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Earlier this month, there was a massive fire on San Pedro, in the Boca Del Rio area of the island. The inferno gutted up to eight structures within three properties and displaced some sixty-six residents—thirty-two of which are school-aged minors. Various organizations along with the San Pedro Town Council have been aiding the families with […]
Written on July 18, 2014 | Posted in
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The Ariel Rosado Memorial Education Foundation prided itself on Wednesday when it granted thirty scholarships to deserving students. But an internal problem at the Foundation has gone public and the situation is likely to get nastier. Doctor Alvaro Rosado, President of the Foundation named after his deceased son Ariel, told the media that a co-founder […]
Written on July 17, 2014 | Posted in
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Sanchez Senior also provided copies of two cheques that were deposited into Alvaro Rosado’s personal account and showed some receipts to substantiate payments made without his knowledge. While the Sanchez’s have been invited to view an audit report on the foundation’s finances, Sanchez Senior says that he is not interested. The matter is before the […]
Written on July 17, 2014 | Posted in
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The latest statistics on unemployment in Belize, released a few weeks ago by the Statistical Institute, shows an increase in joblessness in the districts. The only increase in employment was in Belize City, a result of the ongoing city infrastructure projects. The dialogue between the public and private sectors is focused on driving the economy […]
Written on July 17, 2014 | Posted in
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In January 2014 the Occupational Safety and Health Bill was tabled in the House of Representatives. For the unions who pushed the bill, the road was a long one, and success was hard fought. But the fight isn’t over yet. The bill is focused on the safety and protection of workers, and the reality is […]
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There’s good news coming out of the tourism industry tonight. According to the latest figures from the B.T.B., overnight and cruise arrivals have gone up in every month this year compared to 2013. Overnight arrivals from January to June 2014 went up from one hundred and sixty-six thousand, three hundred and five to one hundred […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Dezerie Phillips is the second woman to take the helm of the Eastern Division. Her new posting was announced last week, and she joined fellow officers who received promotions at Wednesday’s ceremony. It’s a difficult job, but nothing new to Phillips who has been second in command at the Eastern Division […]
Written on July 17, 2014 | Posted in
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The Belize Solid Waste Management Project is in full swing at the moment. It addresses various processes, including the creation of waste, collection, transfer and disposal, as well as the reprocessing and treatment of waste. Since its implementation mid-2013, the western corridor of the country has been retrofitted with transfer stations and also a state-of-the-art […]
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The safety of tourists and other visitors who frequent Belize’s archaeological sites is of utmost importance to stakeholders in the industry. While there have been various opportunities for tour guides to train in CPR and swift water cave rescue, there hasn’t been a standard curriculum that sets the guidelines across the board. Today, however, as […]
Written on July 16, 2014 | Posted in
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On Monday we showed you the situation in the far western community of Santa Familia…where residents are up in arms over a water issue that is going nowhere fast. But there are other concerns as well, including a Police Station that hasn’t been occupied for more than five years. And then there’s the road, which […]
Written on July 16, 2014 | Posted in
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This past Monday, twenty-two year old Felicia Chen was sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of her three children. In May of last year, Chen got off a bus and walked four of her children—ages six, four, three and two years—to Belizean Beach at mile four on the George Price Highway. She […]
A record number of scholarships was granted today by the Ariel Rosado Memorial Education Foundation. As many as thirty recipients were beaming with joy at the opportunity to further their studies. The foundation was established to honor a young cyclist, twenty-eight year Ariel Rosado, who was tragically killed in May 2011. His father, Alvaro Rosado, […]
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While the granting of scholarships was a happy occasion, there are internal problems within the foundation. A signatory to the bank account is refusing to sign cheques so the account remains inaccessible to the foundation. The matter is before the courts, but will possibly be settled out of court. Today, President Rosado said that the […]
Written on July 16, 2014 | Posted in
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There have been some major developments at the nation’s largest referral hospital lately. Notably, the K.H.M.H.’s Director of Finance, Carlos Perera was fired two weeks ago. The C.E.O., Dr. Gary Longsworth, will soon be gone, since the Board has refused to renew his contract…and perhaps most significant – the Department of Finance at the KHMH […]
And since the Finance Department will be under scrutiny, so will the former Director of Finance Carlos Perera, the man who orchestrated the purchasing of those x-ray machines. Perera’s name has come up numerous times before, and it was no secret that the Board of Governors wanted him out. Today, K.H.M.H. Board Chair, Chandra Nisbet-Cansino, […]
Written on July 15, 2014 | Posted in
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When the results of the investigation do come out, it is likely that C.E.O. Gary Longsworth will no longer be a fixture at the institution. That’s because by September he will be gone. Cansino confirmed that though he requested an extension which would have given him a third term as C.E.O., the Board decided against […]
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There’s a lot of movement in the health giant, certainly at the highest level. And with the investigation, there are suggestions that there may be more. But tonight there is also bad news for the six hundred employees of the K.H.M.H. In July public officers and teachers received a six percent salary adjustment, retroactive to […]
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Tonight question is: Do you think Felicia Chen should be spending more than eight years in jail for the manslaughter of her three children? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Written on July 15, 2014 | Posted in
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A teen went missing last Monday; while she was located early this morning, there is a grim side to her story. Her mother is troubled because she has seen symptoms of pregnancy but her daughter is only thirteen years old and her boyfriend is allegedly a much older man from Orange Walk. The predicament for […]
The trial without jury against thirty-five year old Renan Briceño for the 2012 murder of Dale Tillett came to an end today. This morning, Justice Troadio Gonzalez heard closing arguments from both sides in the case which started last week Wednesday…approximately two years after being on remand. Briceño, a former Marketing Representative of SMART, was […]
Written on July 15, 2014 | Posted in
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Two weeks after survey pegs were discovered on Goff’s Caye, signalling some sort of planned development, there is still no clue who placed the pegs there. The Ministry tried to pass it off on tour operator Ramon Cervantes, who got a lease for a small portion of the island in 2002, but Cervantes quickly cleared […]
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The arrival of a new Taiwanese Ambassador is expected later this week; he will to succeed Ambassador David Wu who departed over the weekend after a successful diplomatic tour in Belize. The new Ambassador is Ben Ho, who many will recall served in Belize in the period 1993-1998. Ho has also completed missions as Ambassador […]
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Interpol and federal agencies are asking very pointed questions about Belizean Javier Romero; the President, C.E.O., Secretary, Treasurer and Director of Cynk Technologies…a five billion dollar social networking company – at least on paper. Romero has been traced to a small town in Massachusetts, where he reportedly moved to months ago. Before that, he was […]
Written on July 14, 2014 | Posted in
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San Ignacio Police had to be called in to keep the peace in the small community of Santa Familia on Sunday, as villagers massed near the community centre. They’re concerned about water issues in the village. They have access to that precious commodity for only a few hours each day, and even when they do […]
A state funeral was held on Saturday afternoon for Ambassador Fred Martinez who died on Wednesday morning in a Guatemala hospital. Martinez served in Guatemala for ten years and was also served as Ambassador to Mexico and non-resident ambassador to a host of other countries. Martinez was a principal figure in the territorial dispute between […]
Written on July 14, 2014 | Posted in
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