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Manzanero notes that graphs are projections based on a model of the current trend. It is not an exact science, but could be pretty accurate if the daily positivity rate continues to trend downward. Other variables are the enforcement of COVID-19 regulations as well as the vaccination uptake. But, what about the curfew? Will lower […]
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And while the projections are promising, COVID-19 cases could increase as a result of the land borders reopening. It is a risk that comes with people gathering and moving by the masses. But again, Manzanero explained that erring on the side of caution will mitigate those risks. Russell Manzanero, Epidemiologist, Ministry of Health & […]
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There is also some good news regarding Dr. Marvin Manzanero. Over the weekend, the Minister of Health, Kevin Bernard, announced that the former Director of Health Services has accepted the new post of Director of International Cooperation. This was one of three posts in the Ministry of Health and Wellness which have been vacant for […]
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Meanwhile, the deadline for applications to fill the other two posts – Director of Hospital Services and Allied Health and Director of Public Health and Wellness— closed on Monday. The Minister told us that the Ministry has received a number of applications. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health & Wellness “I am very much aware […]
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The current shipping challenges that have prevailed over several months have compounded an already short supply of medications brought on by the mid-2020 budget cuts that the National Health Insurance had imposed for imaging, laboratory, and pharmaceutical services. But, Minister Bernard assured today that the patients will be able to access their medications in the […]
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It is day two since land borders have been reopened for Belizeans, and today a News Five team headed to the western border with Guatemala to see exactly what the procedure and traffic was looking like. We found just a small group of persons, primarily tourists who were going on one-day tours to Peten, using […]
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What’s happening with the hundreds of students from neighbouring Guatemala who study in Belize? Today, a News Five team visited with Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Primary School in Benque Viejo del Carmen. About twenty percent of its student population resides in Guatemala, and pre-pandemic, they commuted daily across the border for classes. The process that […]
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And, while there has not been a rush of Belizeans heading across the border yet, health and border officials do expect an influx of traveling Belizeans over the weekend. But, Dr. Gilharry says, they are prepared for the exodus. Dr. Angela Gilharry, Medical Chief of Staff, Corozal Community Hospital “Definitely at the beginning when […]
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Is the tenure of the present United Democratic Party executive redundant? It’s a charge that Patrick Faber made on Friday in a letter written to Chairman Mike Peyrefitte. Faber suggested that the seats being occupied by the existing committee have since expired. When we asked Peyrefitte about a national convention to elect a new executive, […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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A man lost his life over the weekend following a stabbing incident in Lord’s Bank Village on Friday. The evidence so far suggests that a woman’s jealous boyfriend attacked Evan Mitchell and stabbed him to the head as they walked to a neighbourhood shop. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Forty-nine-year-old Lord’s […]
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Around six-thirty p.m. on Saturday, shots rang out on Antelope Street Extension in Belize City. When the echo from the blasts subsided, five persons, including two women, had been shot. Reports are Tyrone Teck, Kenyon Ramirez, Rochelle Reynolds and Garisha Tillett were near a yard when Robert Lamb walked by. A gunman opened fire on […]
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The weekend gun violence continued into this morning and just after ten o’clock, shots rang out on Cemetery Lane in the Yarborough area of Belize City. According to official reports, a gunman on motorcycle rode up and unleashed a barrage of bullets on a group of men working in the area. At least one bullet […]
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There was also a fatal accident in southern Belize over the weekend. On Saturday morning, police responded to an RTA on the Southern Highway in the Stann Creek District. Mario Sanchez was behind the steering wheel of a black Honda Pilot heading north; Elsworth Lamb was travelling with him on the passenger side. Between miles […]
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Communications Director for the Belize Police Department, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, gave brief comments this morning on a video that went viral over the weekend. It captured a uniformed police officer on San Pedro assaulting a man. According to Yearwood, while a formal report has not been made by the victim, he did see the video […]
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The National Party Council met virtually on Saturday in a marathon session to discuss the way forward for the U.D.P., amid what appeared to be a leadership crisis. On Friday, the chairman of the United Democratic Party received a letter from Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber in which several concerns were raised regarding the direction […]
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With Faber’s departure, he is succeeded on an interim basis by former deputy prime minister and Corozal North Area Representative Hugo Patt. A leadership convention has been scheduled for March twenty-seventh at which time at least two candidates, including Tracy Panton and Shyne Barrow will be contesting the seat that has been vacated by the […]
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What about Mike Peyrefitte? Did the chairman also have his eyes on the provisional leadership of the U.D.P.? Here’s how he answered that question. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “I don’t aspire to be interim anything, I don’t expect to be interim anything. I am a senator, why would I be interim when I could […]
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The Parliament, which is often divided on matters of national interest, was today on the same page on the issue of gender-based violence. Minister of Human Development, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, lashed out against gender-based violence and presented a motion that sets out specific measures the government will take. The paper was prompted by the recent allegation […]
Written on February 4, 2022 | Posted in
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The Opposition, led by its newly reappointed Leader, Shyne Barrow, fully supported the Motion on Domestic Violence. Barrow, who himself was accused in October of 2020 of domestic abuse, recommended that the House goes further than just supporting the Act, but also deals with members who may be accused. The U.D.P.’s candidate now challenging Barrow […]
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During today’s House Sitting, Prime Minister John Briceño presented a Supplementary Appropriations Bill for over seventy million dollars. It is a hefty sum that the Government is asking for Parliament for. But after his presentation, Prime Minister Briceño explained the need for that amount at this time, particularly for the Ministry of Health. John […]
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Recently, we heard from the Attorney General, Magali Marin-Young, speak about a new Libel Law that will come into effect. The Act was introduced today in the House, but many people, especially some in the media, question if its purpose is really to muzzle the media. Today, Prime Minister John Briceño quelled those concerns and […]
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Former Opposition Leader Patrick Faber was a no-show at today’s house meeting, the first parliamentary session since the beginning of the New Year. His absence was somewhat expected given the extreme turn of events in the past three weeks that resulted in his scheduled departure as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the United […]
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A small house fire in the vicinity of Antelope Street Extension claimed the life of a handyman last night, just before the start of the curfew. Fire officials, along with the police department, are investigating whether the death of Nicolas Reyes is the result of the property being deliberately torched. While there is nothing to […]
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The Belize Coast Guard has rescued two Canadians whose sailboat ran aground at Light House Reef on Thursday night. In response to a distress call, the Coast Guard sent out a team and located the Jolie Brise Two at two nautical miles south of Hat Caye. Two feet of water was in the cabin, and […]
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While the cost of gasoline and other goods may be going up, Belizean consumers will not have to worry about an electricity rate hike— at least, not in the near future. Today the Public Utilities Commission announced that their final decision, after receiving public comments and looking at the Belize Electricity Limited’s 2021 Annual Review […]
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