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Despite the rise in COVID-19 cases, the plan – until otherwise announced – is for schools to return to face-to-face learning next school year. Today at the Radisson Fort George, a brief handing over ceremony was held where two Belize City Schools and a N.G.O. received school bags and supplies to assist children whose families […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Events for the newly designated Emancipation Day holiday on August first were released today at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. Across the country in various municipalities as well as on Facebook, educational activities, exhibits, spoken word and drumming sessions on the history of slavery and its abolishment will be shared. The month-long list […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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ISCR Director, Nigel Encalada says that the activities are important because in this day and age, there is evidence of modern-day slavery. Nigel Encalada, Director, Institute for Social and Cultural Research “Believe it or not, there are modern versions and variations of slavery that need to be addressed and this is why it is […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize Youth Counseling and Wellness arm of the Department of Youth Services has held training for the staff on how to properly assist youths who have faced some kind of trauma. Especially in crime-ridden communities, many young people are dealing with gang violence, dysfunctional families, and poverty. Pamela Dire, Coordinator “Understanding all the […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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There was disappointing news today for the Christian Workers Union. For the past twelve days, those stevedores who are members of the union have been on a go-slow on the sugar barge at the Port of Belize. The C.W.U. contends that a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the government and Banana Enterprises Limited in 2006 […]
Written on July 21, 2021 | Posted in
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We also heard from the C.E.O. of the Port of Belize Limited, Andrew Lane, on A.S.R./B.S.I.’s move to Big Creek Port. Lane told News Five via phone that the government’s decision sets a dangerous precedent. On the Phone: Andrew Lane, C.E.O., Port of Belize Limited “The Minister of Labor said that it was A.S.R./B.S.I. […]
Written on July 21, 2021 | Posted in
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In this week’s cabinet meeting, Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat reported on the rising number of COVID-19 detections, sought approval for restrictions which will come into effect at the start of next week. Minister of the Public Service, Henry Charles Usher, reported on the redistricting exercise. Cabinet gave its approval for an exercise […]
Written on July 21, 2021 | Posted in
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Earlier this month, the Belize Broadcasting Association put several broadcasting stations on notice for failure to pay their licensing fee. Among the stations listed, are Reef Radio of San Pedro and Dangriga Cable Vision, as well as the Opposition’s Wave Radio. According to the B.B.A., Wave Radio Station hasn’t paid its fees for the last […]
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On the day of the Eid, Muslims who can afford to sacrifice an animal are instructed to do so after prayer. In Belize, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at is celebrating the Eid of Sacrifices. News Five spoke with Ata’ul Haq about the observance. Ata’ul Haq, Missionary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at “Eid-ul-Adhiya is basically the Eid of […]
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On Monday night, we told you the results of a racial profiling case heard in the Supreme Court. Justice Westmin James handed down a decision in the case brought against the Belize Police Department by Greg Nunez and Bryton Codd, two young black men. The judge ruled that it was unconstitutional for police to take […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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And, while it comes after a fourteen-year-old boy lost his life in Placencia allegedly at the hands of a police officer, the police department says it is about to release policy guidelines for interactions with children. ACP Bart Jones, Commander, Compliance Department “I am happy to say that soon to be released to the […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The postmortem examination conducted on Laddie Bryson Gillett who was killed in Placencia on July fourteenth has determined the cause of death to be hypervolemic shock, internal exsanguinations due to a single gun wound to the chest. Laddie’s death has therefore been ruled as a homicide. One doctor clarified with a media house that for […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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He was visiting their community on a family vacation last Wednesday when he was killed, allegedly by a police corporal. On Sunday night, villagers in Placencia gathered to pay their respects for a young life gone too soon and to air their feelings about rising crime, and police response, in their community. Paul Lopez, […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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As protests continue in person and on social media following the shooting death Laddie Gillett, News Five sought legal opinion on the manslaughter charge against the alleged shooter, police corporal Kareem Martinez. Here is what Attorney Darrell Bradley told us. Darrell Bradley, Attorney-at-law “Justice does not mean that we are rash in going to […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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A community activist from out west has weighed in on Laddie Gillett’s death. Julian Sherrard is currently the Chairman of the San Ignacio Police Advisory Board, working alongside the department for over two decades. He now finds himself in a difficult position because he is also a close family friend of Laddie’s legal guardian and […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Laddie’s aunt also had to process how to tell her teenage children that he had been shot and killed by police. Sharon Meighan told Open Your Eyes hosts that she tried to balance telling them the truth, and maintaining their respect for the police. Sharon Meighan, Aunt of Laddie Gillett “At the first beginning, […]
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Today, Supreme Court Justice Westmin James handed down a decision in the case brought against the Belize Police Department by Greg Nunez and myself. Legal recourse was sought after we felt that our rights had been violated because without any probable cause or intelligence to suggest that we were involved in any criminal activity, police […]
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But does the ruling now set precedence for stop and search? Attorney Leslie Mendez, who represented the complainants in the case, says that the decision should provide critical guidance to the police department in conducting legal searches. While she says that by law the police are allowed to conduct stop and searches, the violation is […]
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In an update to the looming labor dispute at the Port of Belize, P.B.L. has reportedly agreed to meet with the Christian Workers Union next week. The union has served the port with a twenty-one-day notice of intended industrial action because stevedores fear they will be losing wages if the company which exports sugar at […]
Written on July 15, 2021 | Posted in
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When asked about the go-slow the stevedores are currently staging and how this affects not only the Port of Belize or A.S.R./B.S.I., but also cane farmers, the union president said they are conscious of the cane farmer’s situation and that the go-slow is one part of the union’s attempt to jump start negotiations. Evan […]
Written on July 15, 2021 | Posted in
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News Five also asked the C.W.U. leader about the right of a business to make changes to become more competitive. He referred back to the Memorandum of Understanding drawn up in the early two-thousands. Paul Lopez “Where do you stand on the right of the company to increase its efficiency by moving to the […]
Written on July 15, 2021 | Posted in
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The Port of Belize Limited called a press conference this evening to address the ongoing matter with the C.W.U. members. According to P.B.L., since April they have been engaging the C.W.U. but talks stalled when the CWU failed to provide feedback following a meeting. C.E.O. Andy Lane says that it was on May twenty-eight that […]
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C.E.O. Lane is now hoping that G.O.B. will honor that M.O.U. and keep the sugar shipments in Belize. And he says if that happens, they want to transition into moving the Collective Bargaining Agreement forward with the C.W.U. as soon as possible. But we’ll only know what happens next week and although Lane has appealed […]
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The Public Service Union is celebrating its ninety-ninth anniversary. The P.S.U.’s President Dean Flowers and First Vice President Annisa Gomez appeared on Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes this morning. Annisa Gonzalez, 1st Vice President, P.S.U. “I am overwhelmed to be in the union first of all, very proud to be in the public service […]
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The Christian Workers Union issued a twenty-one-day notice of intended strike action to the Port of Belize Limited on Tuesday. The letter, addressed to the Minister of Labour, Oscar Requeña notes that the union has sought to resolve a number of matters with P.B.L., but to no avail. Approximately one year ago, on the eighth […]
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