The body of a Belize City resident was positively identified by members of his family this morning when they visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Monday, Prime Minister John Briceño’s longtime driver made headlines when he knocked down and killed an individual riding a bicycle along the Philip Goldson Highway. The incident happened on […]
The neighboring state of Quintana Roo, Mexico reported its first case of the monkeypox virus on Monday. The patient has been identified as an elderly person who is currently in isolation, listed as stable, and has no links to any Belizean or travel history to Belize. The monkeypox disease was first identified in humans in […]
Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Director of Public Health Services “There is no definitive reason or link to explain why it has spread, but the hypothesis from experts are saying that perhaps during the COVID lockdown there was some kind of spread that had gone undetected due to all our resources, all the lockdown, the emphasis that […]
And while health officials remain on high alert for monkeypox, COVID-19 continues to spread across the country. Fortunately, the number of infections reportedly on a daily basis continues to trickle downward. Doctor Diaz gave an update on the status of COVID -19 in Belize. Dr. Melissa Musa Diaz, Director of Public Health Services “Yesterday […]
The Belize Social Security Board has an investment portfolio of over four hundred and fifty-three million dollars in areas such as utility companies, banks and financial institutions, in agriculture and tourism. According to a public notice that was circulated, S.S.B.’s latest investment in the Development Finance Corporation is a twenty million dollar loan facility for […]
And while S.S.B. is investing heavily to be able to cover the cost of retirement, there is already a need to make adjustments on how much we pay or how long we wait to retire. It’s a conversation that the Social Security Board’s C.E.O., Deborah Ruiz says has to take place with the relevant parties. […]
While the Social Security Board is investing a significant amount in the D.F.C., the social insurance program is also inviting requests for loan proposals from anyone who is interested in conducting that kind of business with them. S.S.B.’s C.E.O., Deborah Ruiz, explained what it is that they provide and what borrowers are required to provide. […]
Last Thursday, an implementation arrangement for the digital inclusion program was signed between the governments of Belize and Taiwan by Ambassador David Kuan-Chou Chien and Minister of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance Michel Chebat. The almost half-a-million Belize dollar program is being funded by the Taiwanese government and will assist in the development of […]
The Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance is also working on an energy plan for the country. It is all in an effort for Belize to become independent of Mexico for electricity from the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (C.F.E.). It would mean that the government would be looking to other sources of renewable […]
During a zoom interview with Minister Chebat today, News Five also asked about the ministry’s plan to electrify the entire country. When the Briceño administration took office, twenty-three villages were not a part of the national grid and did not have electricity. Minister Chebat says that some villages are already being electrified, but through solar […]
Last night, we told you about the Senate’s debate on the seventy-five million U.S dollar loan from the Government of Taiwan, as well as a twenty-five million U.S. dollar loan motion from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The Government of Belize is also seeking parliamentary approval to allocate an additional sixty -eight million […]
Today, members of Belize’s national under-twenty-one female volleyball team and coaching staff were celebrated by the Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited for their stellar performance in the nineteenth Central American Volleyball Championship. Team Belize captured the silver medals, having lost only to Guatemala on the final night, but winning many individual achievement awards during the […]
The Garifuna Collective is back on the road after two years of being sidelined from the world stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the moment the eight-member band has been eagerly anticipating since the world began to open up, a chance to once again showcase Belize’s cultural export. News Five’s Isani Cayetano spoke with […]
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to a couple of the vendors that will be partaking in the first-ever Belize International Music and Food Festival in San Pedro Town. And while those vendors are preparing for their culinary displays, our Belizean artists are doing the same. For over the past several weeks, the fourteen […]
