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It is official – Buckingham Palace has approved the appointment of Froyla Tzalam as the next Governor General of Belize. Over the weekend, News Five spoke with Tzalam who was on a tour with officials from the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs in the south. The former executive director of the […]
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Today marks the second week of industrial action by the Belize National Teachers Union and the final day before the Public Service Union begins a strike of its own. As we have been reporting, members of the joint unions are taking industrial action against government’s ten percent salary cut for public officers and three-year increment […]
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As the twenty-one-day industrial action notice from the P.S.U. elapsed today, on Tuesday public officers will not be reporting to work. News Five spoke with P.S.U. President Gerald Henry about the decision to move forward with the strike. Paul Lopez “Your members keep the government system up and running; them being out of office […]
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Late last week, the Belize Energy Workers Union issued a release to say that their members stand in solidarity with the joint unions but urged all parties, including the government to go back to the table. The release says that the B.E.W.U. has been following the developments closely, but believe that mediation is an option […]
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The joint unions have been called for a meeting with the government on Tuesday afternoon. That meeting, the unions are hoping, will be the start of negotiations to settle the impasse that has come out of the consultations over the past few weeks. P.S.U. President Gerald Henry says that the government negotiating team requested the […]
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While News Five’s attempts to get comment from several ministers of government about the Tuesday meeting with the unions went unanswered, today, during an interview with the press today, Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia said as tough as it is to take the pay cut, the decision is good for the country, given the economic reality. […]
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Less than two weeks ago, two Punta Gorda residents were executed – one shot dead while on his veranda and the other inside his vehicle at the entrance of the town. The unrelated murders happened within twenty-four hours of each other. To respond, the Belize Police Department has reworked its strategy in the South and […]
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Police have made one arrest and are seeking another suspect in the brazen murder of a Santa Elena security guard. James Rudon was taken into custody during a search of a bus. He reportedly had the firearm taken from Lionel Olivera as he lay dying. Police have video of Olivera being gunned down and robbed […]
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A postmortem examination is needed to assist police in determining what led to the death of Francisco Bah whose body was found along the Hummingbird Highway over the weekend. While there are reports to suggest that Bah died as a result of a vehicle hit and run there may have been other factors. Reports to […]
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While police wait for those results, in a separate incident police believe the cause of death is more straight forward. The lifeless body of a San Rosa Village man was discovered along the Southern Highway on Saturday morning. And this time the injuries are consistent with that of a hit and run. Sr. Supt. […]
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Police are working to quell an increase in gun violence over the weekend in the George Street area of Belize City. According to police, two Friday night shooting incidents in the area may be connected and possibly stemmed from an internal gang feud. Fortunately, no one was killed injured this time. Sr. Supt. Hilberto […]
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Senior officials from the Ministry of Human Development and Families and Indigenous People’s Affairs met with its staff in the south as well as residents. There is need for infrastructure, basic equipment and other resources to facilitate the work of the department in the south. But among the many issues that came up during the […]
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The tour took Minister for Indigenous People’s Affairs Dolores Balderamos-Garcia and Minister of State Gilroy Usher Senior along with C.E.O. Tanya Santos-Neal and Commissioner of Indigenous People Gregory Ch’oc into communities in rural Toledo over the weekend. Their visit included a meeting with villagers as G.O.B. executes a consent order issued by the Caribbean Court […]
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The Ministry of Youth, Sports and E-Governance, through its Department of Youth Services, has amalgamated youth services providers under one umbrella program called the National Belize Training Institute. The Gateway Youth Center, The Belize Youth Cadet Corp, the Frank Lizama Training Center and the National Four-H Agriculture Development Center have all been streamlined under the […]
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San Pedro based marathon runner Ian ‘Lion’ Gordon has completed an eight-day marathon across Belize. The challenge was to run thirteen miles every day around various municipalities. Gordon began in the Corozal District on April twenty-sixth then did his second leg on Tuesday from the Queen Elizabeth Park in Orange Walk Town. Several athletes from […]
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Today, May third is World Press Freedom Day. While journalists in Belize do not face the same risks as our counterparts in Mexico, it may surprise you to learn Belize is not among the top ten, or even top fifty countries with the strongest press freedoms. In fact, on the 2021 World Press Freedom Index […]
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