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There was a murder recorded on Monday night in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City. That community has been relatively quiet, but around six-thirty p.m., gunshots echoed across the neighbourhood. Calvin Palma, who had just recently been staying in the area on Curl Thompson Street, was killed as he headed back home from […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s less than two months to the opening of the next sugar crop and there is still an impasse between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. At the heart of the contention is distrust and demands. The B.S.C.F.A. distrusts the figures the company has provided over revenues and […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association went at length to explain the issues it has with A.S.R/B.S.I. It’s the same concerns that have remained on the negotiating table even before the last sugar crop opened. But it’s just weeks to the opening of the new crop and the association made it clear today that […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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This week’s Culture Tuesday feature is all about Cuban culture. We will take a closer look at some of the similarities between Belizean and Cuban music, food, and visual arts. This year, Belize and Cuba celebrated twenty-seven years of diplomatic ties. Recently, the Belize City House of Culture hosted a Cuban National Culture Day event […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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On Saturday night inside the Caribbean Motors Showroom, stakeholders in the tourism industry gathered for a night of recognition, as the Belize Tourism Board hosted its annual tourism awards. The event is held to honour those who provide excellent service in the hospitality and tourism industry under ten different categories. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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U.D.P Senator, Mike Peyrefitte, who was in government when the referendum was held on whether Belize should go to the I.C.J. with Guatemala, roundly rejected Belize’s accession to the Bogota Treaty. He suggested that the government takes the issue to Belizeans and if necessary, hold another referendum on whether Belize should accede to the Bogota […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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After a year and a half of planning and carefully coordinating with a team of designers and technology experts from various departments across the Government of Belize, the Briceño administration has introduced a new passport. The travel document, along with a new electronic passport issuance and control system, succeeds an older, antiquated process that was […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Coast Guard is one boat short of an entire fleet of patrol vessels. That’s because on Saturday night, a thirty-eight foot Boston Whaler, outfitted with three, two hundred and fifty horsepower outboard engines, was gutted by fire. It’s a massive loss for the maritime law enforcement agency which is investigating the fire, along […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have formally arrested and charged Raymundo Castellanos, a fisherman, for arson in relation to a fire last Thursday in the Riversdale community in southern Belize. Just after midday on October twentieth, police responded to a report of a house fire in the Riversdale area and found a wooden house belonging to Zulma Aguirre engulfed […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Several areas along the Crooked Tree causeway are still under a foot or more of water and at this time, residents are being ferried to and from the village with support from the Belize Coast Guard. While the water level is not at the point where vessels have had to be brought in, we understand […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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But when will the water recede? Lionel Smith says that Crooked Tree residents are concerned about when that is going to happen. Smith says that he is waiting to hear from either the National MET Service or the Hydrology Unit about the outlook. Lionel Smith, Belize Rural District Coordinator, NEMO “We are waiting for an […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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In part one of this week’s episode of Belize on Reel, we showed you how the jaguar and the puma coexist along what is described as their biological corridors across Belize and how humans encroach on their natural habitat, clearing away the forests for agricultural purposes. Jaguar and Puma specialist, Dr. Omar Figueroa said that […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Three far-flung villages in southern Belize that are too remote to be electrified will be connected to a micro-grid managed by Belize Electricity Limited. Those communities are among the first that the Ministry of Public Utilities and B.E.L are collaborating with to get connected to micro-grids as part of a larger project that will see […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister of Public Utilities Michel Chebat said that the government, particularly his ministry, has begun a study on Belize’s energy needs in order to come up with a strategic national energy policy. According to Chebat, that document will set the country’s energy agenda for the next five to ten years. Michel Chebat, Minister of […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Chebat says that identifying as many homegrown sources as possible is key to making that environmentally-conscious shift to becoming self-reliant, and making the transition while keeping electricity rates at a minimum is the overall objective. Michel Chebat, Minister of Public Utilities “One of the things we can do is expand, for example – some […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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If you’ve visited the Belize Zoo, you’ve likely been close enough to a jaguar or a puma to admire their gorgeous coat or to marvel at the length of their incisors and paws. But unless you’re a zoologist, your understanding of the intricacies of their existence probably ends right there. So in this week’s inaugural […]
Written on October 20, 2022 | Posted in
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In November 2021, the Government of Belize and The Nature Conservancy brokered a deal that helped to reduce Belize’s international debt, better known as the Super Bond. That debt conversion will generate the country an estimated three hundred and sixty million dollars which would be invested in long-term ocean conservation – ergo the Blue Bond. […]
Written on October 19, 2022 | Posted in
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So what is the Belize Sustainable Ocean Plan costing the country? Well, within the Blue Bond agreement, there is a conservation fund to provide financing for processes like these. TNC Program Director Julie Robinson explains that four million U.S. dollars will be available yearly. Julie Robinson, Program Director, TNC “We have also established the […]
Written on October 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The oceans have been identified as one of the key solutions to climate change globally, because the ocean absorbs far more carbon than terrestrial environments. The process allows the country to tackle climate change directly and indirectly. Minister of Blue Economy, Andre Perez says that while the plan does not focus specifically on the impacts […]
Written on October 19, 2022 | Posted in
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A series of consultations conducted by the Ministry of Public Utilities and Energy pertaining to the generation of renewable energy using heat and power culminated with a training today on the use of organic waste as a source for renewable energy. Present at the session was Minister of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and e-Governance Michel […]
Written on October 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Hurricane Julia did not hit Belize directly, but the torrential rains that accompanied the category one hurricane caused severe flooding across Central America. Those flood waters are still affecting portions of Belize and during the house meeting, Prime Minister John Briceño shared his view that Belize can learn from the landslides that occurred in neighboring […]
Written on October 18, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management through the National Climate Change Office and the Department of Environment is hosting a regional training course on energy data collection, analysis and integrated assessment of climate, land, energy and water. The week-long training commenced on Monday and is being funded through the International […]
Written on October 18, 2022 | Posted in
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On Thursday night, we aired the story of an oil spill at Westline Bus Company in Benque Viejo del Carmen. In the wake of the incident and the flooding, an advisory has been issued by the Department of Environment reiterating the protocols guiding the storage of industrial chemicals, pesticides and hazardous materials. Those guidelines are […]
Written on October 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, News Five’s Duane Moody headed west to Benque Viejo del Carmen where a bus company and the Department of Environment have been tackling an oil spill at the entrance of the town. The incident has brought into sharp focus the environmental impacts associated with these types of occurrences, but also issues of improper storage […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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The first-ever Climate Change Week is currently underway at the San Ignacio Hotel. It began on Tuesday and is being hosted by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management through the National Climate Change Office in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Office. The theme is “Enhancing Belize’s Position in Global Climate Action.” News Five’s Duane […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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