After months of controversy Karen Bevans is officially out at the Belize Tourism Board. This evening News Five was the first to report that the B.T.B. staff has been informed of the embattled Director’s departure. As we’ve been reporting since late last year, Bevans had come under scrutiny after refusing to step down from her […]
The Belmopan Civic Centre was today transformed into a vaccination centre for the first phase of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Before midday, over one hundred had come out to get their jabs and headed back home with a renewed level of confidence to move around. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting From […]
Simultaneously, over at the COVID-19 Unit of the Western Regional Hospital, Minister of Health and Wellness, Michel Chebat visited the vaccination centre there where he got the first of his two shots. While parliamentarians are among the second phase of the vaccination rollout plan, Chebat confirmed with the media today that he is included as […]
But are people jumping the queue? The first phase of the vaccination rollout plan was for frontline healthcare workers from COVID-19 units. It also included persons sixty years old and over as well as persons who are HIV positive and dialysis and cancer patients. So when we saw recently appointed Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala Jose […]
Since the COVID-19 was first detected in Belize, there have been a total of twelve thousand three hundred and fifty-nine confirmed cases. Of those figures, three hundred and sixteen fatalities have been recorded and eleven thousand nine hundred and seventy-two have recovered. Fortunately, the number of active cases is down to sixty-five, despite four new […]
With COVID-19 figures on the low, will the quarantine measures currently in place be lifted? It comes to an end on Saturday, April third, in the middle of the Easter holidays. Health and Wellness Minister Michel Chebat says don’t be surprised if it is extended. Michel Chebat, Minister of Health & Wellness “What continues […]
Belize’s dire economic situation has been confirmed in a recent country review by the International Monetary Fund. The cheerless assessment substantiates what Prime Minister Briceño has been repeating all along, that Belize is broke and has been in a lengthy recession prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also confirms that the Barrow administration made use […]
Also in response to the IMF visit, the Prime Minister addressed concerns about Belize’s ability to make the super bond payment due in a few weeks. He appeared on Open Your Eyes on Thursday. Marleni Cuellar, Host, Open Your Eyes “There’s a payment due in a few months, in May. And clearly from all […]
People may question what the relationship is like given how Espat left the party in 2012. Prime Minister John Briceño “As far as I am concerned, we can’t take these things personal, being upset with Mark. But we have a job to do; we have to see how we can get the people with […]
One of the big stories for over a week now has been the response of the public service and teachers’ unions to the government’s proposed pay cuts and increment freeze. While there have been communications with the unions from the Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and the Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde as well as Education […]
Although it says it is monitoring the international increases in fuel prices, and safeguarding Belizean consumers, the Ministry of Finance is raising fuel prices yet again. The latest jump is for those of you who drive diesel vehicles. You will now have to pay fifty-three cents more beginning on Saturday. This increase to ten dollars […]
Open government is the central policy which maintains that citizens have the right the right to access public records, as well as government proceedings in order to allow for effective public oversight. Shared access to information as a measure of ensuring accountability and inclusiveness is encouraged under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In Belize, […]
As part of the Action Plan, Paco Smith drafted three of seven project commitments. They include ensuring that the Government of Belize is compliant with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. It also considers climate change and its impact on the environment and the resulting socio-economic effects on the country. The Action Plan also looks […]
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of La Inmaculada Credit Union. Justice Arana handed ordered the former General Manager Yolanda Gomez to pay the credit union almost four hundred and thirty-seven dollars in damages and court costs. Justice Arana also ruled that La Inmaculada Credit Union did not wrongfully terminate Gomez and is not […]
The Southern Regional Hospital has secured funding from the Government of Japan to purchase new ambulances. On Thursday, the Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiro Irgu presented a check for almost four hundred thousand dollars to the medical facility. The handing over is the result of an application made by the management team at the Southern Regional to […]
In our continuing effort to shine a light on exemplary Belizean women for Women’s Month, tonight we introduce you to a young marine biologist. While the number of women in the sciences has significantly increased in recent years, women are still under-represented in some fields. The Belize Audubon Society is one organization working to increase […]
