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The Public Service Union, which represents quite a number of frontline workers, is yet to formulate a position on government’s latest move to compel employees to get vaccinated. On Wednesday, during a press conference held by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, it was made clear that persons who have not received their doses of […]
Written on July 1, 2021 | Posted in
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According to Flowers, the debate surrounding government’s hard-line position is whether it impinges on one’s fundamental right to make such a personal decision. Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U. “While the argument is of course government’s attempt or employers’ attempt to provide a healthy and safe workplace for all employees, whether they attempt to force one […]
Written on July 1, 2021 | Posted in
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A lot of people have been asking when the Mexican border will open to allow Belizeans to access Mexico, particularly Chetumal. Currently the border is only open for tourists. But just what is it like right now in the city right across the border and do Mexicans want the border open to Belizeans? Today News […]
Written on July 1, 2021 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation granted a training and recertification opportunity to Belizean pilot Henry Salguero to captain the Belize Emergency Response Team and Wings of Hope’s Air Evacuation Program. This program has enabled BERT to hire Salguero who has more than one thousand eight hundred commercial flight time which meets BERT’s […]
Written on July 1, 2021 | Posted in
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On Wednesday night we told you about the multimedia vaccine campaign by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to get Belizeans to take the jab. The campaign features a number of advertisements from billboards to TV public service announcements. But did the ministry miss the mark with its video ad? Social media criticism was immediate […]
Written on July 1, 2021 | Posted in
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So, you heard the Minister of Health’s take on the video ad – but at that very same campaign launch, Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa made it clear that the Belize Police Department will be going after those who host and attend parties because it is against the COVID-19 regulations. Kareem Musa, Minister […]
Written on July 1, 2021 | Posted in
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In a week’s time, Belize will be welcoming back cruise ships after more than a year. But is this a wise move in the midst of the discovery of at least one variant – suspected, but not confirmed to be the Delta – of the COVID-19 in Belize? That’s what News Five’s Andrea Polanco asked […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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There is a new piece of legislation being tabled in the House of Representatives in the days ahead. The Belize Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act seeks to disqualify anyone who is a member of the National Assembly who has been convicted of an offense “in relation to corruption or abuse of public office or convicted of […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia has commented on the recent ruling made by Chief Justice Michelle Arana which awarded six point three million dollars to two farmers and the village of Jalacte. According to the ruling, the government, under the Barrow Administration, did not seek the free, prior informed consent of the Maya […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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But Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia says that the case is a touchy one because while the government must adhere to the consent order of the Caribbean Court of Justice, where it ruled that the indigenous Maya people from the south have communal land rights, G.O.B. also has the final authority on the use of land for […]
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The recent emphasis on discounts for Belizean “stay-cations” may be paying off, but prices for other goods and services are up. Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize released a number of figures and among them the Consumer Price Index for May 2021. The C.P.I. found that while Belizeans enjoyed cheaper hotel accommodations that month, the […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Belize’s economy shrank for a fourth consecutive quarter, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest Statistical Institute of Belize data shows that Belize produced sixty million dollars less in goods and services in the first quarter of 2021, accounting for an eight percent decrease in the economy. Belize’s largest economic sector, tourism, continued […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Perhaps the most startling piece of information to emerge in today’s presentation by the Statistical Institute of Belize is that in 2018, a whopping fifty-two percent of Belizeans were living in poverty and spending less than seventy-five hundred dollars annually. Between 2009 and 2018, poverty in Belize increased by eleven percent, with up to sixty-four […]
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On the external trade side, for May 2021, imports were inching back towards pre-COVID numbers. Exports are also up, signaling a rebound in the export economy. Tiffany Vasquez, Statistician II, SIB “Belize’s imports were valued at seven hundred and sixty point two million dollars. Imports grew by a notable ten-point two percent, or seventy […]
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Over nineteen thousand persons who lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19 are still without work. However, they are not all out seeking employment. The Statistical Institute of Belize’s Labor Force Survey for April 2021 found more than twenty thousand persons or eleven percent of the labor force is unemployed. The labor force consists […]
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The Government Press Office issued it briefing on the Cabinet meeting today. Areas covered included an update from at the Ministry of Health and Wellness on a ramped-up COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Cabinet was briefed on the challenges Belize and other member states in CARICOM face in advancing the CARICOM Single Market and Economy integration process […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations, Anthony Mahler, says the number of tourists arriving in Belize through the Phillip Goldson International Airport is increasing monthly and quickly moving towards pre-COVID numbers. This is good news for those in the tourism industry who have seen that sector shrink significantly over the past fourteen months. Minister Mahler […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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As cruise tourism is set to return to Belize on July seventh, Minister Mahler explained that Carnival, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean are all preparing for a return with vaccinated passengers. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations “On July seventh we should have our first Carnival ship in Port. They are going to […]
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With less than thirty thousand Belizeans fully vaccinated, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has stepped up its vaccination efforts today, launching a vaccine campaign under the slogan “Before You Relax, Get Vax!” It’s a multimedia campaign underpinned by an educational awareness component to encourage Belizeans to get vaccinated. Today, the vaccine drive was launched […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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The National Committee for Families and Children, now a commission, has a new composition. It will now include a representative from the LGBTI community as well as Autism Belize to ensure that there is inclusivity at the discussion table when it comes to making decisions on the rights of families and children. News Five’s Duane […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Patrick Faber’s leadership of the United Democratic Party has been under sustained attack from factions within the U.D.P., ever since surveillance footage capturing a domestic dispute between himself and the mother of his two-year-old daughter surfaced several weeks ago. In the wake of that video going viral, a move was made to unseat Faber as […]
Written on June 29, 2021 | Posted in
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Is former Belize City mayor Darrell Bradley being anointed for leadership of the United Democratic Party? Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow says no, but a path has been cleared for Bradley to enter the National Assembly. This makes him eligible to run for party leader should the July eleventh recall convention be successful. Shyne Barrow, […]
Written on June 29, 2021 | Posted in
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Plagued by allegations of domestic abuse, Patrick Faber’s image, according to members of the party, is not the wholesome appearance that needs to be portrayed while the U.D.P. rebuilds. But if you ask the embattled party leader about the root cause of the turmoil he is facing, he will tell you that it’s the old […]
Written on June 29, 2021 | Posted in
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So, as you just heard, Minister Michel Chebat says that the cases were detected not just among family members but among other villagers. One of the concerns at this time is the use of public buses to move through the villages. So with twenty-five cases in that community, does this classify as community spread? That’s […]
Written on June 28, 2021 | Posted in
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Former Senate President Darrell Bradley is returning to the Upper House as an opposition parliamentarian next Wednesday. The twice elected former Belize City mayor replaces Khalid Belisle, himself a former head of municipal government, who was just appointed to the senate on June seventh. Belisle’s abrupt removal appears to be part of an urgent power […]
Written on June 28, 2021 | Posted in
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