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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 […]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on August 28, 2020 | Posted in
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On Thursday we told you about the lifting of the lockdown in Guinea Grass, Ship Yard and Santa Martha. As you know, police officers were critical in helping to maintain that lockdown – with checkpoints set up at the entrance and exit to the villages, as well as carrying out other policing duties in the […]
Written on August 28, 2020 | Posted in
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It wouldn’t be election season without tensions between opposing political candidates. As you know, campaigns are in high gear and transfer close on Monday so political candidates are rushing to get residents registered to vote in the upcoming election. Well, there is some tension brewing in the Mesopotamia Division. The issues appear to be between […]
Written on August 28, 2020 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on August 28, 2020 | Posted in
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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. […]
Written on August 28, 2020 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on August 28, 2020 | Posted in
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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; […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The transfer of voters closes at the end of this month which means there is a rush at Elections and Boundaries offices to get voters in the rolls to be able to vote in the upcoming general elections due in November. In Corozal Town, long lines of voters queued at the offices of the elections […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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With a deep drop in tourism arrivals due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the local airline industry has been devastated. According to the latest figures from the Statistical Industry of Belize, the pandemic interrupted land, sea and air transportation registering a twenty-eight point eight percent decline when compared to the same period in 2019. For now, […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The economy contracted as much as twenty-three percent between April and June due to COVID-19. Most sectors felt the devastating effects of the pandemic rending thousands of Belizeans jobless. Today, the government said that the Unemployment Relief has run into trouble since inaccurate information has been provided to the banks by the applicants and money […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Speaker of the House, Laura Tucker-Longsworth chaired a virtual meeting today for the Inter-parliamentary Committee on Education and Health of the Forum of Presidents and Presidents of the Legislative Powers of Central America, the Caribbean Basin and Mexico, also known as FOPREL. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a regional prevention and response agenda […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The FOPREL meeting is to define strategic actions to ensure that educational systems are strengthened to guarantee safe and inclusive access for all students. So, as a part of the knowledge exchange session, each member country spoke about their experiences navigating education during the pandemic. Minister of Education Patrick Faber represented Belize in FOPREL’s virtual […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The traditional Queen of the Bay Pageant, held annually in August as part of the national celebrations, is on and running for its seventy-fifth year. Having reached that milestone, organizers say the show must go on and have planned a virtual event for this coming Saturday at five-thirty in the evening. The format of the […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Back to the eleventh death. That victim is fifty-year-old Teresita ‘Tely’ Cruz of San Felipe. We reported on Cruz’s case on Tuesday – and as we shared from our interview with her son – Cruz was swabbed after she died. The housewife and mother of five experienced some fever and shortness of breath last week […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Two suspected COVID-19 patients from San Pedro were rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital late this evening. According to a colleague on the ground in San Pedro, two elderly persons were experiencing respiratory complications and needed to be emergency lifted from the island and taken to the national referral hospital. In these images captured […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party launched its health plan this morning and we will come to that later in the newscast. This morning, the virtual event included experts in the sector discussing various elements of its blueprint. But the elephant in the room was the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, there are a myriad of complaints on the […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A new Statutory Instrument has come into effect which sees a relaxation of the states of emergency in several communities within the Orange Walk and Corozal districts. With the new SI, however, are other regulations which come with stiffer penalties for offenses such as bribery and extortion. In the villages of Santa Marta, Guinea Grass […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The COVID-19 situation remains fluid and the National Oversight Committee has had to remain on the ball on an hourly basis. That’s according to AG Peyrefitte who sits on the N.O.C. He says that monitoring the increase takes place on the hour. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General “We analyze them on a daily basis and […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As the coronavirus pandemic batters the health system, the People’s United Party this morning rolled out a health plan that it says will make healthcare efficient, affordable and accessible to all. The plans seeks to first and foremost roll out the national health insurance programme across the country , the upgrade of the K.H.M.H. and […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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While the P.U.P.’s health plan is broad, covering ten primary areas; how would it tackle COVID-19? The party plans on investing in technology and human capital by building epidemiological and laboratory capacities and improving the supply chain management to respond to the country’s needs during health security threats. Public Health Specialist, Doctor Daisy Garcia says […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Prime Minister in waiting, John Briceño says that when the P.U.P. assumes control of the government, the COVID-19 plans take effect immediately to ensure that there are ample medical supplies and equipment to respond adequately to the pandemic. This includes working with the Government of Taiwan for best practices to overcome COVID-19. John Briceño, […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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John Briceño says that the P.U.P. recognises the need to address mental health challenges across the country. Technology must be used to develop professional virtual mental wellness services in partnership with advocacy groups, N.G.O.s and schools. But Briceño says that investment must also be made in the health facilities in the Punta Gorda and Belmopan […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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One year in prison for bribing an officer to give you a break for not wearing your mask is also the same jail time officers will receive should they coerce you into paying them if you’re found without the face covering. That part of the latest Statutory Instrument comes on the heels of an incident […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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While we had the AG, we asked if the two-week curfew period is sufficient for the mounting COVID-19 infections to be brought under control given the ever increasing report of new cases. While the National Oversight Committee awaits reports from the Director of Health Services, the Barrow administration is prepared to return to parliament for […]
Written on August 26, 2020 | Posted in
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