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The millers and the government have been working feverishly to lobby CARICOM to allow preferential pricing for direct consumption sugars in the Caribbean. As it currently stands, Belize, Jamaica and Guyana are sugar producing countries, but member states continue to import refined white sugar from outside the region. Because of the current world prices, the […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Stake Bank Cruise Port is one step closer to becoming a reality, following a groundbreaking ceremony this morning for the construction of a premier docking facility for cruise ships in Belize City. The twenty-five acre island on which the facility will be built will feature tendering, shopping, cultural attractions and beaches. It also promises to […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Cacao farmers in Trio Village are living the negative effects of illegal cattle ranching and farming due to the lack of action by the Lands Department. Ya’axche Conservation Trust, which co-manages the Maya Mountain North Forest Reserve in Toledo, has been expressing concerns to the Lands Department which holds authority over more than three thousand […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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It has been three years since the Ya’axche Conservation Trust has been attempting to get the attention of the Lands Department to address the serious issues plaguing the Trio Farmers Cacao Growers Association. According to its executive director, the illegal activities near the reserve have been threatening their livelihood. Christina Garcia says that they have […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health unveiled a human resources health strategic plan. The plan is to ensure that there is equitable distribution of appropriately and skilled workers in the health sector. The need to focus on the human resources is to offer stronger support to achieve health outcomes in Belize – and by extension help to […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Today the National Climate Change Office held a workshop in Belmopan to look at Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Assessment with their stakeholders. The objective is to help the country conduct a national assessment of the impact of different technologies and practices that affect gas emissions. Stakeholder partners included representatives from the energy, forestry, transport, agriculture and […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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There was a late night shooting in Belize City on Monday which claimed the life of a young man from Lord’s Bank Village. Police are yet to determine whether the murder of Roy Lord is tied to gang activity. What they have been able to confirm is that he was accosted by a lone gunman […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The mass circulation of a video clip depicting an underage female student in her high school uniform engaged in a sexual act is repulsive. Since its release over the weekend, a number of government and non-government agencies have come forward to condemn the act and the recording, as well as its distribution. The National Committee […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The publication of a list of forty-two priests with ‘credible and substantiated’ allegation of sexual abuse against a child by the Richmond Diocese includes the name of Father Oliver Smalls. The Belizean priest has been removed from ministry and will no longer administer in public in the Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan, following the […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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All roads led west this morning as a convoy of police vehicles made its way to an undisclosed location where a huge haul of drugs was incinerated. It’s part of a routine destruction process where a mass of seized narcotics is ferried to a remote area and done away with. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Ten years ago, on December eighth, 2008 the Foreign Ministers of Belize and Guatemala signed, at OAS headquarters, the Special Agreement between Guatemala and Belize to submit the territorial, insular and maritime claim of Guatemala to the International Court of Justice. Minister Wilfred Elrington signed on behalf of the country while the then Minister of […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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According to Attorney Anthony Sylvestre, since the Special Agreement commits Belize to hold a referendum with the intention to settle the dispute at the I.C.J. which will rule on Belize’s boundaries and borders, such agreement needs to two-thirds majority approval from the National Assembly. Anthony Sylvestre, Attorney “Until and unless the provisions or the […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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With fifty more days to go until the April tenth I.C.J. Referendum, government still has the opportunity to take the Special Agreement to the House. Kareem Musa, Attorney “The beauty of all of it is that April tenth 2019 is not a date set on stone. So the Prime Minister and the government need […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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If you have ever been to the Vital Statistics Unit, you probably have experienced the frustration that comes along with that visit. People from every single district have been complaining of not only the snail-like process but basic and serious errors on documents such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates. But recently, members […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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At a recent press conference FECTAB President, Yhony Rosado raised concerns on two issues he says that Belize City tour guides would feel the negative effects of. According to Rosado, tour guides in the Old Capital will be negatively impacted by the introduction of a foreign tour company and the redirection of Norwegian Cruise Line’s […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The Pan American Health Organization kicked off its country and sub-regional managers meeting in Belize City today. The meeting brings together health directors from Central America, Cuba, Mexico and the Dominican Republic to discuss the opportunities and challenges of getting support from multilateral agencies. Today, News Five stopped by the meeting to talk with Belize’s […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The 2019 season of the National Elite Basketball League has been postponed for this week in anticipation of the regional FIBA qualifying tournament, which will be held from February twenty-second to the twenty-fourth at the Belize City Civic Center. Over the next few days, national teams from Antigua, Cuba and the Bahamas will converge in […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Earlier this month, a woman lost her life jumping the barriers in the middle of the Philip Goldson Highway. The pedestrian, Marlena Mortis, was knocked down and killed as she tried to get to the other side of the highway. Residents in the area have complained bitterly about the lack of consideration for pedestrians who […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Two men have been charged for the robbery at Kum Hua Store in Belize City. Kerun Miguel and Jamar Neal appeared in court before Magistrate Khadeen Palmer today where they were read a single charge of robbery with a firearm. Both men pleaded not guilty to the charge. Magistrate Palmer asked the duo to provide […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Seventy-six-year-old Primrose Gabourel and her son forty-three-year-old Dion Zabaneh were back in court today after the Department of Environment brought charges once again for failure to adhere to stop orders and continue to develop on a seashore property that has been a question of concern. Six charges were to be read to the mother and […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The ninth edition of Street Art Festival takes place this weekend in downtown Belize City. The festival is the premier event of the National Institute of Culture and History, through the Institute of Creative Arts and showcases the talent of artists in all aspects—painting, drawing, dancing, music and fashion. There will be live arts, a […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Sexual abuse allegations and scandal have rocked the Catholic Church and tonight a Belizean priest is one of forty-two clergymen who have “a credible and substantiated allegation of sexual abuse” against a child. The list was published three days ago by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A and it includes Father Oliver Joseph Smalls […]
Written on February 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Cyber bullying has become a trending topic since a series of pornographic videos were shared across various social media platforms over the weekend. The incidents have raised the ire of many, including social activists, who have since gone on record to express their displeasure with what can only be described as a most despicable act […]
Written on February 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Police say two minors were raped in separate incidents and the men accused are in police custody. On Sunday sometime after seven in the night, a fifteen-year-old girl was raped by a man she knows in Orange Walk. In the other incident, a thirteen-year-old reported to police that on Valentine’s Day a man she is […]
Written on February 18, 2019 | Posted in
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A fifty-four-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday night. Police say John Triminio of Orange Walk was driving his cycle between miles seventy-one and seventy-two on the Philip Goldson Highway when he lost control, crashed and died near San Roman village. Police say Triminio was driving on his cycle alone and was socializing […]
Written on February 18, 2019 | Posted in
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