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On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay in his role as Senator for Government Business announced that G.O.B., through the Ministry of Immigration will be launching an Amnesty Program in 2022. It will be offered to tens of thousands of undocumented Central American and CARICOM migrants who have been living in Belize for years. […]
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New public health measures came into effect on Monday night. These will see the curfew hours extended to eleven p.m. to four a.m. on week days and twelve a.m. to four a.m. on weekends. Additionally, new measures are being imposed for persons entering Belize through the airport who have travelled from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, […]
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The leadership of the Public Service Union has announced it will challenge the vaccination mandate coming into effect December fifteenth. The mandate forces all public officers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision taken by the Briceño administration has been met with fierce objection because some public officers believe this is a violation of their […]
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There are reports coming out of New Orleans are that up to seventeen passengers and crew members on a Norwegian cruise line ship, which stopped in Belize recently, have tested positive for COVID-19. Reports are that the vessel left New Orleans on November twentieth and as it made its voyage it stopped in Belize, Honduras […]
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She is the most decorated Belizean female cyclist, having won races in all female categories in Belize as well as placing well if not winning in her races internationally. Now, Kaya Cattouse has again made the country proud by landing a one-year contract with a professional U.S-based cycling team. Cattouse made the official announcement today […]
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The fight for exclusivity in the development of a cruise port in the Belize District will be heard before the high court later this month, as the Feinstein Group has brought proceedings against the Government of Belize and NEAC. The litigation is over environmental approval given to developer David Gegg for Port of Magical Belize, […]
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Over at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Belmopan, a second handing over ceremony was held for the Enhancing the Economic Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the COVID-19 Post-Pandemic Era Project. In this second cohort of recipients, the numbers are up from four to seven. News Five’s […]
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The country’s economy continues to show signs of continued recovery and growth, according to leaders in Government. At last Friday’s House Meeting, Prime Minister John Briceno said that even in the third quarter of the year, when it’s the slow season for key sectors, our economy grew, though he cautioned that there are still tough […]
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New winners of the Scratch and Win game continues to emerge. Windell Knight is the latest ten thousand dollar winner in the game of chance. He lucked out big time when he won fifteen dollars on a first ticket and decided to invest those winning back into more tickets. Knight told News Five that he […]
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This week the US Embassy donated medical supplies and training aids to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. This support, valued at one hundred thousand Belize dollars, was handed over by the Chargé d’Affaires, Leyla Moses-Ones. Supplies include personal protective equipment, filters, hygiene and disinfectant supplies, and training mannequins. The items will be distributed to […]
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When will the redistricting exercise begin? For years, there has been disparity between electoral divisions and the constitution provides for redistricting to even out the numbers. The Belize Peace Movement has taken the legal route and maintains that it has to continue with its challenge against the Elections and Boundaries Commission to allow for true […]
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The Kolbe Foundation was first contracted to manage the Belize Central Prison since August of 2002. It has been managed by that institution since then. It costs, roughly, nineteen dollars and fifty cents per day, by Prison estimates, to house a prisoner. This converts to an average per year of eight point four million dollars […]
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Police have added more charges against the seven men who were arraigned in connection with the November twenty-seventh drug plane that crash-landed in the Mountain Pine Ridge. Jesus Martinez Quintero, Miguel Angel Zetina, Edwin Armando Gonzalez, Jaime Umberto Maz, Edilberto Medrano, Salus Penner and Police Corporal Eric David Young have been charged now with Abetment […]
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This week News Five is celebrating thirty years on the air, beginning with our first broadcast on December ninth, 1991. As part of our special series “News Five Remembers” tonight we look at Dr. Bob Roberts and his “Sixty Second Sermons.” These have been a part of our news package, airing just before or during […]
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