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On Saturday, former Prime Minister Said Musa and legendary musician Lord Rhaburn were conferred honorary degrees by the University of Belize during its commencement exercise. The academic degree for which UB waived all the usual requirements were bestowed upon both distinguished gentlemen for their contributions to the Belizean society, in the areas of politics and […]
Written on October 17, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning, All Saints School in Belize City received a generous contribution of over ten thousand dollars from a benefactor who was once a student at the primary school. The donation of digital equipment and financial assistance for deserving students is part of an initiative to modernize and improve the existing courses being offered. News […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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The Code Caribbean Project Survey has been halted following reaction from Belize and Barbados over certain questions that were posed to students as part of a school-based competency test. The project was being implemented in Belize and Barbados through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank and sought to provide technical skills in coding and entrepreneurial […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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This week, teachers were celebrated in recognition of their efforts through International Teachers Day. It’s a day where all teachers can be given their flowers for the cohort of children they adopt each school year. For many teachers, this profession is their life’s passion and the reward is seeing their students walk down the aisle […]
Written on October 7, 2022 | Posted in
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Students of Saint Mary’s Primary School, who from the start of the school year have had to travel over to Mahogany Street to have classes in the Samuel Haynes Institute of Learning, have reportedly settled into their new learning environment. News Five caught up with the General Manager of Anglican School, Doctor Jeremy Cayetano who […]
Written on October 6, 2022 | Posted in
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In 2021, Saint John’s College was granted a license to operate as a four-year institution, now making it one of three tertiary-level educational institutions that offer undergraduate and graduate studies in Belize. But how has expanding the capacity of S.J.C. from a sixth form affected the country’s national college – the University of Belize? The […]
Written on October 6, 2022 | Posted in
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Covid taught us that in the face of a global health debacle, life needed to progress, even when the pandemic restricted us from interfacing with each other. The digital and technological era somewhat rescued the world from total collapse. We learned quickly how to communicate more using social media platforms and Zoom conferences. Education relied […]
Written on October 6, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s probably several decades late, but Belize now has a formal driving course where women can learn how to become professional drivers. Now, sixteen young women from the Young Women’s Christian Association are taking driving lessons at the Belize Defense Force Camp at Price Barracks in Ladyville through sponsorship from UNICEF. The non-traditional course is […]
Written on October 5, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s one of four Belize City high schools that have been selected for the Education Upliftment Program dubbed Together We Rise. Students who attend the four institutions: Sadie Vernon, Excelsior, Maud Williams and Gwen Lizarraga high schools are given uniforms, education, lunch and other resources free of cost to them. Today, Excelsior was the first […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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At the start of the school year, parents of children attending Saint Mary’s Primary School were taken aback when they learned that they needed to make eleventh-hour arrangements to have their children continue to learn from home instead of attending classes. That’s because the structural integrity of the school building and hall were determined to […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Back in May, we watched a Facebook live post in dismay as Saint Luke Primary School teacher, Joanna Ysaguirre broke down in tears and shared what she felt was sheer stress and unnecessary humiliation that she was forced to work under at the hands of the school’s management. Her post quickly won the empathy of […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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She’s long moved on from news reporting, the National Women’s Commission and politics. In fact, Ann-Marie Williams lives in Guyana where she holds the post of Deputy Program Manager for Gender and Development at the CARICOM Secretariat. But she still has that drive to promote the advancement of women. And one of the arenas where […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon at Anglican Cathedral College, students participated in a skit depicting the harmful effects of spreading fake news, libel and slander, as well as maligning other individuals in the media. It was part of a media literacy session that was spearheaded by Peacework Belize and the United States Embassy. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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For the past two years, it has been held virtually, but today thousands of primary school students converged at the Belize City Civic Center for the annual children’s rally. The event is used to celebrate the patriotic season and to instil in the students Belizean pride. Elsewhere across the districts, students marched around their school […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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On Thursday, the Young Men’s Christian Association, Y.M.C.A., was a recipient of school supplies from a U.S-based group, facilitated by Eglah’s Training Centre in Belize City. The “Y” as it is also called, has been providing youths with educational and developmental programs for decades. When we caught up with her at the handing-over, Executive Director […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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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, […]
Written on September 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Seventy-nine Belizean students were fortunate to receive scholarships from the Organization of American States General Secretariat to further their education. O.A.S. awarded scholarships to fifty-eight Master’s degree students, twelve short-term post-graduate students, five professional development students and two graduate studies students. The O.A.S. scholarship program is a competitive process with applications from over thirty countries. […]
Written on September 13, 2022 | Posted in
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Parents of children attending Saint Mary’s Primary School in Belize City attended a meeting at Saint Mary’s Church on Monday evening to discuss new developments regarding their children’s classes. Last week, after it became news that the existing schooling building on Gabourel Lane would have to be demolished, the roughly three hundred children were given […]
Written on September 13, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology signed an agreement to introduce the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, known as the GLOBE program, for short. This is a worldwide hands-on, science and education program that focuses on the environment, and that has been active in over a […]
Written on September 8, 2022 | Posted in
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Teacher at the Belize High School, Jamie Lee Usher and two of her students, Erin Grace Sosa and Zayid Assaad feel very positive that the level of science they will now have access to will be more advanced. Jamie Lee Usher, Principal, Belize High School “I think this app really speaks to the latest […]
Written on September 8, 2022 | Posted in
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On the occasion of International Literacy Day, Saint John Vianney R.C. Primary School is re-opening its library’s door with additional features, including more reading materials for students at all levels. The theme for this year’s International Literacy Day is Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces. That is exactly what has taken place at the primary school where […]
Written on September 8, 2022 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, we showed you how St Mary’s Hall and Primary School buildings are falling apart. The buildings have stood there for almost a hundred years and have undergone a series of rehabilitative work. But over the past months, they were deemed unsafe for occupancy. That has left parents of the roughly three hundred schoolchildren […]
Written on September 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The Minister of Education says he supports the removal of school rules that prevent children from entering the classroom because of the length of their hair or hairstyle. Minister Francis Fonseca referred to the rules as a reflection of our colonial past, saying “these things are shackles of colonialism”. Here is what he told reporters […]
Written on September 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Education’s new primary school curriculum will require that teachers spend more time at school, up to three hours more per week. There are reports that some teachers are not taking too kindly to this revision of work hours within the new curriculum. But, Minister Fonseca says it will take some time before […]
Written on September 7, 2022 | Posted in
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