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The ramifications of climate change can be disastrous to any nation without adequate early warning systems for natural disasters. Today Belize received an evapo-transpiration station from the European Union to complement our existing weather tracking system. News Five’s Marion Ali was in Central Farm for the handing-over ceremony. Marion Ali, Reporting The ET weather […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Last week some residents of Barranco Village had protested logging concessions given out for logging activity in their village to people from other areas of Toledo. Minister of the Environment, Orlando Habet has been out of the country, but today we asked for his perspective on their concerns. Orlando Habet, Minister of the Environment […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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We also asked Minister Habet whether the government will help to salvage what’s left of the Barranco beach after aggressive erosion has washed away much of the shoreline. He said they are waiting for a report from a Cuban research team on what steps to take. Orlando Habet, Minister of the Environment “It’s a […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Port of Belize Limited filed an application for an injunction in the Supreme Court of Belize to restrain the Minister of Finance, Prime Minister John Briceño from making any payment to the Christian Workers Union from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. For context, on the third of February 2020, the Government of Belize agreed […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have confirmed a report that a drug plane crash-landed during the night, north of Belize City. While Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams has indicated he won’t divulge any information until security forces have completed their forensics gathering from the area, News Five has learned that the plane landed several miles behind the Blackburn area, […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Elections and Boundaries Department has finally gotten approval to commence a long overdue redistricting exercise which will effectively see all thirty-one constituencies across the country being redrawn. This has not been done since 1998, resulting in an unequal distribution of registered voters in many constituencies. Government has identified funding for the activity and the […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The redistricting exercise has a timeline of approximately twenty-two months and will be carried out in various phases. According to Josephine Tamai, social research among the population is necessary to ensure that households fall squarely within a particular constituency. She also says that upon completion of this process, recommendations will be made to the Elections […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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As mentioned earlier, the purpose for redrawing the respective electoral districts is to evenly distribute the number of voters, as best as possible to address the existing malapportionment. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer “We all know that in terms of a redistricting exercise and the exercise has several benefits and one of them is […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Notwithstanding a matter that is presently before the Supreme Court which was filed by the Belize Peace Movement, Tamai says the work of the Elections and Boundaries Department to conduct the redistricting exercise is not affected by the ongoing case. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer “The matter with the court, I will tell you […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Traffic death is among the top five killers in Belize, and the Government of Belize is spending millions of dollars on improving highways. Through a grant from the European Union and a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, approximately sixty-five million dollars have been invested in the upgrade of the George Price Highway and the […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture, headed by Minister Jose Abelardo Mai, is currently in El Salvador as Belize further explores trade with Central American countries. They travelled as part of a convoy that will see locally grown vegetables sold in that country. At the official inauguration of the Roaring Creek Bridge and a […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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During his keynote address on Monday, Prime Minister John Briceño took time to acknowledge the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. According to the PM, millions of dollars have been saved in infrastructure development under the leadership of Minister Julius Espat. In a break down, he shares that cost-cutting measures were done for the Caracol […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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If you are heading out of Belize City via the Haulover Bridge, you would see on the right-hand side that works are in its initial stages for the installation of a new state-of-the-art bridge. But further up the highway, near mile seven, there is still a slight diversion where a portion of the road had […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council is owed twenty-one million dollars in property taxes. According to the Mayor, at the peak of COVID, the Council was forced to acknowledge the hardships faced by many residents who were losing their jobs and income. Now, with this shortfall in tax collections, the council is not able to fully carry […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Mayor Wagner announced that his council has also walked back on the garbage tax proposal that many felt would be burdensome. Instead, they are now looking at how garbage could be used to generate energy. Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City Council “With the pandemic and people not being able to meet some of those […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Back in January, we asked parents if they would be sending their children back to school for hybrid learning. Many of them were sceptical due to concerns over the omicron variant that had been raging. But it would seem that they may have had a change of heart because Education Minister Francis Fonseca says that […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A new Police Cyber Crime Center has been created. This afternoon the Police Information Technology and Cyber Crime Unit, along with the Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa, and Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, joined the representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for a ribbon cutting ceremony. […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize City Mayor, Bernard Wagner, says the council is exploring several ventures as new streams of income. The first being an electric transit system. The Mayor says three buses will be placed on an identified route in a one year pilot project. Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City Council “First one we are looking at. […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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With one charging station at the Best Western Biltmore Plaza and plans to establish charging stations elsewhere in downtown Belize City, the electric bus transit system is moving ahead. The plan at this time is for the bus route to begin at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. But, how big of a deal will it […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council is also taking its responsibility for on-street-parking up a notch. Soon, people will have to pay to park along the City Streets, especially in the busiest business areas like downtown Belize City. CitCo is launching a parking meter pilot project. For the first year, ten parking meters will be installed on […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Governor General, Froyla Tzalam, received the credentials of four new ambassadors to Belize at a virtual ceremony today. They are the non-resident ambassador of the Republic of Armenia, Armella Shakaryan, non-resident ambassador of Colombia, Carlos Rodríguez Bocanegra, non-resident ambassador of France, Odile Roussel, and the non-resident ambassador of Argentina, Carlos Tomada. The Governor General […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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In Bella Vista Village in the Toledo East constituency, there is serious confusion over who has entitlement to parcels of land in the village. Some of the plots of land have been under development and occupied for years. Some have documents suggesting they have been accommodated to go ahead and take up occupancy. But, now […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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News Five reached out to the Minister of Natural Resources, Cordel Hyde, for comment on the issues in Bella Vista that we witnessed on Sunday. In response, Paul Thompson, the Chief of Staff for Minister Hyde, told us today that a group of villagers from Bella Vista went to the Ministry’s office on Monday to […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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In a follow up to a story we brought to you last week, twenty-five year old Lejean Rhamdas has died. He was shot in downtown Belize City mid-morning on Friday. Coincidentally, his father came to the scene to assist, not knowing it was his own son who had been hit. News Five’s Paul Lopez reports. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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A seventy year old Honduran man is dead following the theft of weed whackers at his place of employment. Police say Transito Villalobos was on duty as a watchman at a farm in Bladden Village when there was a break- in. The thieves apparently took the watchman’s life. Here are the details from police. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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