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The COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues for all phases and up to this week, the healthcare workers have the highest coverage. Some eighty-five percent have taken the first dose, according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. This is followed by fifty-one percent of teachers who have taken the vaccine and sixty point five percent of […]
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Commissioner Chester Williams says that community policing is getting a boost across the country as commanders of the different regions are being tasked to form citizen groups that will advise and support their mandate. Here’s how he explains it. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “It is a directive to all commanders that they need […]
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The Ministry of the Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform has announced a realignment of chief executive officers, resulting in Doctor Osmond Martinez being appointed as C.E.O. in the Ministry of Economic Development. Doctor Martinez served as C.E.O. in the Ministry of the Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform in the months after the 2020 […]
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It seems a lot of Belizeans on stay-cation have discovered the beauty of Gracie Rock for weekend river outings. But all these visitors have brought new problems to the community. The village will be holding a clean-up this Saturday. News Five spoke with Chairman Wayne Pollard today. Wayne Pollard, Chairman, Gracie Rock “It’s visitors […]
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Usually this would be the time of year when Belizean artists are on stage showing off their talents. But this year, as with so many things, even dance recitals have to be virtual. This Saturday, Modern Dance Movement is holding their show on YouTube with featured choreographer, Sistie Fairweather Harmes. “Sistie,” as she is fondly […]
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While traditionally, many celebrate Mother’s Day on May tenth, in Belize it is usually acknowledged on the second Sunday of the month. So on May ninth this year, children, and is some cases fathers, are planning a special something for the number one woman in their lives. News Five’s Duane Moody hit the streets to […]
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The Joint Unions Negotiating Team and the Government of Belize met today for day-two of discussions inside the House of Culture in Belize City. It was expected that the meeting would run into the evening because nine of the eleven points put forward by the unions were yet to be discussed. But today, those points […]
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Prime Minster John Briceño also spoke out today, courtesy of the Government Press Office, on the ongoing negotiations between the unions and G.O.B. representatives. PM Briceño, who is not in the negotiation room with the unions, says he does get updates on what transpires in those meetings. He expressed disappointment with what he deems to […]
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PM Briceño also spoke about the outstanding taxes owed to the government and why collecting those taxes is not a simple solution to the economic crisis. He noted that the responsibility to collect taxes also lies with public servants. Prime Minister John Briceño “Generally Belizeans understand. I think even the Union members understand. But […]
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PM Briceño also contended that while there are those expecting his administration to solve the nation’s economic crisis within a short span of time, those most critical have been members of the public service for the past thirteen years. PM Briceño questioned why industrial actions were not organized by those critics under the last administration. […]
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There are questions tonight about Belize’s homegrown economic recovery plan after Reuters news agency is reporting that creditors have been urging Belize to agree to an I.M.F. program, and Belize is accusing its bond holders of cancelling a zoom call. When asked for comment today, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Chris Coye […]
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The reported pressure that G.O.B. is facing from superbond holders may also be having a rippling effect on ongoing negotiations with the joint unions. Today, President of the P.S.U., Gerald Henry explained that the added external pressure may be causing the government to stick to the ten percent cut. Gerald Henry, President, P.S.U. “I […]
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A chopping incident left two tenants at an apartment complex nursing a range of machete wounds. One man received a large chop wound in the head and the other received numerous cut wounds to his upper body and his hands. One man says he acted in self-defense when he disarmed the man who attacked him […]
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There was a sad ending today in the search for missing Armenia resident, Alex Guzman after his decomposing body was located this morning. A search team made up of family members and friends discovered Guzman’s body just before ten o’clock today in the Yalbac Hill area of Spanish Lookout. Guzman was in the area looking […]
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The Belize Police Department says that crimes are down for the first three months of 2021. Today, Commissioner of Police reported that major crimes for all categories are down when compared to the first quarter of 2020. Here’s how ComPol Chester Williams explains it. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Every category of crime is […]
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When it comes to murders, there are fourteen fewer murders for the first three months of this year when compared to last year. Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa says that the police working in Belize City have been doing a great job. As you may know, historically the city has been a problem area […]
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As you heard just now, crime is down in the country for the first three months of this year. Those statistics were shared this morning when the Belize Police Department hosted its national quarterly computer statistics session with all commanders from the different regions, formations and divisions countrywide. It’s a meeting of the top brass […]
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You probably saw it on social media: a video of the medical and auxiliary staff at the national referral hospital dancing to “Jerusalema.” It is the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital celebrating nurses week under the theme, “Nurses: A Voice to Lead. A Vision for Future Healthcare.” News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
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While the unions are protesting against the government, today another group came out in protest against…. You guessed it: the unions. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Teachers and public officers remain on strike, even with talks resuming between the unions and government regarding a ten percent salary cut and increment freeze. […]
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Over the past few weeks we have been reporting on the industrial actions from the different unions – and for those who have not taken to the streets or walked off the job – they have given their words of commitment that they stand in solidarity with the join unions. But if you are expecting […]
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The Association of Public Service Senior Management has served the Labor Commissioner Anne Marie Thompson with an official letter, noting its participation in ongoing industrial actions. According to President of A.P.S.S.M., Sharon Frazer, her members are public officers who are legally covered under the P.S.U.’s twenty-one days’ notice of intended strike action. Notwithstanding, Frazer says […]
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Miss Universe Belize Iris Salguero touched down in Miami this afternoon for the official arrival to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where the sixty-ninth Miss Universe pageant takes place. Salguero will participate in the national costume competition on May thirteenth followed by the preliminaries on the fourteenth and then the live show takes […]
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The tragic loss of Kenya Barona has prompted her family to make a financial contribution to the Belize Emergency Response Team in her memory. Kenya died of natural causes several weeks ago. Her loved ones maintained that negligence played a significant role in her untimely demise and blamed BERT for not doing enough to respond […]
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The Government of Israel has had diplomatic relations with Belize since 1984 and today, as that country celebrates its seventy-third anniversary of independence, it is giving back to Belize. That gesture is in the form of a two-thousand-dollar donation to the Belize Diabetes Association and will help some fifteen diabetic persons. News Five was at […]
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In Belize, almost fifteen percent of the population is living with this non communicable disease; that is approximately fifty thousand living with diabetes. Across the world, one out of eleven persons has diabetes, one out of two persons has diabetes and don’t know it and every eight seconds someone dies from diabetes or complications associated […]
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