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By BBN Staff: Thelma Louise Saldivar, mother of former Area Representative for Belmopan, John Saldivar, passed away last night.

Hopkins, which is of Belize main tourist destinations, has a better road now. To mark the road improvement of the Hopkins Village Road, three government ministries were represented at the official inauguration on Saturday, November 20, according to the Belize Tourism Board

/PRNewswire/ -- Marcos Pizza, one of the nations fastest-growing pizza brands, announces the hiring of John King as Senior VP of Operations. Coming from an...

Jul 21, 2021 Massive Turnout for Vaccination in Orange Walk The Ministry of Health and Wellness is carrying out a national vaccination campaign, which today took them to Orange Walk District where hundreds of residents came out get vaccinated. Scores of persons were getting either their first or second jab. This is promising as the country tries to get enough people vaccinated so that economic activity can fully rebound. News Five’s Duane Moody reports.   Duane Moody, Reporting Ther...

Jul 7, 2021 Families to Benefit from Seashore Park Upgrade The Ministry of Blue Economy, Belize City Council and the Caribbean Shores area representative have joined forces to improve the Seashore Park in Buttonwood Bay.  News Five’s Duane Moody reports on the plans to retrofit the area with features reflecting the ministry.   Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “On this side of the park we are going to have the blue economy features and then on this side the civil...

Jul 5, 2021 Tracy Panton About two weeks ago we showed you a group of angry fisherfolk who want G.O.B. to repeal Statutory Instrument fifty-seven of 2021 which was gazetted back in May.  According to the fishermen, they were only recently made aware that the Minister of Blue Economy Andre Perez signed the new S.I. which amended the Fisheries Regulations to reverse the ban on permanent residents to obtain commercial fishing licenses.  With the adjustments to the Act, the permanent res...

Jun 28, 2021 Darrell Bradley With as many as two hundred and ninety signatures needed to trigger a recall convention, some members of the United Democratic Party believe that Patrick Faber should simply step down on his own volition.  This, however, is not an option that Faber is prepared to explore.  The Area Representative for Collet made it abundantly clear on Friday that he is not withdrawing from his position.  This morning, Bradley shared his opinion on Faber’s political per...

Written on June 25, 2021 | Posted in Environment | Comments Off On Thursday, News Five spoke with outgoing Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Embassy, Keith Gilges, about a range of issues.  Among them were United States’ efforts to fight transnational drug [...]

Islamabad : Federal Ministry of IT and Telecommunications through Universal Service Fund has launched a ‘Smart Village’ project in four provinces including Islamabad Capital Territory ...

Nagraj Adiga elected in IAU Council as Asian representative 28 May 2021, 22:56 GMT+10 New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Indias Nagraj Adiga has been elected as the Asia-Oceania Representative at the recently concluded 2021 International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) Congress at which the IAU council elections were held. The pandemic caused the Congress to be virtual and elections were held online from May 22 onwards. For the Asia-Oceania representative, voting was held over a 24-hour period ...