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Government is moving to limit spending and contain expenditures in the public service by imposing a freeze on a number of measures due to the expected economic upheaval relating to COVID-19. A memorandum was issued today by the Financial Secretary directing the relevant authorities to take heed. Now, figures in the PM’s budget speech to […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Public Service Union of Belize is calling on government to close all non-essential government offices across the country. Some ministries and departments have decided to close doors due to while others remain open. The P.S.U. is saying “amid this growing health and economic crisis, coupled with a depleted and unsafe transport system, the Union calls […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Twenty-five-year-old Erika Vargas, a resident of Orange Walk Town, is the first person on record to be charged with spreading false news. The arraignment follows a stern warning from Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte on Wednesday in respect of the dissemination of false information regarding COVID-19. In a social media post on her Facebook account on […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As we told you, residents of San Pedro Town tonight remain on lockdown. When we checked in today, the streets remain without traffic and Belize’s top tourist destination has become a ghost town. Due to the state of emergency businesses have closed down and social distancing is very much encouraged. Grocery stores are allowed to […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Another concern emerging from San Pedro Town is that landlords are kicking tenants out who can ill afford rents. These tenants are mostly non-residents of the island who are there for work. But due to the state of emergency and COVID-19, they have become jobless and now fear they may also become homeless. Our newsroom […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Schools across the country have closed due to COVID-19 as a way to enforce social distancing among the young. It means that thousands of children are now at home and have to adapt to home-based learning. Parents are finding ways to keep the children engaged and learning during school hours, while teachers are creating new […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A main concern in the population is over food security so thousands are stock piling food item. A committee called the COVID-19 Food Supply Monitoring Committee met on Tuesday to discuss the country’s food stock and mitigation efforts that are to be put in place to ensure that Belizeans have food on their table in […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier this week transport authorities met with the Belize Bus Association and other bus officials to discuss the movement of persons across the country. Several large operators closed off their operations while others scaled back on their runs because of COVID-19 concerns. That meeting saw the introduction of new measures in response to the interruption […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In San Pedro and Belize City, residents have generally been staying home and activities on the streets have slowed down as a result of the measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Today, we checked in at the situation in the west. Local officials in San Ignacio/Santa Elena have met to discuss their contingency […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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We also spoke with Mayor Earl Trapp and Western Regional Commander Senior Superintendent Linden Flowers. They both outlined areas that they are working to enforce and manage to keep things flowing smoothly in the towns of Santa Elena and San Ignacio. Earl Trapp, Mayor, San Ignacio/Santa Elena “For now what we are trying to […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Statistical Institute of Belize has released its most recent figures as it relates to the Consumer Price Index and External Trade Bulletin. Last month, consumer prices increased slightly, as the cost of airfare, school fees and home rentals went up by zero point four percent. Conversely, food and LPG prices were down. When compared […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The world class Cuban health system is contributing across the world in the fight against the novel coronavirus. Belize and Antigua and Barbuda are the two most recent countries to receive health personnel from the island country. A second team of Cuban doctors is expected in the country to assist in the containment of the […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In other news, an Orange Walk man was found dead in a pond. Police say that no injuries were observed on the body and it is suspected that Nolasco Gonzalez, a resident of Santa Martha Village, drowned. A post-mortem is scheduled to take place to determine the cause of death. Senior Superintendent of Police Hilberto […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Police are looking for four men who committed a robbery and shooting in Bella Vista Village earlier this week. On Monday, the assailants held up a security guard and robbed him of his cell phone and some money. The robbers then lured out another man from the southern village and when he tried to escape […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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An argument between in-laws has left one person hospitalized and another facing an attempted murder charge. Police say that during the early hours of Tuesday morning, a family was socializing at a house in Belize City when they got into a dispute and one man pulled out a knife and stabbed another multiple times. […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Police say they still haven’t been able to determine who was driving the mini-SUV that was involved in the fatal crash on Tuesday morning. Forty-three-year-old Dorian Anthony was killed when a vehicle he was travelling in experienced a rear tire blowout and crashed into a parked trailer container at mile thirteen on the George Price […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Financial institutions stand ready to work with their respective customers during this time of economic catastrophe. The Central Bank of Belize, led by Governor Joy Grant, has been instrumental not only in securing funds for relief but also for working with commercial banks to lower their interest rates during this period. According to Grant, most […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Since the outbreak of COVID-19 worldwide, hand sanitizers and alcohol are virtually non-existent in stores and supermarkets. Washing your hands frequently with soap and water is one of the best ways to fight COVID-19 but if soap is not available, hand sanitizers are the second choice. To satisfy the local demand for hand sanitizers, Minister […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize Healthcare Partners Limited, a private facility, is taking a different approach to deal with an anticipated health crisis in the case of a COVID-19 outbreak. The hospital is functioning as normal, but it has also prepared to accept patients that may be affected by the virus and has converted a section of the facility […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Typically in March, Belize would celebrate Women’s Month with a plethora of activities that would celebrate women, as well as, bring to focus the issues specific to our gender. All those activities, though, have been shelved as the world now focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic. But, gender-based violence is still a genuine threat for many […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight there is a second case of the highly contagious corona virus. The second case is the mother of the thirty-eight year old resident of the San Pedrito area of San Pedro. The announcement was made today that within three days of the first case, there is now another person carrying the virus. The first […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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San Pedro remains under lockdown tonight as San Pedranos observe a state of emergency imposed since Monday following the announcement of the first case of the virus. Generally, the streets have been empty as residents stay at home and tourism activities have come to a grinding halt. Those who travel to the island to work […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Prior to this afternoon’s press conference, there had been persistent hearsay on social media that the prime minister would be bringing into effect a countrywide lockdown in attempting to mitigate the possible spread of coronavirus in Belize. At the start of that media briefing, PM Barrow made it clear to the nation that there will […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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According to PM Barrow, should a countrywide state of emergency become imminent, citizens must not panic. In the case of such eventuality, the prime minister says that the national taskforce, the second arm of government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, is already putting together a plan of action that will be implemented to ensure that […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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As the nation braces for a crisis provoked by the COVID 19, several measures were announced today at a press conference by the national Oversight Committee, to ease the pain on Belizeans and quell uncertainty caused by the threat of the spread of the virus. Financial expert Doctor Carla Barnett, one of two economic czars […]
Written on March 25, 2020 | Posted in
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