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Today in the conference room at the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, public and private sector stakeholders, including representatives from non-government organizations, and other associations gathered for a climate change write shop. The two-day session, which commenced today, is the first of three. But what is a write shop? Basically, […]
Written on September 29, 2022 | Posted in
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This year’s United Nation’s Climate Change Conference, better known as COP27, is taking place in Egypt from November eighth to the eighteenth. A delegation from Belize will be heading for the conference, which will focus primarily on climate finance and, more specifically, loss and damage. Chief Climate Change Officer Doctor Lennox Gladden told News Five […]
Written on September 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Meet Dorian Enriquez… he is a 2021 graduate of the Natural Resource Management Program at the University of Belize. But even before he completed the bachelor’s program at the university, he began losing his eyesight. Now, he cannot walk and has difficulty speaking. Enriquez has an undiagnosed, degenerative condition of his nervous system that is […]
Written on September 29, 2022 | Posted in
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“A Call for Help” is shared on Emelita Pineda Enriquez’s Facebook page; that’s his mother. In the post, Dorian chronicles how his hands and arms tremble uncontrollably, that he is legally blind and relies on a built-in magnifier app to use his computer. He has a speech impediment, but Dorian nevertheless spoke to the media […]
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Tuesday’s triple fatality has brought into sharp focus issues of road safety and driving behaviours. Reports over the past few years would suggest that traffic fatalities are among the leading causes of death worldwide and Belize is no exception. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Almost on a weekly basis, we report […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The Statistical Institute of Belize today held its third press conference for this year and presented G.D.P. estimates for the second quarter of 2022, as well as the consumer price index and external trade statistics for the first eight months of the year. Also shared were the estimates of the annual gross domestic product for […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s one of four Belize City high schools that have been selected for the Education Upliftment Program dubbed Together We Rise. Students who attend the four institutions: Sadie Vernon, Excelsior, Maud Williams and Gwen Lizarraga high schools are given uniforms, education, lunch and other resources free of cost to them. Today, Excelsior was the first […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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At the start of the school year, parents of children attending Saint Mary’s Primary School were taken aback when they learned that they needed to make eleventh-hour arrangements to have their children continue to learn from home instead of attending classes. That’s because the structural integrity of the school building and hall were determined to […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Back in May, we watched a Facebook live post in dismay as Saint Luke Primary School teacher, Joanna Ysaguirre broke down in tears and shared what she felt was sheer stress and unnecessary humiliation that she was forced to work under at the hands of the school’s management. Her post quickly won the empathy of […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The September celebrations this year returned to normalcy, or as close to what it was in pre-COVID times, and the Minister of Culture believes that Belizeans embraced it well. Minister Francis Fonseca told reporters today that he is pleased with how everything celebrations-related went. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Culture “We saw large crowds at […]
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E.E.G. machines are used to test the electrical activity in the brain using small metal discs that are attached to the skull. Through the years, diagnostic technology has been commonly used to identify persons suffering from epilepsy or other seizure disorders. But as times evolved, this century-old technology has become more compact and powerful, and […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The 2022 census was launched earlier this year and since May, the Statistical Institute of Belize data collectors have been deployed across the country to gather pertinent information from all households. Today, Acting Census and Survey Manager Tanisha Chavarria gave the media an update on the process, saying that they have already wrapped up in […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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But there are many who claim that they have not been engaged so far by any data collector. Now, in terms of population density, Belize District, specifically the city, has the largest population. And while Tanisha Chavarria says that households have generally been cooperative, there have been challenges with finding persons at home. Tanisha […]
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Earlier this year, we’re reported on the death of a child who ingested a pesticide in the north, as well as a case of a water system in the south being contaminated with a pesticide. This week, however, is being recognised as Pesticide Awareness Week and the focus this year is responsible pesticide management for […]
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She’s long moved on from news reporting, the National Women’s Commission and politics. In fact, Ann-Marie Williams lives in Guyana where she holds the post of Deputy Program Manager for Gender and Development at the CARICOM Secretariat. But she still has that drive to promote the advancement of women. And one of the arenas where […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon at Anglican Cathedral College, students participated in a skit depicting the harmful effects of spreading fake news, libel and slander, as well as maligning other individuals in the media. It was part of a media literacy session that was spearheaded by Peacework Belize and the United States Embassy. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Around eight-thirty this morning, news spread like wildfire of a fatal road traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway in the village of Sand Hill. As time passed, reports confirmed that more than one person had perished when a pickup truck travelling in the direction of Belize City crashed head-on with a passenger bus heading […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The last time News Five spoke with Brandon Gillett was back on August eighteenth, when several areas across the country, including parts of Crooked Tree Village, were under water after two days of rainfall. Several persons had to be evacuated and Gillett was on the ground helping those villagers to shelter at the Crooked Tree […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party turns forty-nine today. The milestone achievement comes at the tail end of the September Celebrations; nonetheless, members of the U.D.P. commemorated the event by paying homage to the party’s forebears. Beyond the festivity, however, the U.D.P. is at a critical juncture as it remains a house divided almost two years after […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Late this evening, News Five spoke with Party Leader Shyne Barrow, who shared with us the significance of this milestone to the United Democratic Party. Barrow took the opportunity to acknowledge the work of his father, three-time prime minister Dean Barrow, as well as the leadership of the late Sir Manuel Esquivel and Dean Lindo. […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber’s application to run for a sixth time in that constituency was rejected by the U.D.P.’s Nominations Committee last week. The reasons given were several violations of the party’s constitution, as well as Faber’s continued defiance by posting social media comments that are not favorable to the U.D.P. Today, we asked […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Party Leader Shyne Barrow also discussed the comments made by Vice Chairman Alberto August to News Five on Friday. August is on record criticizing the leadership of the United Democratic Party for failure to work effectively with other senior members of the organization. But, according to Barrow, the former U.D.P. chairman is also before the […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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It has been a while since the United Democratic Party has seen bright days. The clash between former leader Patrick Faber – dethroned and cast out by current leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow, has been the talk in political circles recently. And if we could have gotten names to contact, then the information we are about […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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On Monday we brought you the story of Belize Defense Force Captain Damacio Coc who was found hanging from a bed sheet inside his cell at the Belize Central Prison. His was the second suicide in about two months that the B.D.F. has suffered, the first being that of Private Micah Miguel. Captain Coc was […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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While we engaged with the B.D.F Chief of Staff, we spoke about other topics of concern – one of which involves the proposed dismantling of an illegal Guatemalan Settlement called Barrio El Juda in the Adjacency Zone on Belizean territory along the western border. The officer described the issue as a conundrum that has to […]
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