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The new GeneXpert machine, with a four-cartridge model capacity, can be used to diagnose various types of viral and bacterial infectious diseases, and according to General Manager of the National Health Insurance, Doctor Ramon Figueroa, the grant from the Global Fund began a process of assessments and discussions, but the major challenge still lies ahead– […]
Written on June 6, 2022 | Posted in
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A group of thirty young men, many of whom are from gang-ridden communities in Belize City, will be participating in a three-day retreat at Machaca Outreach in Toledo this weekend. A collaboration between the Department of Youth Services, the Leadership Intervention Unit and the Band of Brothers, the initiative is geared towards helping these individuals […]
Written on June 6, 2022 | Posted in
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According to William Dawson, Director of the Leadership Intervention Unit, the idea is to introduce various aspects of fatherhood to these young men in order to create and foster a bond between them and their children. William Dawson, Director, Leadership Intervention Unit “The Department of Youth Services, along with the LIU and the Band […]
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An investigation into the accidental poisoning of a toddler in San Felipe Village on Tuesday of last week has led the Commissioner of Police to believe that the father of the child made a genuine mistake. As we reported, two year old Melanie Santos was found eating bread laced with Lannate, a pesticide, only moments […]
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After a two-year hiatus, the Cancer Walk was back in full swing over the weekend. It was different this year – the crowd was visibly smaller than before, but the energy remained the same, even though the route changed to Belize City. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Hundreds of Belizeans got […]
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Now, the Opposition has a member of the National Health Insurance Board in former Minister of State in the Ministry of Health Angel Campos. And, according to Minister Bernard, Campos did not raise any objections to the agreement at the board level. Well, the Leader of the Opposition accuses Minister Bernard of misspeaking. Here is […]
Written on June 3, 2022 | Posted in
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The country’s largest telecommunications company, B.T.L. has announced its acquisition of Alternative Networks Limited (A.N.L.), which will form part of the B.T.L. Group and propel the company into becoming the country’s first Quad Play Service provider. To the technologically-savvy, that’s delightful news, but to people who come from an analog background, that’s foreign language. News […]
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Over two thousand acres of land in Democracia Village is being named the Sharon Matola Wildlife Sanctuary in honor of the late Sharon Matola. Her work as a biologist, environmentalist and zookeeper began in Belize in 1981. She went on to establish the Belize Zoo, now considered internationally as the best little zoo in the […]
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And this afternoon at the Belize Zoo, friends and colleagues of the late Sharon Matola gathered to celebrate her legacy in wildlife conservation. Her successor, Celso Poot, is the director of the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center. He also spoke about the importance of the Sharon Matola Wildlife Sanctuary. Celso Poot, Director, The […]
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The term cancer once referred to a sickness that you rarely heard about. Now, it’s hard not to know someone who has battled the disease or who has lost a loved one to this deadly illness. Tonight, Sabreena Daly takes a look at cancer, the fighters, big and small and the ones behind the scenes […]
Written on June 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Flowers says that he appreciates the wisdom of the elderly, however, they should not displace the younger workforce. He also said that the thirty-six thousand dollars that Marin will collect for the year that he has been contracted to work, could easily have been used to pay someone younger who can serve in the same […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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For 2022, the price of butane peaked in the month of March. Since then, it has seen a steady decline. Despite those decreases, Belizeans are now paying over forty percent more for butane than what they were paying at the beginning of 2021. With the rising cost of numerous goods on the local market, the […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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There’s a new price regime for sugar on the international market that is favorable to cane farmers in the sugar industry. This morning, Prime Minister John Briceño told reporters that the price of sugar on the external market has improved and that things are looking up for cañeros in the north. John Briceño, Prime […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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It has been four months since the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Immigration, Doctor Gilroy Middleton, has not forwarded the results of the interviewing panel as it relates to the Deputy Director of Immigration post. P.S.U. President, Dean Flowers, says the Public Services Commission needs to be kept abreast of the long delay in appointing […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier in the news, we heard from P.S.U. President Dean Flowers, who chided the government for hiring former P.U.P. Minister, Florencio Marin Senior. But that was only one issue that the P.S.U. President had with government. Flowers also took aim at Prime Minister John Briceño for recent comments he made about the qualification and experience […]
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The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (N.T.U.C.B.) is the umbrella union that has been spearheading the effort, along with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to get the Occupational Safety and Health Bill, otherwise known as the OSH Bill, passed. The Bill was tabled in the House in January of 2014, but several […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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It has been several weeks since we showed you the devastating images of sargassum plaguing the coastline, particularly across tourist destinations. Today, we returned to the island town of San Pedro where the situation has improved somewhat, by mitigating efforts of hoteliers, but also the change of weather conditions. There is also a solution from […]
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And while Belizeans will get an opportunity to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Belmopan, Dame Froyla Tzalam, the Governor General of Belize, is in London for a weekend of celebrations. She joins other Heads of State of the Commonwealth in celebrating the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after seventy years of […]
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The first-ever Belize International Music and Food Festival will be held in San Pedro and will see seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars invested into putting off the event. While the Government of Belize is being criticized about the level of investment and the exclusion of some Belizean artists, area rep and Minister of Blue […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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An employee of the National Sports Council was targeted by gunmen only a short distance from his workplace. Thirty-three-year-old Michael Meighan left the National Sports Council compound at around ten a.m. this morning. A short while later, two men on a motorcycle intercepted him at a roundabout on Princess Margaret Drive. One of the men […]
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Well-known media personality, Javier Gutierrez faces two counts of sexual assault upon a former female employee who worked with the Border Management Agency at the western border. Earlier today, Gutierrez appeared before San Ignacio Magistrate Kara Walters to answer to the charges, to which he pleaded not guilty. Police alleged that Gutierrez touched his colleague […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño has commented once again on the situation involving embattled Deputy Mayor Micah Goodin, who has been asked by his colleagues in the Belize City Council to demit office in that capacity by next week. The motion followed a meeting at City Hall last Thursday during which Councilor Albert Vaughn tabled a […]
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The sharp increase in the number of active COVID cases is cause for concern to many. The daily infectivity rate is the highest it has been in several months. But what is the Briceño administration prepared to do to address the spike in new infections, given the fact that many of the regulations that were […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning at Tower Hill, Orange Walk, a graduating class of businesswomen from northern Belize was recognized by the Government of Belize and the Taiwanese Embassy, for completing several courses that will strengthen their capacity as entrepreneurs. Earlier this year, twelve women enrolled in a program that was offered by BELTRAIDE and today they received […]
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Belize suffered its first loss in a home game against the Dominican Republic in the CONCACAF Nation’s League tournament this evening. After ninety four minutes of game play, including extra time, the Dominican Republic National Team scored two goals. Team Belize scored none. While the Jaguars took many close attempts at the goal, ultimately […]
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