Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is posing a serious threat to the hundred and fifteen million dollar poultry industry. As we reported on Tuesday, the Belize Animal Health Authority confirmed that samples from one farm in Blue Creek, Orange Walk District, returned positive results for Avian Influenza Subtype H5. As a result, BAHA […]
While avian influenza can spread rapidly within the bird and poultry populations, bird flu viruses do not normally infect humans. But sporadic human infections of avian influenza, also known as bird flu virus, have occurred. Since the recent detection of the presence of avian influenza at one farm in the Orange Walk District, personnel from the […]
Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa also said that since the reopening of schools over the past two weeks, there has been only one observation of a marginal upsurge of COVID-19 cases, but it is not of concern to health officials because the number of new infections was not sustained in the ensuing days. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, […]
This year, COVID has allowed us to return to a sense of normalcy and, even with no mandated public health measures in place; new infections during the September Celebrations are on the decline. But Director of Health and Wellness, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa told News Five today that exercising the safety measures cannot hurt, since COVID […]
Bus operators met with the management of the National Bank of Belize today to further discuss the possibility of getting loans to purchase new buses. This is part of the revamping of the public transportation system to offer upgraded service to the commuting public. Following the meeting, President of the Belize Bus Association, Thomas Shaw […]
The Court of Inquiry, an internal process by the Belize Defence Force, into the circumstances under which B.D.F. Private Micah Miguel took her own life continues. When the incident came to light back in early August, allegations of sexual assault of the former soldier also surfaced. Since then, the Belize Police Department has been investigating […]
Approximately thirty soldiers from the Belize Defence Force have been engaged in learning the Mandarin language since last week. They will continue doing so for the next year through collaboration between the governments of Belize and Taiwan. Today at the B.D.F. headquarters in Ladyville, the language program was officially launched. A News Five team was […]
B.D.F. Commander, Brigadier General Azariel Loria himself is participating in the program and says that it will help the soldiers to engage with Asian nationals in Belize who speak Mandarin. But what about teaching them to speak Spanish or even Maya and Garifuna? Across the country, there are communities who speak one of these languages. […]
Technical experts from Taiwan are currently in Belize doing an assessment of fisheries resources in the exclusive economic zone of Belize, better known as the deep sea. The collaboration is between the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, the Belize Fisheries Department and the Republic of China (Taiwan) and is part of a deep […]
Carrying out the survey is Doctor Hsin-Ming Yeh, a fisheries expert from Taiwan’s Fisheries Research Institute and Doctor Sheng-Ping Wan, a fisheries expert from National Taiwan Ocean University; they are joined by technical staff from the Government of Belize. The Acting Fisheries Administrator says that the Taiwanese experts will engage with the national fisheries authority, key […]
A cooperation agreement between Belize and Taiwan was signed this morning by Minister of National Defense and Border Security Florencio Marin Junior and Ambassador David Kuan-Chou Chien on behalf of the Ocean Affairs Council. The scope of the agreement includes search and rescue, fisheries enforcement and combating transnational crime at sea. Rear Admiral Elton Bennett, […]
The agreement further supports expertise and exchanges that will continue to enhance the coast guard’s ability to perform the very critical tasks associated with supporting the blue bond initiatives of expanding our marine protected areas. David Kuan-Chou Chien, Taiwanese Ambassador “This agreement creates a new opportunity, a new milestone for both Taiwan and Belize […]
Back in August, Cabinet approved the Belize Blue Economy Development Policy and Strategy and the Belize Maritime Economic Plan. It is the result of a national development and consultation process that started back in 2021 which was recently approved. To break it down, these are guiding documents on development pathways of Belize’s blue economy. Now […]
Belize and the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico, signed two Memoranda of Business Collaboration on September ninth. A release from the Government of Belize says, the first memorandum was signed between the Corozal Free Zone and the Chetumal Industrial Park to facilitate collaboration between both entities. The second memorandum formalized the Ministry of Finance, Economic […]
Later this month, the Ministry of Health and Wellness will observe Wellness Week in union with the rest of Central America. Director of Public Health and Wellness, Doctor Melissa Diaz- Musa says that from September twenty-fourth to the twenty-ninth there will be daily activities, starting with a Soca-thon in Belize City. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, […]
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley testified before the United States’ House Committee on Financial Services, on the impact of de-risking in the Caribbean. For several years, the issue of correspondent banking, in light of stringent measures taken by financial institutions to terminate or restrict business relationships with clients or categories of clients to avoid, rather […]
The Belize Jaguars Football Team will get some more international exposure when it plays one of Ghana’s top football teams later this year. The friendly matches came about through ties that Belmopan Mayor, Sharon Palacio has made with officials of the Asante Kotoko, a professional football club of Ghana. The Football Federation of Belize’s Technical […]
Marin says the Belize Jaguars will begin training for the friendly matches at the end of October, giving them roughly between two and three weeks to prepare. Philip Marin, Technical Development Director, F.F.B. “We will start the preparations for these matches the ending of October. The first match is scheduled for the seventeenth of […]
