Are your children getting the most out of the time they spend with their teachers in the classroom? This is the question that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology sought to explore during its Virtual Symposium. The event looked at what is happening at the early childhood level, including Special Education, and the […]
Over the weekend, thousands of Belizean families celebrated Mother’s Day, showing their appreciation for the women who raised them and the struggles they went through along the way. But among the sixty-two thousand or so residents of Belize City, there are some mothers living in extremely difficult situations, often not that far from the multi-storey […]
After a year of being away, students in the distant southern community of San Benito Poite returned to school on Monday. They were among a handful of schools that were approved by the Ministry of Education to resume in-person learning. While some teachers were eager to get back to their classrooms, others are still staying […]
We have been following the joint union’s strike actions very closely over the past couple of weeks. Today marks the thirteenth consecutive day that the Belize National Teachers Union has been on strike. It is historic, because the last time the B.N.T.U. engaged in strike action, it lasted for eleven days. On Tuesday, News Five […]
Today, at the Radisson Fort George in Belize City, information and communication technology equipment was handed over to the Civil Society Reference Group to continue its work addressing family violence and empowering women. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the work of community-based leaders, advocates and […]
In a first for Belize, Doctor Carla Barnett has been appointed as the Secretary General of CARICOM. She was unanimously selected at a Heads of CARICOM Meeting today. Barnett has served as the Deputy Secretary General of CARICOM, as well as Vice-President of Operations of the Caribbean Development Bank. Locally, Barnett served as vice president […]
The Belize National Teachers Union made history today. The union has been engaged in strike action for twelve days, the longest on record. Back in 2005, the B.N.T.U. protested for a total of ten days, while in 2016, their protest lasted for eleven days. Indications are that this time around, the strike will continue into […]
While that was almost two decades ago, tonight the B.N.T.U. and the P.S.U. continue to press the government. Will this P.U.P. administration yield to the union’s request like the last P.U.P. administration? Considering its historical twelve days of consecutive strike action, teachers joined P.S.U. members in front of the House of Culture. Inside, cabinet met […]
Another night, another murder in Belize City. Shortly before nine o’clock on Monday, police responded to a deadly crossfire between feuding gangs on Armadillo Street. When they arrived on the scene, the responding officers discovered the lifeless body of a driver who was behind the wheel of a minivan. The vehicle careened into a nearby […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is concerned about COVID-19 clusters that have been detected in Belize City. Surveillance Officer Lorna Perez says that the number of infections have increased in this area. In the past two weeks, twenty cases had been detected each week. Lorna Perez, Surveillance Officer, Ministry of Health & Wellness […]
Fourteen new COVID-19 cases were confirmed over the weekend, between May eighth and tenth, the majority within Belize City, one in San Pedro, two each in Belmopan and San Ignacio and one in Bella Vista in the Toledo District. That puts the total number of active cases at sixty-three. Since the pandemic hit, three hundred […]
Lorna Perez believes that the active surveillance being carried out by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, including testing, helps with the transmissibility rate of COVID-19. Lorna Perez, Surveillance Officer, Ministry of Health & Wellness “When you are going through that phase of silent spread, it is silently spreading, the active surveillance, trying to […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is seeing a decrease in corona virus testing. Surveillance Officer Lorna Perez spoke about testing practices as tourism activity picks back up. Lorna Perez, Surveillance Officer, Ministry of Health & Wellness “We have seen a decrease in the amount of testing that we are doing. We are trying […]
On the topic of the availability of human resources, the media asked Surveillance Officer Lorna Perez to comment on the issue of nurses taking part in a go-slow and what that means for the service to COVID-19 patients. Lorna Perez, Surveillance Officer, Ministry of Health & Wellness “Most of the activities, COVID-related activities, where […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has received a donation from the Pan American Health Organization of personal protective equipment and biomedical equipment for its COVID-19 Unit. The items include five oxygen concentrators, two portable handheld and one hundred and twelve fingertip pulse oximeters, three hundred KN95 respirator masks, nine hundred face shields, seven thousand five […]
On Monday, Minister of State Christopher Coye shared the latest information on Belize’s pending Super Bond payment. A seven-million-dollar coupon is due later this month and, from the look of it, Belize will not be able to meet this external debt obligation. Bondholders are reluctant to proceed with a restructuring unless Belize signs on to […]
Belize’s reputation in light of its bad payment history since 2008 is also cause for concern, says Minister Coye. The country’s debt profile paints a bad picture considering the existing debt of over a billion dollars. Christopher Coye, Minister of State, Finance “Looking at the debt profile of Belize, it’s certainly not commendable to […]
News Five extends its sincere apologies to both former Area Representative Frank ‘Papa’ Mena and Doctor Peter Allen for the story we broadcast on April fifteenth, 2021. We reported that a pair of siblings claimed that they had been swindled out of a two-million-dollar investment in Commerce Bight by Frank ‘Papa’ Mena and Doctor Peter […]
Earlier in the newscast we told you about the pending appointment of Belize’s Doctor Carla Barnett to the post of Secretary General of CARICOM. During our zoom interview, Barnett also weighed in on the issue of de-risking which in recent years has placed serious pressure on region’s financial services. Due to the imposition of more […]
Guatemalan Military official were in Belize on Tuesday to meet with their Belizean counterparts. Guatemala’s Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attaché Brigadier General Rember Yonivan Menendez Gasparico held meetings with Belize’s Ministry of National Defence and Border Security officials at the Curl Thompson Building in Belmopan. According to a statement from the Ministry of National […]
Recent attacks by Israeli officials against Palestinians has prompted to Government of Belize to issue a release condemning the acts of violence. On Friday of last week Israeli officials used stun grenades and smoke grenades against Palestinian protestors outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. Israeli forces eventually made their way inside the Mosque. The […]
The Belize Tourism Board has taken the decision that travellers entering the country will no longer be required to download and complete the Belize Travel Health App prior to arrival. This adjustment to Belize’s COVID-19 Prevention Regulations is outlined in Statutory Instrument number fifty-one of 2021. The B.T.B. notes, however, that Belize does still require […]
As the tourism industry rebounds, Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations, Anthony Mahler, is facilitating a round of interviews with the Canadian media. Throughout today and then on Wednesday, Minister Mahler will be engaging with magazines and media outlets, as well as freelancers from Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto, reaching millions of persons in that country. […]
Miss Universe Belize Iris Salguero has been in Miami, Florida for five days now representing the country in the sixty-ninth running of the international pageant. Salguero has been actively participating in several activities leading up to this Thursday’s National Costume Competition. Then on Friday, the preliminaries take place where the delegates will be interviewed by […]
Will Belize be able to make a scheduled seven-million-U.S.-dollar coupon payment to its international bondholder on time later this month? That is looking more and more unlikely, particularly after the Government of Belize announced today that it will consult with holders of the nation’s so-called “Superbond” about “potential alternatives to punctual payment” of the next […]
