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Comedian Oliver Samuels will be performing live at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts on September twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and twenty-fifth. The upcoming show is entitled Guilty Without Explanation, written and directed by Patrick Brown, starring Oliver Samuels, Tesfa Edwards, and Lakeisha Ellison. The entire event is being presented by Jankunu Productionz. Founder, Sandra Mckay, […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Perdomo family, makers or Travellers Liquors, introduced their first international rum at the Travellers Liquors Heritage Museum in Belize City. The new product is the result of a partnership with a European businessman, as News Five’s Marion Ali found out today at the launching ceremony. Here’s that report. Marion Ali, Reporting Travellers […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner says that it feels good to be outside again with so many activities happening across the city. The council has also been working with law enforcement agencies to ensure that most activities, including concerts and parades, occur without incident. But with restrictions basically lifted and there is a sense of […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s been almost six months since the Belize City Council embarked on a parking meter initiative and proceeded to install the devices along the entertainment strip on Newtown Barracks and in downtown on Albert Street. While in some cases, it has been met with consternation, the pilot project is not yielding as much revenue as […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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We have not reported on any impasse surrounding garbage collection and that is a good thing. But this responsibility, which lies solely with the Belize City Council, carries a hefty price tag. Discussions have, in the past, included a proposed garbage bill, but that was met with objection and it never materialised. Today, Mayor Bernard […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Illegal cattle ranching along Belize’s western border persists, five years after the first reports were made. This illicit activity is taking place within Belize’s forest reserves and has become a huge concern for members of the conservation community, as it is leading to the clearing of large portions of land. The main culprits are purportedly […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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During the month of September, patriotism is at its highest, as we celebrate Belize’s Independence. Notable songs for the festivities ring out and radio favourites are played the entire month. If you look forward to this time of the year, it’s hard not to mention Francis Reneau’s contributions to the fore. This week’s look on […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, and the Government of Belize, along with several other Commonwealth countries, is observing the nineteenth of September as a public and bank holiday. While employees across the private and public sectors are grateful for the extended Expo weekend, the announcement was met with cold water […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Bus operators held a press conference this afternoon in Belize City to share their concerns regarding the public transportation sector and what they feel are unreasonable conditions being placed on them as the Ministry of Transport seeks to upgrade the industry. The bus operators presented letters written by some of their members about some of […]
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Aside from the issue that the bus operators have with Floralia, they are also making additional requests, including duty exemption on their imported buses, more funds than the National Bank is willing to lend, and buses from Mexico and Guatemala to stop running through Belize. Ewart Metzgen, Secretary, Belize Bus Association “The National Bank […]
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News Five contacted the Minister of Transport, Rodwell Ferguson following the bus operators’ press conference to get his reaction to the concerns about Floralia and the permits they want to extend for ten years. Here’s what he had to say. Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Transport “In terms of Floralia, when they first came on […]
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Minister Ferguson also told us that while he would have to take the request for duty exemption back to Cabinet, his fellow ministers would have to approve the granting of this request. Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Transport “Since the pandemic, no buses from Guatemala, no buses from Mexico is coming into Belize. They want […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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The price per gallon of liquefied petroleum gas (L.P.G.) has decreased by five cents. The Government of Belize announced the new fixed price for L.P.G. on Wednesday. The price now stands at six dollars and six cents per gallon retail. While the decrease is welcomed news, is it enough to offset the increasing cost of […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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During an interview with Prime Minister John Briceño earlier today, he was asked about the exorbitant fuel prices, which have been the highest the country has experienced. The P.M. was asked about the fuel contingency fund which was established with the Central Bank of Belize to keep the prices at the pump fixed, and if […]
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A few weeks ago, there was a countrywide walkout by nurses from public health institutions as they protested poor working conditions and salary deductions. In some cases, there were also issues surrounding pension. Cooler heads prevailed after the Minister of Health and Wellness met with the Nurses Association of Belize, as well as the ministries […]
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During to his speech today, Prime Minister John Briceño said that the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is in need of infrastructural improvements. In an interview with the media, the PM went further to say that they are looking at the possibility of constructing a tertiary care institution in Belmopan and possibly a new facility in […]
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Case management in the kidnapping trial involving William “Danny” Mason, Ashton Vanegas, Kieron Fernandez, Ernest Castillo, and Ryan Rhaburn is set to begin with a voir dire. The alleged victims in this case are businessman Lloyd Thiessen and his wife. The men are accused of kidnapping the couple after a business deal with Mason went […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Forty-five-year-old Ervin Middleton, a windshield repairman of a Santa Barbara Street address, appeared unrepresented before the magistrate’s court earlier today where he was read a single, indictable charge of rape of a child. It is alleged that two years ago, sometime during September 2020, he forced a thirteen-year-old girl into having sexual intercourse with him. […]
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The Belize People’s Front leader has criticized Cayo West Area Representative, Jorge Milin Espat for visiting and distributing schoolbags among Belizean voters who live in Guatemala. Nancy Marin calls the recent visit “clientelism” and she has also called for the resignation of the recently appointed member for the redistricting task force, Senator Collet Montejo, who […]
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An Antelope Street family was today forced out of the building they called home for almost three decades when a group of men, representing the interests of Claudette Waldman, were accompanied by police to the property. The men proceeded to rip down their doors and remove all the household items belonging to Kenroy Staine and […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Primary schools are now in session and Belizean American Josephine Menzies-McFadzean is giving back to teachers at multiple institutions in Belize City, in honor of her family who are educators. Today at Eglah’s Training Center, a donation of stationeries was handed over to leaders from educational institutions, one of which will benefit from volunteer work […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Today inside the courtyard at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, government officials, including the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health and Wellness and the staff and management authority of the institution gathered to celebrate its twenty-seventh anniversary. Now seven hundred employees strong, the tertiary healthcare institution has been serving the country since September fifteenth, 1995. […]
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Earlier in our newscast, we told you about a letter written to the Ministry of Labor in which the business community requested that the upcoming public and bank holiday in honor of Queen Elizabeth the second, on the day of her funeral, be canceled. It was a decision taken on the home front to proceed […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is posing a serious threat to the hundred and fifteen million dollar poultry industry. As we reported on Tuesday, the Belize Animal Health Authority confirmed that samples from one farm in Blue Creek, Orange Walk District, returned positive results for Avian Influenza Subtype H5. As a result, BAHA […]
Written on September 14, 2022 | Posted in
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While avian influenza can spread rapidly within the bird and poultry populations, bird flu viruses do not normally infect humans. But sporadic human infections of avian influenza, also known as bird flu virus, have occurred. Since the recent detection of the presence of avian influenza at one farm in the Orange Walk District, personnel from the […]
Written on September 14, 2022 | Posted in
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