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Government is stepping up efforts to raise public funds to aid Belizeans, and while it is now looking at an initial one hundred and twenty-five million dollars in financial relief, co-chair of the National Oversight Committee, John Briceno, says it is still only a drop in the bucket. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Reports surfaced this morning that the Michael Finnegan Market was closing down. The information online suggested that vendors were all leaving at midday because the market would be shutting down. Well, the long and short of it is that the market is not being closed but many vendors are closing their stalls and going home. […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party postponed its national leadership convention amidst the COVID-19 situation that has been plaguing the world. The deadline for applications is set for March twenty-sixth and at the eleventh hour, two new applications were submitted. As you know, Patrick Faber and John Saldivar are back in the ring, along with Omar Figueroa. […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Darrell Bradley is currently the President of the Senate. He ran as the U.D.P. standard bearer for Caribbean Shores in 2015, but was defeated by the P.U.P.’s Kareem Musa. Bradley is not a standard-bearer and does not represent any constituency, but the U.D.P. constitution allows anyone from the National Assembly to be eligible for the […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Albert area representative Tracy Panton has come under fire from the People’s United Party after it came to their attention that relief being offered to constituents appeared to be blatant politicking. The P.U.P. says it is shameful propagandizing during a time of national crisis. Since Monday, Tracy Panton and her Albert Care Team have been […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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The issue of food security in a case of national emergency is paramount. While he alluded to the fact that government is doing everything in its means to ensure that there is sufficient food to go around, Prime Minister Barrow expanded on the matter when pressed about existing initiatives such as the Pantry and BOOST […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Last week, the Belize Tourism Board laid off a majority of its employees and provided them with compensation packages that should cover the next four months. But would they still be eligible to receive relief funds since they also qualify as unemployed stakeholders in the deflated tourism industry? Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The B.T.B. […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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San Pedro, Ambergris Caye remains on lockdown tonight. La Isla Bonita was placed on quarantine on Monday for seventy-two hours after a resident of the San Pedrito Area tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 disease. But what was Belize’s top tourist destination is now a dead zone as residents stay indoors and the streets are […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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To ensure that everything remains peaceful on Ambergris Caye, Superintendent Christopher Noble and his team are advising all resident to remain home. Noble is advising all businesses that alcohol must not be sold during these times. Supt. Christopher Noble, O.C., San Pedro “My idea was to shut down the island to not have people […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Amid the crushing economic impact of the coronavirus crisis many, including the opposition, are calling on government to have its majority-owned utility companies waive their respective bills for the next few months. In fact, that request resounds across several private sector and non-government organizations, given the magnitude of financial losses thus far. Belize Electricity Limited […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Despite the coronavirus emergency, B.E.L. says it continues to defray the monthly expenses of some three thousand senior citizens across the country. The representative of the company reiterated, however, that a plan has been put in place to work with customers who legitimately cannot meet their payments, to see how best they can arrive at […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Among the first to feel the implications of COVID-19 are the thousands of persons, primarily from the tourism industry, who have been sent home without pay or placed on holiday. It means that their source of income has dried up and there is uncertainty about the next pay check as businesses shutter down. It is […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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As you heard, Social Security will be amending its regulations to provide cover to persons who are left unemployed as a result of the novel coronavirus. Persons, who have been exposed and so certified by a doctor, will be covered under the sickness benefits of the scheme. The S.S.B. is also instituting practices to protect […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister sin expected to make official announcements on Wednesday, but another recommendation that S.S.B. Chair Doug Singh revealed during his appearance on Open Your Eyes this morning is that an advance payment will be made to pensioners, due the crisis. According to Singh, there is precedent for this when there have been natural […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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While the price of diesel dips, government is also calling for cut backs at ministries, including its majority-owned utilities to curtail their expenses during the COVID-19 crisis. Belize Electricity Limited, for its part, has suspended all major undertakings, a saving of approximately five million dollars. With the exception of the installation of the submarine cable […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The coronavirus crisis continues to have far-reaching financial consequences in all sectors of the economy, including the commercial free zone in Corozal. While most of the attention has been focused on the tourism industry, today business at the CFZ has ground to a complete halt and hundreds of workers employed by those businesses have been […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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There is some good news from the private sector and that is that commercial banks are offering packages to customers who are facing hard times ahead. The banks are extending financial assistance programmes to customers. The Belize Bank package includes a moratorium on loan instalments, reduced loan payments, free waiver or loan payments and other […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Due to the threat of COVID-19, the Immigration Department is suspending certain services beginning today. Applications for passports will be accepted only for emergency travel; otherwise all is on hold. Applications for nationality, permanent residences and visas are also suspended. In respect of visas, however, where these are required to obtain extensions in order for […]
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Like many businesses, restaurants are also feeling the effects of COVID-19 and will have to change their way of doing business. In the next twenty-four hours, restaurants will close their doors for in-house dining. Now that a first case of the virus has been established, take-out or delivery services will be offered to customers. We […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Quality Chicken is one of the main suppliers of chicken to the tourism industry and the population. Now, that the industry is at a standstill and people are losing their jobs, the company says it is stepping up to assist its faithful customers. Their store on North Front Street and branches all over the country, […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Online shopping to stock up for food items is a most convenient way at a time when the country is under threat of COVID-19 and social distancing is a priority. Today, News Five’s Duane Moody headed out to J and W Shopping Mart, which introduced its online services in December 2018. The company is experiencing […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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While measures are being tightened in San Pedro through a state of emergency, restricting travel, the Department of Transport is putting in place preventative measures that will help in containing the deadly COVID-19 disease. The Philip Goldson International Airport closed today with the last commercial flight, a United Airlines airplane, taking off. While that was […]
Written on March 23, 2020 | Posted in
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A man in Stann Creek is appealing to the public to stop the fake posts about persons allegedly infected with the novel coronavirus. Derrington Ramirez says that he and his family became targets of death threats over the weekend after persons began to share false information that his son tested positive for the virus. He […]
Written on March 23, 2020 | Posted in
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After the confirmation of Belize’s first COVID-19 case in Belize, transportation to and from San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye was discontinued. San Pedro has been placed on quarantine and residents there are asked to stay home. Both water taxi companies have temporarily stopped operations. Unfortunately for Caye Walk Village, the companies have also stopped transporting […]
Written on March 23, 2020 | Posted in
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False information has been spreading as fast as the virus elsewhere in the world and fact checking has become even more critical as is the reliance on official information. Today, a video in circulation on social media about cargo vessels caused panic. It was quickly rejected by the company mentioned and followed up by a […]
Written on March 20, 2020 | Posted in
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