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What does the introduction of E-Kyash mean for government’s transition to e-governance? In attendance at this morning’s launch was Minister of Sports and E-governance, Kevin Bernard. He says the new app is in line with the digital transformation of public services that are offered by the Vital Statistics Unit, as well as the Lands Department. […]
Written on August 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Two pieces of legislation, one of them dating back to 1914, are being modernized and consolidated into one comprehensive law. They are the Companies Act Chapter 250 and the International Business Companies Act, which governs offshore business. Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Chris Coye, explained to News Five that under the new […]
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The Department of Lands and Surveys is hosting the first ever mobile land clinic, in San Pedro Town to provide administrative assistance to islanders experiencing problems with their land documents. The anticipated event started today and will continue into Friday with an effort to address the concerns of residents who have been unable to acquire […]
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The mayor of San Ignacio/Santa Elena is at odds with several councillors over their proposal to fire a number of workers. There are currently one hundred and twenty-five employees in the San Ignacio/Santa Elena Town Council, but five P.U.P. councillors, who make up a majority of the council, are petitioning for the termination of twenty […]
Written on August 4, 2021 | Posted in
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Joining Mayor Trapp at the head table today were U.D.P. party leader Patrick Faber, attorney Orson Elrington and deputy U.D.P. chairman, Alberto August. In his statement, Faber says that the terminations so far have likely surpassed the retrenchment exercise under the Esquivel administration. While imploring the P.U.P. councillors to work along with the mayor and […]
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Attorney Orson Elrington has been perusing a number of termination letters from public officers. He says that his law firm has been contacted by over four hundred persons who have been terminated, including those from central and municipal governments as well as various statutory bodies. Orson Elrington, Attorney-at-law “All Belizeans have a fundamental right. […]
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With rising COVID cases in different parts of Belize and clusters in certain spots, Deputy Regional Health Manager of the Central Health Region, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa says that people should be taking precautions voluntarily to stay indoors and to venture out only when it is necessary. Doctor Diaz spoke to News Five today on the […]
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On Thursday, the Central Health Region is conducting COVID tests on several employees of the Belize City Council after at least four of their colleagues have tested positive for the virus. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Deputy Regional Health Manager, Central Health Region “Just between yesterday and today we’ve been actually involved testing persons from City […]
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In addition to the public health measures and the proper wearing of face masks, Doctor Diaz-Musa also discourages employers from having extended meetings, lunches and other gatherings with their staff so as to keep the number of new infections low. Since February, the number of COVID cases has risen from under fifty to around four […]
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The United Kingdom has begun delivering nine million doses of coronavirus vaccine to what they term “the most vulnerable countries.” On Tuesday, Belize got its share, some forty-two thousand doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The B.B.C. reports that Kenya, Jamaica and Indonesia are among the countries receiving the vaccines. Last month, during a […]
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Two weeks in a row, there were double fatalities in shooting incidents in the Kraal Road area of south side Belize City. The most recent, which occurred on the morning of August first, ended with police shooting dead a sixteen-year-old, who moments earlier had shot and killed Matthew Gutierrez. An internal investigation by the Professional […]
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Last Friday night, reputed Antelope Street gang boss Devon Bailey was shot and killed in Belize City. And while the police department is prepared for reprisal, there is information to suggest that Bailey’s killing may have been as a result of internal fighting. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “He has been a person of […]
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A recent flare-up of gang warfare in the vicinity of Kraal Road has seen four persons killed. Two of them, including Gary Young and Matthew Gutierrez, fell victim to armed attackers who shot and killed them in cold blood. In what can only be described as instant karma, their killers were also taken out in […]
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Nicholas’ demise at the hands of police officers who were responding to the fatal shooting moments earlier has triggered an internal investigation, notwithstanding the fact that there was an exchange of gunfire. According to Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood, similar procedures will be followed where officer-involved shootings are concerned and guidance will be sought from the […]
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A young man well known to police, Devon ‘Hulk’ Bailey, was gunned down on Friday night in Belize City. But as News Five’s Paul Lopez also found while doing this report, Bailey was also well known in the media, not only for his criminal past, but those times we he genuinely did seem to want […]
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There was a sad ending to the missing person report from Sunday as the lifeless body of twenty-two-year-old Carlos Guerra was found floating in the Sibun River behind Franks Eddy Village this afternoon. He reportedly went swimming at the Camino Del Rio Area in Belmopan on Sunday evening, but went underwater and never resurfaced. A […]
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A shooting in Belize City last Thursday has left Jaheed Baptist recovering from injuries he received while walking on Pen Road. Baptist reported to police that as he approached a basketball court, someone from among a trio of men produced a firearm and took aim at him. While attempting to run away, he was struck […]
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As the number of positive cases of COVID-19 continues to rise, for the first time, there is a cluster being detected in the public transportation industry. James Bus Line suspended its runs three days ago after six employees tested positive for the virus late last week. The Ministry of Health and Wellness, is recommending a […]
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One of the groups that are now deemed “essential workers” are the employees of business process outsourcing companies or B.P.O.s. As of August first, they too must produce a negative COVID test result every two weeks if they choose to remain unvaccinated. Over at Ready Call Center, C.E.O. Nubia Ramirez says only about five percent […]
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In news from the Olympic Games, all three Belizeans sent to participate in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics competed over the weekend. Amado Cruz made history from the start, by being the first and only Belizean to compete in an Olympic canoe competition. Cruz overcame his first heat in the Men’s Single one thousand meter race […]
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A spike in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks has prompted the Ministry of Health and Wellness to take stringent measures in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus. That means that as of Sunday a new nightly curfew will come into effect. The restriction on movement begins at […]
Written on July 30, 2021 | Posted in
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A new taskforce will also be introduced to administer existing COVID measures in places such as shops and stores, public offices, as well as other business establishments. While a lockdown of the southern communities of Barranco, Midway and Conejo expires on Saturday, similar confinement has been put in place in Santa Elena, Toledo District. A […]
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Spanish Lookout remains an area of concern for the Ministry of Health, as well as the Belize Police Department. That Mennonite community in the west has been flouting the COVID regulations and business owners, as well as customers, have been going about without the use of face masks. They have also not been social distancing. […]
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There is a concerted effort by various government ministries to get public officers vaccinated. While the approach has been met with opposition in some corners, by and large teachers are getting their jabs ahead of the reopening of schools in August. According to the Minister of Education, everyone will be prepared to return to their […]
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For the first time, Belize will observe Emancipation Day as a public and bank holiday this year. It commemorates the day in 1838 when enslaved Africans from the English-speaking Caribbean were legally freed from forced bondage. The date has been identified as August first, but the holiday will be given on Monday this year since […]
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