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Sparks flew during the House Meeting over additional funds required for land acquisition by the past administration. It happened when Prime Minister John Briceño rose to announce that a further appropriation supplemental of two point five million dollars payable will be necessary to cover for land. Also at issue was a portion of land in […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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The tenure of Dorothy Bradley as Auditor General comes to an end on December seventh. Bradley has issued a farewell statement saying “As I leave, I am extremely proud to report that in keeping with the LIMA and Mexico Declarations for the independence of Supreme Audit Institutions, my team and I have worked on a […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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Over a hundred million dollars is being invested to upgrade the Coastal Road, also referred to as the Coastal Highway. With construction works well underway, the upgrade is sixty percent complete. But already there are discussions between various ministries to ensure road safety, from security, education and enforcement standpoints. Capacity building among the enforcement units […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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This evening police issued a report that on Thursday, intelligence information led law enforcement officers to a cache of cannabis, guns and ammunition. A search in the San Jomal area of Corozal resulted in the seizure of four hundred and fifty-four pounds of the drug. Also found at the scene were three nine millimetre pistols, […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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Councillor George Del Cid of the Caye Caulker Village Council got in trouble with the law after he reportedly hit a man on the face the week. He was arraigned at the San Pedro Magistrate Court Tuesday, November thirtieth for Wounding. He was a two-thousand-dollar bail, which he met and was ordered to return to […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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Kareem Michael has been named the new Governor of the Central Bank of Belize. Michael has been acting as Governor ever since the former Governor, Gustavo Manuel Vasquez resigned suddenly in August, after only nineteen weeks in that capacity. Today, Prime Minister John Briceno told the media that the Board of Governors of the Bank […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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Today the Prime Minister witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in San Carlos Village, Orange Walk. News Five took the opportunity to ask him about the frequency at which drug planes are being landed in Belize and how soon we can expect to acquire the radar that his party pledged to acquire, even […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister says the fight against drug lords will be a continuous one because they have already set up a network that we now have to break up. Prime Minister John Briceno “It’s a matter now of following the money to see where the drugs end and go after the people, whosoever is […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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Last night we told you about Cabinet’s recommendation to extend the expiring Commercial Agreement between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industry Limited (BSI/ASR) for a period of six months. The harvest season is set to begin in a couple weeks, and with the expiration of the agreement in January of […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, News Five caught up with Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat at a meeting on early childhood development in San Ignacio. Among the first questions asked was what happened with now former C.E.O., Doctor Deysi Mendez, who parted ways with the ministry after only one year? Minister Chebat broke his silence today on […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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With the passage of the Public Health Reform legislation the position of Director of Health Services within the Ministry of Health and Wellness, previously held by Doctor Marvin Manzanero was abolished. But there is still a deputy DHS in the form of Doctor Francis Morey. The legislation also allowed for the creation of two other […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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And by this evening, Prime Minister John Briceño told News Five’s Marion Ali that Doctor Lesbia Guerra is being considered to replace Doctor Deysi Mendez as the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness. If the name sounds familiar, that is because Doctor Guerra is the former C.E.O. in the Ministry of […]
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With the COVID-19 positivity rate below ten, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is optimistic that the downward trend will see the country containing the spread of the virus. But it will only be possible if residents adhere to public health measures in place. Today, Minister Chebat broke down the vaccination figures, telling News Five’s […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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The omicron virus – the latest strain of COVID-19 – has been detected in the United States. Scientists from South Africa, where it was first identified, say that omicron is more transmissible and that so far, the symptoms have been mild. But it is the stresses to the healthcare system that is of great concern […]
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One thousand, two hundred and seventy-seven pounds of cocaine, packed tightly into twenty-five and a half bales, were seized by a team of police officers deep inside the forests of Mountain Pine Ridge on Tuesday morning. It followed an intense anti-drug operation to locate the illicit payload when a small drug plane came down hard […]
Written on December 1, 2021 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams sat down with Rear Admiral Elton Bennett on Tuesday to discuss a way forward for the police department and the coast guard to work together, along with the Belize Defense Force, to intercept drug runners who traffic narcotics through the country. The Belize Coast Guard is presently at the helm […]
Written on December 1, 2021 | Posted in
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal, whose lengthy career in law enforcement includes stints as head of the defunct Gang Suppression Unit and Commander of Operations, is presently on leave. ACP Vidal took a leave of absence following the November fourth fiasco in which four members of his former Commander of Operations Strike Team were […]
Written on December 1, 2021 | Posted in
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What about the unsanctioned vehicles that made up the fleet driven by the Commander of Operations Strike Team? Those vehicles that were confiscated by the police department ought to have gone through a formal requisition process via the Ministry of Finance, but they didn’t. Instead, they found their way into the hands of COST for […]
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A San Pedro teacher is tonight in big trouble after she was recorded during a virtual session verbally abusing her students. A video surfaced online overnight and went viral. For about one minute and thirteen seconds, the female teacher from the San Pedro High School could be heard ranting because students were not giving feedback […]
Written on December 1, 2021 | Posted in
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In agricultural news, Cabinet issued a statement today the Prime Ministers and his advisors are concerned that a Commercial Agreement between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industry Limited (BSI/ASR) will not be reached in time for the opening of the sugar season. Therefore, Cabinet is of the view that the […]
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Today, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in the person of Doctor Francis Morey finally spoke out about the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. As has been reported, the data shared so far after the variant was detected in South Africa indicates that omicron is more transmissible than the delta, but also that the symptoms are […]
Written on December 1, 2021 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, cabinet announced that it is lifting the six o’clock cut off time for liquor sales with the hopes that residents would be responsible enough and not become reckless and engage in any social gathering. It comes on the heels of an ease on curfew beginning at ten p.m. from Sunday to Thursday and […]
Written on December 1, 2021 | Posted in
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While with Deputy DHS Doctor Morey, we asked him about his official post with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The Director of Health Services post which was held by Doctor Marvin Manzanero was made redundant and replaced by three director positions to fill the gap. Doctor Morey maintained that he is the deputy DHS. […]
Written on December 1, 2021 | Posted in
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One of two individuals believed to have landed an aircraft laden with narcotics in Mountain Pine Ridge on Sunday is under police guard at the Western Regional Hospital tonight. He is recovering from injuries sustained when the drug plane crash landed on a crude runway near Hidden Valley. Police were back on the scene today […]
Written on November 30, 2021 | Posted in
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A family of ten, including children, are tonight homeless after an afternoon fire gutted the two-storey structure they lived in. It was a frightening ordeal that has left members of the family, who were at home at the time of the blaze, traumatized. Fortunately, no one was hurt but they lost everything except for a […]
Written on November 30, 2021 | Posted in
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