Home » March, 2021
You are currently browsing entries posted in: March, 2021
The partnership between UNICEF and the Statistical Institute of Belize to gather comparable data on women and children using a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey has been valuable in understanding their everyday circumstances. MICS, as it is known, has also been useful in providing government with information that can be used to create policies that are […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on UNICEF Belize Launches MICS Report
The survey has also provided key data to assist the National Committee for Families and Children as they address child marriage and early unions in Belize. Surprisingly, in 2011, teenagers between fifteen and nineteen years old were still getting married. That information, according to Executive Director Margaret Nicholas, was used to create a roadmap to […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on N.C.F.C. Uses MICS to Address Child Marriage
The Ministry of Education, on the other hand, has used information from MICS to look at early childhood development and literacy. John Newport, Ministry of Education “When we began to look at the more qualitative aspects of the young child’s life and how they were learning, what their home life was like and how […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on How Many Books Do Children Have at Home?
A two-week training for special constables ended this week in Sarteneja. The constables who work at the Shipstern Nature Reserve attended sessions on Green Law and learned about making arrests, building their cases and what to do and not do when dealing with people violating the laws of the reserve. The special constables were sworn […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Special Constables Get Training in Green Law
As you saw earlier in the newscast with the swearing in of the Shipstern wardens as special constables, there are many young people attracted to working in conservation and protecting Belizean wildlife and natural ecosystems. This is also the case for those employed by the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment. This N.G.O. manages over […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
Environment,
People & Places |
Comments Off on TIDE Rangers Patrol Private Protected Areas
On Tuesday, a group of sea pirates were detained in Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Believed to be the masterminds behind the attacks at sea in southern Belize, six Belizean men and two Honduran nationals were captured during a sting operation carried out by law enforcement officers from that neighbouring country. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Crime,
Featured |
Comments Off on Belizean Pirates Nabbed in Honduras
Thursday’s World Cup Qualifier between Belize and Haiti will proceed as scheduled, that’s a decision taken by FIFA following an investigation by a match commissioner who was dispatched to the island nation in the wake of an incident involving the Belize Jaguars. On Monday, when the team arrived in Port-au-Prince they were held at gunpoint […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
Regional / International,
Sports |
Comments Off on The Game Goes On; Belize Meets Haiti in Port-au-Prince
After several weeks of going without a casualty, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has recorded another COVID-19 death. In its daily update, it was noted that there is one new confirmed case of the virus, one new recovery and one new death. As it stands, the number of active cases has been reduced to […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
Health |
Comments Off on One New COVID Death Confirmed
The country will have to wait for the reading of the budget for the new fiscal year 2021-2022 until April ninth. But today, Area Representative for Belmopan, Oscar Mira told the Belmopan City Council that it will be difficult. Mira suggested that it will be a tough budget to digest, but he was still hopeful […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Economy,
Featured,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments Off on G.O.B. Minister Says Reading of “Budget Will Be Difficult”
Belmopan Mayor Sharon Palacio says that their initial review of the Belmopan City Council has revealed debts in the millions of dollars, among other mismanagement and irregularities that include the selling of lands just days before the municipal elections in March. Today, Palacio said she believes that what they uncovered may be just the tip […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments Off on Mayor Sharon Palacio Says Belmopan CitCo Owes Millions!
A quick response to a News Five story a few days ago means one Belize City organization now has some additional funds to keep helping children. Today, SMART handed over a donation and also recommitted to expand its partnership with the Y.M.C.A. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Today, the Young Men’s […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Education,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments Off on SMART Steps Up for Y.M.C.A.
