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The National Health Insurance was initially introduced as a pilot project in 2001, on the south side of Belize City. Contracts were extended in 2006 to public sector primary care providers in southern Belize. Then in 2012, a nutritional health component was also introduced in the south. Now, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The fiscal year 2023 is a little over two months away, but the Briceño administration is already working diligently to put together its annual financial plan for government’s expenditures. While he concedes that the existing budget was initially based on austerity, Prime Minister John Briceño also admits that his administration has since expanded its fiscal […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Former Ports Commissioner, Retired Major Gilbert Suazo succeeds Lionel Arzu as ombudsman, but he won’t be sworn in until parliament meets to vote on his appointment. But that does not mean that the former Mayor of Dangriga hasn’t hit the ground running. Despite his pending induction, Suazo has been preparing for the new post by […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The 2023 sugar crop commenced earlier this month after much back and forth between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R./B.S.I. Notwithstanding the start of the new season, a commission of inquiry is being requested by the People’s United Party’s northern caucus to determine what transpired that stalled the negotiations between both parties, and […]
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Mahogany Street is getting the second phase of resurfacing, several months after the first phase was completed in April 2022. This phase complements the initial works that were completed near the newly constructed food stalls. Today, Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard, who holds the portfolio for infrastructure, explained that that portion of the street will be […]
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A four-year-old resident of Valley of Peace lost his life in a traffic accident on Monday night. Jayveen Alvarez was reportedly travelling along with his father on the Valley of Peace Road when the red pickup truck they were in overturned. The minor received multiple injuries to the head and body was rushed to the […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Forty-three-year-old Elvis Polanco, a businessman from San Pedro, was shot and killed in November 2022 by a pair of men, including a former police officer, as well as a police constable who was on interdiction from the department. The motive of the deadly attack on Polanco is believed to have been robbery, as he was […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday, we brought you the story of seventy-six-year-old Joy Quale, the Belizean-American retiree who unfortunately fell to her death at Serenity Shores Resort on northern Ambergris Caye last Friday. Quale was using a hoist designed to lift goods to travel from the fourth floor to the ground floor of the resort. But the cable […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Every year, Belize loses thousands of acres of forests to wildfires, threatening human livelihoods and property – they destroy forests and endanger wildlife. And so, wildfire management training for the Maya Forest Corridor, which encompasses the Belize Zoo, the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, as well as surrounding villages, has been taking place over the past […]
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It’s been almost six weeks since the Belize Zoo reopened for visitors after the property received damages from Hurricane Lisa. There were fallen trees and structural damages, but following weeks of cleanup and restoration, the zoo reopened on December seventeenth. Earlier today, News Five caught up with Conservation Program Manager Jamal Andrewin Bohn and got […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Is the Briceño administration seeking to rescind an exclusive license that was granted to Brads Gaming Group Limited in 2020 to conduct the Government Lotteries? That question arises out of recent correspondences between the Lotteries Committee and B.G.G.L., whose managing director is Kim Chee. The most recent letter was written to Prime Minister John Briceño […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Senior Counsel Dean Barrow is the attorney for Brads Gaming Group Limited. He also represents Countach Technologies. The contract to conduct the Government Lotteries was awarded to B.G.G.L. during the final year of his term as prime minister. It is his firmly held opinion that the existing contract with Brads will be voided. Dean […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Countach is an offshore concern registered in George Town, Grand Cayman with shares in Brads Gaming Group Limited. Earlier today, P.M. Briceño had a go at his predecessor for purportedly giving the company control of the Government Lottery. Prime Minister John Briceño “How can you give the Belize Boledo to an offshore company? Who […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s not often that we report on crimes in the north, but on Saturday night, a man was murdered in Yo Creek Village, in Orange Walk District. Eufemio Garcia was among four persons that got shot while in front of a store in the village. Garcia died on the spot while three others were rushed […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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A road traffic accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway has claimed the life on an elderly man. Eighty-year-old Augusto Acosta was riding his bicycle between mile seventy-six and seventy-seven on the highway when a motorcycle collided into him. He received extensive bodily injuries and died while undergoing treatment. The driver of the motorbike, thirty-two-year-old Misael […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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In another fatal accident, this time on the Southern Highway, a man was flung from the back of a pickup truck. According to police, Luis Constante was travelling in the pan of a Nissan Frontier pickup when it collided into a Nissan Rogue. Constante’s injuries were fatal. ASP Yearwood tells us more. ASP Fitzroy […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Friday, seventy-six-year-old Joy Quale, a Belizean-American retiree fell to her death at the Serenity Shores Resort in San Pedro. It happened when the hoist she was using to move from the fourth to the first floor gave way and went crashing to the ground with the woman inside, leaving her severely injured. Security and […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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This morning at the Biltmore, the government of Prime Minister John Briceño unveiled a medium term development strategy that will carry through to 2026. The approach draws heavily from the People’s United Party’s Plan Belize manifesto which was introduced back in 2020. The Briceño administration, with input and guidance from the ministries of Economic Development […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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On Saturday at the Radisson, a Youth for Change Symposium was successfully organized by the Justice for Laddie Foundation. Family and friends, as well as persons concerned about killings at the hands of law enforcement officers, gathered for the forum. There was space provided for persons to express their grief and to determine the way […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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There is reportedly a move afoot to redefine the municipal borders of Benque Viejo del Carmen and San Jose Succotz Village. The issue dates back to more than three decades ago when the village’s borders were redefined to expand the neighboring town. At the time there were protests from villagers, but the new borderline was […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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On Saturday, police cadets engaged in a cleanup campaign across Belize City. It included the planting of trees in select neighbourhoods such as the Yarborough and Pickstock areas and the Lopez Mateo Park. The objective is to use community service as a means for young people to give back to their communities and make a […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Those poorly ventilated police vans, one of which claimed the life of twenty-year-old Derrick Uh in August 2022, are still in operation. In fact, only recently, accused murderer Elmer Nah was transported to the Belmopan Magistrates Court inside one of those vans. But, the Commissioner of Police had committed to replacing those vans following Uh’s […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Saint Catherine Academy has been serving in Belize’s education sector for the past one hundred and forty years. The all-girl catholic institution was established in Belize on January twentieth, 1883, when a group of missionaries from the Sisters of Mercy Convent travelled from New Orleans to provide quality education in Belize. S.C.A. has remained committed […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The San Jose Government School in Orange Walk District will be benefiting from a new classroom building for the upcoming school year, in September. As construction being carried out by the U.S. Southern Command team continues, today, Ministry of Education officials and U.S. Ambassador to Belize Michelle Kwan made a site visit to see the […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Consultations have been ongoing on the new national competency-based curriculum as it is being piloted during this transition year. Just last week, a delegation of education stakeholders, led by Minister of State Doctor Louis Zabaneh, visited with teachers and principals in the Corozal District. It was an opportunity for them to express concerns and ideas […]
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