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Two-year-old Melanie Santos is tonight in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after she accidentally ingested poison while at home in San Felipe Village, Orange Walk. The details of the incident, which has been confirmed by police, are frightening for any family that has a small child running around the house. According […]
Written on June 1, 2022 | Posted in
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Ochaeta-Serrut says that since the Pesticide Control Board was formed back in 1988, there have been several incidents of children ingesting pesticide, which she says is totally inexcusable. She explains the possible effects of the poison and says that there is an antidote in the public health system. Miriam Ochaeta-Serrut, Registrar of Pesticides, Pesticide […]
Written on June 1, 2022 | Posted in
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While the Registrar of Pesticides says that she cannot confirm at this time which lannate pesticide was used, she knows that there are three different formulations registered for use in Belize. But, how did Santos get access to the chemical? Ochaeta-Serrut says that there are limited options of pesticides for household use and so the […]
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An A.S.R./B.S.I. trailer truck carrying molasses overturned on the Hummingbird Highway, this morning. The driver was on his way to deliver molasses to A.S.R.’s Big Creek Port facility for export. A group of passersby rendered assistance to free the driver from beneath the truck where he was trapped. He was then transported to the Southern […]
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Neal also spoke about the company’s containment procedures when it comes to responding to a spill. He says A.S.R.’s Environmental Health and Safety team responded to the scene immediately, and contacted the Department of Environment. William Neal, Communications Director, ASR/BSI “At the same time, our EHS team, our environmental health and safety has been […]
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A national campaign by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, as well as the Ministry of Education, to vaccinate as many children between five and eleven years old is underway. The effort coincides with a recent delivery of over a hundred thousand Pfizer doses. Personnel have been assigned to various districts and teams are hitting […]
Written on May 31, 2022 | Posted in
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New cases of COVID-19 continue to increase daily, with the positivity rate now above ten percent. Today, the Ministry of Health and Wellness announced a total of one hundred and twenty-two new cases, bringing the total number of active cases to one thousand, one hundred and fifty-four. Fortunately, ninety-six recoveries were recorded with no new […]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has received a procurement of over a hundred thousand doses of the Pfizer pediatric vaccines. The donation was made possible through a partnership between the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Republic of Slovakia. Altogether, exactly a hundred and twenty-four thousand doses were handed over to the Ministry of Health […]
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Children have been the only category of Belizeans that before now have not had immunizations against COVID-19 but, as C.E.O. in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Doctor Julio Sabido, said, this procurement now makes all of our people protected . Dr. Julio Sabido, CEO, Ministry of Health and Wellness “The procurement of COVID-19 vaccines […]
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A shooting incident in Belize City on Monday has left thirty-year-old Joanna Parham hospitalized with gunshot wounds to her body. Parham, however, wasn’t the intended target of the armed assault on Curassow Street. Shortly after seven p.m. last evening, nineteen-year-old Anthony Parham was making his way on foot towards his home and upon reaching the […]
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Twenty-two-year-old Shawn Humes and twenty-three-year-old Selvin Waight have been arrested and charged for robbing a store in downtown Belize City. The men entered Midtown Store on Saturday afternoon where they proceeded to holdup Layas Ahmed, the proprietor, at gunpoint. The incident was captured on surveillance footage inside, as well as outside of the establishment. On […]
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A Belizean mechanic of Santa Elena Town and a fellow mechanic from Succotz Village have been charged in connection with the shooting of twenty-six-year-old George Requeña, a baker of a Belize City address. Requeña was socializing with family and friends in the downtown area of San Ignacio when he was approached by a male person […]
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Police are investigating the murder of thirty-eight-year-old Randulfo Alvarez, a resident of Cotton Tree Village. Alvarez lived in the village with his relatives and, though he and his siblings resided in separate households, their relationship was such that they would frequent each other’s home. On Saturday night when Alvarez visited his sister’s home to collect […]
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Nineteen-year-old Henry Osorio is recovering from a gunshot wound he sustained while in a vehicle with two female passengers on the Hummingbird Highway, just outside of Belmopan on Saturday night. By all accounts, Osorio is known to be a straight A student in school, and this may simply be a matter of wrong place, […]
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Orange Walk police are still investigating the shooting death of Reynaldo Marchand. The thirty-eight-year-old was in the company of Nazir Vasquez in front of Five-O-One Shop when they came under fire from a pair of gunmen on motorcycle. Multiple gunshots rang out shortly after eight p.m. on Wednesday and when the shooting subsided Vasquez and […]
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Well-known attorney Orson “OJ” Elrington ran afoul of the law over the weekend when he made an illegal turn in front of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Saturday night. While driving his 2010 Ford Explorer, the U.D.P. caretaker for Freetown made a left on the ambulance exit on Princess Margaret Drive near Belize Elementary […]
Written on May 30, 2022 | Posted in
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Senator Michael Peyrefitte has written to Prime Minister John Briceño under the Freedom of Information Act, requesting a copy of the document in which Governor General Froyla Tzalam was informed that government was retaining the legal services of Courtenay Coye L.L.P. That is the law firm of Senior Counsel and Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay and […]
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Delroy Cuthkelvin, a card-carrying member of the U.D.P., is at odds with his party and will likely be facing its Ethics Committee in the days ahead. Cuthkelvin has been highly critical of Party Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow in a number of social media advertisements, since his victory at the leadership convention earlier this year. Ashton […]
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Stake Bank Enterprise, the parent company for Port Coral, suffered another loss in the Supreme Court today when Justice Lisa Shoman dismissed an application brought before the bench seeking leave for appeal in a decision that she handed down several weeks ago. That matter had to do with an application for judicial review of an […]
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The Belize City Council met in caucus on Thursday, the first session since Mayor Bernard Wagner returned from a working visit to Barbados. On adjournment, a motion was tabled by Councilor Albert Vaughn to decide the fate of embattled Deputy Mayor Micah Goodin. That motion was supported with one voice by those in attendance. Tonight, […]
Written on May 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Prior to his departure for Barbados on May fourteenth, Mayor Wagner informed the council that in the wake of the shooting incident involving Deputy Mayor Goodin, he would retain oversight of the day-to-day operations at City Hall. He says that the decision to remain in charge was in the best interest of employees, as well […]
Written on May 27, 2022 | Posted in
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We caught up with Prime Minister John Briceño just before news time in Belmopan. We asked him to weigh in on the internal leadership crisis at City Hall and his relationship with Deputy Mayor Micah Goodin. He says that he has not gotten a chance to speak with Mayor Wagner, but he intends to do […]
Written on May 27, 2022 | Posted in
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So how does Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner find his way amid the constant personality clashes within his administration? Here’s how he responded. Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City Council “It’s a tough job, you constantly have to be navigating personalities, egos and own self-interests. As a mayor, and all previous mayors will tell you […]
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The entire country was thrust into an unplanned power outage around five this evening and the electricity supplier, B.E.L. issued notices on its Facebook page. The utility company blamed the power failure on a fault with its Mexican supplier, but assured that teams are working to stabilize power supply by sections to parts of the […]
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Canadian national Jasmine Hartin has lost the custody battle for the five-year-old twins she shares with Andrew Ashcroft. News Five has confirmed that on Wednesday, Director of the Belize Family Court, Dale Cayetano handed down a decision, granting legal custody of the children to Andrew Ashcroft. That decision was handed down at the Belize Family […]
Written on May 27, 2022 | Posted in
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