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One week after the Belize High School Robotics Team returned home with gold from the First Global Challenge in Geneva, Switzerland, they met with Prime Minister John Briceño and his Cabinet. There they gave a presentation to a rapt audience of elected officials. Cabinet also presented the team with awards of recognition. News Five’s Paul […]
Written on October 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Conservative and Unionist Party Leader Rishi Sunak, a former chancellor of Exchequer, will become Britain’s next prime minister on Tuesday. He is set to become Britain’s youngest head of government in over two centuries and its first leader of color. Sunak is the son of Indian immigrants. He won the contest to former Prime Minister […]
Written on October 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Cuban Cultural Day is celebrated annually on October twentieth. The day is recognized in honor of the first time Cuba’s national anthem was sung. In light of strong bilateral relations between Belize and Cuba, Belizeans joined in on the celebration in Belize City. A Cuban Cultural Day exhibit is on display at the House of […]
Written on October 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Almost a year ago, in December 2021, the Biden Administration announced that two-time Olympic medallist and the most decorated figure skater in the United States, Michelle Kwan was nominated as its next ambassador to Belize. So when the opportunity presented itself, we asked Chargé d’affaires Leyla Moses-Ones when the new ambassador will officially take up […]
Written on October 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Back in September, we told you that the Belize Jaguars Football Team has been preparing to play against Ghana’s top football club. Well, the Ghanaian team has confirmed that they will arrive in Belize on November fifteenth. The team plans to be here for ten days, not only to compete in the highly anticipated match, […]
Written on October 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management through the National Climate Change Office and the Department of Environment is hosting a regional training course on energy data collection, analysis and integrated assessment of climate, land, energy and water. The week-long training commenced on Monday and is being funded through the International […]
Written on October 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Returning home today, after capturing gold at the Annual Global Challenge in Switzerland, was a group of students from the Belize High School in Belize City. Their achievement was the building of a robot so sophisticated that it captured the judges’ hearts in the contest which bore the theme “Ocean Opportunities.” This was Belize’s second […]
Written on October 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay addressed the Fifty-Second Regular Session of the O.A.S. General Assembly in Peru. The annual gathering is being held under the theme, Together Against Inequality and Discrimination. In his remarks, Minister Courtenay highlighted the inequalities observed across the Americas, from high commodity prices to income inequalities. Minister Courtenay […]
Written on October 7, 2022 | Posted in
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On the subject of discrimination, the Minister of Foreign Affairs raised issues faced by the indigenous community and the L.G.B.T. community. He also highlighted racial discrimination and reparations for people of African descent. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs. “We must also fight against racial discrimination, especially where it is woven into the social, […]
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Stig Da Artist is in Miami, Florida tonight to perform for the Miami Carnival Caribbean Connect event. But, before flying to Miami, the musical artist made a stop in Los Angeles, California to meet with the Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group Jeffrey Harleston and U.M.G.’s marketing team. Viewers may recall that a group […]
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Customs brokers and clerks from countries that make up CARICOM are in Belize for their first ever Caribbean Association of Customs Brokers Conference. The event will take place on Saturday at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel. President of the Association, Delroy Fairweather and Customs Broker from Suriname, Roestam Samoendeer briefed us on what […]
Written on September 30, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, Andre Perez is heading a delegation from his ministry to the Forty-First International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly in Montreal, Canada. Minister Perez and his team met with Doctor Amy Khor, the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Sustainability and the Environment of Singapore. According to […]
Written on September 30, 2022 | Posted in
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This week, Sabreena wraps up her look on the bright side through patriotism. She met a young, aspiring wrestler that’s making waves in her discipline as young as eleven years old. Alexa Smith is a winning M.M.A. fighter, but she wants the world to know first and foremost that she is Belizean to the bone. […]
Written on September 30, 2022 | Posted in
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John Briceño Minister Musa also responded to questions about the Prime Minister’s comments to the United Nations General Assembly regarding homicides in Belize. Prime Minister Briceño told the U.N. General Assembly that homicides are on the rise in Belize. The comment stands out, because records suggest that the homicide rate to date, for 2022, is […]
Written on September 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Carnival Cruise Line carried out its first recruitment exercise today. The event was organized in partnership with the Belize Tourism Board and is geared towards exposing Belizeans to the employment opportunities that exist within the cruise line industry. Today, interested persons were able to register for an online interview with Carnival Cruise Line for available […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño met with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the Department of State in Washington D.C. today. The meeting was to discuss issues of mutual concern between both countries, including climate change, energy, food security, and finance. Prime Minister Briceño and Secretary of State Blinken spoke with the press briefly, […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, PathLight Belize signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Organization of American States (O.A.S.) in Washington, D.C. The agreement provides a framework for both organizations and the Government of Belize to collaborate in achieving the sustainable development goals through education. The Cooperation Agreement was signed by Adele Catzim-Sanchez the C.E.O. at PathLight, and Luis Almagro, […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Just before news time, Prime Minister John Briceño addressed the Seventy -Seventh United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. At the opening of his address, P.M. Briceño discussed the ongoing international conflict between Ukraine and Russia, the rise in global poverty rates, food security, and the climate crisis that Small Island […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier we brought you the memorial held at the gravesite of the late George Price in recognition of his contributions to Belize. Coincidentally, September nineteenth was also the date when Queen Elizabeth the Second was being laid to rest in the United Kingdom. They were two leaders who held firmly to their philosophies, and while […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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While the topic going into the extended weekend is the payment of wages for persons who are working on Monday, the statutory holiday in observance of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the second, the Leader of the Opposition has weighed in on his views of the monarch. Shyne Barrow joins the chorus of parliamentarians who […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize won bronze in Honduras. The Under-19 Central American Male Volleyball Championship was held in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras, this week. Team Belize won the bronze medal, the first bronze in the nation’s history in this category. Team Belize also took home five individual awards for best scorer, second best spiker, best server, best […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier in our newscast, we told you about a letter written to the Ministry of Labor in which the business community requested that the upcoming public and bank holiday in honor of Queen Elizabeth the second, on the day of her funeral, be canceled. It was a decision taken on the home front to proceed […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley testified before the United States’ House Committee on Financial Services, on the impact of de-risking in the Caribbean. For several years, the issue of correspondent banking, in light of stringent measures taken by financial institutions to terminate or restrict business relationships with clients or categories of clients to avoid, rather […]
Written on September 14, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Jaguars Football Team will get some more international exposure when it plays one of Ghana’s top football teams later this year. The friendly matches came about through ties that Belmopan Mayor, Sharon Palacio has made with officials of the Asante Kotoko, a professional football club of Ghana. The Football Federation of Belize’s Technical […]
Written on September 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Marin says the Belize Jaguars will begin training for the friendly matches at the end of October, giving them roughly between two and three weeks to prepare. Philip Marin, Technical Development Director, F.F.B. “We will start the preparations for these matches the ending of October. The first match is scheduled for the seventeenth of […]
Written on September 14, 2022 | Posted in
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