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William “Danny” Mason may be behind bars as he awaits the next phase of his trial procedure for murder and kidnapping charges, but he continues to be a thorn in the side of the Police Department, due to the many unprecedented connections he made with powerful figures, both in Government and in the Department. Nearly […]
Written on October 28, 2016 | Posted in
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The National Aids Commission in collaboration with the UNAIDS hosted a public forum this morning at the Biltmore Plaza to discuss barriers to accessing health care services. The meeting addressed stigma, discrimination and abuse that are key factors that hinder increasing health service access in Belize. News Five’s Duane Moody was in attendance and files […]
Written on October 28, 2016 | Posted in
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The Belize Association of Insurance and Financial Advisor (BELAIFA) in partnership with the Kidney Association of Belize held a health fair in the city today. They were doing free rapid HIV testing, Kidney function test, Diabetes, Hypertension and other basic health tests, as well as sharing information with the public. News Five stopped in at […]
Written on October 28, 2016 | Posted in
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Tragedy in Conch Shell Bay as another minor loses her life in a midday fire. It is the third such incident involving children for the month of October. This afternoon, residents of the canal-side neighborhood were inconsolable upon learning of the death of two-year-old Kaylee Alvarez. The little girl was at home with two other […]
On Wednesday afternoon, a fire gutted the bedroom of an elevated wooden structure on Hunters Lane. According to Carla Jimenez, she left her son and his father at home around one o’clock only to be alerted sometime after that the bedroom was ablaze. It was later discovered that the child got a hold of matches […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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Will Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber get to meet with the Belize National Teachers’ Union on Friday? The answer depends on the outcome of a prior meeting of the Union’s Council of Management on Friday morning. At a press briefing held this afternoon, the Union’s top figures, Executive Secretary Keesha Young […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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The Union also cites previous instances when both the Prime Minister and Minister of Education have met with the Council of Management as its basis for explaining why the Council should not be pared down for this meeting. Luke Palacio, National President, B.N.T.U. “You don’t know who you are dealing with when you are […]
The Strike Fund – it has become the latest tug-of-war between the Ministry of Education and the Belize National Teachers’ Union. The Union has maintained that its Fund is established solely for actions undertaken by the Union – from strikes, to demonstrations and other related activities. Now, the Ministry is proposing that the monies therein […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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The Belize National Teachers’ Union is hoping to find an ally in the various school managing authorities. A meeting between them was scheduled for Monday of this week but it did not go off as planned. Nonetheless, according to Union President Luke Palacio, the authorities appear to have more of a listening ear than the […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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The rally scheduled in Belize City for Saturday, October twenty-ninth, was intended to be a “thank-you” event in recognition of those who assisted the Belize National Teachers’ Union in their suspended eleven-day industrial action held earlier in the month. Instead of being a “treat” in honor of the Halloween weekend, however, teachers from across the […]
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Coast Guard officer Daniel Arzu Junior was shot to the head on Monday evening in Belize City. He was attacked while visiting his child’s mother on Neal Pen Road, though the motive is not clear to police as yet. Today he was flown out for medical treatment in Mexico, after spending two days being stabilized […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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On Wednesday night, you heard ACP Chester Williams say that he wanted to meet with local activist Raymond Rivers. Police were looking for Rivers because of some threatening Facebook posts he had made. Well, Rivers responded to Williams today by showing up at the Raccoon Street Police Station with an entourage of grassroots proponents. The […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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There’s another activist who believes that he is being targeted. Fitz Harris Howard, an associate of Raymond Rivers, says he was at his home on Iguana Street on October twentieth when officers dressed in black showed up and proceeded to search him. Howard says he had a roach on him and was then taken to […]
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The FIU signed a memorandum of understanding with the Income Tax Department on Wednesday. As we told you, it is to facilitate the share of information across the two entities to fight anti-money laundering, tax evasion and terrorist financing. And under the new leadership of Kent Clare the FIU will be embarking on some big […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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The Small Business Development Center, a division of the Belize Trade and Investment Service, last year pioneered the “Startup Weekend” as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It was intended to provide a forum for budding entrepreneurs to get guidance and opportunities for presenting their planned businesses to an important audience. The SBDC is repeating the […]
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If you haven’t seen any Police meet and greets in your area in recent weeks, don’t worry the community policy programme hasn’t been cut. As a matter of fact, it fully resumed on Wednesday in the St. Martin’s area. ACP Chester Williams explained to the media that the cops who go around the neighborhood were […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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Every year around this time, the Belize Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors would hold a food drive and the proceeds are handed over to the Liberty Children’s Home in Ladyville. Well today, at the Public’s Supermarket, Brodie’s and Bottom Dolla, representatives from both organizations were out collecting non-perishable products from shoppers who wanted to […]
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Tonight on Healthy Living, we continue with the breast cancer awareness as a part of breast cancer awareness month. Except….the next segment is geared towards men. Yes! Men can get breast cancer too! It’s a small number of cases; but, there’s some very important information that all men need to know. Dr. Fernando Cuellar, […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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Belizean fugitive Juan Carlos Martinez has evaded police for almost a year, but tonight he is dead, following a shooting in the San Pedrito area of La Isla Bonita. Martinez was serving a ten-year sentence for firearm-related charges, but escaped from custody on the island on December fourteenth, 2015 when he was brought from the […]
Written on October 26, 2016 | Posted in
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Minister of Education Patrick Faber is meeting with the leadership of the Belize National Teachers Union on Friday to discuss a way forward in the wake of an eleven-day strike effected by the organization. Among the issues to be covered is a salary deduction from teachers who participated in the industrial action. The union was […]
Written on October 26, 2016 | Posted in
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Both parties have agreed to meet and discuss the terms of the deduction, but has there been any consideration on the part of government to do away with a pay cut altogether? That’s what we asked Faber this morning. He says the issue is not a cut and paste situation. Isani Cayetano “Have you, […]
In advance of Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage wrote to Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Monday seeking clarifications and statements on several issues. The Coalition is asking for information on the recent multi-beam and seismic testing activities in Belize, including all agreements and contracts between TGS, the company in […]
Cabinet met on Tuesday and as we reported, the matter of the seismic testing in Belize’s waters, which many fear is the first step to exploring for oil in our deepest seas, was discussed. However, nothing has been issued on record as to Cabinet’s position. Today we spoke with the Belize Tourism Industry Association Executive […]
Written on October 26, 2016 | Posted in
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Today, the environmentalists also showed us a video package of separate interviews granted to the media in February of 2012 and May of 2015, in which no less than Prime Minister Dean Barrow himself appeared to support both the idea of a moratorium and plans for a referendum on offshore oil exploration. Tonight, we recap […]
Written on October 26, 2016 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister’s statements do not appear to be contradictory. Indeed, they are clear pronunciations on the issue, despite attempts to prevaricate on the referendum issue. So, is the Government to be trusted now? The Belize Tourism Industry Association appears to be giving the Prime Minister the benefit of the doubt as to the delay […]
Written on October 26, 2016 | Posted in
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