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After over eighteen long months, the wait for cruise ships is about to end. On Wednesday, the first ship from the Carnival Cruise Lines docks in Belize City. Today, Duane Moody headed out to the Fort Street Tourism Village to find out about the preparations being made to get everything ready and approved for the […]
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While fears and speculation about the Delta variant continues and the results from Baylor University are not yet in, News Five has learned that unidentified variants have been detected in up to thirty percent of recent samples taken from active COVID-19 cases – samples that for the most part originate from northern Belize. News Five’s […]
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And to prove whether the AstraZeneca vaccine is effective for the Belizean population, the Belize Central Lab is undertaking a study in collaboration with Baylor Studies of Medicine using blood samples from seven hundred frontline health workers. The samples were taken before the vaccine was administered; these included those who contracted COVID-19 and those who […]
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This afternoon, an email purportedly from the B.D.F. Commandant was being circulated among soldiers telling them anyone who does not take the vaccine by August first would be placed on immediate charge. The email goes on to say that persons who refuse to get vaccinated will be terminated from duty. This has turned out to […]
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On Friday, the government announced a lockdown of three southern villages: Midway, Conejo and Barranco in Toledo. So what is life like in these areas right now with the travel ban and curfew in place for the next two weeks? Today, we spoke with Chairman Marco Ico of Midway. He supports the lockdown and is […]
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The COVID-19 vaccination campaign continues countrywide. Today in Placencia, the N.H.I. team was on hand giving jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine to people gathered at the Placencia basketball court. Doctor Rayford Rancharand is part of the Ministry of Health team based in Independence, which serves Independence, Seine Bight and many other southern communities. He told […]
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A similar vaccination drive has been carried out in Camalote where dozens of residents from that community, as well as other neighboring villages in Cayo District, came out to get their COVID jabs on Monday. According to Chairman Derrick Parham, the event was held in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the […]
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A recent prison sentence of a father of two young children has drawn fire on social media. On Friday, Ramiro de la Rosa from Duck Run Two was sentenced to three years in prison after police found a gun inside a house his father had occupied until his recent death. Although the gun was licensed […]
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Last week, amateur phone video captured the scene as police officers were beating up on a man, now identified as David Smalls. The video received condemnation from the public as two police officers hit the already restrained man and stomped him in the head. Today, the Human Rights Commission of Belize issued a statement condemning […]
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The Communications Director of the Belize Police Department has spoken out against actions of the officers, saying that the Professional Standards Branch of the department is looking into the incident. But the H.R.C.B. says that these violations have become all too common. The Commission says it provides support to the victims of human rights violations […]
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The Christian Workers Union is at a critical juncture once again in its negotiations with the Port of Belize Limited. After lengthy discussions over a period of several years, the C.W.U. was finally able to secure a collective bargaining agreement for waterfront workers who are members of the labor organization. The same cannot be said […]
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Of equal concern for the Christian Workers Union is a pending move by A.S.R./B.S.I. to transfer its sugar operations from Belize City to the Port of Big Creek. This would mean that the company will instead truck shipments of sugar from Tower Hill to Independence overland as a cost-cutting measure. It also spells the termination […]
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The Belmopan City Council, led by Mayor Sharon Palacio, has terminated the services of twenty-five CitCo employees. Those individuals, all members of the Christian Workers Union, were served notice at the end of June. It’s reportedly part of a reengineering exercise being undertaken by the municipal government. However, the C.W.U. charges that City Hall is […]
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The government’s recent decision to forge ahead with the decriminalization of small quantities of cannabis and capitalize on cannabis products as a means of generating income and taxes has provoked a mixed reaction. While the National Evangelical Association of Belize continues to bolster its position against legalization amongst its flock, Pastor Louis Wade has been […]
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The Belize Family Life Association/ National Health Insurance clinic has launched a project to help diabetics get tested and educated about this disease that affects thousands of Belizeans. The initiative is particularly important right now, since some diabetics have been so afraid of catching COVID-19 they may not have been getting the support they need. […]
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Over the past two years, flooding and drought have ravaged vegetable fields in the Valley of Peace. Less than a year ago, the country’s largest cabbage producers lost hundreds of thousands of heads of cabbage to floods leaving them struggling to make ends meet. At the time, the Valley of Peace Farmers Association appealed to […]
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The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games are only a few days away and Belizean athlete Shaun Gill will be representing Belize in the one-hundred-meter dash. Today, News Five spoke to Gill, who recently came home after intense training in the U.S. We learnt about his readiness for the competition as he prepares to fly to Tokyo. […]
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