Turning over a new leaf is something that Brandon Baptist and his friends have been wanting to do for some time now and they have been looking for an opportunity to do better for themselves and their family. Together, they came up with an idea to seek the assistance of the police department to acquire […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Brandon Baptist Gets Help from Police Department
A man who was shot in the neck outside the Raccoon Street Police Station by a police officer while he tried to escape from their custody on Saturday has come forward claiming this account is inaccurate. Ryan Foster told New Five today that contrary to what Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero said on Monday’s newscast, he […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Crime,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Ryan Foster Claims He Wasn’t Escaping When Officer Shot Him
Students at various levels of academic life will finally begin returning to their classrooms on April twelfth, but not everyone goes back at once. That’s the date that has been set by the Ministry of Education for schools to begin reopening after a year of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, Cabinet approved […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Education,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments Off on Schools to Reopen on April twelfth, One Year After Closure
As women’s month is coming to an end, the Belize Coast Guard is hosting a series of activities to highlight the roles that women play in its organization. There are currently around fifty women enlisted in varying capacities, some holding senior positions within this law enforcement agency. Acting Commandant Gregory Soberanis explains. Commander Gregory […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Belize Coast Guard Celebrates Its Service Women
Today, the wives of the coast guard men were also honoured for their contribution to the overall success of the organization. Commander Gregory Soberanis explains. Commander Gregory Soberanis, Acting Commandant, Belize Coast Guard “Many times our men are at sea and their wives are at home manning the fort and so today we honour […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Honouring the Wives of Coast Guard Men for Holding Down the Fort
The newly appointed Mexican Naval Attaché to Belize, Captain Freddy Ruben Perez Castillo met with the Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Florencio Marin Junior today in Belmopan. The minister and the Mexican Naval leader pledged to continue strengthening the good relationship of cooperation between the two countries and to maintain open lines of […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Defense,
People & Places,
Regional / International |
Comments Off on Mexico and Belize Pledge to Continue Naval Cooperation
Belize celebrated World Tuberculosis Day today. According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, last year Belize had seventy-two cases of T.B. – twenty-four were females and forty-eight were males. The districts most affected are Belize, Cayo and Stann Creek. The age groups most affected were between the ages of fifteen to fifty-four years of […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
Health |
Comments Off on Belize Celebrates World Tuberculosis Day
Land borders are still closed and those traditional vacation trips to tourism destinations in Mexico are off the table. But as we found out today, Belizeans are taking advantage of the great deals to increase domestic tourism, so much so that some popular areas across the country are completely booked out for next week. […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
People & Places,
Travel |
Comments Off on Where You Going This Easter?
The first round of World Cup Qualifiers between Belize and Haiti is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Sylvio Cator Stadium in Port-au-Prince. At news time this evening, an investigation is being conducted by a senior FIFA match commissioner to determine whether the game between the Belize Jaguars and Haiti’s national football team can proceed […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
Crime,
Featured,
People & Places,
Regional / International,
Sports |
Comments Off on Fate of World Cup Qualifier to be Decided by Match Commissioner
Over the past month, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received two batches of vaccines; one thousand Astra-Zeneca vaccines from Barbados and twenty-five thousand from India. So, in March, the ministry began to administer the vaccines in phases from the two shipments received. But as we found out today, vaccinations among one target group are […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
Health |
Comments Off on MOH Urges 60+ Group to Get Vaccinated!
While the Ministry of Health and Wellness pushes for those sixty and older to take the vaccine, it also has to do a bit more education among its own healthcare workers. As we’ve showed you, on March first, the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme started with healthcare workers and while the vaccinations continue for […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
Health |
Comments Off on Only 64% of Healthcare Workers Have Taken the Vaccine to Date
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says that there is a lot of misinformation and fear as it relates to the vaccines and this has led to a lower than expected number of vaccinations administered. Today, Doctor Natalia Largaespada Beer spoke with the media about why they are championing the vaccines for immunity and what […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
Health |
Comments Off on M.O.H.W. on the Nuts and Bolts of the Vaccine
One year ago today, COVID-19 was detected in Belize. Belize’s first patient was a woman in San Pedro. Since then we have recorded over three hundred deaths; been subjected to wearing masks; living under curfew regulations with multiple lockdowns – and the list goes on. Life as we knew it changed. Today we asked the […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
Health |
Comments Off on M.O.H.W. Reflects on COVID-19, a Year Later
The United States Embassy in Belmopan is resuming its operations after almost a year of dormancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, there has been a significant backlog of applications and renewals. The good news is the U.S. Embassy has decided to automatically extend the length of time from one year to four […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
Featured,
Foreign Affairs,
People & Places |
Comments Off on U.S. Embassy Resumes Consular Operations
