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But the convention will have to wait since, according to Faber, during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, it was decided that the leadership convention be postponed indefinitely as the country deals with the COVID-19 threat. Faber welcomes the postponement of the convention since he says he can focus on preparing his division to take preventative […]
Written on March 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Late this evening, the Ministry of National Security held a press conference about the investigation into the fatal helicopter incident. The press was informed that the reports, one from Belize Civil Aviation Department and one from BELL, the manufacturers of the UH1H helicopter, have been completed. The report wasn’t shared at the briefing; instead, it […]
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Before the press conference, the ministry met with the families of the deceased B.D.F. soldiers. Following that meeting, attorney for Mendez, Choco and Baizar families, Audrey Matura, spoke with reporters to share some of the takeaways from the Honduran report. Audrey Matura, Attorney “The key things are that we were looking at is still […]
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Attorney Audrey Matura also shared more information on the matter of compensation. She says that the Minister of National Security has made a commitment to pay each of the affected families an ex-gratia payment of one hundred thousand dollars. Matura explains how that will work. Audrey Matura, Attorney “We had been asking for the family […]
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Belize’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism so that the looming COVID-19 is presenting major shocks to the industry. The Philip Goldson International Airport remains open, but the number of flights and passengers are dwindling. Hotel cancellations are fast and furious and cruise ships are not calling on port. Businesses all over are scaling down […]
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Health officials have warned that it is not a matter of if; it is a matter of when the novel coronavirus gets here. The government has introduced some preventative and containment measures for the country. While Belize remains one of three countries in the region where there are no confirmed cases, some one hundred and […]
Written on March 18, 2020 | Posted in
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The novel coronavirus is particularly deadly to the older population, many whose health conditions are worsened by pre-existing conditions. HelpAge Belize manages two institutions with a concentration of folks who are most at-risk of the virus. So how are they preparing the elderly for COVID-19? News Five’s Hipolito Novelo has the following report. Hipolito […]
Written on March 18, 2020 | Posted in
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There is a lot of information available on the internet on COVID-19. In the following story, we walk you through the steps to help you minimize risks. Now, soap and water are your best defenses against viruses, but hand sanitizer is a good substitute. Washing with soap and water is a key public practice that […]
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In the face of an imminent threat from the coronavirus, a crime wave is sweeping across the city. There is word tonight that B.D.F. soldiers will be deployed to the streets of the Old Capital to stem the violence. The past forty-eight hours have been one of the deadliest; seven persons have been murdered, including […]
Written on March 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The lives of two innocent children were taken following separate shooting incidents on Sunday night and Tuesday morning. As the city reeled from the crime wave since Sunday, the nation woke up this morning to the shocking and painful news of the murder of five-year-old Kia Herbert. The child was murdered as she slept with […]
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Among the seven persons to be senselessly killed in the past forty-eight hours, is another infant, four-year-old Dominic Rhamdas. The young child was at home when his mother Shakira White and her boyfriend Philip Leslie were both murdered on Sunday night. A crazed gunman unleashed as many as twenty shots on Leslie; Shakira took seventeen […]
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Before Kia Herbert, was gunned down in her house, a father of one was shot and killed in Belize City. Collet Morter was hanging out with friends when the killer reportedly approached the house and called him out. Morter went to the door to check who it was, but before he stepped outside, he was […]
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Aside from the seven murders, nine persons have been injured in shootings in the violence that ash erupted in the past two days. On Jane Usher Boulevard this morning around nine o’clock, two persons, including an elderly man, were injured in gun violence. A group of men were targeted as they stood near a residence […]
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There was another shooting earlier in the morning. Several shots were fired at a house on the south side of Belize City, fortunately no one was injured. Police were called out to Antelope Street Extension around one a.m. where forty-two-year-old security guard Brian Smith reported to police that he, his wife and two children were […]
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In less than forty-eight hours, gun violence has claimed the lives of as many as seven persons, including two children ages four and five. Nine others, including an elderly man and a two-year-old girl, were also injured in the rash of senseless violence that started around eight p.m. on Sunday and continued up to this […]
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Kareem Musa says that like COVID-19, there needs to be a bipartisan approach to solving the crime spree that has the city under siege. The inequality in the system, the lack of access to education, land and jobs are among the root causes of crime, which Musa says must be addressed in an effort to […]
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Gun and firearms are known to be illegally pouring from across the borders and smuggled into the country in many ways, all contributing to the mad state of affairs on the streets. While that problem also needs urgent attention, Musa says that the possible implementation of a curfew given the spike in crime should be […]
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The bloodbath in the streets, including the murder of young children, is prompting condemnation. Earlier today, the National Committee for Families and Children in collaboration with the Office of the Special Envoy and the Ministry of Human Development as well as the National Women’s Commission issued a joint release, alarmed at the increase in the […]
Written on March 17, 2020 | Posted in
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A demonstration that was scheduled to take place today in front of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital was canceled. The demonstration was planned by the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Workers Union, but its plan crumbled when the union was denied a permit to demonstrate by the Belize Police Department. The union was contemplating action because […]
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The union has decided to petition the staff if they want the isolation unit at the K.H.M.H. When we spoke to its leaders, two hundred and fifty signatures were collected against having the isolation unit inside the hospital. That petition, according to President Lidia Alpuche-Blake will be sent to the COVID-19 National Oversight Committee for determination. […]
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The United Democratic Party is gearing up for yet another clash of the titans as it goes into a second contested convention to choose a new leader. It promises to be a repeat of the February ninth showdown, during which former Deputy Party Leader Patrick Faber faced Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar and suffered a […]
Written on March 17, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the Ministry of Health held a sensitization webcast session on COVID-19. The session, as we’ve reported, is for the public to ask questions directly to health officials in an effort to raise awareness of local efforts and stamp out myths and rumours. In today’s video cast, Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero reported […]
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There are no confirmed cases of the virus in Belize, so should you go ahead and make travel plans? Not so fast, says the Director of Health Services. Doctor Marvin Manzanero is asking Belizeans not to make any plans for this Easter holiday. He also spoke on the issue of gatherings for religious services. Doctor […]
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Belize remains coronavirus free tonight and measures are being put in place to strengthen the health system as the virus threat hovers over the country. Government has already banned events of more than one hundred persons to minimize the risks of the virus, including the closure of schools up until the Easter Holidays. Today, News […]
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The Director of Health Services also shared some updates about the opening of new screening points across the country. While there are concerns about the availability of space should there be an outbreak of COVID-19, Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that the ministry is making preparations for all of those. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of […]
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