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Across the country, political motorcades are still being held, despite serious objections and public health concerns being raised by the Belize Police Department. Over the weekend there were motorcades in Jalacte and Silver Creek villages held by the People’s United Party, as well as the United Democratic Party. While arrests have been made in respect […]
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In other COVID-19 regulations related arrests over the weekend, twelve primary school teachers from Dangriga were arrested and charged for attending a restricted social event. According to police, around two-thirty on Friday afternoon, acting upon information, Dangriga Police visited Sacred Heart Primary School where they encountered twelve teachers socializing inside a classroom on a lower […]
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There was a murder in Belize City in which the gunman was also killed on Saturday night. It happened on Caesar Ridge Road around nine o’clock and left Kareem Gillett and the gunman, Tareek Smith dead. Gillett came under attack from a Smith, who drove up in a rented vehicle to Gillett’s house. While police […]
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There was a shooting in Belize City on Sunday evening but the intended target managed to escape unhurt. The man told police that he was standing on a street side when a vehicle drove up and someone fired shots towards him. Police say they seized the vehicle in the Saint Martin’s De Porres area and […]
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All eyes are tonight on category four hurricane, Eta, which exploded quickly into a dangerous hurricane packing maximum sustained winds of between one hundred and twenty to one hundred and thirty miles per hour. Eta is projected to make landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday and continue moving toward to the Gulf of Honduras with a […]
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While tropical cyclone watches and warning are not required for Belize, heavy rainfall is expected starting tonight. The latest advisory from the National Emergency Management Organization is that a flood watch is in effect for Cayo Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo districts. Severe flooding is expected for southern Belize. Chief Met Ronald Gordon says that […]
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There is alarming news tonight from the Director of Health Services on the coronavirus. As many as six persons have died over the last twenty-four hours due to COVID-19. The latest death was confirmed during an interview conducted this evening with Director of Health Doctor Marvin Manzanero. This brings the total of persons who have […]
Written on October 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Now, as many as one hundred and twenty-one cases of COVID-19 were indentified on Thursday. That is the largest number of new cases that the country has recorded in one day. Four hundred and fifteen samples were processed which resulted with positivity rate of twenty-nine point two percent. The Corozal district recorded the highest number […]
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And the deteriorating COVID situation can get worse; the Ministry of Health is monitoring nineteen banana plantations in the south where COVID-19 clusters are growing at these banana plantations. According to Doctor Manzanero, the virus can thrive in banana farms into larger clusters if face masks are used and other safety measures are ignored […]
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With the health services under stress, Doctor Manzanero also addressed disturbing reports of a suspected COVID patient who was refused admission at a private facility in Corozal and at the K.H.M.H. The private facility turned down the patient until a down payment was made or clearance from the Ministry of Health was received. So the […]
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With the number of cases out of control, the Ministry of Health today announced its intention to start using antigen rapid testing for COVID-19 using established protocols. Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that after completing a validation exercise with the SD Biosensor Antigen testing kit and following international recommendations, use of this antigen testing kit will only be […]
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The spiralling number of COVID-19 cases and the record number of deaths due to the virus have put law enforcement on alert with the weekend activities that are usually associated with Halloween. ComPol Chester Williams is asking parents as well as residents to refrain from trick and treating or they may find themselves tricking in […]
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The number of active COVID-19 cases in Orange Walk is increasing by about twenty to thirty new cases daily and with over one thousand one hundred and seventy positive cases identified in that district, it remains the epicentre of the virus. And while the ComPol is looking at enforcement of measures, we were asked the […]
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Turning to the prison where the virus has also spread….on Thursday, the news broke that ninety inmates tested positive for COVID-19. Rapid tests were done at the Belize Central Prison where staff and inmates were tested. Today we spoke with C.E.O. of the Kolbe Foundation Virgilio Murillo who says that ninety-seven percent of those afflicted […]
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When we last spoke with C.E.O. Virgilio Murillo of the Belize Central Prison a few days ago, the number of positive cases of COVID-19 among inmates stood at nineteen. Tonight, there is alarming news of additional cases behind prison walls, and that is because of one hundred and ninety samples taken on Tuesday, a whopping […]
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Eight-year-old Gabriella Corales lost her life on the afternoon of June eighteenth, 2019 when she was ran over while attempting to ride across a pedestrian ramp on her way to school in Belmopan. The tragic accident happened on the East Ring Road where the Standard Two student was making her way back to Our Lady […]
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The Public Service Union is calling on thousands of public officers to wake up the sleeping giant and fight any government that attempts to fire public officers to reduce the wage bill. After years of being dormant, the beast of the P.S.U. has begun mobilizing after U.D.P. Leader Patrick Faber and P.U.P. Leader John Briceño […]
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According to Henry, Leader of the Opposition John Briceño has agreed to meet and discuss the P.S.U.’s concerns. He says, however, that U.D.P. Leader Patrick Faber has failed to answer the letter. Henry says this is a disrespect to the thousands of public officers. Gerald Henry, President, P.S.U. “We are left with one opinion […]
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According to Henry, additional contract officers are currently being added to the wage bill. He says that the government is being insensitive to the sacrifices that public officers are making and calls on the Financial Secretary to remember his directive to the ministries with regards to cost saving measures. Gerald Henry, President, P.S.U. “The […]
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Government’s bloated wage bill is in excess of half a billion dollars in salaries for public officers. It is a looming crisis that any new government would have to deal with. U.D.P. Leader Patrick Faber says there is a difficult decision to make, in terms of trimming the fat from government’s wage bill. Patrick […]
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There are conflicting reports on whether the Godoy family from Orange Walk has been swabbed and tested for COVID-19. Tonight, Arturo Godoy Senior says nine days ago he was swabbed, but still the outcome of his results has not been released. In fact, Godoy Senior went on further to say that due to erroneous information […]
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The heart-wrenching death of six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior sent shockwaves across the country. The chilling story is that the minor suffered kidney complications and died alone inside the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the K.H.M.H. Godoy Junior was taken to the Northern Regional Hospital for non-COVID related assistance and was later transferred to the Karl […]
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After hearing arguments virtually since nine o’clock this morning, at around three this afternoon, acting Chief Justice Michelle Arana delivered a ruling against the Belize Peace Movement. The House of Representatives had already been dissolved and a date of elections announced when the B.P.M. applied to the Supreme Court to issue an injunction to stay […]
Written on October 28, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Robert Lopez of the Belize Peace Movement, the request for an interim injunction was for the government to conform with section ninety of the Belize Constitution. Also joining the hearing virtually this morning as Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck who represented Lord Michael Ashcroft. Marshalleck argued that his client did not want the elections […]
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According to Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay the B.P.M.’s application was entirely misconceived and extremely late in the process. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for P.U.P. “What they tried to do at the last minute having in my view realized that the applications as filed was entirely misconceived. They said well in our claim form we asked […]
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