, 2017 | Posted in
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Three weeks ago, the Supreme Court-ordered mediation between the Belize National Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education concluded. Today, the parties returned to Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin’s chambers with an update and we can tell you that it is a major victory for the B.N.T.U. In the aftermath of an eleven-day strike in October, […]
Written on February 21, 2017 | Posted in
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Palacio went on to note that they had the precedents on their side, as well as the goodwill of their membership and the community, and that was more than enough to finally sway the ministry. He credits the success of their fight to staying the course, even as forces gathered against them demanding that they […]
Written on February 21, 2017 | Posted in
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The union says the financial hit to teachers would have been in the millions of dollars if the stand-off continued and the ministry followed through on planned salary deductions. There were times in the middle of the strike and afterward when it looked like the relationship between the B.N.T.U. and the Ministry would be sundered […]
Written on February 21, 2017 | Posted in
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Following today’s announcement that teachers have secured a major win in the high court, we asked P.U.P. Party Leader John Briceño for a brief comment on the outcome of the mediation. He says that the union stayed the course in defense of its membership and that they prevailed, despite the pettiness of the Minister of […]
Written on February 21, 2017 | Posted in
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The University of Belize has a new president. He is professor Clement Sankat, former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal of The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Sankat was born in Guyana and is trained as a chartered professional engineer. He succeeds Alan Slusher who held the post […]
Written on February 17, 2017 | Posted in
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High schools from across Belize District converged at the Gateway Youth facility near the Gwen Lizarraga High School in Belize City for the launch of an innovation challenge by the Ministry of Education. The ministry in collaboration with Price WaterhouseCoopers and Peace Work International are inviting the schools to come up with a creative project […]
Written on February 16, 2017 | Posted in
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A school on the Southside got their dream playground courtesy the Rotary Club of Edmonton. Through an ongoing partnership with the Rotary Club of Belize, three other schools have received their playgrounds and Unity Presbyterian joined those lucky schools today when their own little park was opened on their school grounds. This playground will not […]
Written on February 13, 2017 | Posted in
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Former Immigration Director Ruth Meighan has admitted that thousands of persons who did not qualify were granted nationality in the mad rush to get them on the voters list for the 2012 elections. The effect is that the fraudulent exercise would have tipped the elections in favor of the U.D.P. Today, the Belize National Teachers […]
The B.N.T.U., through Elena Smith as the Senator for Trade Unions and Civil Society, has representation in the Senate Select Inquiry where the details of the rot in the system are being exposed. We asked National President Luke Palacio if there is any hope that someone will be held responsible for the illegalities in the […]
Written on February 9, 2017 | Posted in
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Primary School students are learning about Archaeology in the classroom through a project between the US Embassy and NICH. The programme, which started some three years ago, has seen the participation of students across Belize. This year students in Belize City, San Antonio, Benque Viejo and Dangriga will be immersed in the theory and practice […]
Written on February 7, 2017 | Posted in
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A court ordered mediation between the Belize National Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education has concluded. Although the outcome of that process will not be made public, News Five understands that both parties are yet to return to the Supreme Court to provide Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin with an update. The union and government […]
Written on February 2, 2017 | Posted in
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The Belize High School opened its doors back in September of 2010, first operating out of the UWI Open Campus on Princess Margaret Drive, before permanently establishing itself on Mercy Lane in Belize City. The institution prides itself for providing a different approach to learning, which students and teachers put on display today at its […]
Written on January 27, 2017 | Posted in
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