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Today, the Commonwealth released its global index on the state of youth and Belize is not doing so well. Out of one hundred and eighty-one countries, Belize is ranked one hundred and twenty-fourth on the 2020 Global Youth Development Index which measures the status of young people around the world. The index reveals that the […]
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While the ministry is seeking to empower young people, the statistics show that in some traditional communities, child labour does occur. Minister of Youth Kevin Bernard says it is about striking that balance to ensure that a young person’s rights are not violated. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Youth “The youth needs assessment survey is […]
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Currently in Belize is Holly Edgell, the daughter of the late Zee Edgell, renown for her literary works such as Beka Lamb and Time and the River among others. Holly Edgell stopped in at News Five today to talk about the re-issuing of Beka Lamb as part of a Caribbean Classics series by Hodder and […]
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Egdell, who is also a practicing journalist overseas, shared her views about Belizean journalism. Holly Edgell, Managing Editor, Midwest Newsroom NPR “The thing that’s great to me about journalism in Belize is the energy and the passion that you all put into your work. You don’t get paid a lot. It’s not a glamourous […]
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The Ambassador of Taiwan to Belize handed over two Hilux vehicles and electronic equipment to the Belize Police Department in Belmopan this morning. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke to the media about how the equipment will serve the department. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “This morning we had the handing over of two […]
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A corporate citizen, Vins Liquors Limited, came through today for the Belize Police Department when it donated a motorcycle to be used by the officers attached to the Mahogany Street Precinct. The Lifan dirt bike will be used by members of the Special Patrols Unit in an effort to combat criminal activity in the Saint […]
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Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health and Wellness informed the United Democratic Party that it would not support a scheduled convention in Belmopan on Saturday. The planned political event was to have been held at the University of Belize’s gymnasium where former area representative John Saldivar was set to face former mayor Khalid Belisle. […]
Written on August 11, 2021 | Posted in
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The Christian Workers Union is accusing the Labor Department of breaking a commitment to continue mediation with the Port of Belize limited. Today during a press conference at union headquarters in Belize City, the union said that after the C.W.U. submitted its notice of intended strike action against P.B.L. in mid July, the Labor Department […]
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The Christian Workers Union has also pulled out an agreement signed between the Government of Belize and the Port of Belize Limited back in 2005. C.W.U. alleges the agreement has been kept under wraps and that members had to do some serious investigative work to unearth it. The agreement, signed one year before the 2006 […]
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According to C.W.U. President Hyde, stevedores have lost about one hundred and eighty six thousand dollars in income since B.S.I.’s move to Big Creek Port. Hyde took a jab at the sugar company, saying they should share their environmental clearance documentation for their Big Creek Port development. Mose Hyde, President, CWU “I am rather […]
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Also at the press conference today were statements by stevedores themselves, as the ones on the ground absorbing the financial blow of B.S.I.’s move to the Big Creek Port. They describe their decision to engage in a go-slow on the sugar barge as a “sacrifice.” And while it resulted in financial losses, they say the […]
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The commemoration of Inter-American Week for Indigenous Peoples continues through to Friday. In Belize, the Garifuna and Maya communities are being celebrated for their contributions and achievements, as well as their diversities in culture, language, food, music and traditional knowledge. Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs issued a statement today encouraging every indigenous […]
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The verdict is in: not only does Belize have the Delta variant of COVID, we also have three others. This evening, the Ministry of Health and Wellness announced that test results from samples sent to Baylor College of Medicine in Texas are back after weeks of waiting. From a total of eighty-one people diagnosed as […]
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Not surprisingly, most of the news coming from this week’s cabinet meeting centered on the COVID-19 epidemic. But it seems the government will move away from its strategy of simply encouraging Belizeans to get vaccinated and may take a stronger approach. According to the weekly cabinet brief, the Prime Minister and his cabinet have asked […]
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And while our fears that the Delta variant is present in Belize have been confirmed, today the attorney for the Belize Police Association, Dickie Bradley told News Five that sending home police officers for not presenting their COVID vaccination cards or a COVID negative test result may be worse than not. Bradley was making reference […]
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A number of police officers contacted News Five today to say they had been sent home this morning. While they would not appear on camera, attorney Dickie Bradley says that up to now, the number of police officers who remain unvaccinated stands in the hundreds. He says they have a valid concern about their inability […]
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And while the test results from Baylor University confirmed that a number of COVID variants are indeed present in Belize, and have been here for months, there is one of particular concern for the unvaccinated. The lambda variant has been spreading rapidly in South America since its earliest documented samples were detected a year ago […]
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Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner was back on the job today after days of being in isolation for his COVID infection. The mayor told News Five that he tested negative for the virus on Monday, exactly fourteen days after he had tested positive. Mayor Wagner was one of eight people at City Hall who have […]
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Earlier in the newscast, we spoke with Mayor Bernard Wagner about his return to work and the COVID cases at City Hall. We also asked him about the impact of the pandemic on Belize City revenues. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “In 2020, we collected two point three million dollars in property taxes, and […]
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The mayor is advising residents that City Hall can’t continue to foot the expense of garbage collection without the residents contributing to that bill. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “At some point in time in the very near future the discussion of garbage fee, residential garbage fee will have to be put at the […]
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But it’s not all bad news for Belize City residents. As Mayor Wagner explained, the Municipal Bond did not perform as well as it was projected to, and so some of the streets that were identified for resurfacing could not be worked on during the COVID pandemic. But he says the Council commits to carrying […]
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Laddie Gillett, Shamar Nicholas and Kwamie Williams: three Belizean teens recently gunned down. Sadly, they will not be the last young men to make the headlines. Tonight, in the first of a two-part investigation, Paul Lopez goes looking for answers to the painful question: what, if anything, can we do as a society to better […]
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The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council alongside the International Organization for Migration continues to promote their “People not Property” awareness campaign. This morning, a representative of the effort was a guest on Open Your Eyes Morning Show. The Focal Point at ATIPS, Juanna Murillo, shared the fact that human trafficking is a reality in Belize. She […]
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The Maya People of Southern Belize joined in celebrating today as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. This year’s theme is “Leaving No One Behind: Indigenous Peoples and the Call for a New Social Contract.” According to the United Nations, “a social contract is an unwritten agreement that societies make to cooperate for […]
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With a new academic year set to begin later this month for secondary and primary schools, respectively, Belize Telemedia Limited has been working with the Ministry of Education. This is in the event that plans to resume face-to-face instructions are aborted at the last minute due to an increase in active COVID-19 cases. News Five […]
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