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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 […]
Written on September 14, 2020 | Posted in
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The COVID 19 pandemic has left thousands jobless, without income and in desperate need of assistance. Latest figures show that sixty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-three persons applied to benefit from phase two of the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Programme. The programme is for persons who have lost their jobs and have no money coming in […]
Written on September 14, 2020 | Posted in
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Former Prime Minister Said Musa had decided to step aside and resign from electoral politics. He has been recovering from a mild stroke. Musa made his announcement last week. P.U.P.’s Chairman Henry Charles Usher will take up the mantle for the P.U.P. in the Fort George Division which has been a stronghold for the party […]
Written on September 14, 2020 | Posted in
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Where is fifty-six-year-old Florita Harris? On Saturday, Emmett Usher reported to police that Harris was last seen on September ninth at the upper flat of this building on Levi Slusher Street in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City. According to Usher, he left for work around seven o’clock that morning and when he […]
Written on September 14, 2020 | Posted in
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The National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, has completed a preliminary assessment of damages incurred as a result of Tropical Storm Nana which made landfall as a weak Category One hurricane in southern Belize last Thursday. Cumulatively, a total of six million dollars was lost to the natural disaster which wreaked significant havoc in the agro […]
Written on September 11, 2020 | Posted in
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In the wake of the storm, government has since reached out to victims in need of humanitarian assistance, particularly in the Stann Creek District where several villages, including Silk Grass, Hopkins and Sittee River, were most affected. Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro, NEMO Minister “As for the humanitarian assistance, we’re looking at that has […]
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A woman remains hospitalized tonight after she was caught in a house fire on Thursday night. The fire erupted at the residence of Kendrick Nunez on Unity Street in Belize City. He was away at work and his common-law-wife was asleep when the fire began inside the bedroom. Everything inside the house was destroyed. Nunez, […]
Written on September 11, 2020 | Posted in
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The Immigration Department has been gifted with seven flat-screen television sets by the International Migration Department. The TVs will be used to display infomercials vital in the migration processes. The donation was made on Wednesday and the sets will be placed at entry points across the country. According to the I.O.M., the infomercials are targeted […]
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Another video in circulation today shows a trio of officers restraining a civilian at the San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi Terminal earlier today over the proper use of his face mask. According to the individual, he was conversing with a woman who could not hear clearly what he was saying to her, therefore he […]
Written on September 9, 2020 | Posted in
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September tenth marks the World Suicide Prevention Day. To observe the day, the Ministry of Health will hold a “Light a Candle” event to raise awareness of suicide and suicide prevention. Those wishing to participate are asked to light a candle near a window at eight p.m. as a symbol of support for suicide prevention […]
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Ministerial son, Jumoke Castro, has been released from government services. The Public Service Commission had been deliberating for some time, the matter of Castro. Earlier this year in January, Jumoke posted ugly threats against the wife of Pastor Wade from Plus T.V. The post did not find favour in the public domain and Jumoke was […]
Written on September 8, 2020 | Posted in
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Still on COVID 19; a Belize City family was detained on Friday and sent to quarantine in San Ignacio. Pashwan Stuart says that she along with a few family members were at home on Aloe Vera Street getting ready to celebrate her sister’s twenty-eighth birthday when her brother showed up. The problem here is that […]
Written on September 7, 2020 | Posted in
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A man of Duck Run Two has filed a report that he was brutalized by cops at the Roaring Creek Police Station. Dennis Molina, a construction worker, alleges that he was beaten inside a cell block while he was detained at the station over a week ago. Today A.C.P. Joseph Myvett told the press that […]
Written on September 7, 2020 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on September 4, 2020 | Posted in
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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 […]
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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 […]
Written on September 4, 2020 | Posted in
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The Banana Growers Association continues to carry out assessment of the damages caused by Hurricane Nana. The damages are expected to be in the millions, but a specific amount will be known sometime next week. Hardest hit were banana farms in the Stann Creek District. Today, the P.U.P. expressed solidarity with those who did suffer […]
Written on September 4, 2020 | Posted in
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A number of business places have had to undertake sanitization when staff have tested positive to the corona virus. Other establishments have carried out the exercise to mitigate risks. This week, the Works Department of City Hall had to be disinfected because there was exposure to COVID-19. Hydrogen peroxide, a powerful and disinfectant, is the […]
Written on September 4, 2020 | Posted in
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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 […]
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With the restriction of movement now being lifted, how will the police department be able to enforce other restrictions that fall under the present state of emergency? The attorney general says that the department will now go into overdrive to ensure that social gatherings remain under ten persons and that quality of life offences will […]
Written on September 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Minister Edmond Castro put on his other hat as Minister of Transport. He spoke on the issues of sanitization and crowding at bus terminals and on buses. Edmond Castro, Minister of Transport “We have passed the information that every bus operator must carry the disinfectant and sanitization mechanism for people to wash their hands; […]
Written on September 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The rain and winds of Hurricane Nana were felt from the central to the south of the country. By the time it made landfall near Hopkins, it had weakened so that this morning, Belizeans had a lot to be thankful for, though the banana industry took a beating. In the following report, News Five’s Hipolito […]
Written on September 3, 2020 | Posted in
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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. […]
Written on September 3, 2020 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on September 3, 2020 | Posted in
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There are several confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Dangriga so the Russell “Chiste” Garcia Sporting Complex is being used to facilitate patients. Due to the protocols of the pandemic, social distancing has to be adhered to and so is the wearing of masks. Doctor Nunez told News Five that other facilities will be used as […]
Written on September 2, 2020 | Posted in
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