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Today, Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay congratulated Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley for her party’s landslide win and return to office. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs “I think once again, Prime Minister Mottley showed us that she is a master politician. Anybody who calls an election more than a year and a half before […]
Written on January 20, 2022 | Posted in
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A group of passengers coming off a Copa Airlines flight was barred from entering Belize through the Phillip Goldson International Airport on Tuesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay told News Five that they are still being processed for return to their country of origin. While he did not disclose the specifics, he drew attention […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon, attorney Orson Elrington showed up at the Queen Street Police Station demanding to meet with his clients who have been in detention since Tuesday when they were taken into custody at the Philip Goldson International Airport. He was denied an opportunity to meet with them. What he told the media outside of the […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Was there a scuffle onboard the flight at the P.G.I.A. that resulted in all thirty-two passengers being taken off the airplane? That’s what the media asked Elrington today. Here’s his response. Reporter “Did you get any information about what would have taken place at the airport, did they resist the authority once they were […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Corozal North Area Representative Hugo Patt was summoned to testify before a Commission of Inquiry on February twenty-sixth, 2021. During his time before the panel, the former deputy prime minister was questioned about several transactions involving the sale of his ministerial vehicle while he was still the Minister of Natural Resources. At the time, he […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Since the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the sale of government assets under the latter part of the previous administration’s reigns were revealed, former Minister of Natural Resources Hugo Patt has come back swinging. The Commission’s Chair, Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, has recommended that the government may have a legal case against Patt […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon social media was abuzz with claims that the Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber may be embroiled in yet another domestic violence scandal. At news time, media members were still camped out at the Queen Street Police Station waiting to see if his Doctor Shaneka Arnold and her attorney would emerge and make […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The omicron variant has broken the infection rate records around the world and Belize has been no different since this mutation of the COVID-19 virus was detected in Belize. But this strain of the virus is not as deadly as the delta variant. So up to this point, the government’s plan is still to reopen […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Among the members of the COVID-19 task force that advises cabinet on the course of action to be taken during the pandemic is Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa. She says that even though the reopening of the border is not recommended at this time, there is heightened surveillance at all land borders and at the P.G.I.A. […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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COVID cases are surging and the highest rate is among the unvaccinated. News Five has obtained a copy of a COVID-19 report from the epidemiology unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The Weekly National and District Summary Report of COVID breaks down the data from all regions as the country continues to battle […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The results of the Regional Examination for Nursing Registration are in, and seventy-one percent of Belize’s nurses passed the regional exam. Sixty Belizean nurses sat the exams last October. According to Chief Nursing Officer, Nurse Lizette Bell, one of the top Caribbean performers also hailed from Belize. But as Nurse Bell explains, the above-average passes […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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In a one-on-one interview with News Five on Monday, P.S.U. President, Dean Flowers, confirmed that the appointment of Doctor Julio Sabido as C.E.O. in the Ministry of Health and Wellness is the purview of the Prime Minister and can be chosen from either the private or public sector. But, the union president says that with […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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And, there would seem that a similar case is unfolding. Former Environment C.E.O., Doctor Percival Cho, was replaced with the change in government. But he too, says P.S.U. President Dean Flowers, did not resign from his public officer status. He was employed under the Forest Department before he was appointed as C.E.O. under the Barrow […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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The new Minister of Health, Kevin Bernard, met with former Director of Health Services, Michel Chebat on Monday to discuss Manzanero’s possibly staying at the Ministry of Health. This is after, as you’ll remember, Manzanero was unceremoniously ousted by the former Minister of Health, after he turned down two other positions within the Ministry. Well, the […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Minister of Health, Michel Chebat, was reassigned just over a week ago to the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, and Logistics. It was a major shift from a Ministry that found itself in the throes of a deadly pandemic and gripped by shortages in almost every aspect, from supplies, equipment, and medications, to human […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Chebat was moved from the Ministry of Health after there had been criticisms about his way of doing things. His C.E.O. left and another that was offered the job turned it down. So, when the announcement came last week that he’d been removed as Minister of Health, it didn’t seem to come as a surprise […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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While we spoke with Chebat, we asked for his reaction to a letter from W.H.O./P.A.H.O., thanking him for the collaboration during his tenure as the Minister of Health and Wellness. Signed by the Director Dr. Carissa Etienne, it states in part, “We applaud your commitment to strengthening the health systems especially during this period of […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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When asked about relevant training for nurses to better cope with COVID, she responded that nurses are trained to deal with pandemics. Nurse Lizette Bell, Chief Nursing Officer & Chair, Nurses & Midwives Council “In nursing training there is a component that you need to look at as it relates to proper infection control […]
Written on January 18, 2022 | Posted in
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A well-loved and respected customs officer is the latest victim of a fatal road traffic accident. It happened over the weekend when Rudolph Williams was traveling along the George Price Highway towards Belize City. The journey from Big Creek to the Old Capital is a lengthy drive, and Williams was much closer to home when […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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A police officer was stabbed on Saturday night. Akeem Jones reported to his fellow officers that he was attempting to part a fight between several persons near Water Lane, when one of the men turned on him and inflicted multiple stab wounds to his body. It’s an account that is being questioned by his colleagues […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Coast Guard Officer Kyle Humes was stabbed in front of his residence over the weekend, when a pair of men accosted him as he got out of his vehicle. He was injured on various parts of the body, including the face and hands. There have been no arrests in the case thus far and police […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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A suspect in the January thirteenth murder of Dorian Tzac is in police custody. He was picked up following the deadly shooting on Antelope Street Extension that left the welder dead and a teenage minor critically wounded. Malcolm Muschamp, a resident of Ladyville, was nabbed on Thursday night shortly after officers on mobile patrol in […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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There was an attempt on the life of Alrick Lamb in the same crime-ridden neighborhood where Dorian Tzac was gunned down last Thursday. According to Lamb, he was on a bicycle in the vicinity of the Collet Education and Resource Center when he was pursued by the occupants of a vehicle who opened fire on […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Today a group of women turned out in protest at the Truancy Unit of the Ministry of Education in Belize City. They were up in arms because they were being issued termination letters. One woman was about to apply for maternity leave when she was let go instead. While they claim they are being politically […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Education says that it is in the process of cleaning up the School Security Warden Program. That is because a review of a list of approximately one hundred and fifty wardens on the payroll shows a number have been receiving a pay check, but are not assigned to any school. Others have […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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