Belize remains with zero active cases of COVID-19. A second wave of the virus is expected to hit and with neighbouring countries expected to reach their peak, it is not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’. There is one very serious threat that puts the safety of the public at great risk and that threat […]
Doctor Marvin Manzanero also spoke of French nationals who were out at sea for the past month. Since they had not come in contact with anyone from the affected countries, they are not of interest to the Ministry of Health. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “I am aware of a couple of […]
Officially, by Sunday, Belize should recover from the first wave. This would mean that after twenty-eight days, there have been no new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. Health officials, however, are expecting a second wave. In fact, Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that several COVID-19 waves are expected by the end […]
There has not been any reported drug plane landings since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. In fact, the last drug plane landed on the Coastal Road on February twenty-seventh, 2020. But it does not mean that the movement of drugs has ceased; narcos are always looking for new ways to export the drugs. According […]
The government is in a serious financial pickle due to the economic crisis that has befallen the country in its fight against COVID-19. The wage bill accounts for one of government biggest expenditures so the Ministry of Finance is proposing cutting the proposed increments and allowances for teachers and public officers. Public officers and teachers […]
The Public Service Union responded to the proposed cuts in a letter to the FinSec on May fourth. Henry voiced its discontent with the turn of events and contends that previous negotiations with government were seemingly not in good faith. According to Henry, public officers are open to making the necessary sacrifices given the present […]
Just before one o’clock today, a Mexican naval vessel ran aground on the reef near San Pedro. Official information is that the vessel was one of two registered to the Mexican military that was travelling from Mahahual en route to a coast guard base at the Subteniente López station at the border in Quintana Roo, […]
The vessel has since been removed from where it was lodged and departed our waters. The Ministry of the Environment will be conducting an assessment of the incident. Commander Gregory Soberanis says that a final report will be forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since the vessel has diplomatic status and the matter will […]
On Tuesday, proprietor Mark Neal and several of his employees were arrested for being inside Body 2000 Gym. They were charged individually when they were unable to provide a reasonable explanation or proof of movement outside of a curfew and are facing fines of one thousand dollars each. Despite their protest that the facility was […]
According to Bradley, the laws, as they stand, are lopsided, granting citizens permission to do certain forms of exercise, but denying them from doing others. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney for Mark Neal “I understand that in the rule, gymnasiums are closed. Belize has only to my [mind], well I could be corrected but I […]
A teenage boy, who is believed to have brutally killed fifty-four-year-old Matias Alpuche, is in the custody of Orange Walk Police. He was caught on Tuesday morning after investigators launched an operation. The alleged juvenile killer was caught in a car while on the Guinea Grass Road in the Orange Walk District, but is believed […]
The post of Chairman of S.S.B. is now duly filled and by a familiar face there. Doctor Colin Young is back at the Social Security Board. Late last year, he stepped down as C.E.O. of the S.S.B. to head the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre in Belmopan. Five months later, however, Young has been tapped […]
Belize is down to zero active COVID-19 cases. This is the good news that emerged from the Ministry of Health this afternoon and is widely welcomed by Belizeans. But according to Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, we have not beaten the pandemic as yet. While the last two cases resulted in negative after […]
While some of the most severe restrictions in modern days have been relaxed, the state of emergency remains in place for another two months. With an imminent second wave of the deadly COVID-19 virus, Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero is asking the public not to let their guard down and to remain vigilant. […]
Neighbouring countries in the north and west, Mexico and Guatemala, are recording an increase of COVID-19 cases. With Belizeans illegally crossing the border, the possibility of a more lethal second wave is looking like a real possibility. Guatemala has recorded seven hundred and thirty cases with forty-six cases in the Peten region. In the state […]
The full force of the law unexpectedly came down on Body 2000 this morning. The popular gym, located on Coney Drive, closed during the state of emergency and is not among the list of businesses that can yet reopen. But this morning, shutters were down when police dropped by and found five persons inside the […]
So a member of the police team says the building was shuttered and locked and they got no answer from inside. Neal and the other five persons charged also have their own version of what transpired at Body 2000 this morning. But Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that the gym was in fact in […]
As of May first 2020, importers of liquefied petroleum gas—Gas Tomza Limited, Southern Choice Butane, Zeta Gas and Belize Western Energy Limited—cannot import butane gas into Belize. That responsibility belongs now to the National Gas Company and the LPG importers are currently locked in a legal battle with the government over the importation license. The […]
The weekend ended in tragedy for the family of a taxi man in the north. Fifty-four year old Matias Alpuche was stabbed to death by his fare in the Petsville area of Orange Walk. Prior to his savage stabbing he had visited with his estranged wife and set out to work. He did not live […]
A family of four, including two minors, was busted over the weekend for defying the most severe piece of law to come into effect during the state of emergency. Despite the new measures going into the Labour Day weekend, both parents, along with their children, illegally crossed over into Mexico where the state of Quintana […]
This morning, there was far more movement in the city and around the country as almost all businesses are now open and so did government offices and statutory boards. But there is still a curfew in place, from eight p.m. to five a.m. and eight p.m. to six p.m. for minors. But under the new […]
The reopening of some businesses started on Saturday morning following the announcement of the new statutory instrument. Many stores in downtown Belize City opened their doors after weeks of closure but no sooner than they had begun serving their customers in the downtown area of the City, police officers arrived to shut them down. There […]
The good news tonight is that there are no new cases of COVID-19 for twenty-one consecutive days. On Sunday, another patient recovered from the virus after having twice tested negative since contracting the disease. It is expected that the two remaining active cases will be cleared by mid-week; they are a man and a woman […]
Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero also told News Five that random testing began over the weekend for frontline workers and other persons. He confirms that the ministry is in receipt of fourteen ventilators and several test kits in its fight against COVID-19. Among those screened in the random selection are those persons who […]
Just before the eight o’clock curfew on Sunday night, gunshots rang out in the Benguche area of Dangriga. When the shooting subsided, a man and a woman had both been injured. Luwani and Ernest Mena were attacked in what police say was a gang-related incident. It is the second shooting within the past two weeks […]
