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During his keynote address on Monday, Prime Minister John Briceño took time to acknowledge the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. According to the PM, millions of dollars have been saved in infrastructure development under the leadership of Minister Julius Espat. In a break down, he shares that cost-cutting measures were done for the Caracol […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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If you are heading out of Belize City via the Haulover Bridge, you would see on the right-hand side that works are in its initial stages for the installation of a new state-of-the-art bridge. But further up the highway, near mile seven, there is still a slight diversion where a portion of the road had […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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In a follow up to a story we brought to you last week, twenty-five year old Lejean Rhamdas has died. He was shot in downtown Belize City mid-morning on Friday. Coincidentally, his father came to the scene to assist, not knowing it was his own son who had been hit. News Five’s Paul Lopez reports. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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A seventy year old Honduran man is dead following the theft of weed whackers at his place of employment. Police say Transito Villalobos was on duty as a watchman at a farm in Bladden Village when there was a break- in. The thieves apparently took the watchman’s life. Here are the details from police. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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A Belize City man drowned while swimming at a sand pit in the Fresh Pond community over the weekend. Twenty-one year old Jalee Mitchell and his brother had gone for a Saturday afternoon swim, and it was when Mitchell was in the deeper portion that he began struggling to stay afloat. A resident in the […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Police are investigating an incident in Southern Belize that left one woman dead. Iris Miranda was reportedly inside a Ford Escape with a male driver when she jumped out of the moving vehicle. She sustained several head and body injuries which led to her death. Police have since detained the driver as they investigate. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Two Lemonal cousins got in a dispute over a turtle shell, and it turned violent. William Bull alleges that he caught Ryan Sutherland attempting to steal the shell from his yard. When he confronted Sutherland, a physical altercation with a machete reportedly ensued, leaving Sutherland injured. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Co-generation Limited, Belcogen, has brought a claim against the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and four of its members. Belcogen is seeking relief for special damages to the tune of five hundred thousand dollars. They allege the association instructed and encouraged the other four defendants to trespass over B.S.I.’s land and unlawfully block […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Who will be the next Chief Environmental Officer? As News Five found out today, the interview process has concluded and an announcement is soon to be made on the successful applicant. By natural progression, Deputy Chief Environmental Officer Edgar Eck could be considered suited to the post – given his twenty plus years of experience […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Some senior public officers in the Department of Environment are questioning a change in the qualifications for the Chief Environmental Officer post. They say that according to an internal circular on the vacancy, dated December twenty-third, an applicant no longer needed to possess a master’s degree in an environmental-related field – that is, environmental science, […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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P.S.U. President Dean Flowers says that the long and short of the story is that based on the Procedural Manual of the Department of Environment, no vacancy should have been advertised, and the deputy Chief Environmental Officer should have been elevated to the post. Flowers says that changes in the regulation creates animosity among public […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Shots were fired this morning on a busy downtown street leaving one man injured. Reports to News Five are that twenty-five year old Lejean Rhamdas was at Minds and Hearts Car Wash on Albert Street when two men entered the premises and fired several shots at him. An injured Rhamdas ran towards Anglican Cathedral College, […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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A new initiative dubbed the Joint Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Program is being spearheaded by the ministries of National Defense and Border Security, Home Affairs, as well as the E.U.-U.N. Spotlight Initiative. The program will provide response services when sexual assault occurs within Belize’s security forces, as it aims for women and girls to […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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The Misuse of Drugs Act is once again before the House of Representatives as a proposed piece of legislation that will ultimately allow for the cultivation of cannabis for commercial use. While it had the support of the opposition, it stalled in the upper house because of certain concerns that were raised by social partner […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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At-risk youths wanting a new lease on life may want to consider agriculture as an alternative to crime and violence. To assist in that transition, the Leadership Intervention Unit is teaming up with the Ariel Rosado Foundation to lease a hundred and twenty acres of arable land for planting and cultivating crops. These plants would […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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While the Leadership Intervention Unit is working to address the root causes of crime and violence in the streets of Belize City, the number of gang-related shootings since the beginning of the year continues to raise serious concerns. It has even prompted Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow to call for the immediate resignation of Minister of […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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A new mosque was inaugurated in Belize City today; two years after construction began on a property acquired by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Belize on the George Price Highway. The event was attended by several area representatives and ministers of government, as well as church leaders from various denominations. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister of Health and Wellness Kevin Bernard believes, like many Belizeans, that the curfew has been a part of the Belizean norm for too long. Since the onset of the pandemic, citizens have been restricted in their movements as a form of containing and controlling the spread of COVID-19. Well, next week the health minister […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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So, what is next for Belizeans in the fight against COVID-19? Well, those mask mandates, social distancing, and vaccination regulations are here to stay for a while. And, if you think no curfew means nightlife returns to normal, Minister Bernard says not so fast. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health and Wellness “If you look […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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And, the future for Belizeans also includes more freedom for the vaccinated. More and more the vaccinated will be able to enjoy freedoms that the unvaccinated will be barred from, such as sports events, and even traveling across the land borders, as is already the case. As Minister Bernard puts it, the vaccinated may return […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-six-year-old Joshua Smith remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after being severely injured when he was fired upon with rubber pellets by police officers who responded to a distress call at his residence on Saturday night. His mother, Laura Smith, arrived at their home on East Collet Canal only to find him in an enraged state, […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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There is a sad story tonight involving a young man who was in an accident in Corozal. Twenty year old Odiel Tzul has died after being hospitalized for seven days following the hit and run incident at the Corozal Free Zone. According to police, Tzul was walking when an S.U.V. being driven by twenty one […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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The Joint Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Programme for the security forces was launched today. The initiative involves the Belize Police Department, the Belize Defence Force, and the Belize Coast Guard and provides response services when sexual assault occurs within the Belize security forces. It also focuses on prevention strategies, supports victim recovery, and assists […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Ahead of COP26 last year, Belize was able to submit its updated national determined contributions, as did many other countries. But to carry out projects that would reduce carbon emissions to meet the N.D.C. goals is costly. Now, Belize has been accessing climate finance for some time now which has helped with projects over the […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Today was the first in a 3-part webinar series hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the National Climate Change Office. The partnership is using the opportunity to highlight the importance of climate finance for developing countries. So, today’s session shared expertise advice on what can be done at various stages to access climate […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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