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The U.S. Embassy in Belize officially resumed its routine nonimmigrant visa services today June second. These were suspended at the onset of the pandemic, but now, with strict COVID-19 protocols in place appointments can be made. However they are already booked up through July. Consular Chief Wilbur Zehr spoke to News Five today. Wilbur […]
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Opposition leader Patrick Faber is once again at the heart of a scandal, following a domestic incident involving the mother of his two-year-old daughter. On Monday, footage of the incident during which he flew at a closed door in an apparent fit of rage, was released to social media and quickly went viral. It prompted […]
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Move over, Gilroy Usher Senior; there is a new minister of state in the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. On Tuesday, Corozal Bay area representative, Elvia Vega-Samos was sworn in before Governor General Froyla Tzalam as a junior minister. Vega-Samos replaces Usher, who will now serve as Minister of State in […]
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In a follow-up to our story earlier this week about an alleged attack on a bus conductor by employees of a rival company, Aaliyah Monima says Ladyville police told her that they have detained the people she made the report against. Aaliyah Monima, Conductor, Los Lagos Bus Service “After the interview I came straight […]
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The Belize Social Security Board is celebrating forty years with a new twist. They are giving women who had a baby on their anniversary June first some special supplies. Today, S.S.B. representatives were at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to meet the moms. And so was News Five. Andrea Polanco, Reporting The Social Security […]
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The death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott has hit his colleagues hard and also the many people of San Pedro who knew him over the years. While his most recent posting was as commander of precinct two at Eastern Division, today San Pedranos remembered him and his contribution to their community. Duane Moody, Reporting Around […]
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Today, there was a wreath laying ceremony in Flowers Bank to mark the anniversary of the historic 1797 Public Meeting and the Flowers Bank Fourteen. According to the Institute for Social and Cultural Research, the annual festival to celebrate the event could not be held this year. Instead, the wreath celebrates a pivotal moment in […]
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On Monday night, News Five brought you the story of Aaliyah Monima, a bus conductor in Ladyville who alleges that she was physically assaulted by a bus driver and a conductor from a competing bus line earlier that day. Tonight, we can confirm that the bus driver and conductor are being sought by police for […]
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The Belize Chapter of the University of the West Indies Alumni Association has a new President. Jamie-Lee Rocke succeeds Shanice Flowers, who held office from 2019 to 2021. According to a press release from the association, Rocke is a two-time graduate of the University of the West Indies, completing her bachelor’s at the Cave Hill […]
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Today, June first, Social Security Board celebrates forty years of service to Belizeans. Over the last four decades, the board has seen exponential growth. Its staff has increased by over one thousand percent. Just about quarter of the population is insured with Social Security and the board’s contributions have grown from six to eight figures. […]
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Looking to the future, S.S.B. announced the launch of its Peransa Project. S.S.B. says the project is an electronic delivery platform that will allow for ease of access to employees’ information using biometric technology. Ward McGregor, Chief Information Officer “The whole concept of the platform is to allow our customers, our employees, our employees […]
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Over the weekend, the Belize Athletics Association held its national games in track and field to determine which top athletes will compete in two upcoming regional tournaments. The selection process lasted two days and as News Five’s Duane Moody found out, these Belizean athletes have been keeping in top shape despite COVID-19 restrictions. Duane […]
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As an athlete, there is need for the body to recover after it has undergone intense stresses during sporting events and it’s no different for track and field athletes. During the national championships held over the weekend, the Belize Track Club provided massage therapy for the athletes as they prepared for the track and following […]
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Belize officially reopened its borders today for international tourists. News Five’s Andrea Polanco stopped in at the Benque Viejo – Santa Elena Border today to find out how the reopening was going: Andrea Polanco, Reporting Pictured here are four of the five tourists who entered Belize through its western border today up to midday […]
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According to Chief Tourism Officer, Abil Castaneda, the threshold for recovery within the tourism industry globally is forty to fifty percent of pre-COVID arrival numbers. Castaneda argues that Belize would fall short of that threshold by double digits if the land borders remained closed. He appeared on Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes this morning. […]
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Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber is tonight apologizing to the nation for a viral video in which he is heard acting aggressively towards the mother of his two year old daughter. In the home surveillance footage that was leaked on social media, there is a heated verbal exchange and then the sound of a […]
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The Public Service Union has a new president and five newly-elected executives. The vote for a change of leadership took place on Saturday in Belmopan during the P.S.U.’s ninety-ninth annual general meeting. Dean Flowers has been chosen to lead the union for the next two years, succeeding Gerald Henry who did not offer himself for […]
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The strike effected by the Belize National Teachers Union and the P.S.U. has been placed on hold as teachers are expected to return to work on June first. While the B.N.T.U. is preparing a legal challenge against the Briceño administration, the Public Service Union maintains that the trade dispute with government continues. It is not […]
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P.S.U. President Dean Flowers admits that the docking of wages, as well as the ten percent salary cut may have deflated the momentum of the strike. Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U. “It has to a certain degree, but I am very proud to say that despite government’s decision or declaration that that would happen, even […]
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Getting your vehicle inspected and taking your driving test in Belize City just got a little easier. Beginning today, the inspection site has been relocated and there will be a computerized version of the test. This morning Belize City Traffic Department held a brief event to introduce these changes and talk about upcoming improvements to […]
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We also asked Mayor Wagner about the flow of the tax revenue coming into the Belize City Council. He says hard times mean it is harder to collect taxes owed and the provision of services will suffer. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “Tax collection has been way below average, way below average. Sometimes myself, […]
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The hurricane season is upon us, and as we have reported, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing are currently working to see to it that Belize City residents experience relief from annual flooding due to heavy rainfall. The works include the upgrades of the East and West Collet canals, as well the drainage system on […]
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A dispute between bus operators in Ladyville Village came to a violent head this morning. A woman bus conductor for Los Lagos Bus Service says she was physically attacked by two men from Serrano’s. New Five Paul Lopez has the story. Aaliyah Monima, Los Lagos Bus Service “I was sitting at the bus stop […]
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On Friday, government introduced a motion to allocate funds for the purchase of a new passport system. The existing machine is outdated and is in dire need of replacement. That’s what Prime Minister John Briceño said when he presented the proposal in the House of Representatives. The new passport system which will come equipped with […]
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Former President Gerald Henry did not contest the recent P.S.U. elections. In fact, his colleagues in the union say that he lost the confidence of its membership. Henry, on the other hand, alleges that he was being undermined by his own executive. It made for a tumultuous relationship between the union leader and his executive […]
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