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Accompanied by the introduction of electric vehicles is the installation of charging ports across the country. The ones installed for the buses are part of the government’s pilot project, but as more and more private citizens and companies make the switch from petrol to power, there will be the need for charging ports across the […]
Written on October 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.” That’s a quote from former basketball player, Tim Duncan. We begin tonight’s coverage with some Friday night action […]
Written on October 2, 2023 | Posted in
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A family of four is tonight without a roof over its head after the place called home was gutted by fire this morning. The fire began just before six a.m. and quickly spread through the two-bedroom wooden structure belonging to Kareem Yorke. Inside at the time of the blaze was Yorke’s brother, his girlfriend and […]
Written on September 29, 2023 | Posted in
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The compound at the Belize Port Authority was busy with activity today. It was the venue for the Maritime Education Expo 2023, which featured a number of maritime-related organizations and agencies. It coincided with World Maritime Day. The maritime industry is significant because it moves eighty percent of the world trade. So today, the Ministry […]
Written on September 29, 2023 | Posted in
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The rural electrification project, funded by the European Union to the tune of four million Euros, will include a number of rural communities that are still off the national grid. Today, Minister of Energy, Michel Chebat told the media that very shortly, a micro grid will be inaugurated and will, for the first time in […]
Written on September 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Ongoing municipal works in Belize City have seen several streets being resurfaced, including the Lake Independence constituency. For the past few weeks there has been steady work in Lake-I to improve the condition of streets and drains in that community. According to Area Representative Cordel Hyde, the facelift for Lake-I has been long in the […]
Written on September 29, 2023 | Posted in
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…and while a week has been set aside to highlight the importance of healthy living and making healthier behaviour changes, Technical Advisor Kathleen Azueta Cho says that it is something that should be practiced year round. She says that focusing on your mental health, among other basic activities, can impact your lifestyle. Kathleen Azueta-Cho, […]
Written on September 29, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Tourism Board is hosting the second annual Elevate Training Expo at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. Stakeholders, including property owners, chefs, those in the hospitality sector and artisans, are being engaged in the two-day workshop that’s focused on building the capacity of the participants and improve the service excellence of the industry. […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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And while overnight tourist arrivals are up by ninety-one to ninety-five percent, what about the cruise tourism sector? Director of Tourism Evan Tillett says that the National Sustainable Tourism Masterplan is being updated. Larger ships are coming to Belize and there are requests for berthing facilities; none of which have been established in the Belize […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this month, in an update on the state of the tourism industry, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations confirmed that there are more carriers and airlifts to the country and that Belize is seeing increase tourist arrivals. The numbers, however, are not as high as those pre-COVID figures. What’s certain, […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Tourism Board and Tourism Minister Anthony Mahler have been working on tapping into the European market. Today, when News Five caught up with Tourism Director Evan Tillett, he said that the idea is about diversifying the markets to attract more visitors to Belize and expand the tourism season. Evan Tillett, Director of […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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A land clinic for residents of Pickstock concluded today at the Belize City Center where hundreds of constituents were present to seek assistance with obtaining land titles or applying for land as first-time owners. Earlier today, we stopped by the Civic Center where the lines were still pretty long and the staff of the Lands […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Two weeks ago, News Five was present for the launch of the CRASH program at Hand in Hands Ministries. It stands for: Capacity Roadmap: A Sustainable Hope and its objective is to empower women to become self-reliant through specific courses and programs. Over the last two weeks, fifteen women who had previously received homes from […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The Briceño administration is getting ready to present a new piece of legislation to Cabinet and subsequently the House of Representatives, a bill that will replace the controversial Definitive Agreement. While the proposed law is being tweaked, we asked Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler, when we caught up with him earlier today, for his thoughts […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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And staying on finances, in its last report, the Central Bank announced that there is excess liquidity in Belize’s financial system. Central Bank noted that most of this liquidity is concentrated in one local bank. The stabilizing body of the nation’s monetary system encouraged more lending from financial institutions with excess liquidity. Today, Prime Minister […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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And, with a commitment to build ten thousand homes for Belizeans, Prime Minister John Briceño says Cabinet is looking at ways to increase funding for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development’s housing program. He says the funds may come by way of a restructuring of capital two expenditures or a loan from the Korean Government through […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Insurance premiums – it is a conversation we don’t want to have until an accident, misfortune or disaster hits and we need that financial support to get back on our feet. Since the first quarter of 2023, the premiums Belizeans pay on various policies have all gone up – from health insurance to property, and […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize held its quarterly press conference, looking primarily at the second quarter of 2023. The presentations centred on the gross domestic product estimates of the second quarter, as well as the consumer price index and the external trade data from January to August of 2023. In a nutshell, imports are […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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One could never have too many sanitary supplies at the nation’s referral hospital. Today, Grace Kennedy Belize donated thirty-six gallons of hand sanitizers to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The sanitizers will go a long way in assisting health care workers and the general public at the hospital to ward off unnecessary germs on the […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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A well-known Belmopan vendor who has been operating in Mae Gordon Park for the past fifteen years is tonight up in arms. Guadalupe Gabourel, the owner of G2 Barbeque, claims that her business is being treated unfairly by the Belmopan City Council. She says that she has applied for permission to expand her stall and […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Housewives and bakers experienced the most unusual of situations last week when they discovered that sugar had gone scarce and they were allowed to purchase only a couple pounds each. It’s unusual because Belize produces enough sugar to supply the local demand, as well as to export. And the millers at Tower Hill, the American […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Briceño was also asked about the hold up with the twenty-two thousand signed petitions that Oceana delivered to the Governor General back in June. The petition is to trigger a referendum before the moratorium on offshore drilling is ever lifted. By law, those signatures should have already been reviewed and either verified or […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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The fatal stabbing in Belmopan was not the only crime-related news that unfolded over the weekend in the Garden City. Police, on Saturday evening, also discovered a hand grenade in the nation’s capital. This evening, Belize Police Department informed that an operation was conducted in the Belmopan cemetery on Nicaragua Street in the Salvapan area […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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El Salvador’s Minister of Agriculture Oscar Enrique Guardado is in Belize, along with a technical team, on a two-day working visit and will be touring selected farms in the country. The minister’s visit comes on the heels of a recent trip that Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai made to El Salvador a few weeks […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Robotics has officially been declared a sport in Belize. Hearing that, you may be wondering how it is that robotics can be classified as a sport. Well for one, it teaches important life and team building values. And, while it may require more mental output and critical thinking than a physical display of strength and […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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