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Public assistance is being sought to help a husband and wife couple out of a dire situation that they are facing. Elmar Martinez is blind and unemployed and has been living in a deplorable condition. Earlier today, we followed community activist Moses Sulph into an area of Belize City to meet the couple. News Five’s […]
Written on February 2, 2022 | Posted in
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A woman whose house collapsed received a new one from the Ministry of Housing. Margaret McDougall had been living in the decrepit structure for the better part of twenty years and one day it went crashing to the ground, leaving her with no choice but to share space with a sister. Today, McDougall got her […]
Written on February 2, 2022 | Posted in
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News Five also asked the Commissioner of Police, just how successful surveillance cameras have been in solving crime? Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “We do appreciate the fact that a number of business establishments have mounted surveillance cameras inside their stores and to some extent outside. Now, I would like to make an […]
Written on January 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay congratulated Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley for her party’s landslide win and return to office. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs “I think once again, Prime Minister Mottley showed us that she is a master politician. Anybody who calls an election more than a year and a half before […]
Written on January 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Saturday was celebrated as a public and bank holiday. And, while many took it simply as an extra day of rest and relaxation, government leaders attended a tribute to the late George Price. Prime Minister John Briceño and Minister of Culture, Francis Fonseca, shared their thoughts about Mr. Price at the opening of an exhibition […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Fans of performing artist Marlyn Vansen were surprised over the weekend when she posted about her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis. The singer, dancer, and mother of a one year old daughter posted to her Facebook that in addition to these identities, she is now also an M.S. Warrior. She was diagnosed on January eighth with the […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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A resident of Neal Pen Road in Belize City is looking for a job so that she can move from her house that had collapsed on January second. Florence Horne remains in the structure, but the ceiling and floor are compromised. She says the National Emergency Management Organization has visited her, but the property is […]
Written on January 17, 2022 | Posted in
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The National Institute of Culture and History is planning two main activities at the House of Culture, formerly the Government House, in connection with the birthday of Belize’s first Prime Minister and National Hero, the late George Price. Marion Ali has a report on what the institute is doing to commemorate the day. Marion […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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He is called the Father of the Nation for taking Belize from a British colony to an independent country. Since his death in 2011, the People’s United Party has been actively promoting his legacy. In fact, the Briceño administration has declared January fifteenth, George Price’s birthday, to be a public and bank holiday. Today, in […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning, ground was broken for the start of rehabilitation works for the Libertad and Concepcion rural water system in the Corozal District. According to the Ministry of Rural Development, the project has two parts, the expansion of the existing water system and the addition of eight hundred more connections for homes, schools and churches. […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, you heard Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner speaking about a delay in a proposed parking meter project, which has been met with resistance by area reps in the Old Capital. Among those persons is Fort George area representative Henry Charles Usher. He is, however, supportive of the green fund initiative that would help […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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There were big winners this week with Courts and Tropigas. The tickets of customers who participated in raffles between October and December of 2021 were shuffled. Earlier this week, Jose Avalos from Belize City drove off with a 2022 QUTE car – a line within Courts automotive department. A woman from Belmopan also won a […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the new Minister of Religious Affairs, Henry Charles Usher, responded to the L.G.B.T. group, Our Circle. The human rights organization wrote an open letter to the minister, expressing concern and seeking clarity on a statement made by him earlier this week about aligning public service with Christian principles. While it didn’t sit too well […]
Written on January 13, 2022 | Posted in
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The Development Finance Corporation and the CARICOM Development Fund have entered into an agreement for a Credit Risk Abatement Facility. It is aimed at providing small and medium enterprises with access to financing for investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Belize is now one of five CARICOM countries to have adopted the C.D.F.’s […]
Written on January 13, 2022 | Posted in
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In 2021, garbage woes came to a head, with the City Hall owing Belize Waste Control millions of dollars for garbage collection services. It’s a perennial issue that has been a torn for consecutive administrations. During the last instance there was intervention from Central Government which managed to kick the can down the road, but […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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With tax payers owing the council approximately twenty-one million dollars, Mayor Bernard Wagner says that City Hall needs to collect those monies so that it can carry out its mandate of fixing streets. With an expected increase in revenue flows, Mayor Wagner says that for 2022, residents can expect more infrastructure works along arteries. […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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Back in early December, Belize City Council received its first set of parking meters as part of a pilot project. But there is a hiccup in its planned installation because it is not sitting well with some Area Reps since parking in Belize City is already hard to find. The delay, says Mayor Bernard Wagner, […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this month, we told you about a ticketing quota for traffic wardens disclosed in a memo sent to all Senior Transport Officers attached to the Department of Transport. The circular said a minimum of forty-four traffic violation tickets by each officer every month. Those who failed to comply would be sanctioned for insubordination. Today, […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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Just before Christmas, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing delivered twenty homes to singles mothers. Today, Minister Julius Espat appeared on Open Your Eyes and spoke about the reaction of the recipients. Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing “I never realized the impact it would have in changing people’s lives. We […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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The P.U.P. Administration campaigned on the commitment to build ten thousand homes. Minister Espat foresees the completion of at least one hundred and thirty homes by the end of April, with a budget of five million dollars. Still a far cry from ten thousand, Minister Espat says he will ask for a budget to build […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Infrastructure Development is urging those who travel the Belize River to exercise caution near the Haulover Bridge as replacement works get underway. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development announced today that two foundation piers will be constructed in the river at a location just downstream of the existing bridge. Barges will be used […]
Written on January 11, 2022 | Posted in
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The Protected Areas Conservation Trust has renewed its agreement with the Belize Nature Conservation Foundation for the management of the endowment and operational Funds of the B.N.C.F. According to a release from P.A.C.T., the Belize Nature Conservation Foundation is an independently governed, private foundation, created through Belize’s first Debt for Nature Swap back in 2001 […]
Written on January 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The rapid proliferation of the Omicron variant across the country will undoubtedly affect frontline workers, including police officers who are tasked with keeping law and order amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout last year, dozens of officers were out at various intervals on sick leave as a result of contracting the virus. With the introduction of […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning at the Department of Youth Services in Belize City, the Leadership Intervention Unit met to chart a way forward for the next twelve months. As we reported a few weeks ago, an initial retreat was held at Camp D’Silva in Mountain Pine Ridge where at-risk youths from at least two communities participated in […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Central Prison currently boasts a significantly smaller population that it did only eight years ago. The facility, which is managed by the Kolbe Foundation, houses adult men and women and male youths. But while the general population in Belize has been growing, what has caused the prison population to shrink over the years? […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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