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A large group of enthusiastic students are getting ready to travel to Taiwan to take on scholarships. Over the weekend, they participated in an orientation programme hosted by the Taiwanese Embassy. The areas of studies range from medicine to engineering. This year, Taiwan has awarded the largest group of scholarships. Here is News Five’s Hipolito […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Owen Arthur, former Barbadian Prime Minister, has passed. Seventy-year-old Arthur died this morning in Barbados. The former PM was hospitalized earlier this month with heart complications. Arthur was Barbados’ fifth Prime Minister, who led his country for an unprecedented three consecutive terms from 1994 to 2008. He was a member of the Barbadian Parliament from […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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While we spoke to the Foreign Minister on Monday, we also asked him about the situation in Guyana. Guyana is entering its fifth month of political deadlock since the results of a March second presidential election were brought into question following allegations of vote-rigging and fraud. The standoff was only intensified when a protracted recount […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Taiwan is stepping up big time for Belize with another COVID-19 medical equipment donation. In its latest gift, Taiwan donated a million Belize dollars in equipment and materials for hospitals and labs across the country. The donation includes protective gears; nasal swabs; and thermometers. Here’s the story. Andrea Polanco, Reporting On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Ambassador […]
Written on June 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The Organization of American States is conducting an investigation to determine the geographical location of a team of Belize Defense Force soldiers, who ventured into an area of the adjacency zone in southern Belize near Jalacte Village. This follows a report from Guatemalan media that the B.D.F. officers illegally entered into a settlement on the […]
Written on June 3, 2020 | Posted in
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There is a developing situation along the western border near Jalacte Village. Reports in the Guatemalan media claim that Belize Defence Force soldiers illegally crossed the border into Guatemala. The online media reports say that the B.D.F. soldiers crossed the adjacency line to take land measurements at a Guatemalan community known as Santa Cruz, San […]
Written on June 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The repatriation process for displaced Belizeans overseas to return home is in the making. Belize has not recorded another positive case for COVID-19 for more than thirty days and the government wants to keep it that way. Government has set up the COVID-19 Controlled Repatriation for Displaced Belizeans Abroad website which is being handled by […]
Written on May 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Belizeans who return home will be required to go into mandatory quarantine at a chosen hotel. They will bear the cost of that quarantine and according to C.E.O. Lou-Anne Burns Martinez; the lowest price is one hundred and ten dollars bringing the total bill for the fourteen-day quarantine to one thousand five hundred and forty […]
Written on May 20, 2020 | Posted in
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According to C.E.O. Martinez, those returning home will need to adhere to strict safety guidelines. The choice to self-quarantine will be given only to a selected few after they meet the requirements, one being if they are deemed to be chronically ill. Martinez explains. Host “Can persons quarantine on their own if they live […]
Written on May 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The repatriation process for Belizeans will not be achieved over night. According to C.E.O. Martinez, the process can take a few days or even a week. Martinez is asking for Belizeans to be patient and to fully complete the application. Lou-Anne Burns Martinez, C.E.O., Ministry of Foreign Affairs “We respond very quickly. As soon […]
Written on May 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the Republic of China reaffirmed its support for the region’s micro, small and medium enterprises executed by the Center for the Promotion of MSMEs, known as CENPROMYPE. Taiwan signed the first disbursement of a two million U.S.-dollar project. The initiative seeks to promote regional actions that will help to develop the sector through entrepreneurship, […]
Written on May 8, 2020 | Posted in
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The Guatemalan Government was granted by the International Court of Justice, a six month extension to submit its memorial on its maritime and territorial claim to Belize. Guatemala cited the COVID-19 pandemic, which presented challenges to prepare for its submissions. Belize’s attorneys objected to Guatemala’s request proposing instead a two-month extension, but the I.C.J. went […]
Written on April 28, 2020 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice held its first ever virtual plenary meeting. It required the president and the registrar to be available in the deliberation room of the Peace Palace in The Hague, while the remaining members of the court participated via videoconference. In that sitting, the I.C.J. considered pending judicial matters and […]
Written on April 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The Cuban government has been deploying teams of doctors and nurses to fight the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. With considerable experience in combating deadly diseases, the Cuban health personnel are in demand, even in wealthy countries. This afternoon, a second brigade of health personnel arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport and will join thirty-two […]
Written on March 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Minister of Health, Pablo Marin told News Five that today’s group will be assigned to the isolation area and intensive care unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Minister Marin says that today is a great day because of the almost ninety tests done in the country, only two have been positive up to now. […]
Written on March 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The first team of medical experts from Cuba will land in Belize on Wednesday and the second batch of doctors will arrive on Thursday via a chartered airplane from Guatemala. More than thirty other countries are also receiving the Cuban health personnel, including Italy. The doctors will be assisting local health official to combat COVID-19 […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Hernandez, Cuban medical professionals are working on a vaccine to neutralize the COVID-19 virus. According to press reports, preliminary results of the vaccine being developed by Cuba to fight the new coronavirus are optimistic. On the Phone: Orestes Hernandez, Minister Counselor, Embassy of Cuba in Belize “It said during a press conference that […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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At the headquarters of the Organization of American States in Washington today, the anticipated elections took place for Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General of the O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Almagro from Uruguay was re-elected with twenty-three of the thirty votes casted, easily defeating Maria Fernanda Espinosa from Ecuador. Assistant Secretary General Nestor Mendez had […]
Written on March 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The Secretary General of the O.A.S., Luis Almagro, today met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington as well as with Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Soon after his inauguration, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei asked the O.A.S. to facilitate a meeting with PM Barrow either in Belmopan or at the Adjacency Zone at the […]
Written on January 31, 2020 | Posted in
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Today an official celebration of the sixty-first anniversary of the Cuban Revolution as well as the twenty-fifth anniversary of bilateral relations between Belize and Cuban will be celebrated at the Museum of Belize. The ceremony, which began around seven o’clock tonight, will also launch an exhibit on the gallery. The event is being organized through […]
Written on January 31, 2020 | Posted in
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Colombia’s Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez was in Belize on Wednesday. The Vice President arrived with an official delegation as a way to strengthen the bilateral relations between Belize and Colombia especially in the areas of trade, investment and commerce. Ramirez met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, Foreign Affairs Minister, Wilfred Elrington and Speaker of […]
Written on January 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Shortly after he was sworn as president of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei announced his intention to meet with Prime Minister Dean Barrow to forge a more cordial relationship between with the two countries. As you know, the territorial dispute is heading to the I.C.J. for resolution. Giammattei said he has asked the O.A.S. to facilitate the […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo met with high level government officials and prime ministers from across the Caribbean earlier this week in Kingston, Jamaica. Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago boycotted the region and a number of other states supported that position because not all members of CARICOM were invited. Those who were around the […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington is among a group of ministers from seven other countries meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who is in Kingston, Jamaica. The gathering prompted controversy because not all Caribbean countries were invited so that Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and others are not attending. The United States is […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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In a matter that has regional importance, the prime ministers of Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are not participating in a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pompeo arrived this evening in Kingston, Jamaica. The meeting has caused a rift in CARICOM because not all leaders were invited and discussions are expected […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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