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On the ground, there are those who, due to financial constraints, have not applied to the amnesty program. And so, to help with boosting those numbers, the U.N. network in Belize has been lending support to the government in engaging with those who qualify for amnesty. Diana Locke, Head, International Organization for Migration “We […]
Written on August 30, 2022 | Posted in
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Karl H. Menzies is making the switch to online sales only. The decision to do so comes after five decades of doing business from the company’s storefront on Barrack Road. The announcement was made earlier today and News Five visited Belize On, a subsidiary of Socias Ltd. which operates Karl H. Menzies. News Five’s Isani […]
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FIFA President, Gianni Infantino will be in Belize ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Infantino is scheduled to pay a visit to the Football Federation of Belize’s headquarters in Belmopan on Wednesday where he will brief the press. When we caught up with Minister of Sports, Rodwell Ferguson earlier today, we asked him […]
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The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of National Defense and Border Security signed a pair of contracts at a value of roughly three million dollars for the purchase and delivery of ten Hino troop lifting vehicles, as well as office equipment. These items will be used by the Belize Defense Force. The procurement […]
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The highly anticipated return of the Carnival Road March is four days away and band leaders are preparing their final costumes for the bacchanal. A total of nine bands will be participating in the road march this year – four seniors and five junior bands – all from Belize City. But even before the revellers […]
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Carnival season is in full swing and over the weekend, the battle of the giant costumes raged on at the Belize City Civic Center. While the competition does not have an influence on the final score for the road march, the King and Queen Competition is always a spectacle. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
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Nurses across the country have been staging walkouts in protest of poor working conditions and salary deduction. In light of these protests, the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Nurses Association of Belize issued a joint release, following a meeting in Belmopan this morning. According to the statement, the meeting was held to address, […]
Written on August 29, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Minister of Health and Wellness, Kevin Bernard, prior to the events that occurred over the past three days; his ministry had met with the Nurses Association of Belize, and subsequently wrote to the Ministry of Finance. He told reporters, via Zoom, that the nationwide protests caught him by surprise, in light of prior […]
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As for the complaint made by nurses about a lack of medication and medical supplies, Minister Bernard says government is working to improve the function of the Central Medical Service (C.M.S.). Additionally, Minister Bernard noted that suppliers have already been called on to ensure that deliveries are made to the C.M.S. in a timely manner. […]
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And on Tuesday, Minister Kevin Bernard is planning to visit the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga. Nurses there claim that that they are being victimized by their administrative supervisor. Minister Bernard says he will be meeting with those nurses to hear their concerns. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health and Wellness “I know that some […]
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In Belize City, between forty and fifty nurses who make up the K.H.M.H. Workers Union staged a protest this afternoon. They felt that the shortage of supplies also affects the work that they do and they also had other issues, such as having no pension in place and their salary rates. News Five’s Marion Ali […]
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Following today’s meeting with government officials; we spoke briefly with Renita Pop, the President of the Nurses Association of Belize and Oscar Requeña, the Minister of Labor. Here is what they told us. Renita Pop, President, Nurses Association of Belize “I would like to just say I am grateful to the Government of Belize, […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Aaron Guzman is set to take over the reins as Regional Commander for Eastern Division in the coming days. That’s because Deputy Commissioner Dezerie Magdaleno is retiring from the Belize Police Department after decades of service to law enforcement. The pending changes are part of a restructuring that will also see […]
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Amateur footage of a civilian being arrested by a trio of police officers who struggled to take him into custody has found its way to social media and has since gone viral. In the thirty second clip, the officers are forced to manhandle the individual who is seen putting up a resistance. This morning, Commissioner […]
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The thirty-day state of emergency for a handful of young men believed to be actively involved with two feuding Belize City gangs is coming to an end. Over the past four weeks, a sense of calm has been restored in the Lake Independence community after police rounded up as many as thirty-one individuals and locked […]
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The United Democratic Party staged a protest in Belize City last Tuesday, despite not getting approval from the Belize Police Department to proceed with the demonstration. The opposition took to the streets of the Old Capital to protest against steep gas prices, as well as the overall cost of living under the Briceño administration. Despite […]
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An article in a U.K. publication citing the latest episode with Jasmine Hartin and the Belize Police Department has ComPol Williams balking at a statement that was reportedly made by the Canadian national. The statement alleges that there was a plot to execute Hartin upon leaving a police station where she was being held. Here’s […]
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The Senate met today to debate the Belize International Services Limited (B.I.S.L.) Settlement Bill. The bill calls for the payment of seventy-six million dollars by the government to B.I.S.L., after the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that the previous government had breached an agreement it had with the company and ordered that the matter be […]
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The two-year contract that was awarded to Dorothy Bradley to serve as Acting Auditor-General, effective September first, was another issue that the Senate debated today. Bradley had served in that capacity under the Barrow administration, from September 2011 until December of last year, when she reached the retirement age of fifty-five. Prior to that, she […]
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While nurses have been protesting since weekend, there was also a walkout at ITVET Corozal today. The faculty and staff at the Institute for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the north sent out messages from over the weekend claiming that some of them have not been paid for months and that they have not […]
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology held a press conference on the activities of the past year to revolutionize the Belize Education System, since the new administration took office in November 2020. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting The Ministry of Education, […]
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The 2022 school year begins with a new national curriculum framework that focuses on the competency-based education of students, which is being piloted in all pre-primary, primary schools and several secondary institutions. As Education Minister Francis Fonseca has said previously, the aim is for the new curriculum to be implemented nationwide by January 2023 across […]
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Let’s Catch Up, a summer Program from the Ministry of Education which intends to minimize the learning gap that was created as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has concluded. Today, ministry officials also gave an update on the success of the program and how the students are being reintegrated into the new school year. […]
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Over the weekend, a basketball tournament was held by the Ministry of Home Affairs that brought together young men from various parts of the city, as well as well-known media personalities across radio and television. The event pitted a team led by Minister Kareem Musa against a team led by Commissioner of Police Chester Williams. […]
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It’s no secret that several of Belize’s environmental regulations need to be updated. Potential investors have openly stated, time and again, that Belize’s standards fall short of international ideals. The government has taken first steps to begin the amendments to those portions of our legislation that are ambiguous or unclear. But while that is being […]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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