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There were three fatal shootings over the course of four days last week, two of which have been recorded as murders. The most recent occurred on the night of April second in southern Belize in the Indianville community of Punta Gorda. News Five has confirmed that two persons have been detained for questioning in the […]
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In the murder of Haitian national Raymond Cherestal, the motive seems to be robbery. Commissioner Williams says that an ongoing investigation has not led to any arrests. The former cab driver was found murdered on the doorsteps of his Ladyville residence on the morning of April second. Cherestal was shot to the head. Chester […]
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Commissioner Chester Williams also gave an update on the shooting death of Rafael Sansores in Corozal. The Chula Vista resident was with friends at a house he frequented in the White Cocal area of that northern town when a pellet gun they were playing with discharged. Sansores was hit to the chest and died hours […]
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At one-twenty-five this morning, a fourth case of COVID-19 was confirmed following a battery of tests of twenty-five persons. The announcement was made before nine o’clock this morning to the nation by the Director of Health Services. The fifty-five-year-old man is from San Ignacio and commuted to the city as an employee of City Hall. […]
Written on April 3, 2020 | Posted in
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At least twenty persons have been included so far in the mapping exercise relating to the fourth person carrying the virus; this includes his immediate family members and those individuals he came in contact with at work in Belize City. The west has been devastated by the news. San Ignacio Mayor Earl Trapp says the […]
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The month-long state of emergency is on its second day and includes a restriction on all out-district travel. With Easter vacation only a week away, plans to visit other parts of the country have since been dashed. With the fourth confirmed case of coronavirus not being classified as an imported instance, stricter measures are being […]
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The National Oversight Committee, a multi-agency taskforce chaired by Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Opposition Leader John Briceño, has together agreed that all frontier points and ports of entry must be closed to Belizeans seeking to return to the country. It’s the latest directive given to the respective border agencies and, according to PM Barrow, […]
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This afternoon, the Director of Health Services provided more details to the fourth case of the corona virus. Mapping started soon after the results were known involving the San Ignacio area as well as in Belize City where the patient works. Health personnel, who treated patient four at a private facility and then at the […]
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One hundred and forty persons have been tested from all over the country for the corona virus. Four are positive: two in san Pedro, one in Belize City and now San Ignacio. It means that the northern and southern parts of the country so are so far without cases. The breakdown shows that fifty percent […]
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Thousands have been left jobless in the tourism industry, as well as other sectors, as business comes to a halt. So, in Belize City and the districts, the unemployed persons lined up to collect the promised relief. The programme is called the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief, which will provide one hundred and fifty dollars per family […]
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As you heard, today many unemployed Belizeans applied for the COVID-19 unemployment relief from the government. We spoke with General Manager of Corporate and Customer Relations, Chandra Cansino about this first day of applications. She says that the S.S.B.’s records show that approximately seven thousand hard copy forms were distributed at their branch offices across […]
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The state of emergency came into effect on April first and by Thursday night, the streets of the City and around the country were virtually empty of people and there was very little vehicular traffic. Police was on the ground and by Friday morning, seventy-four persons had been arrested and charged as enforcement of the […]
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There was a murder on Thursday night in the Indianville community of Punta Gorda. Sometime around seven p.m., PG police were called out to the area where they found twenty-seven-year-old Ismael Jacobs motionless with multiple gunshot wounds. Jacobs was lying face down in a pool of blood inside the living room of his home. The […]
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As you know, during the Ask the Experts webcast the panelists field questions from the public. Two of the frequently asked questions today were about the use of masks and the availability of ventilators. The literature on the use of mask has been changing constantly and some organizations have still not fully endorsed the wide […]
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The economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis is widespread and across the country municipal administrations are feeling the financial crunch. Of the four hundred and twenty employees on staff at the Belize City Council, all of them retain their current posts. The gravity of the existing situation, however, has forced City Hall to reduce its […]
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Every sector is grappling with the impacts of COVID-19; municipalities are no exception. In Orange Walk, Mayor Kevin Bernard says the town council is adjusting to survive the months ahead as collection of taxes drop and subventions from government are up in the air. Economic activity has ceased, but we found one business in the […]
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Orange Walk Mayor Kevin Bernard is pleading to Prime Minister Dean Barrow to afford city and town councils across the district financial relief. Most councils have closed down and only providing services of garbage disposal or market vending. Bernard says that the council’s revenue streams are merely trickling, leaving the council on a financial cliff. […]
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The tourism industry has shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now domestic tourism is also on hold for the upcoming Easter holidays. It is forecasted that the industry is in for a very long ride. The livelihood of the residents of San Pedro and Caye Caulker has been upended so the two cayes […]
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Earlier in the month, Sagicor Financial Company Limited announced that is committing one million U.S. dollars to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in the Caribbean. The focus will be placed on enhancing early detection and providing equipment for the immediate care of those already infected. In Belize, Country Representative Karen Longsworth-Godfrey handed over a […]
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We start tonight’s newscast, with the following matter. At eight o’clock tonight, enforcement of the national shutdown begins in earnest. In the past days, we have been trying our best to adjust to the new normal and to continue to bring you our award-winning newscasts, as well as our daily Open Your Eyes show on […]
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As the one-month national curfew goes into effect at eight o’clock tonight, the good news is that there are no new addition cases of COVID-19. The most recent samples carried out by the Ministry of Health, show that the number of cases remains at three, though the next ten days are critical. All three infected […]
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Attorney General and Minister of National Security, Michael Peyrefitte was the featured guest on the Ask the Expert webcast today. The hour-long programme was to talk about the regulations included in the S.I. and how it will work for Belize as we entered a state of emergency as of midnight on Wednesday. As you know […]
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As the situation evolves, Minister Michael Peyrefitte also noted that there are changes to the Statutory Instrument made by the National Oversight Committee. He explained the sections of two of the primary changes and what the public can expect to come from those revisions initially shared with the public on Wednesday. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney […]
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The nightly Boledo and Sunday Lottery Draw are staples in Belizean culture, but along with the thirty-day national state of emergency comes a suspension of all those games of chance which is administered by the Belize Gaming Company whose contract had been recently extended. On Wednesday, it was said that the game would continue but […]
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Essential services include national security. border management and immigration, customs, cabinet and national assembly members, medical and auxiliary services, vet services, ambulance services, public utility workers, private security services, social workers for emergencies, sanitation workers, productive sector, agricultural workers and media workers. So, what are some of the types of establishments permitted to conduct business […]
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