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The News Five team of reporter Duane Moody and cameraman Kenroy Michael are at the United Nation’s Conference of the Parties, better referred to as COP27, being held in Sharm El Sheikh (shawm el shake), Egypt. Approximately one hundred and twenty world leaders and other stakeholders have gathered in this African city to work out […]
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There are a number of additional activities in which members of the Belize delegation will be engaged. But apart from the negotiations, meetings and side events, bilateral meetings are equally very important for things that Belize can gain – be that project funding, capacity building, equipment or for the implementation of the national determined contributions. […]
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Victory has been declared at the United Nation’s Conference of Parties, even before the twenty-seventh edition of the World Climate Change conference is completed. On Wednesday, something those small island developing countries and others were able to successfully lobby for is compensation for loss and damage arising from the adversities of climate change. Earlier this […]
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“Help is coming.” It’s a widely used trope when discussing humanitarian relief. In the case of the Belize Red Cross, hurricane-ravaged communities are being visited systematically in order to assist as many residents as possible with the resources that have been made available to the organization. This morning, we joined a team of volunteers distributing […]
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The high season for tourist arrivals this year is expected to perform well, although not at pre-pandemic levels. Notwithstanding the impact of Hurricane Lisa, every effort is being made in the travel and leisure sector to rebound from the damage caused by the natural disaster. According to Chief Executive Officer Nicole Usher-Solano, the high season […]
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It’s been around for decades, providing help to Belize City’s elderly and immobile citizens, visiting with them and offering them a hot meal each week. Today was no different for HelpAge Belize, a non-government organization headquartered on the same compound as Sister Cecilia’s Home for the Elderly. Today, however, while they went feeding the elderly […]
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The massive cleanup effort across Belize City is on its sixth day. More than a thousand truckloads of debris have been removed from across Belize City. It has been all hands on deck in a herculean effort to get Belize City back to a place of normalcy following the devastation. And today, sugar cane farmers […]
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Over the weekend, images of San Ignacio Mayor Earl Trapp, Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner, San Pedro Mayor Gualberto Nunez and Prime Minister John Briceño were posted on social media, following a large-scale cleanup campaign in Belize City. It was a bipartisan show of solidarity to return the Old Capital to a sense of normalcy […]
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In Belize City, the Fort Street Tourism Village was also adversely affected by the hurricane. The devastation at F.S.T.V. forced a rethink of cruise ship arrivals that were scheduled for this week. After careful consideration, it was decided that cruise ships would continue to call on Belize, despite the state of the city. Nicole […]
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In the wake of Hurricane Lisa, the Belize Tourism Board has been conducting a survey to determine the extent of damage that stakeholders suffered as a result of the natural disaster. According to C.E.O. Solano, an estimate of the total losses incurred is in the region of six million dollars. Nicole Usher-Solano, C.E.O., Ministry […]
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Belize City police are investigating an incident that took place this morning where a female high school student was almost abducted as she walked to school in the vicinity of Neal Pen Road and Central American Boulevard. Details of the alleged incident were shared in a Whatsapp group sometime following the event. Here are the […]
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A man is in the remand section of the Belize Central Prison tonight after he was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court on a charge of attempted murder. Charles Egbert West was shuttled away one day after he celebrated his thirty-eighth birthday. Police allege that at around nine on Saturday night near Mile thirteen […]
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A scholarship opportunity to pursue higher education at Howard University in the United States is being made available to Belizean students who are interested in pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in technology and other related disciplines. Earlier today, the Sean “Diddy” Combs Belize Full Scholarship was announced by U.D.P. Party Leader Shyne Barrow. In a […]
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The last set of titles and awards that were approved by the late Queen Elizabeth the Second were today bestowed upon several Belizeans by Governor-General, Froyla Tzalam in Belmopan. The awards were presented in the late Queen’s name in three categories. Receiving the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) award was Sean Feinstein, […]
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The Seventeenth Annual Battle of the Drums is set to take place in Punta Gorda this weekend as a lead up to the Nineteenth of November Garifuna Settlement Day celebration. The festive weekend kicks of this Friday with two events. News Five spoke with Darius Avila, President of the Battle of the Drums Secretariat. […]
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It’s been a week since residents in central Belize collectively awaited the arrival of Tropical Storm Lisa with bated breath. Despite carefully tracking the progress of the weather system, as it barreled towards the coast of Belize, we sat on the edge of our seats as the National Meteorological Service provided the latest updates on […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño has wasted no time in responding to the needs of residents who have been most affected by Hurricane Lisa. Various government and non-government organizations have also sprung into action to provide much needed humanitarian relief. On the part of the Briceño administration, monies have been deposited into the Constituency Development Funds […]
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The time-consuming recovery efforts are well underway in the ravaged areas of Belize, in the aftermath of Hurricane Lisa. An integral part of those efforts is the Belize Coast Guard, whose members have been helping to clean up and distribute food packages to the displaced. Today, Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Elton […]
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Rear Admiral Bennett said the public has shown gratitude for the help they have received through the relief efforts. And while there are still some people they need to reach, Bennett says that a lot of work has taken place since Hurricane Lisa hit. Rear Admiral Elton Bennett, Commandant, Belize Coast Guard “We’ve seen […]
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Sugar cane farmers in the north are being paid thirty percent more per ton of cane than last year’s payment. On Monday, A.S.R./B.S.I. announced its third payment to sugar cane farmers. According to a release from the company, farmers were paid seventy dollars and seventy-eight cents per ton of cane as a final cane price. […]
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The Belize National Teachers Union has polled its membership to get their thoughts on the recent reinstatement of living and entertainment allowances for government C.E.O.’s. All those responses have been gathered, and while president of the union, Elena Smith, says recent weather events prevented her from going through the data, she is of the view […]
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B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith says the prime minister has not responded to letters from the Joint Unions Negotiation Team requesting a meeting. According to Smith, the joint unions requested to meet with the prime minister and his team in September but instead gave consideration to the September celebrations. They then reportedly requested a meeting in […]
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A mother took to the media today to vent her frustration after she says her efforts to explain to investigating officers that her son, Ashton Moody, who they detained, pending an investigation, has acute health issues and needed to undergo lab tests today. Danna Bull visited News Five’s office on Coney Drive to tell us […]
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The concerned mother told us that in addition to all the inconveniences and health risks that she feels her son is currently enduring being in custody, she knows he will prove himself innocent of the allegation because he was at home with her when the hurricane struck Belize. She said that when the twenty-seven-year-old left […]
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It may surprise you just how much the cost of construction materials has increased over the course of the last two years. The COVID-19 pandemic did not only bring lockdowns and wide spread infections, it also ushered in unprecedented global inflation. The cost of building a home has increased exponentially since January 2020. There are […]
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