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Health and Wellness Minister Michel Chebat responded to the reports of alleged termination and removal of staff from within the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Last Friday, the first Vice President of the Public Service Union spoke to News Five about what he termed the disrespect and wrongful actions taken against public officers. He alleged […]
Written on March 31, 2021 | Posted in
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While those fliers are being freely circulated, ComPol Williams says that it is not his duty to reach out to proprietors and organizers to discourage these activities. According to the top cop, those found in violation, including attendees, will be dealt with to the full extent of the law. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police […]
Written on March 31, 2021 | Posted in
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While the country has been documenting unaccompanied minors since 2016, it is primarily collecting data on Central Americans ending up in Belize. Those cases came to a halt in 2020 with the closure of land borders during to the COVID-19 pandemic. But while this is the first known case of an unaccompanied Belizean minor, we […]
Written on March 30, 2021 | Posted in
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The Social Security Board is introducing My Social Security Self-service Portal for customers who are insured with S.S.B. This morning, General Manager for Corporate Customer Service, Chandra Nisbet-Cansino explained the purpose of the application and how its ease of access will make things a lot simpler for those who want to follow their contributions online. […]
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With borders closed, this year is going to see many Belizeans become tourists in their own backyards – visiting various parts of the country for the Easter Holidays. While some will head west and south with the family or friends, others will make their way for an extended weekend of sun, sand and sea. So […]
Written on March 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Since last week, tourism tracking data showed that resorts and hotels in major tourist destinations in the south, namely Hopkins and Placencia, were already fully booked and the properties on the cayes were filling up. Some residents were even heading to the mountains out west for a change. But there are some who will have […]
Written on March 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Tonight, we wrap up our series on women in leadership roles with the story of one woman who wasn’t born here, but who has spent her working life trying to protect and guide the use of our natural resources. As reporter Andrea Polanco found out, Hannah Saint Luce Martinez braves areas most of us won’t […]
Written on March 30, 2021 | Posted in
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A baby boy has died in northern Belize. The circumstances of his death surround a visit to a clinic where he reportedly received two injections that are a part of his scheduled shots as a baby. Police say that while only a post-mortem can reveal the cause of the death, the mother reports that the […]
Written on March 29, 2021 | Posted in
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A man drowned in Belize City over the weekend. Police say that twenty-nine-year-old Marc Russell was at a boatyard when he began to have a seizure, fell and hit his head and went underwater. Another colleague was on site and tried to rescue him but failed to do so. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero has the […]
Written on March 29, 2021 | Posted in
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You may only know her name from a school or street, but politician and women’s activist Gwendolyn Lizarraga was celebrated this past weekend. She was a businesswoman, chicle and mahogany farmer, a supporter of equal pay and advocate for protection of women labourers. She even surveyed land to create parcels for women in the Collet division. […]
Written on March 29, 2021 | Posted in
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G.O.B. is not budging – at least that is the news coming out of the unions. The government has flatly rejected their cost-cutting proposal and wants to push full steam ahead with the salary cut and increment freeze to reduce the wage bill by eighty million dollars. Earlier this week, the unions informed their members […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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But it may not be a done deal. According to P.S.U.’s Dean Flowers, G.O.B. reached out to allow them a final chance to ventilate their reasons for their unwavering position. That meeting couldn’t happen today and has been pushed back for Monday – and we’ll tell you all about that next week. But you’ll remember […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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And now turning to more public service matters – Dean Flowers is calling out the Ministry of Health and Wellness. He alleges that public officers are being treated to very disrespectful and wrongful actions. He says one such incident happened today – where two officers were basically chased out of their office. He explains what […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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So, there you heard Flowers allege that the officers were being transferred at the orders of the Minister of Health and Wellness, Michel Chebat. But it doesn’t end there, according to Flowers, because the minister himself, allegedly, tried to get rid of a senior finance officer in his ministry and told her she would be […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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And Flowers also took the opportunity to take some closing shots at Minister Michel Chebat – calling his actions arrogant and disrespectful. He alleges that Chebat’s issue with the Financial Officer in his ministry stems from a failure to follow procedure, one, he says, that was laid out way back in January as it relates […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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A pair of police constables who were recently victorious in a claim against the Belize Police Department has been charged for appearing on Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes morning show a few weeks ago. WPC Alleeya Wade was one of several claimants in whose favour the Supreme Court ruled that she was lawfully permitted to […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the Garifuna community spoke out about struggles surrounding communal land rights. In that press conference, its representatives spoke of land issues affecting three Garifuna communities in the south, between the villages of Barranco and Midway, Seine Bight and Placencia and Georgetown and Maya Mopan. It’s about the preservation of the cultural heritage of […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister Balderamos Garcia also spoke about the progress on the consent order issued by the C.C.J. in terms of the communal land rights case won by the Maya people in the south back in 2015. With a new commissioner, in the person of attorney Greg Ch’oc was recently installed, the minister says that they have […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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In attendance at the symposium were members of the police department, the B.D.F. and the coast guard. One of the concerns addressed was the process through which aggrieved persons can lodge complaints. There have been numerous reports of sexual assaults behind military walls so we asked Acting Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, Commander Gregory […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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Back in June of last year, four airplanes that were seized during drug plane landings in the country were sold by the Barrow administration for under a million Belize dollars. The business jets were said to be in a state of disrepair and sold via a bidding process as a joint venture between the former […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
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A two-week training for special constables ended this week in Sarteneja. The constables who work at the Shipstern Nature Reserve attended sessions on Green Law and learned about making arrests, building their cases and what to do and not do when dealing with people violating the laws of the reserve. The special constables were sworn […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
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As women’s month is coming to an end, the Belize Coast Guard is hosting a series of activities to highlight the roles that women play in its organization. There are currently around fifty women enlisted in varying capacities, some holding senior positions within this law enforcement agency. Acting Commandant Gregory Soberanis explains. Commander Gregory […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, the wives of the coast guard men were also honoured for their contribution to the overall success of the organization. Commander Gregory Soberanis explains. Commander Gregory Soberanis, Acting Commandant, Belize Coast Guard “Many times our men are at sea and their wives are at home manning the fort and so today we honour […]
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Negotiations between the joint unions and the Briceño administration over a proposed salary cut are ongoing, despite both sides being tightlipped about the process. News Five understands that cabinet met today, but we are unclear whether any progress has been made on that end. This morning, however, a press conference was held by an independent […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Herrera is candid in his opinion that teachers and public officers need to do more to assist government in realizing its savings. The sacrifice, he says, has to be mutual. The former whistleblower turned tour operator goes on to admonish the unions for failing to play their part in ensuring that public officers who have […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
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