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Speaking of improving NEMO’s response, Minister Orlando Habet says that an assessment indicates that there was up to two hundred and fifty million dollars in damages caused by Hurricane Lisa. Today, he gave an update about recovering from this disaster. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management “It’s over […]
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On Monday night, we shared the story of a pair of elderly brothers from Belmopan who claim that their home in the Maya Mopan community was burglarized and that two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was taken from their home. They also allege that several police officers were involved in the crime. To date, no […]
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Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Latchman remains unaccounted for, in the wake of his father’s murder. His family, despite searching various locations where it is believed that his remains would turn up, is no closer to determining his whereabouts. But they are, perhaps, a step closer to getting a sense of finality where the shooting death of Emert […]
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Twenty-one-year-old Malcolm Heusner will stand trial in the Supreme Court for the murder of Dorian Tzac, as well as the attempted murder of a fifteen-year-old minor. It is alleged that on January thirteenth, 2022, Heusner entered a home on Antelope Street Extension where Tzac and the minor were inside a bedroom. He reportedly opened fire […]
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And, according to Minister Mai, those producers are pleased with the resolutions made in the meeting and the price they will be able to fetch for their produce during this year’s crop. But, there is a concern that the market will become oversaturated with local onions this year due to over production. Minister Mai told […]
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Belize will find out from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, in the months ahead, how effective our efforts have been in countering money-laundering and related activities. The C.F.A.T.F. is currently conducting an evaluation that will extend into 2024. But before that stage, personnel from the task force are in Belize to conduct training with […]
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C.F.A.T.F. is an inter-governmental organization made up of twenty-four member countries and is headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It is chaired by Samuel Bulgin, the Attorney-General of Cayman Islands. The task force has a list of requirements for each of the countries that it evaluates. In Belize, the Financial Intelligence Unit is usually tasked with […]
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But since it is widely known that the drug cartels and their hired workers are among the number one pushers of money-laundering operations, we asked Ysaguirre-McGann about the checks and balances in house to ensure that their staff are people of integrity. Leni Ysaguirre-McGann, Deputy Director, Financial Intelligence Unit “Recruitment at the F.I.U does […]
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Back in early December, Prime Minister John Briceño received the presidency pro-tempore of the Central American Integration System (SICA) from Dominican Republic President, Luis Abinader Corona at a meeting of Heads of State and Government of SICA in Santiago de Caballeros, Dominican Republic. And so, for six months, from January to June, PM Briceño will […]
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Tonight’s Belize On Reel feature looks at ten years of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Belize and the impact of the Muslim faith on our society. Here’s News Five’s Isani Cayetano with that story. Ata’ul Haq, Missionary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Belize “Before I became a Muslim, I was basically the same as any Belizean, […]
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Back in November 2022, we told you that the Inter-American Development Bank’s Board of Governors elected Ilan Goldfajn as its new president. Today, Goldfajn made his inaugural address from the I.D.B’s Headquarters in Washington D.C. During the address he shared his vision and priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the bank enter a […]
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“Giving Christianity Back to Agape Love”, a new book written by American National Pastor Matthew Carriker seeks to dispel the dogmatic, fear-based belief systems, myths and misinterpretations that permeate the Christian faith. Pastor Carriker first came to Belize in 2001, where he became a teacher at Sadie Vernon High School. He spent three years serving […]
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On Wednesday night, Miss Universe Belize, Ashley Lightburn took on women from across the globe in the preliminary round of the 71st Miss Universe Competition. The preliminaries consisted of three categories, the swimwear competition, the evening gown competition, and the national custom display. We have all those looks for you tonight from the live show […]
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Today at the Radisson, public and private sector stakeholders were invited to witness the launch of the Transportation Leaders Empowered through Education, Awareness and Effective Policy Change on Human Trafficking in Belize. TLEAP Belize, as it is otherwise known, is intended to tackle one of the many aspects of the trafficking of persons in the […]
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The Statistical Institute of Belize’s first report for 2023 takes a look at how the Belizean economy performed, as well as the cost of living, the unemployment rate, and quantity of imports and exports for the first three quarters of 2022. And there is some interesting information that was revealed today. For instance, the unemployment […]
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While the S.I.B. gave an estimate on what Belize’s population was in October 2022 – almost at four hundred and forty-five thousand, a population census is being conducted to reveal the true numbers and to give detailed breakdowns by district, age and gender. The institute’s Acting Director General, Diana Trejo told the media today that […]
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The census that the institute is compiling has proven relevant and helpful in the countrywide redistricting exercise. Today, S.I.B’s Acting Director-General, Diana Trejo explained that the institute has a representative on the redistricting task force and they share information. Diana Trejo, Acting Director-General “The data that we have collected, yes, it’s geo-referenced. This was […]
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An interesting discovery News Five made only a few weeks ago, was that there was no one government ministry or department that could furnish us with even an estimate of the losses that the local economy suffers to the contraband trade. So, today, we posed the question to the S.I.B., if perhaps, there could be […]
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Today, at City Hall, the Key to the City of Belize was presented to Andre Gray. If you are wondering who that person is and why he is being given this honor that’s because Gray, a Belizean/American, is being identified as a Belizean treasure. Born and raised in the Jewel, Gray migrated to the U.S. […]
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It was his first interview for the New Year, and today, Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner gave an update on various projects and issues across the city. This time of the year is primarily when the revenue stream from property and business taxes roll in. The monies collected are the primary lifeblood of the council, […]
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During an interview with Mayor Bernard Wagner today, he also gave an update on a project to introduce electric buses and taxis to the public transportation system in Belize City. The E.U.-funded pilot project, which is being implemented through the United Nations Development Programme, began back in 2018 and is on schedule to come on […]
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After years of asking, residents of Ambergris Caye are finally getting a state of the art hospital. The cost to construct the hospital will be thirty-three million dollars. But, this is not coming out of public funds, because the Government of Belize was able to secure the finance through a grant from the Republic of […]
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Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash! That is what two elderly brothers are claiming they lost during an aggravated burglary in Belmopan. The eighty-year-old and seventy-five-year-old siblings from Maya Mopan had just arrived home from working their farm on the night of October fourteenth, 2022, when a group of armed men barged into […]
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Despite the “black eye,” associated with the tragedy, last week, C.N.N. Travel listed Belize among the top twenty-three destinations to visit this year. It speaks to the ease of travelling to the Jewel and tourists being able to experience both marine and terrestrial attractions. The article reads, “Lush rainforests, cave networks, winding rivers and rich […]
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The final figures for the 2022 tourist arrivals will be released in the days ahead, but at the Belize Tourism Industry Association A.G.M. today, stakeholders were talking about the boom that they had experienced during the end of the year, which we all know is the peak of the high season for tourism. One hotel, […]
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