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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. […]
Written on September 2, 2020 | Posted in
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As Tropical Storm Nana makes it way towards Belize, Belizeans across the country are preparing. While the exposed area is Belize City and southwards, NEMO has activate its district blanches. In Orange Walk shelters are opened for families who may be affected by flooding. Mayor Kevin Bernard sits on the NEMO Committee in Orange Walk […]
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At four p.m. today, ten shelters were opened in Belize City for residents who have decided to leave their homes to weather the storm at these identified safe structures. The shelters are Saint Martin De Porres and Saint Luke Methodist Primary Schools in the Saint Martin’s area, Unity Presbyterian Primary School on Antelope Street Extension; […]
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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 […]
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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; […]
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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 […]
Written on September 1, 2020 | Posted in
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The state of emergency has been lifted for Ambergris Caye; it was to expire this Friday, but the weeks of lockdown has severely impacted life in San Pedro where everything came to a standstill. The number of COVID-19 cases ballooned in July, but those numbers have been brought under control. So within hours of the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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In Orange Walk today both major political parties were in court battling over newly registered voters and transferees. The People’s United Party for both the East and Central constituencies was challenging several applications of transfers and new registrations. The P.U.P. says that these U.D.P. supporters do not reside at the address given to the Elections […]
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The Belize Zoo has over two hundred resident animals – and they each require special care and that includes a balanced diet. Some of the animals are big meat eaters, while others require a heavy plant-based diet – whatever it is that they eat – to feed all two hundred is a costly undertaking for […]
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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 […]
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It was the last day for voter transfers before the next general elections so today; there was a frenzy of activities across the country to get voters registered in new divisions. There are many voters who legitimately have changed addresses to new constituencies, but there are many others who have been enticed and then facilitated […]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in
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Still on the issue of transfers, cases of suspect transfer of voters are challenged in court by opposing political representatives. The problem lies with verification of addresses; this is to be carried out by the Elections and Boundaries Department but when resources are thin, so many fraudulent transfers slip through the cracks. In the following […]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister’s son and U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for Mesopotamia, Shyne Barrow appears to have let the cat out of the bag. In a video recording, Shyne is heard saying that November fourth is the date for the general elections, getting ahead of any official announcement by the Prime Minister. Now, the last general election […]
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Shyne Barrow has been in a privileged position and may know more than the U.D.P. ministers because today we asked Minister Elodio Aragon Junior about the specific date for general elections. He says that he is not one to follow gossip. Hipolito Novelo “Sir has the U.D.P. discussed that elections will be on November […]
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And while Elodio Aragon Junior is not listening to the noises to the noises in the market, Orson OJ Elrington says that November fourth is a convenient date. Elrington will go up against four-time area Representative, Francis Fonseca, in the Freetown Division. He says that while it is understood that elections will take place in […]
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Here in Belize City, the machineries of the two major political parties made a last big push to get voters on the list for the general elections due in November. While registration continues, today marked the end of the transfer period so lines snaked at the Elections and Boundaries offices. Here is News Five Isani […]
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Comments Off on Last Call for Voter Transfers, Thousands Line Up Across the Country
Earlier we told you about voters transfer in Orange Walk and Belize City. The situation in Belmopan is no different. As you know, three candidates are making their bid for that seat; independent candidate Anna Banner Guy, P.U.P. standard bearer Oscar Mira and the incumbent U.D.P. area rep John Saldivar. Between July and up to […]
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Up to July tenth, eight thousand and forty voters are registered for the Belmopan division; about four hundred registrations that have been challenged and are before the courts. And at the pace of registration, come general elections, the constituency could swell to about eight thousand five hundred voters making it one of the biggest constituencies […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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As you heard earlier in the newscast, November fourth is touted as the date for the general elections. So there is no postponement or deferral of the upcoming general elections, despite an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country which has now topped one thousand and expected to continue to climb. So […]
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