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There have not been any new cases of COVID-19 for seventeen days, so beginning May first, which is the extended Labour Day weekend, there will be a further relaxation of measures imposed under the state of emergency. The S.O.E. has caused tremendous losses to businesses and those persons who are not classified as essential services […]
Written on April 30, 2020 | Posted in
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The state of emergency is entering a two-month extension, but with relaxed regulations and the public will be able to move a bit more freely. While that is the case, the government is adamant that no one should let their guard down as a second wave of COVID-19 is still possible. It is now law […]
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While the stringent measures over the past two and a half weeks will be relaxed as of May first, government is tightening up considerably on other infractions. Travel to Guatemala and Mexico, where the number of COVID-19 cases continues to balloon, is not allowed. Persons caught illegally entering these countries will be dealt with severely […]
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A new statutory instrument to introduce another sixty-day state of emergency comes into effect on Friday. Since May first is a public and bank holiday in observance of Labor Day, the private sector, those businesses that have been forced to shut down their operations, will not resume until Saturday. This morning, the PM outlined a […]
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One of the relaxed measures, which is bringing relief, is that salons and barbershops are now allowed to open and operate. This is one area that, in the past weeks, the public has been desperately waiting for. There are, however, conditions under which these businesses will be able to operate. Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte elaborated […]
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If you are smiling all the way to the salon, one of the businesses still not allowed to operate are street-side vendors. So the tacos stands up the road and the rice and beans lady down the street will remain closed. Restaurants will continue to operate delivery and take-out services and no vending is allowed […]
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An inaugural shipment of liquid petroleum gas arrived at the Port of Big Creek this morning, following a direct route from the U.S. Gulf Coast. At news time this evening, the vessel is offloading one point four million gallons of LPG at a storage facility in the south. On Wednesday night, however, a panel of […]
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In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country is facing another crisis; it has to do with bush and forest fires that have been spreading all over the country. In the Cayo District, the situation has become unbearable as the fires and smoke levels threaten the health and property of residents. The fires have been […]
Written on April 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The forest fires are caused by a number of environmental factors such the current high temperatures. The Vaca Forest has experienced the largest wild fire affecting the biodiversity of the protected area but there was little relief this afternoon when it rained. And as the unprecedented fires started to spread closer to the village of […]
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One million dollars in damages were caused by a raging farm fire on fifty acres of cacao plantation in the south. The fire keeps burning tonight, stretching beyond the villages of Columbia and San Miguel in the Toledo District. The cacao plantation is owned by Serendipity Farm and one of the owners, Lawrence Chavarria says that over […]
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Aside from the cacao farm in Crique Jute, fires have been raging in Punta Gorda where overnight two houses were gutted by a blaze. Police and fire-fighters had to respond in an effort to stop the blaze from spreading to adjacent structures. While the blaze was brought under control, two structures in its path were […]
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There was a sigh of relief on Tuesday evening when the Ministry of Health confirmed that three more persons have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the number of persons to beat the virus to nine. It has been more than two weeks since the last confirmed case of the deadly virus. While the fourteen-day quarantine is […]
Written on April 29, 2020 | Posted in
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As you heard, since the beginning of this week, traffic has picked up and movement across the city has increased. So there is concern some have thrown caution to the wind even though COVID-19 remains a real threat to the country. Commissioner of Police says that while restrictions have been eased, police officers remain on […]
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Test! Test! Test! That is what international bodies such as the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization are advising countries to do to effectively respond to COVID-19 since a number of persons are asymptomatic. In Belize, close to one thousand tests have been carried out and Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin […]
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The Senate today approved the motion to extend the State of Emergency by an additional sixty days. Unlike sittings before the COVID-19 pandemic, at today’s session only five senators participated in the proceedings. Michel Chebat represented the opposition People’s United Party. Minister Godwin Hulse and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte represented the Government and Senator Elena […]
Written on April 28, 2020 | Posted in
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The Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte rebutted the lead senator across the aisle. Peyrefitte questioned the People’s United Party’s position on the motion, stating that the P.U.P. in both the House of Representatives on Monday and during today’s Senate Sitting had the opportunity to challenge the motion by requesting an amendment. Michael Peyrefitte, U.D.P. Senator […]
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Weighing in on the debate was Senator Elena Smith on behalf of the social partners, which includes the business community, churches, the N.G.O. community and unions. Today, Smith was measured, calling for a bi-partisan approach to addressing COVID-19 and discouraged the want for grandstanding when people are hurting and need to preserve their dignity. […]
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The online portal for the Unemployment Relief Programme was closed on Friday, April twenty-fourth. More than eighty thousand applications for assistance were received, but less than half of that number was approved. There have been complaints that the government’s effort to provide financial assistance to needy families has been sluggish. P.U.P. Senator Michel Chebat echoed […]
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Senator Michel Chebat decried in the senate the politicization of the food programmes to needy families during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. This afternoon, the P.U.P. said it was disappointed at the closure of the Government’s Unemployment Relief Fund last Friday. According to a release, below fifty percent of those who applied had not […]
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Even as the Unemployment Relief Fund has closed to new applications, hundreds of affected Belizeans are still lining up hoping the get assistance. On Monday morning in Corozal Town, the line to the Social Security Board on Seventh Avenue was snaking for about a mile as men and women waited under very hot temperatures to […]
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The Guatemalan Government was granted by the International Court of Justice, a six month extension to submit its memorial on its maritime and territorial claim to Belize. Guatemala cited the COVID-19 pandemic, which presented challenges to prepare for its submissions. Belize’s attorneys objected to Guatemala’s request proposing instead a two-month extension, but the I.C.J. went […]
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There was a special sitting of the House of Representatives this morning in Belmopan where only the bare minimum necessary to have a quorum was allowed to participate in the tabling of a motion to extend the state of emergency for an additional sixty days. A total of seven elected officials, including Prime Minister Dean […]
Written on April 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Lake Independence Area Rep., Cordel Hyde was in favour of a thirty-day extension. In speaking on the motion to extend the existing state of emergency for an additional sixty days, Hyde pointed to the massive economic impact that the countrywide shutdown has had on citizens, restricting movements and possibly citizen’s rights. Hyde also said that […]
Written on April 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The economic picture for Belize remains grim and dismal, due to the new coronavirus crisis. Government’s revenue is falling by almost half a billion dollars as a result of the recent economic meltdown caused by the state of emergency imposed at the beginning of April. While several offices, including the Ministry of Natural Resources and […]
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Opposition Leader John Briceño also sits on the National Oversight Committee as co-chair. While he has been abreast of government’s need to reopen the economy as quickly as possible, the question of whether a sixty-day extension is in itself excessive has also arisen. Aside from openly debating the need for a two-month addition, Briceño also […]
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