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After weeks of controversy over the growing leadership vacuum at the ministry of health in terms of its directors and C.E.O’s– including last week’s decision by an incoming C.E.O not to take up her post as planned– there is a new Minister of Health. Effective immediately, Kevin Bernard takes over this crucial pandemic portfolio in […]
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A stevedore was ruthlessly cut down by a hail of bullets on Sunday night, shortly after being released from a holding cell at the Raccoon Street Police Station. It is unclear whether the motive behind the deadly assault that claimed the life of Daniel Lopez is the result of an old beef. What we do […]
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A man lost his life during an accident Sunday evening on the George Price Highway. Here’s the Police Department’s Director of Communications, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood with the official details of what occurred, and how first responders tried to save Mario Rivera’s life. A.S.P., Fitzroy Yearwood, Director of Communications, B.P.D. “Police responded to a scene […]
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Eastern Division Commander, Doctor Richard Rosado has been tapped to become the next Deputy Commissioner of Police. His recommendation to the Security Services Commission is to fill the vacancy for DCP, a position formerly held by Edward Broaster. Doctor Rosado, who now moves to Belmopan, is responsible for Operations and Crime. The transfer is to […]
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There were two more traffic fatalities over the weekend, one on Sunday in Cotton Tree Village, Cayo, and another in San Juan Village, Stann Creek. The one in Cotton Tree claimed the life of a man from Santa Elena Town, Cayo. A.S.P Fitzroy Yearwood gave us first what the Police have on the Cotton Tree […]
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The third traffic fatality occurred in San Juan Village, Stann Creek, and there are contradictory reports as to how the victim lost his leg in the incident and subsequently died. While, one report is that he was knocked off his motorcycle by a bus, another report is that he lost control of the motorbike and […]
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A foiled robbery attempt on Marine Parade on Saturday night ended with a woman being assaulted and stabbed. Belize City resident Kerry Esquivel reported to police that around eight-thirty she was approached by two men who demanded she give them her motorcycle. In response, Esquivel pulled out a pepper spray and used it on one […]
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There has been some development in the search for Honduran National, Angie Pena, who went missing on January second near a beach in Roatan, Honduras. Latest information to News Five is that a Belize Coast Guard search and rescue team at Glovers Reef recovered a life jacket and kill switch for the jet ski, believed […]
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A number of schools across the country officially reopened today to hybrid learning, as prescribed by the Ministry of Education. Despite hundreds of schools receiving approval for this approach, many others have asked for extensions and as we saw today, some schools were scanty. A News Five crew stopped in at several schools on the […]
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The return to classrooms for hybrid learning is expected to assist the Ministry of Education with an assessment of the learning gaps created since March of 2020 when in-person classes were closed. For the most of the past two years, students have been engaged in online classes, and so when News Five spoke with principals […]
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From the significantly higher number of new infections being reported over the last two weeks, and the longer lines of people at the testing sites, Omicron is probably already spreading across Belize. Today, like last week, there were long lines at the three testing sites we visited. Deputy Manager for the Central Health Region, Dr. […]
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Dr. Musa said that some two hundred thousand Belizeans have been fully vaccinated, but that the persons with the lowest turnout right now are minors. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Deputy Manager, Central Health Region “When we look at the targeted population, which is the population from twelve and above, you know that that number then […]
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When asked how does he respond to people who might say they aren’t getting vaccinated because the vaccinated are getting COVID anyway, Dr. Cuellar said he can say for certain, in his own case, the vaccine protected him from even worse symptoms. Perhaps even from dying. Dr. Fernando Cuellar, Internist, Intensive Special Care, MBA […]
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Dr. Fernando Cuellar also said on Open Your Eyes that COVID-19 is here to stay, and people will need to have larger discussions about reopening the country. But at the same time, the same groups of older people or those with other health conditions remain at risk, even from Omicron that is often described as […]
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Before the news broke at noon that the Minister of Health was being changed in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet reshuffle, Dr. Fernando Cuellar said the leadership situation at the Ministry must be addressed. He has been an outspoken critic of the Ministry in recent weeks, and today he told the hosts of Open Your Eyes […]
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Is there a mutiny within the San Ignacio Town Council? Last week, Mayor Earl Trapp appeared in the media criticizing the proposed hiring of a P.U.P supporter to become the next town administrator. The disapproval for Horace Grant’s application, according to the mayor, is his lack of qualification for the post. He says that the […]
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P.U.P Chairman Henry Charles Usher also questions the mayor’s fear of employing Grant, whom they argue has over twenty-five years of experience in various capacities, notwithstanding his academic background. Henry Charles Usher, Chairman, People’s United Party “The question you should be asking the mayor is why is he afraid of Horace Grant? What will […]
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As we reported at the top of the newscast, Kevin Bernard replaces former Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat at the helm of public health system during today’s Cabinet Reshuffle. The change was sudden, despite many in private and public practice clamoring for action to be taken to strengthen the ministry’s response amid another […]
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As part of the cabinet reshuffle that was announced by the Briceño administration earlier today, Public Service Minister Henry Charles Usher has been assigned responsibility for Religious Affairs. The portfolio expansion will allow for Usher, a devout Catholic, to liaise with the Belize Council of Churches. Henry Charles Usher, Minister of Public Service “For […]
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In Corozal this morning, a group from the Corozal Sugar Cane Producers Association was on standby awaiting the removal of Chairman Vladimir Puck and his Board of Directors from the C.S.C.P.A building. As viewers may recall, member Everaldo Uk had called a Special A.G.M. on Sunday. At that meeting, Uk was elected as the new […]
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However, C.S.C.P.A Chairman, Vladimir Puck, and his Board of Directors do not plan to vacate the office without a fight. Puck insists that the meeting held over the weekend in Corozal was illegal. While Puck was unable to verify whether the meeting met quorum, credible information to News Five is that the meeting did not. […]
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Everlado Uk has since written to Vladimir Puck, informing him of the results of the Special General Assembly that took place over the weekend. Of note is the letter, dated today January tenth, lists Puck as “Former Chairman”. Puck, however, contends he remains the legitimate chairman of the Association, until the matter is ventilated before […]
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