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His Excellency Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba will arrive in Belize on Sunday, February 12th. The President [...]
Not all U.D.P. party members agree with the Opposition Leaders’ position on the Cuban President’s visit. This morning, Hugo Patt, the Area Representative for Corozal North, took to social media [...]
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As for the details of the official visit…Although President Miguel Diaz-Canel will only be in the country for a few hours, the bilateral signals a commitment to cooperation between Belize [...]
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In a one-on-one interview with Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay, News Five asked about the concerns that the Opposition and some Belizeans have expressed about former Guantanamo Bay detainee [...]
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Over the weekend, reports surfaced once again of Haitian nationals arriving at the Philip Goldson International Airport. And while a visit to Belize doesn’t always warrant news attention. It is [...]
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A Lord’s Bank Village resident was chopped to death on Old Well Road in that community just after midnight this morning. Twenty-eight-year-old Alburn Rivero’s body was found in some bushes on [...]
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Corporal Elmer Nah was back in court along with his wife and brother-in-law, and they all will have a case to answer to for two counts of kept unlicensed ammunition [...]
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The father of an aggrieved former Canaan Seventh Day High School student who claims one of the teachers at the high school had sent her indecent messages has met with [...]
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An eight million U.S. dollar trade and investment loan from the International Development Bank was brought to the Senate for debate today. As was mentioned during our coverage of last [...]
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A fifteen million U.S. dollar loan from the I.D.B. to support Micro Small and Medium Enterprises as well as farmers was the second loan motion from the House of Representatives [...]
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Senator for the Government, Christopher Coye, addressed recent criticisms about governments’ borrowing habits. It’s been a recurring theme in the national assembly, public debt, and loan motions. Opposition parties usually [...]
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An elderly man was robbed of over six hundred dollars when he attempted to make a kind gesture. According to Aubrey Dale Garbutt, he was at home alone when a [...]
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A fire completely gutted a house at mile fourteen and a half off the George Price Highway today. News Five arrived at the scene when the blaze was still in [...]
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Belize is highly susceptible to the disproportionate effects of climate change. It is scored as number eight, by the World Bank, in terms of vulnerability to climate change. C.E.O. in [...]
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Today the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, introduced two training incubators – one a fixed office unit at its Belize City outlet on Coney Drive and a mobile [...]
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As we reported on Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture is encouraging more Belizeans to engage in honey production and to diversify into value-added ventures like infusing honey with other condiments [...]
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The Government of Belize is also seeking to establish a Financial Service Commission with authority to regulate and supervise the financial services industry in Belize. These steps become necessary in [...]
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Ministerial discretion was also the center of the opposition’s argument regarding the Credit Reports Bill brought to the Senate. As we have reported, the Briceño Administration is seeking the approval [...]
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The Marion Jones Sporting Complex promises to come alive this weekend for the Shut Down Belize Concert, headlined by Jamaican performing artist Dexta Daps. The artists have been arriving in [...]
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He’s an award-winning Belizean reggae dancehall artist who at the age of eighteen created his first Belizean hip-hop/dancehall group in Los Angeles called the Da Wood Dwellas. Ras Indio, as [...]
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They say that persistence pays off, and for one very lucky Cayo resident, that couldn’t be more true. After eight years of playing Mega Bingo, he hit the jackpot with [...]
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Buena Vista Village is a small farming community located on the banks of the Mopan River in the Cayo District. The village primarily produces citrus and bananas, but now, the [...]
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