It is expected that the General Elections will be held in the first week in November. In fact, the Prime Minister’s son, Shyne Barrow who is running in the Mesopotamia divisions claims it will be on Wednesday, November fourth. If so, this would mean that the last day to get on the voter’s list to […]
Are COVID-19 positive patients in rural communities in Orange Walk breaking their quarantine? That’s what officials are saying tonight. Chairman of San Pablo Javier Sabido says that they have received numerous reports that the patients are leaving their homes to go in public and even travel on public transportation, But, according to Sabido – the […]
When you woke up this morning, a new statutory instrument was in effect and tonight you can move around past nine o’clock. But while the curfew has been lifted there are quarantine restrictions in place so it is not a free for all. You can move around but can’t go to bars or restaurants for […]
Belmopan vendors are not happy that they were not allowed to conduct business on the proposed site of the Belmopan Market Plaza. It’s a central location – just across from the Social Security Board, but the City Council pulled the plug because they say that the developer doesn’t have the proper licenses to conduct a […]
In their response to the vendors, the Belmopan City Council issued a press release today. The purpose of the release, according to the council, is to clarify the “circumstances surrounding the establishment of an unlicensed market project.” The City Council says that site being informally introduced as an alternative to the current market day location […]
Tonight we have a heart-warming story of humble man whose heroic acts are little well-known. He is Thomas Lester Garbutt, in whose honour the lighthouse at Hunting Caye has been renamed. The former operator spent almost his entire life working at sea. As a young man, he worked as a sailor on a tugboat that […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams travelled down south today to visit police formations in Dangriga Town, Hopkins, Placencia and Independence villages. ComPol Williams visited these southern areas to check up on police officers who worked during Hurricane Nana. He also went to conduct an assessment of damages caused by Hurricane Nana on the department’s resources. […]
It’s September so the national celebrations are upon us. But unlike the previous years, this year’s calendar of events is anticipated to be less festive and that’s all due to COVID-19. The September Celebrations Committee has had to downsize the celebrations and reduce events. Only the main events will be held with strict COVID-19 preventative […]
Belize City is in the path of the storm which is projected to strengthen into Hurricane Nana. The Old capital was buzzing with activity this afternoon as residents carried out their last minute preparations to brace for the fast approaching storm. Supermarkets were mostly crowded as Belizeans stocked up food items to carry them through. […]
One of the organizations we have come to rely and trust in times of natural disasters is the Belize Red Cross. Today, the headquarters of the organization was ready for the impending landfall the communities and for assisting the government in its emergency response mechanism in the aftermath of a disaster. But the storm is […]
From disaster response to COVID-19; Director General of the Belize Red Cross, Lily Bowman says that the organization and its volunteers have been actively working throughout the country to assist those who are most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Bowman says that through their extensive networking, the elderly and persons living with disabilities were assisted; […]
Roadwords are prioritized at this time. Along the George Price Highway near mile thirty-eight and a half, work is underway, as a team from the Ministry of Works led by Chief Engineer Lennox Bradley is widening access along that portion of the thoroughfare. Viewers would recall that back on June eighteenth; torrential rains washed away […]
In Belize City, concerns are being raised tonight about the wellbeing of the staff at the Treasury Department where a second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed. News Five understands that last Thursday a female employee complained of feeling ill after exhibiting symptoms that were consistent with coronavirus. She reportedly excused herself from work that […]
And on Queen Street in Belize City, the Vital Statistics Unit today was sanitized. The Attorney General’s Ministry informed this morning that the Unit is temporarily closed and services have been suspended for the sanitization of the office as we saw today. Two men donning P.P.E.s, facemasks, gloves, and equipped with disinfecting solutions entered the […]
A family member of a City Council Traffic Department employee died over the past weekend due to COVID-19. Tonight the virus threatens City Hall again as another family member of an employee has tested positive. Consequently, the Belize City Council’s Works Department of the George Price Highway was sanitized today. The council contracted the services […]
The COVID pandemic has thrown things upside down and as Belize nears its thirty-ninth birthday, the festive national celebrations are taking new form, but the sense of pride and nationalism remain the same. This morning, a flag raising ceremony took place at the flag monument in Belize City. Mayor Bernard Wagner symbolically hoisted the national […]
A number of police officers on San Pedro were infected with the coronavirus in the line of duty and had to be placed on quarantine when the virus hit the island hard. The frontline workers have generally recovered and are back on duty. Today, the cops working in San Pedro and Caye Caulker received a […]
Frustration and desperation have given rise to a new movement in San Pedro Town. It’s called “Change for San Pedro” and it champions the concerns of the residents who remain under lockdown under the State of Emergency. “Change for San Pedro” was created when a resident from island, Candice Garbutt, was trapped on the mainland […]
The mystery flight that landed in Belize several weeks ago, whose passenger was being investigated by PM Barrow, has been unraveled. After causing such a stir, it turns out, that the individual is a major tourism investor in San Pedro with an ongoing development project that has seen an infusion of twenty million U.S. dollars […]
The delegate representing Belmopan will be crowed as the new Queen of the Bay. The pageant took place on Saturday night; five young ladies competed in the seventy-fifth edition of the longest running pageant. Because of COVID-19, the show was held virtually in unchartered waters—there was no live audience, but all the same, it went […]
Two Guatemalans, who were picked up in the south earlier this week, were placed in a quarantine facility. Thirty-eight-year-old Junior Espinosa and forty-two-year-old Alfredo Colon were detained when they entered the country on two boats carrying contraband goods. Police Officers in Independence Village were tipped off about the vessels and lay waited their arrival at […]
With the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the north, will the Orange Walk and Corozal districts face a lockdown in the days ahead? That notion is frowned upon by government which is now taking its cue from the World Health Organization. Recently, the W.H.O. disapproved of the idea of a total lockdown because of […]
In San Pedro, meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases is at a plateau and all indications are that the state of emergency on the island town will be lifted on September fourth. PM Barrow says that based on the latest numbers the infection rate has stabilized. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I don’t see that. […]
An elderly man is dead after he was stung to death by bees. Seventy-four-year-old Roy Martinez, a bulldozer operator, was working in the Chiquibul area when he was attacked by bees. According Laura Martinez, her husband tried to get away, but couldn’t. She says that the incident happened around three on Thursday afternoon, but he […]
You met him last week when he organized a four-man protest in front of the San Pedro Town Council Office on Ambergris Caye clamouring for assistance from the mayor and the government on behalf of island residents who have been devastated by the effects of COVID-19. Well tonight, Oscar Iboy is back in the news; […]
