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An Energy Access workshop was held in Belize City on Wednesday to highlight the implementation of best practices in Belize while developing concrete steps in mainstreaming energy indicators. The development of an institutionalized Energy Access indicator will play a significant role in energy planning as a statistical tool to communicate to stakeholders and decision-makers the […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and Transportation is working closely with the European Union to install micro-grids in five villages in southern Belize that are without access to electricity. According to data from the Public Utilities Commission, at least ten thousand Belizeans are still not connected to the national power grid. We spoke […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize is in the process of updating its National Energy Policy 2011, with technical assistance from the European Union. The exercise has, to date, resulted in the formulation of a document referred to as the Green Paper. The Green Paper was evaluated by Cabinet earlier this month and given the green light. […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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As you heard, the National Energy Policy 2023 will seek to integrate distributive generation within the country’s power grid. This is also a topic that was raised at a Public Utilities Commission event earlier this week in Belize City. The world is quickly moving towards the application of solar energy through rooftop solar systems. So, […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The inaugural meeting of the People’s Constitution Commission took place today at the House of Culture in Belize, but from the get-go, there were concerns raised by some of the representatives who make up the commission. The media was allowed to sit in on the morning session, which was spent mostly on introductions of those […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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In January of 2021, The Government of Belize announced that it had sued the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean Court of Justice over an alleged breach of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. At the end of those proceedings, the C.C.J. dismissed the claims brought by Belize for a lack of evidence. But, […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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According to the President of the Bar Association, Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, the Judicial and Legal Services Commission is already in the process of making appointments to fill vacant posts within the Judiciary. Earlier this year, four new justices from the Commonwealth were sworn in to serve in the Civil and Criminal division of the […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The legal battle between the Financial Intelligence Unit and Caribbean International Brewery Limited is facing yet another delay as it continues down a winding course in the Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court. On Monday, former Prime Minister Dean Barrow was before the Supreme Court, on behalf of his clients at C.I.B.L., where he filed an application […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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As you heard Senior Counsel Smith say, former P.M. Dean Barrow made an application for Magistrate Deborah Rogers to recuse herself from the case. Barrow contended that Magistrate Rogers can no longer hear the matter because there is an appearance of bias. So, where does the bias arise from in Barrow’s view? Well, Smith is […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Senior Counsel Smith also gave us his take on the application for Magistrate Rogers to recuse herself of the case. Smith argues that the magistrate’s determinations and not the magistrate herself will be challenged in a judicial review; therefore the question of bias does not arise in this matter. Smith says he is confident the […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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More donations are pouring in to assist Belize City residents who were affected by Hurricane Lisa. Today, a group of Asian businessmen from Stann Creek delivered four hundred pantries, bags of groceries which include basic food and hygienic supplies, which come in handy as those affected by the recent disaster are still trying to recovery. […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Sunday in San Pedro will be celebrated as Township Day, and in keeping with its thirty-eighth anniversary, the island’s leaders are banning the use of plastic bags. The laws have been in place for over a year now, but countrywide, there is still the persistent practice of carrying everything from grocery items, boxes, lunch, gifts, […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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If you thought Belize City was overpopulated with vehicles, well the country’s number one tourist attraction is not far behind. That is why the San Pedro Town Council’s Traffic Department has issued a moratorium on the unauthorized importation of more golf carts, primarily where they are to be used for rentals. Today, Area Representative for […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, Minister of the Blue Economy, Andre Perez supported a press release issued by the Office of the Prime Minister last week, that there is no consideration being given for any kind of offshore oil exploration. The minister also called out the Vice President of Oceana in Belize, Senator Janelle Chanona, who last week began […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, normal court proceedings at the Public Building that houses all the Magistrates’ Courts, the cellblock, some of the Supreme Court chambers and offices had to be put on halt, following the continuous collapse of portions of the ceiling. The building had lost a significant portion of its roof on November second, when Hurricane Lisa […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The collapsed ceiling of the Magistrates’ Court building put a damper on the progress of the court’s operations with current cases, but it did not result in any losses of manual records that are still being used. But going forward, Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser said that there was already a plan in place to go […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier in our newscast, you heard from Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser on the predicament she and her fellow lower court judges are faced with after the ceiling over courtrooms three, four, five and six caved in following heavy rains over the weekend. She also wears the hat of President of the Association of Public Service […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Last Thursday, Senator Janelle Chanona, in her capacity as the Vice President of Oceana in Belize, launched a petition drive to trigger a referendum on offshore oil drilling. On that same day, the Office of the Prime Minister issued a statement clarifying that no such activity is being contemplated by the Government of Belize. Notwithstanding […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A one and a half million dollar health center has been erected on Caye Caulker. Residents and visitors of the village will now have access to primary healthcare services on the island. Fifteen months ago, the Ministry of Health and Wellness broke ground for the construction of the health facility. And, on Monday, an inauguration […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Every year, cattle and other farm animals face a number of potentially deadly diseases that can spread easily to other farms and cause significant losses to farmers. Last week, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) and the Ministries of Agriculture and Health and Wellness reminded livestock producers to vaccinate their animals against Blackleg Disease if […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize held a media mixer at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel on the methodology of setting electricity rates. For many, the P.U.C. is dormant and you only hear of its function when the utility companies apply for a change in prices and the commission then determines whether your water […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Ernesto Gomez is the Director of Tariff Compliance and Standards of the Public Utilities Commission. During the presentation, he told the media that in November of 2021, cabinet approved an electricity roadmap for the country and it’s all about going green – renewable energy. The P.U.C., as a stakeholder, participated in the dialogue. So what […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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While the November nineteenth celebrations were underway, stores across Belize City and elsewhere had its version of “Black Friday” sales this past Saturday slashing prices on almost all products, including household items, Christmas decorations, and other items for the upcoming festive season. News Five’s Duane Moody checked in with some of your favourite shopping spots […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A businessman was shot dead in San Pedro and his common-law wife was also shot and robbed of their day’s sales. It happened in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, as Elvis Polanco and Thomasa Garcia were heading home. At the heart of the police investigation are a policeman on interdiction, who was employed as a […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Magistrate’s Court was supposed to be in session as per usual, but an emergency pause had to be put in effect after court employees walked in the building to find that a portion of their ceiling had collapsed. While they were stunned, the circumstances that led to the incident are not at all […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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