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Doctor Marvin Manzanero was the face of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but tonight the good doctor is still on the road to recovery. Doctor Manzanero says that he considers his mental and emotional recovery almost complete. He says that as someone who doesn’t really get sick, this has been a rather difficult […]
Written on January 27, 2021 | Posted in
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In Cayo, a mason worker from the Santiago Juan Layout near the Bullet Tree Road in San Ignacio was found dead. His decapitated body was discovered hanging from a tree in the Kontiki area. Police information suggests that Oscar Correa killed himself by hanging, but his family believes someone killed him. The family says that […]
Written on January 27, 2021 | Posted in
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A well-known gang figure, Jervis Diamond Valencia, from Mayflower Street in Belize City, is in the hospital recovering from a shooting incident on Monday evening. Reports say Valencia was sitting in a yard through an alley off Mayflower Street, around three o’clock in the afternoon, when three men approached him, and one of them pulled […]
Written on January 27, 2021 | Posted in
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The Senate meets on Thursday in a special sitting to ratify a United Nations convention that will advance Belize’s international obligations as a member of the organization. The United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards was recognized in October 1980, before Belize becoming an independent nation. However, it will be […]
Written on January 27, 2021 | Posted in
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“We will do everything possible not to retrench anyone.” Those are Prime Minister Briceño’s words on Tuesday when speaking about budget preparation for the upcoming financial year. In March, PM Briceño will present his first budget. It will be a challenge considering the debt accumulated under the Barrow Administration; that revenue collection has decreased by […]
Written on January 27, 2021 | Posted in
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The Cabinet met today for well over six hours. One of the topics of discussion in the meeting was the ratification of the UN Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. It has been in our laws since 1980, but on Thursday, the Senate is expected to ratify the convention. After today’s […]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister also responded to questions about the Public Service Commission. Like the Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, Estevan Perera, the Public Service Commission members refuse to resign, even though it is known as a politically appointed body. When there is a government change, the commission members would usually leave, but they […]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The disposal of public assets, including vehicles, office furniture, and electronic equipment, just ahead of the November 2020 general elections, will be investigated. The Public Service Union roundly criticized the fire sale of the property of the Government of Belize. Earlier today, the Office of the Prime Minister announced the signing of an order to […]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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Eighteen new cases of COVID-19 were recorded today, putting the total number of confirmed cases to eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. There were also fifty-six new recoveries and three hundred and eight active cases. The good news is that there were no new deaths reported, leaving the fatality count at two hundred and ninety-three. […]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The American tourist who the police arrested for mask violation in Caye Caulker opened up about her ordeal. While there were concerns that her experience could cause a black eye for Belize, as the country scrambles to attract tourists during the pandemic, the woman says that she promises to revisit Belize despite the shock of […]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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While backlash from a possible bad review after the viral video is less of a concern, the tourism sector is bracing for the impact of the new travel regulations being implemented in the United States. On Friday, a comprehensive strategy was issued by the U.S. government of the change in quarantine regulations whenever a citizen […]
Written on January 26, 2021 | Posted in
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La Isla Carinosa may not have been so loving to an American tourist over the weekend. A video went viral of a female American tourist arrested by two police officers in Caye Caulker Village. The video shows police arresting the tourist for not wearing her face mask properly. The woman refused to be arrested, telling […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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There was another caught-on-camera moment with police revealed over the weekend. The video shows a police officer using a chokehold on a civilian. The incident reportedly happened in Santa Elena, Cayo, and reports are that the man was drunk driving. The video was upsetting to the public because the Police Department has a policy against […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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In the north, a police officer has been charged with the crime of manslaughter. He is Police Constable Leenart Cajun. The incident happened in 2018 at the house of Ariel Audinette Salazar. Eight lawmen, PC Cajun, B.D.F. soldiers Mateo Bolon, Patrick Villagran, Patrick Diego, Elvis Cob, Edmar Petillo, Bladimir Escarraga, and Francisco Sho were charged […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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Another police officer is making the news, this time for sexually assaulting a nineteen-year-old woman three times. Police Corporal Edgar Teul stands accused of sexually violating a woman while she was bailing out her common-law-husband from the police station in San Jose Succotz Village. The nineteen-year-old told investigators that on the eighteenth of January, she […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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The criminal case against former U.D.P. Works Minister Rene Montero is active. His successor Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing Julius Espat has forwarded documentary evidence to the Commissioner of Police, the Integrity Commission, and the Attorney General Officer. Espat requested the investigation into the possible commission of criminal offences by Montero for the wanton […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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The government is soon to announce new quarantine measures, which will take effect on February first. But what will those restrictions look like? Since December, there has been a curfew in place from eight p.m. to five a.m., along with the mandatory mask use, practicing social distancing, a maximum gathering of ten persons, and a […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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Ministry officials are still unsure whether the new UK or South African strains of the novel coronavirus are in Belize. The UK variant has been detected in neighbouring Mexico. As we reported on Friday, samples have been sent to Baylor College of Medicine and CARPHA to test if any of the new variants are in […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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Thieves targeted another school in the Saint Martin De Porres area. Last Friday morning, the criminals broke into Sadie Vernon High School and stole ninety-six tablets. The electronic devices were recently acquired for distance learning and were to be distributed to students today. It is believed that the community members, which the school serves, were […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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Several government officials have confirmed that there should be an adjustment to the existing COVID-19 regulations at the start of next month. We don’t know the details of those changes as yet. But with all the talk about the curfew, whether it is unconstitutional or needs to be adjusted, we decided to take a closer […]
Written on January 22, 2021 | Posted in
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On Thursday, the new U.S. President Joe Biden signed a flurry of executive orders within his first twenty-four hours in office. But one of those executive orders can have grave consequences for tourism-based economies like Belize. The Biden Administration now requires a recent negative COVID-19 test result before departure and quarantine on arrival as per […]
Written on January 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Initially, Belize’s health and tourism sector were already preparing for the testing requirements for return travel to the United States. The Ministry of Health approved additional COVID-19 testing sites in Belize City and popular tourist destinations. One of the ministry’s other undertakings is the active surveillance for the newly discovered variants of COVID-19. Belize cannot […]
Written on January 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Thanks to the Taiwanese Embassy in Belize, there can be even more rapid test drives. That’s because, on Thursday, the Embassy of Taiwan handed over a donation of fifteen thousand COVID-19 antigen rapid tests to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The gift comes at a value of three hundred thousand Belize dollars. The tests […]
Written on January 22, 2021 | Posted in
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The Corozal Free Zone reopens on February first. The reopening is one of the campaign promises that the P.U.P. made before the election. Since the new government made the decision, an inter-ministerial committee that includes the Health, Home Affairs, Agriculture, and Tourism Ministers has been reviewing plans and protocols for a safe reopening. Businesses must […]
Written on January 22, 2021 | Posted in
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According to Acting Director of Health Services Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is still consulting with stakeholders ahead of the reopening, but the final say rests with the ministry. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Acting Director of Health Services “At this point we are meeting with the stakeholders, we are actually […]
Written on January 22, 2021 | Posted in
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