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The rash of new COVID-19 cases has resulted in nightclubs and other establishments being shuttered once again and deejays, as well as other entertainers, are presently out of a job. So do they qualify for financial assistance under phase two of government’s unemployment relief programme? Much like event planners, there is room for creatives to […]
Written on August 11, 2020 | Posted in
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While many are in the unemployment line, COVID-19 has also forced others to innovate, particularly for small businesses, including barbershops and salons where proprietors have branched out into selling other products. The sale of face masks, for example, has seen an increase in demand for use as a fashion statement, aside from their practical use […]
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The largest number of positive cases is in San Pedro due to a community spread. According to the Ministry of Health, the actual source of the current infections is unclear, but the ministry states that a number of cases are linked to the first cluster. The second cluster is related to Living Word Church in […]
Written on August 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Last week, the Director of Health Services discarded reports that a fishing tournament in San Pedro was a super spreader event for the virus. But the Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Manuel Heredia Junior over the weekend spoke to Reef Radio on another matter weighing on the minds of many since the COVID-19 outbreak […]
Written on August 10, 2020 | Posted in
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So, as you heard at the top of the news, five police officers attached to the San Pedro Police have tested positive for the COVID-19; but several others are also out of work, in isolation, after they started to experience flu-like symptoms. Superintendent Christopher Noble told the press today that they are checking on those […]
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In the south, residents of San Marco Village are tonight upset and taking matters into their hands. Dozens of families have started to occupy lands along the Southern Highway, just outside of Punta Gorda. The residents say that they are tired of politicians sending surveyors to their community to survey the land for distribution. They […]
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Villagers say that they will no longer tolerate neglect and call on the powers that be to give them what they say rightfully belongs to them. Resident, San Marcus Village “We won’t make other people from far come and take what is for us. This is for us. We are young people. We are […]
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The lockdown of the villages of Santa Martha, Shipyard, and Guinea Grass along with Ambergris Caye came into effect today. That is after the Ministry of Health confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in these communities with confirmation of a community spread in Santa Martha Village. Residents of these communities are under strict quarantine for fourteen days […]
Written on August 7, 2020 | Posted in
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While those three areas remain under strict quarantine, a State of Emergency has been announced for the rest of the country. As announced by Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Thursday, a curfew is now in place and several establishments are not allowed to open. The Attorney General explains. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General “So tomorrow […]
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According to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte the fullest extent of the law will be brought down on any and everybody who flaunts the law. He says that law enforcement officers have been directed to be aggressive with individuals who do not comply with the law. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General “I am trying to contain […]
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Three senior police officers were placed on administrative leave following the chaos at the Port of Belize compound on July twenty-fourth. Eastern Division Commander and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Alden Dawson; Region One Commander, Senior Superintendent Daniel Dawson and Commander of the Gang Suppression Unit, Assistant Superintendent Edlin Lorenzo were placed on leave immediately for […]
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In June, the C.E.O. in National Security told News Five that government had sold four aircrafts for a million dollars. The money was most welcome given the financial crunch and the ministry was happy to get the planes off their hands. The aircrafts were confiscated at clandestine airstrips during drug busts. As it turns out […]
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On Thursday, the Police Department, in its bi-annual COMSTAT meeting held in Belmopan reviewed the crime statistics for the first half of 2020. As we reported, major crimes decreased by twenty-two point seven percent with murders down by twenty-four point one percent; that’s fifteen murders less in 2020, when compared to the same period last […]
Written on August 7, 2020 | Posted in
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COVID-19 cases continue on the rise which means that if more community transmission is confirmed, the possibility of a countrywide lockdown is likely. While it is a decision that the Prime Minister is not hasty to make, it is one that could be very well made in the coming days. The P.G.I.A. remains closed indefinitely […]
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Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero announced today that several frontline workers have been infected with COVID-19. Three police officers, two nurses and three doctors are confirmed to have been affected by the deadly coronavirus. When the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Belize months ago, Minister of Finance and Prime Minister, Dean […]
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As part of COVID-19 measures to contain the virus; C.E.O. George Lovell also spoke about a centralized quarantine facility. He says that this will assist in containing border jumpers. Lovell says that Cabinet has given the go-ahead for a facility to be identified where all border jumpers will be housed. The thinking is that consolidating […]
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While government is looking at have one facility for border jumpers for better control, it will also be relying on a devise to track tourists whenever they arrive. The nine-one-one enforcer is a tracking device that will be used to monitor the movement of visitors. The device is not only water and shockproof but it […]
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Five years ago, in August 2015, the Government of Belize and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) signed a loan agreement for the Belize Integral Security Programme. The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to improving the quality of life of Belizeans and to support regional efforts that seek to combat crime. […]
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The U.S. Embassy handed over half-a-million Belize dollars for the implementation of a COVID-19 awareness and prevention plan. UNICEF Belize is the local implementing partner and the work will target vulnerable communities, primarily children and youths. The monies were handed over at a ceremony in Belmopan on Thursday. Here’s the story. Andrea Polanco, Reporting […]
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Strident measures are being imposed across the country due to an exploding number of cases of corona virus. There are more than fifty active cases as of now. First, we can say that there is community transmission in San Pedro which is now under lockdown as are three villages in the Orange Walk District for […]
Written on August 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Now in the case of San Pedro, hundreds have been leaving the island. Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced today that Ambergris Caye, where there is community spread and two COVID-19 clusters, will go under total lockdown. So for the second time, Belize’s top tourist destination will be cut off from the rest of the country. […]
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Turning to Orange Walk….the villages of Santa Martha, Shipyard and Guinea Grass will also go into lockdown at midnight. Santa Martha is of particular concern because a cluster has been identified there. Cases have also been detected in Shipyard and Guinea Grass, so those two communities go under lockdown as well. The rest of the […]
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Contact tracing for the positive case in Belmopan begins; that person is linked to the Santa Martha case in the north. The mapping exercise continues for the clusters in San Pedro and elsewhere. In his presentation today, Doctor Manzanero stressed that non-essential travel across the country must be avoided to contain any spread of the […]
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Border jumpers are giving rise to an increase in the number of cases especially so in bordering communities. Government will also be going to the House to amend legislation to curb the contraband hustle. The full force of the law will come down on anyone caught with contraband goods; these persons will be charged as […]
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Border jumpers and contraband go together; the illegal activity continues to flourish in border communities in the north where there is an insatiable appetite for Mexican goods, with beer at the top of the list. But the practice has resulted in the increase of cases of the coronavirus and the limited number of law enforcement […]
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