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The Belize Tourism Board and Tourism Minister Anthony Mahler have been working on tapping into the European market. Today, when News Five caught up with Tourism Director Evan Tillett, he said that the idea is about diversifying the markets to attract more visitors to Belize and expand the tourism season. Evan Tillett, Director of […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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In tonight’s installment of Belize On Reel, we take you down to Independence Village to find out more about a comedian who has become a familiar face to many Belizeans. At nineteen-years-old, David Morey has been captivating his supporters with his witty commentary and skits on social issues. Morey has made a name for himself […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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A land clinic for residents of Pickstock concluded today at the Belize City Center where hundreds of constituents were present to seek assistance with obtaining land titles or applying for land as first-time owners. Earlier today, we stopped by the Civic Center where the lines were still pretty long and the staff of the Lands […]
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Two weeks ago, News Five was present for the launch of the CRASH program at Hand in Hands Ministries. It stands for: Capacity Roadmap: A Sustainable Hope and its objective is to empower women to become self-reliant through specific courses and programs. Over the last two weeks, fifteen women who had previously received homes from […]
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Deputy Party Leader Cordel Hyde finds himself in a peculiar situation where candidates for the mayoral seat in Belize City are concerned. Incumbent Mayor Bernard Wagner is his brother-in-law and Deputy Mayor Alan Pollard is basically his nephew. Pollard has openly expressed an interest in challenging Wagner at a P.U.P. convention to determine who will […]
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The Briceño administration is getting ready to present a new piece of legislation to Cabinet and subsequently the House of Representatives, a bill that will replace the controversial Definitive Agreement. While the proposed law is being tweaked, we asked Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler, when we caught up with him earlier today, for his thoughts […]
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We’re two days away from Fiyah Fi Dat – one of the biggest comedy shows to be organized in Belize. It will be held this Saturday, September thirtieth, at the Belize City Civic Center at six p.m. sharp. Standup comedy is an expressive art that has been taking the country by storm and some of […]
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Girls and women are disproportionately affected by climate change. Gender disparities have resulted in threats to the safety, health, and livelihoods of these groups, all of which are amplified during a climate crisis. As stated by UN Women, “across the world, women depend more on, yet have less access to, natural resources. In many regions, […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The conch season officially opens on Sunday, October first, and will run through to the end of June 2024. If the production quota is realized earlier, the conch season will be declared closed. Tonight, however, seven fishermen from various parts of the country have been charged jointly for possession of conch during the closed season. […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-three-year-old Walter Martinez, a Honduran national pleaded guilty to failure to produce a visitors permit on demand when he appeared before a Senior Magistrate earlier today. On Tuesday, Martinez was caught walking along Coney Drive in the vicinity of Body 2000 when it was discovered that he was in violation of an immigration offense. The […]
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The United Democratic Party is celebrating a milestone today as it turns fifty. The political organization was founded on September twenty-seventh, 1973, as an amalgamation of the National Independence Party and the People’s Development Movement. The establishment of the U.D.P. was a response to an otherwise weak political opposition in those days, against the People’s […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The Development Finance Corporation has endured the test of the last sixty years. Today the financial institution celebrated its sixtieth year of service to Belize. D.F.C. has faced its share of success, failures and controversies since its inception. News Five’s Paul Lopez was there for the celebration in Belize City. He takes a look back […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Additional data coming out of the Statistical Institute of Belize also shows that the G.D.P. growth for the second quarter in 2023 was two point six percent. This is the lowest G.D.P. growth since 2018. So, is the nation’s economic growth beginning to slow down? This is what reporters asked the Prime Minister today in […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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And staying on finances, in its last report, the Central Bank announced that there is excess liquidity in Belize’s financial system. Central Bank noted that most of this liquidity is concentrated in one local bank. The stabilizing body of the nation’s monetary system encouraged more lending from financial institutions with excess liquidity. Today, Prime Minister […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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And, with a commitment to build ten thousand homes for Belizeans, Prime Minister John Briceño says Cabinet is looking at ways to increase funding for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development’s housing program. He says the funds may come by way of a restructuring of capital two expenditures or a loan from the Korean Government through […]
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Insurance premiums – it is a conversation we don’t want to have until an accident, misfortune or disaster hits and we need that financial support to get back on our feet. Since the first quarter of 2023, the premiums Belizeans pay on various policies have all gone up – from health insurance to property, and […]
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Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize held its quarterly press conference, looking primarily at the second quarter of 2023. The presentations centred on the gross domestic product estimates of the second quarter, as well as the consumer price index and the external trade data from January to August of 2023. In a nutshell, imports are […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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And one of those agriculture industries that the PM says is underperforming is the citrus industry. The Minister of Agriculture, Jose Mai says the government has undertaken numerous initiatives recently to help to increase performance in citrus. We spoke with Minister Mai about the support being offered and the outlook for the industry. Jose […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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El Salvador’s Minister of Agriculture, Oscar Enrique Guardado and a technical team have wrapped up a two-day visit to Belize, where they toured selected farms. The purpose of the trip was to explore the possibility of Belize providing that Central American neighbor with produce that they consume on a daily basis. It is all part […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The two countries plan to begin trading before the year ends, however, there is all the red tape that must be dealt with, and then of course, the supply and demand factor. Minister Mai explained that at present, Minister of Foreign Trade, Eamon Courtenay is about to draft the partial scope agreement that will govern […]
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There is a new Mega Bingo jackpot winner; the second in less than two weeks. She is a mother of an eleven-year-old son who has been playing the game since 2018. The lucky winner told the media today that she recently migrated from Toledo to San Pedro and purchased the usual three tickets from Twenty-One […]
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One could never have too many sanitary supplies at the nation’s referral hospital. Today, Grace Kennedy Belize donated thirty-six gallons of hand sanitizers to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The sanitizers will go a long way in assisting health care workers and the general public at the hospital to ward off unnecessary germs on the […]
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Fans of standup comedy are in for quite a treat this weekend, as a lineup of some of the funniest acts will take the stage on Saturday at the Belize City Center. We end our newscast tonight with a brief interview with Majah Hype and Reggie “Kush” Edwards who share with their fans what they […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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It was an outrageous story two days ago when it broke: a man embroiled in an argument with a woman over food, another man stepped in to part the fight, but ends up killing the man who was arguing with the woman. Well that is what reportedly happened on Sunday and today, the police informed […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Ronlee Petillo, a Belize City resident who is well known to law enforcement, has been committed to stand trial for rape. When he appeared before the Chief Magistrate earlier today, she revoked his bail for sexual assault after noticing that he violated the conditions of his bail for another offense. Back in May, Petillo was […]
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