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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been reporting that in some countries, like the U.S., there has been a ten percent increase in active cases, including hospitalizations. In Belize, and in this region, Director of Health Services Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa says that this is not the case. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Director […]
Written on August 3, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Sports Council is hosting the 2023 Central American Council of Sports and Recreation (CODICADER) Under-Fifteen Games. Both basketball and table tennis are being played in Belize. The games officially kicked off today with Belize’s female and male basketball teams playing back-to-back matches inside the Saint Catherine Academy Auditorium. The female team faced off against […]
Written on August 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Three-zero – team Belize, in its winning streak, pummelled the u-nineteen female volleyball team from Nicaragua during the Central American Volleyball Championship being hosted in Belize. It brings Belize a step closer to the silver medal in the regional competition, which concludes on Saturday. Today, News Five’s Duane Moody caught up with the team as it […]
Written on July 21, 2023 | Posted in
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And, we end our newscast tonight with a report from our regional counterparts attending the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The conference was hosted by the Right Honorable Keith Christopher Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago, and chaired by Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica. Here’s more from […]
Written on July 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Chief Executive Officer Valentino Shal, of the Ministry of Labor and Local Government, led a delegation to Panama City where they attended a regional workshop hosted by the Regional Conference on Migration and the International Organization for Migration. The conference focused on the exchange of experiences regarding migrant workers, domestic and agricultural work, and circular […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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For the past five years, she’s been known as the Communications & Marketing Director of the Football Federation of Belize and, through her job at the F.F.B., it affords her the opportunity to work with CONCACAF. That opportunity has landed Yashmin Juan in a position she has always wanted to be. She has been appointed […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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The fiftieth anniversary of the Caribbean Community, better known as CARICOM is being celebrated in Trinidad at the forty-fifth regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. On Monday night, we shared with you details of the meeting as it relates to reviewing the accomplishments achieved for the region, including a focus on crime. […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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The Caribbean Community was established in 1973, upon the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Trinidad. The signatories aimed to create a common space for territories within the region to work towards economic integration. Fifty years later, CARICOM is taking stock of its achievements over that time. Today, Secretary-General of CARICOM, Doctor Carla Barnett […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Outgoing CARICOM Chair, Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis said there have been remarkable strides made over the past fifty years that now puts CARICOM on steady footing to advance towards the next fifty years. He spoke of the focus that CARICOM leaders put on addressing crime and crime-related activity in the region. Combating the illegal […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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The Minister of National Defense and Border Security, along with C.E.O. Dario Tapia and Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard Elton Bennett returned over the weekend from a visit to Taiwan. They were joined by Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Christopher Coye and a representative from CABEI. Among the many meetings was […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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In September of last year, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the Taiwanese Ocean Affairs Council at the Belize Coast Guard headquarters. This visit furthered those discussions that looked at marine science matters, to expertise in maritime law enforcement and combating narco trafficking at sea. As it currently stands there are several coast guard […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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The Director of the National Sports Council, Iris Centeno, is currently in the United States, along with a delegation of female football players. The group is at Princeton University in New Jersey, where they are taking part in a two-week exchange program. Centeno explained to News Five that she was selected to take part in […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Several students who are on the Special Olympics Team that were delayed in New York when their flight schedule was interrupted will arrive in Belize in time for their graduation on Thursday. The four students and two of their chaperones were supposed to land in Belize with the rest of their teammates on Tuesday on […]
Written on June 28, 2023 | Posted in
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For the first time in the history of the country, FIBA will be hosting a junior national team competition in Belize. The U-seventeen Centrobasket Championship is a qualifier for the World of Basketball and today, News Five caught up with the U-seventeen national basketball team during a practice session at the Belize City Civic Center. […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Heads of government of the Central American Integration System, SICA, have completed their fifty-seventh summit in Placencia. Tasked upon its receipt of the pro-tem presidency from the Dominican Republic six months ago to focus on economic and social integration, climate change, sustainable development, food security and migration, Belize’s Foreign Minister, Eamon Courtenay briefed the media […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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As Foreign Minister Courtenay just shared, one of the topics dealt with is food security. Notably, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and SICA signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement during the SICA meeting in Placencia. The main objective is to support the transformation of agri-food systems in countries with little rainfall. The […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Lubetkin says that if respective countries can improve their food security systems, food production would be better and would benefit the people who are not eating well. He shared interesting figures of how much food we would collectively be able to start producing to be able to feed the people who are still going hungry. […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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One country that the SICA heads of government want to assist in improving the conditions of its people is Haiti. Haiti shares a border with the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. For decades, Haiti has had vulnerable communities plagued by floods, soil erosion, and wanton deforestation that have removed almost all of the […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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They were scheduled to arrive on the United Airlines flight around eleven-thirty this morning and then participate in a motorcade having competed and won three medals for Belize, but today, four athletes and two chaperones are delayed in New York after the airline company bumped them from their flights. While the issue was unpredictable, the […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Philanthropist and Entrepreneur Teresa Hernandez-Howe is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the President of the United States of America. What makes this recognition special is that Teresa is a Belizean woman. Hailing from Dangriga, she shared with us how her passion for mentorship and entrepreneurship has not only changed her life, […]
Written on June 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Five female football athletes have been selected to take part in the first Belize U.S. Visitor Sports Program. The five under-eighteen national team players will be at the Princeton University for two weeks where they will undergo physical and skills training. The university will also provide the five athletes with leadership training during their visit. […]
Written on June 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, a cohort of one hundred and forty plus members of the Belize Defense Force and the Belize Coast Guard returned to the Jewel from three weeks of training in the United States. The delegation from Belize was part of five thousand five hundred and nine military personnel from the U.S. and partner nations that […]
Written on June 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Campbellsville University, a private Christian institution in Kentucky, recognized Mayor Sharon Palacio with a Leadership and Service Award. Mayor Palacio has been partnering with the university for the past decade in various initiatives that resulted in Belizean students attending the university. Through Mayor Palacio, students from Campbellsville have also had the opportunity to […]
Written on June 14, 2023 | Posted in
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American businessman, J. Prince Wine is known for his involvement in music, a stint in boxing and now he is marketing his line of wines in Belize. The Loyalty brand wines are the businessman’s own recipe for wines produced in France for Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and the like. He told News Five why he chose […]
Written on June 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize has landed another non-stop flight from the U.S. to our shores. Today, the Belize Tourism Board announced that JetBlue will begin flying direct to Belize’s Philip Goldson International Airport from New York’s J.F.K Airport and Belize’s Phillip S.W. Goldson. This makes New York the eleventh U.S. city to offer nonstop service to Belize. JetBlue […]
Written on June 6, 2023 | Posted in
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