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One week after the Belize High School Robotics Team returned home with gold from the First Global Challenge in Geneva, Switzerland, they met with Prime Minister John Briceño and his Cabinet. There they gave a presentation to a rapt audience of elected officials. Cabinet also presented the team with awards of recognition. News Five’s Paul […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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On Saturday night inside the Caribbean Motors Showroom, stakeholders in the tourism industry gathered for a night of recognition, as the Belize Tourism Board hosted its annual tourism awards. The event is held to honour those who provide excellent service in the hospitality and tourism industry under ten different categories. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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A fiery debate topped the Senate’s agenda today on the Belize-Guatemala dispute. It happened when Senator Eamon Courtenay presented a Motion for Belize to accede to the Treaty of Bogota, to which Honduras is a signatory. The treaty stipulates for a general obligation on the signatories to settle their disputes through peaceful means and also […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Following Peyrefitte’s argument, Senator Courtenay pointed out that it was Peyrefitte and his government in 2019 that held the I.C.J. Referendum without disclosing the Honduras claim to Belizeans. Courtenay explained that they are now prohibited from sharing everything on the matter, so as to protect the integrity of Belize’s case against Guatemala. Senator Eamon […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Despite Peyrefitte’s efforts, a majority of the senators supported Courtenay’s motion, including Kevin Herrera, senator for the business sector, Janelle Chanona for the non-government organizations, and Reverend Moses Benguche for the Churches. Notably, the National Trade Union Congress of Belize remained neutral on the matter, as their Senator, Luke Martinez outlined in his presentation. […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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After a year and a half of planning and carefully coordinating with a team of designers and technology experts from various departments across the Government of Belize, the Briceño administration has introduced a new passport. The travel document, along with a new electronic passport issuance and control system, succeeds an older, antiquated process that was […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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During the senate proceedings today, parliamentarians also weighed on the new passport that the Immigration Department has introduced. Over the past few weeks, information circulating on social media has raised public concern over increased fees for the new travel document. But, contrary to those reports, the Leader of Government Business, Senator Eamon Courtenay, assured Belizeans […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Conservative and Unionist Party Leader Rishi Sunak, a former chancellor of Exchequer, will become Britain’s next prime minister on Tuesday. He is set to become Britain’s youngest head of government in over two centuries and its first leader of color. Sunak is the son of Indian immigrants. He won the contest to former Prime Minister […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There is a murder to report tonight, following the passing of John Jeffords this afternoon. Jeffords was admitted at the K.H.M.H. in a critical condition for injuries he sustained during a beat down on Friday. His sister, Osey Jeffords reported to police that the forty-two-year-old mental health patient of a George Street address left home […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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A Caye Caulker resident is in a critical, but stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was stabbed during an altercation on the island last Thursday. Rafael Marin was discovered on Avenida Langosta Street suffering from a stab wound to his lower abdomen. Investigation revealed that at about ten p.m., the nineteen-year-old […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Investigators, as well as a family from Hopkins Village, are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination on the body of Abraham Rodriguez. Rodriguez, whose body washed ashore over the weekend near a resort in the village, is believed to have had a mental health condition. Police were called out to retrieve the body which […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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A thirty-eight-year-old man died at the San Ignacio Hospital’s Accident and Emergency ward on Sunday night. Initial reports were that Calcutta resident, Manuel Manzanero was awaiting treatment when he collapsed and died outside the ward. Those reports brought the hospital under heavy scrutiny, because it would mean that a patient in critical condition was not […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There is a disturbing report of rape coming out of Ladyville tonight. A seventeen-year-old female is claiming that she was out socialising with a group of persons and ended up at Eruptions Nightclub. While the minor was not to be at the nightclub, she says that at some point, she lost consciousness and woke up […]
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Welcome back to another edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. Tonight we will dive right into what we have for you, with our player profile of the week. On Saturday, we spent some time with an ambitious, young boxer from Belize City. He is Amir Rudon. He has an incredible story and he […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Cuban Cultural Day is celebrated annually on October twentieth. The day is recognized in honor of the first time Cuba’s national anthem was sung. In light of strong bilateral relations between Belize and Cuba, Belizeans joined in on the celebration in Belize City. A Cuban Cultural Day exhibit is on display at the House of […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Since the beginning of the year, over sixty persons have lost their lives in almost three hundred road traffic accidents that have occurred. Today, a group of public officers from the Department of Transport, as well as the Belize City Traffic Department, was engaged in a defensive driving training at the Belize Institute of Management […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Access to resources for enforcement is an issue that C.E.O. Doctor Osmond Martinez says his ministry is tackling through the Road Safety Project Two. They have also been working in partnership with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing to repair roadways. Dr. Osmond Martinez, C.E.O., Ministry of Economic Development “Resources have been one […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Port Authority, the agency that monitors marine vessels operating in our waters, is among the many government ministries and departments that are going digital. Minister of Public Utilities Michel Chebat says that the services of the post office are being reviewed to see how they can also be upgraded. Michel Chebat, Minister […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Three far-flung villages in southern Belize that are too remote to be electrified will be connected to a micro-grid managed by Belize Electricity Limited. Those communities are among the first that the Ministry of Public Utilities and B.E.L are collaborating with to get connected to micro-grids as part of a larger project that will see […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister of Public Utilities Michel Chebat said that the government, particularly his ministry, has begun a study on Belize’s energy needs in order to come up with a strategic national energy policy. According to Chebat, that document will set the country’s energy agenda for the next five to ten years. Michel Chebat, Minister of […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Chebat says that identifying as many homegrown sources as possible is key to making that environmentally-conscious shift to becoming self-reliant, and making the transition while keeping electricity rates at a minimum is the overall objective. Michel Chebat, Minister of Public Utilities “One of the things we can do is expand, for example – some […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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This week, we welcomed the returning student delegation that represented Belize in Geneva, Switzerland for the First Global Robotics 2022 competition. The robotics team brought home gold and the country was alive with pride. But if that’s not enough, Sabreena Daly brings you a story of triumph under the celebration of a win for Belize. […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Defence Force expanded its fleet of vehicles when it was officially handed five heavy duty military trucks. The donation from the U.S. Government is to the tune of one point two-five million Belize dollars. The gift will strengthen Belize’s capacity for disaster relief, humanitarian assistance and border security. A brief ceremony was […]
Written on October 20, 2022 | Posted in
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While the media spoke with the Acting Chief of Staff of the Belize Defence Force, Lieutenant Colonel Jermaine Burns, he was asked about an update on the forward operating base at Sarstoon. As we reported earlier this year, the F.O.B. had been compromised by erosion and the soldiers had to be relocated to Barranco Village […]
Written on October 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Almost a year ago, in December 2021, the Biden Administration announced that two-time Olympic medallist and the most decorated figure skater in the United States, Michelle Kwan was nominated as its next ambassador to Belize. So when the opportunity presented itself, we asked Chargé d’affaires Leyla Moses-Ones when the new ambassador will officially take up […]
Written on October 20, 2022 | Posted in
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