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A rise in seawater temperatures, along with other enduring factors and practices, has resulted in recent coral bleaching events impacting Belize’s reefs. While these occurrences are not unusual, the trend and seriousness of mass coral bleaching events has been unremitting. The Belize Fisheries Department, together with the National Coral Reef Monitoring Network, is conducting an […]
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Earlier today, Prime Minister John Briceño confirmed that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Vidal, has recused herself from the Elmer Nah double homicide case. According to P.M. Briceño, while the D.P.P. no longer has relations with former Deputy Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal, the uncle of the accused, she has informed the Commissioner of […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño says Brads Gaming Company has operated for the past ten years without submitting a report to the Lotteries Committee. Brads Gaming Company is required, through its contractual agreement with the Government of Belize, to submit these annual reports. Since taking office, the Briceño Administration has written to the company twice, six […]
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The latest Cabinet reshuffle was announced last Friday. Minister of State Ramon “Monchi” Cervantes was removed from the Ministry of Immigration and placed in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, alongside Minister Orlando Habet. So, what is the Prime Minister’s rationale behind the shift? That’s what we asked him when […]
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On Tuesday, Cabinet heard a presentation from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. According to Prime Minister Briceño, in light of the ongoing negotiation between B.S.C.F.A. and B.S.I., Cabinet has taken the decision to hear presentations from both parties. We asked the Prime Minister about the takeaways from yesterday’s presentation. Here is what he told […]
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There are reports that a number of businesses have taken steps to mitigate the effects of the recent adjustments made to the minimum wage. One tortilla factory in Orange Walk recently posted on social media that it would reduce its opening hours to offset the increase in minimum wage. There are reports that some businesses […]
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Christopher Sosa has been missing for the past six days, but his family only just reported his disappearance on January eighth. His family acknowledges that the twenty-nine-year-old has a criminal past and they believe that he may have been killed and his body dumped somewhere in the Belize District. His sister has led a search […]
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Today at the Radisson, public and private sector stakeholders were invited to witness the launch of the Transportation Leaders Empowered through Education, Awareness and Effective Policy Change on Human Trafficking in Belize. TLEAP Belize, as it is otherwise known, is intended to tackle one of the many aspects of the trafficking of persons in the […]
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The Statistical Institute of Belize’s first report for 2023 takes a look at how the Belizean economy performed, as well as the cost of living, the unemployment rate, and quantity of imports and exports for the first three quarters of 2022. And there is some interesting information that was revealed today. For instance, the unemployment […]
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While the S.I.B. gave an estimate on what Belize’s population was in October 2022 – almost at four hundred and forty-five thousand, a population census is being conducted to reveal the true numbers and to give detailed breakdowns by district, age and gender. The institute’s Acting Director General, Diana Trejo told the media today that […]
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As we reported earlier, the Statistical Institute of Belize released its latest information on the performance of Belize’s economy and the factors that drive its performance. But how are Belize’s new industries performing on the national level? Diana Trejo, Acting Director-General, S.I.B. “The very newer industries we might not be capturing as yet. The […]
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The census that the institute is compiling has proven relevant and helpful in the countrywide redistricting exercise. Today, S.I.B’s Acting Director-General, Diana Trejo explained that the institute has a representative on the redistricting task force and they share information. Diana Trejo, Acting Director-General “The data that we have collected, yes, it’s geo-referenced. This was […]
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An interesting discovery News Five made only a few weeks ago, was that there was no one government ministry or department that could furnish us with even an estimate of the losses that the local economy suffers to the contraband trade. So, today, we posed the question to the S.I.B., if perhaps, there could be […]
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Today, at City Hall, the Key to the City of Belize was presented to Andre Gray. If you are wondering who that person is and why he is being given this honor that’s because Gray, a Belizean/American, is being identified as a Belizean treasure. Born and raised in the Jewel, Gray migrated to the U.S. […]
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It was his first interview for the New Year, and today, Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner gave an update on various projects and issues across the city. This time of the year is primarily when the revenue stream from property and business taxes roll in. The monies collected are the primary lifeblood of the council, […]
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During an interview with Mayor Bernard Wagner today, he also gave an update on a project to introduce electric buses and taxis to the public transportation system in Belize City. The E.U.-funded pilot project, which is being implemented through the United Nations Development Programme, began back in 2018 and is on schedule to come on […]
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After years of asking, residents of Ambergris Caye are finally getting a state of the art hospital. The cost to construct the hospital will be thirty-three million dollars. But, this is not coming out of public funds, because the Government of Belize was able to secure the finance through a grant from the Republic of […]
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On Tuesday, we showed you the images on the progress at the Berger Field and Prime Minister John Briceño making a statement that the government would like to see more facilities like that installed across the country. Today, when News Five caught up with Minister of Sports Rodwell Ferguson, he says that the venture would […]
Written on January 11, 2023 | Posted in
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