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Health issues such as obesity among schoolchildren were among the main topics dealt with at a non-communicable disease expo today in Belmopan. The event was held to educate children and their parents and teachers on healthy diets and the risks that unhealthy foods can cause in children as they grow older. Among the key speakers […]
Written on August 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Officials from the World Bank are in Belize to assist farmers invest in better forms of technology that are more climate-resilient than what they are presently using. Farmers, particularly in the Valley of Peace area, will benefit from a loan project worth twenty-five million dollars. That area which is known to supply much of the […]
Written on August 28, 2023 | Posted in
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One of two men, who were found recently with logs for which they had no permits, has been fined after he took the blame and pled guilty. A press release from the Forestry Department states that they happened upon Peter Sherk and Bernhard Martens in possession of over a thousand feet of timber in the […]
Written on August 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Blake went on to explain that most of the grocery items covered under the new price control lists are considered volume items for retailers. These are items that sellers make most of their monies from. As a result, Blake says capping the markup on these goods will have significant impacts on how these businesses operate. […]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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When we asked Lennox Nicholson, the Controller of Supplies, at the Ministry of Agriculture, about the steps following the enactment of the new S.I., he informed us that there is ground work that has to be done before fully enforcing the law. He says this will include informing retailers of the new parameters and getting […]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the decades-long tradition of the Queen of the Bay pageant was etched on the walls at the Memorial Park in Belize City. It has always been said that the names of the national pageant winners become part of the country’s history. The names of seventy-seven titleholders are engraved on a plaque that is now […]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the name of a real estate company in southern Belize was referenced in a recording made by businessman Ricardo Borja ahead of his execution. In the leaked audio, which has now been removed from the YouTube channel, Borja revealed details of a sophisticated land fraud scheme. He also spoke of the involvement of […]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this year, several forest fires broke out in the Cayo District. It was during the dry season that vegetation became flammable, triggering wildfires. These wildfires were high in number, intense, and detrimental to the environment and public health. But the challenges are greater in the Chiquibul Forest. The area is difficult to access by […]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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According to Manzanero, the residents of La Rejoya will receive training and tools to prevent and control forest fires. He explains that this is being funded by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, a programme designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries. Manzanero says that a bi-national task force has been created with […]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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A state of emergency declared back in late July in response to the spiralling gun violence on the south side of Belize City expires this Friday. Since then, there have been several murders recorded in the city. Mediators, including ComPol Chester Williams and Nuri Mohammed, have since met with over thirty young men who were […]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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While we were with the Minister of Home Affairs, we asked for an update on the sugar industry in the north. Minister Musa is part of the cabinet subcommittee that was created to work on resolving the issues between the miller and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. As we’ve reported, the High Court ruled […]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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The new sugar crop season commences in December of this year and the goal is that a new collective agreement between the millers and all sugar cane farmers associations be finalised before then. Minister Kareem Musa says that a meeting will soon be held with B.S.I. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs “The agreement […]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize, through the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme for the installation of digital connect centers across the country. The aim is to expand opportunities for micro, small and medium enterprises in their successful development. The Building Resilient MSME’s Accelerating Digitization Project is […]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Two men were killed in a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Saturday morning. The mishap happened at the famous Mameyal Curve near the entrance to San Roman Village and involved a pickup and a motorcycle on which the two victims were travelling. The victims are two men who lived about twenty minutes […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The efforts to deter price gouging in Belize seem to have been less than effective so far, with businesses across the board racking up the prices of their goods and merchandise. In order to put a dent in what the merchants have been successful at doing, this week the Cabinet heard from the Controller of […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Organizing data to describe the complex environmental and economic systems present in our oceans is a process known as ocean accounting. Measuring and managing progress towards sustainable development are vital to informing decisions about our oceans. The Belize Blue Bond is a funding mechanism to support the sustainable use and conservation of marine resources and […]
Written on August 16, 2023 | Posted in
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It is essential to provide hands-on training and practical exercises to countries, including Belize, and relevant stakeholders to understand the concepts of ocean accounting as a tool for guiding the necessary transformations. Ibukun Adewumi, Ocean Governance Officer, GOAP “Belize, as a country, is taking a giant stride in this sphere of blue economy, development […]
Written on August 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Five rescued parrots have been successfully released from their enclosure in the Chiquibul. The birds were in danger before they were extracted and kept in a lab where they were fed and cared for by the Friends for Conservation and Development. This conservation effort has been successfully undertaken for over five years and the parrots […]
Written on August 16, 2023 | Posted in
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For the past three decades, one Belize City man has been working to keep traditional medicine alive. Reginald Hamilton, known by many as Doctor Reggie, the founder of Reggie’s Herb and Tea House, has a wealth of knowledge on organic medicines. Aside from equipping himself with the necessary skills through research, he considers his work […]
Written on August 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Several key ministries in the government are working in partnership to introduce a healthier diet to primary school children in the Belize District, as a pilot project that will eventually be expanded to other districts. The Healthy Habits, Healthy Schools, Healthy Belize project involves a gradual decrease and elimination of sugary drinks on school grounds. It’s […]
Written on August 15, 2023 | Posted in
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As the new COVID variant spreads across the U.S., concerns have been raised at home as to whether Belizeans would need to receive a new vaccine that has been created. The Eris variant of the Omicron form of COVID has been causing hospitalizations to increase in North America. Now because Belize is just a flight […]
Written on August 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Having been stored in a metal safe in the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly for the past forty years, the Declaration of Independence now has an accompanying document that stipulates how it will be properly stored and preserved. The document dates back to 1981, when Belize gained political Independence from Great Britain. […]
Written on August 15, 2023 | Posted in
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A family is displaced after a fire destroyed the interior of their home on Saturday on Aloe Vera Street, in the Lake Independence area. A neighbor shared with News Five off-camera today that when she looked outside she saw smoke coming from the windows and then saw a young lady being taken away with a […]
Written on August 14, 2023 | Posted in
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The rollout of the education campaign by the Peoples’ Constitution Commission began in June and will continue through to September, which has been designated as Constitution Month. There are five zones, including the diaspora, where the rollout is taking place. Today, News Five caught up with the team at the Belize Defense Force headquarters at […]
Written on August 11, 2023 | Posted in
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This morning, family and friends of prominent conservationist Doctor Alan Rabinowitz made their way to the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary where a research center was dedicated in his honor. Doctor Rabinowitz was instrumental in urging government to establish the wildlife preserve in the mid-eighties, following a study of the local jaguar population in that area […]
Written on August 11, 2023 | Posted in
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