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One of the key moments during the official State Visit of the President of the Republic of Cuba on Sunday was the signing of two cooperation agreements between the Governments of Cuba and Belize. One of those agreements is focused on cultural cooperation. The agreement, signed by Francis Fonseca, the Minister of Culture, and Bruno […]
Written on February 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Police are looking for a man who they believe murdered his friend early this morning in Belize City. The incident happened in front of the victim’s home just as he and his girlfriend had arrived. He was reportedly out socializing earlier with the alleged gunman, and things got out of hand. The two became embroiled […]
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Two weeks ago, a man was found dead inside his home, and now following a post-mortem examination, police have launched an investigation into his death. That’s because the post-mortem revealed that the man died from blunt force trauma. Richard Thurton was reportedly found dead inside his house on Penn Road. Still, police have just begun […]
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Police also shed light today on the murder of Auburn Rivero, whose body was found last Friday in the Lord’s Bank area where he lived with chop wounds to his body. Rivero’s body was found on Old Well Road in Lord’s Bank. A.S.P Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “So far they have […]
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There was another murder in Toledo over the weekend. The Belize Police Department’s Communications Director, Fitzroy Yearwood shared the details with the media today. A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “On Saturday the eleventh February, 2023 around five a.m., police visited a scene where they saw the motionless body with several stab […]
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His Excellency Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba will arrive in Belize on Sunday, February 12th. The President will arrive on Sunday morning for a one-day visit and participate in bilateral meetings, sign agreements with the Belize government, and participate in a special […]
Written on February 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Not all U.D.P. party members agree with the Opposition Leaders’ position on the Cuban President’s visit. This morning, Hugo Patt, the Area Representative for Corozal North, took to social media to express support for the Cuban President and the Republic’s strong ties with Belize. Patt told us that he and many of his colleagues within […]
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As for the details of the official visit…Although President Miguel Diaz-Canel will only be in the country for a few hours, the bilateral signals a commitment to cooperation between Belize and Cuba. Minister Courtenay outlines what will take place on Sunday and the significance of the relationship between both countries. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign […]
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In a one-on-one interview with Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay, News Five asked about the concerns that the Opposition and some Belizeans have expressed about former Guantanamo Bay detainee Majid Khan. Khan had served twenty years in detention after pleading guilty to his involvement in terrorist activities. Belize’s decision to accept the U.S. Government’s […]
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Over the weekend, reports surfaced once again of Haitian nationals arriving at the Philip Goldson International Airport. And while a visit to Belize doesn’t always warrant news attention. It is when there is an allegation of extortion by immigration officers. Information shared with News Five is that inside the passports were monies in exchange for […]
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A Lord’s Bank Village resident was chopped to death on Old Well Road in that community just after midnight this morning. Twenty-eight-year-old Alburn Rivero’s body was found in some bushes on the road, about a quarter mile from the Phillip Goldson Highway. A purple and brown beach cruiser bicycle was near the body. Darlene Fuller, Rivero’s […]
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Corporal Elmer Nah was back in court along with his wife and brother-in-law, and they all will have a case to answer to for two counts of kept unlicensed ammunition for one hundred and thirty-nine live rounds of ammunition. Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman today read Nah four more new charges, one for the murder of […]
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On Wednesday, you heard the Prime Minister respond to the unions. During the union’s press conference on Tuesday, the issue of increments, travel allowances, and the collective bargaining agreement for teachers came up. The B.N.T.U. and Public Service Union demanded that the Government restore them by April first or else. Today, we asked Minister of […]
Written on February 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Minister Fonseca says that as it relates to travel allowances, his ministry spends approximately ten million dollars on transportation – including buses for students and hardship allowances. Fonseca says that the union is asking for an increase in allowances and allowing more teachers to access the hardship allowance. He confirmed with the media today that […]
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Meanwhile, the United Democratic Party says it is supporting the joint unions. In a press release on Tuesday, the Opposition expressed that it supports the unions’ fight for better working and living conditions. The release cites matters related to public borrowing, public health, promised legislations under Plan Belize that are yet to be passed, inflation, […]
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On Tuesday, the joint unions raised hell over reports of salary increases for Justices of the High Court of Justice in Belize. This information came via a January ninth, 2023, Ministry of Finance memorandum with news that the base salary for Justices of the High Court has been increased to one hundred and seventy-five thousand […]
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This evening, Ministry of Education officials, including Chief Executive Officer Dian Maheia and Chief Education Officer Yolanda Gongora, are meeting with the father of a female student from Canaan High School in Belize City over allegations of inappropriate behaviour from a male teacher. Reports are that the teacher made unsolicited advances toward the student and […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño was in San Pedro this morning for a regional event, which we will tell you about later in the newscast. While there, we caught up with him to get his response to the issues raised at the joint union press conference on Tuesday. As we told you last night, among other […]
Written on February 8, 2023 | Posted in
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And, while Prime Minister Briceño says his administration is prepared to deal with the issue of frozen increments, there is a catch. He is calling on the unions to come to the table to discuss pension reform and to agree that the current pension structure for public servants is unsustainable. The Government is proposing a […]
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P.M. Briceño also responded to questions about the drawn-out collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the Belize National Teachers Union and the Government of Belize. At Tuesday’s press conference, B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith raised the issue that it has been almost fifteen years of negotiating the C.B.A. One point of contention in those negotiations is the […]
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Prime Minister Briceño was also asked about his administration’s position on the Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s draft campaign finance legislation. As we have reported, the B.C.C.I. has formulated draft legislation on which they briefed the media back in January. But is it something the government is prepared to look at? Prime Minister John […]
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Just after midday today, there was a collision on the Spanish Lookout Road in western Belize. A man on a motorcycle reportedly collided head on with a white pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction. The accident occurred in the vicinity of the B.N.E. Headquarters and reports are that the deceased, whose name is still […]
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The Public Service Union and the Belize National Teachers Union members called a press conference this evening to voice their concerns on several pressing issues. The unions want to update the public on the outcome of a Joint Union Negotiating Team meeting with the Prime Minister back in December 2022. According to the President of […]
Written on February 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Another issue raised by the head table at today’s joint union press conference is the prolonged negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement between the Belize National Teachers Union and the Government of Belize. Fourteen years have passed since the signing of the new deal. Elena Smith, the President of the Belize National Teachers Union, explained […]
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The unions also raised the issue of inflation and price gouging at today’s press conference. According to Flowers, most public servants fall within the lower income brackets of the government’s pay scale. As a result, Flowers contends that inflation and price coughing, coupled with frozen increments, are significantly affecting public servants. The joint unions are […]
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