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Today marks a record forty-six days since there are no new cases of coronavirus recorded in Belize and the prime minister took the occasion to address the nation on the way forward. But first, we’ll begin with news pertaining to international air travel and tourism. The Philip Goldson International Airport, despite a further relaxation of […]
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The Prime Minister also outlined that the re-opening of the P.G.I.A. hinges on rapid testing. All appeared to be in place, but on Thursday, the International Air Transport Association is now insisting on rapid testing that is to be administered by the airlines before boarding by passengers. The airlines fell in step, so for now, […]
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Belize’s land borders are also to remain closed indefinitely. PM Barrow pointed to a spike in coronavirus cases in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Those countries which abut Belize in the north, west, and south, respectively, have seen significant increases in reported cases of COVID-19 over the past week alone, forcing government to further postpone the […]
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On June first, a new round of relaxed measures will come into effect across the country, as Belize continues to remain free of new coronavirus cases. This morning, PM Barrow prefaced what can be expected during the weekend edition of Ask the Experts, where Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte is expected to elaborate on the eased […]
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June is graduation season for schools at all levels across the country. With the state of emergency still in effect until the end of the month, traditional commencement exercises will be abandoned due to strict social distancing guidelines, forcing school administrations to get creative with their graduation plans. A number of high schools are already […]
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The Prime Minister today announced a measure to assist the ailing tourism sector. The Development Finance Corporation has been tapped by government to assist with the financial recovery of the embattled industry where earnings have plunged by a hundred and sixty-four million Belize dollars between January and April due to the coronavirus. D.F.C. will be […]
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The price of fuel is creeping up again. Regular fuel will go by forty-six cents at midnight on Saturday to retail at eight dollars per gallon. This is the second time in a week that the price of regular is going up. On May twenty-third, it went up by thirty-six cents, which means that in […]
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A mentally ill resident from the village of Camalote was knocked down and killed on Thursday night. Roy Vansen was walking about a mile away from his house when he was hit by a police mobile driven by a cop. Vansen, who is a market assistant in Belmopan, perished on the spot. Here is News […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett also gave an update on the fatal road traffic accident on the Old Northern Highway that claimed the life of sixty-eight-year-old Rudolph Rodriguez over the extended weekend. The family had said that the driver of the vehicle didn’t stop to render assistance after hitting Rodriguez who was on his […]
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B.D.F. soldiers and police officers remain in the area where a narco jet landed on Thursday morning. The jet, believed to be carrying drugs, crashed landed on a farm off the Chunox/Sarteneja Road in Corozal. Authorities had received information before the plane departed from Venezuela; however, police presence at the original landing site forced the […]
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Tonight, we have official information on the cold-blooded, broad daylight execution of Oscar Vasquez. On May twenty-eighth, the busito driver left the Belmopan market area en route to Cotton Tree with thirteen passengers inside the van. But between miles forty-five and forty-six on the George Price Highway, he was signalled to stop by a man […]
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The question remains tonight whether a hit was carried out on Xinwu Zhu? Video footage shows the hair salon owner of Hopkins Street in the King’s Park area of Belize City outside his business after six o’clock on Wednesday evening. A fair-complexioned gunman rode up to the store – not to purchase anything, but to […]
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One man has been charged for the brutal murder of Abner Novelo. He is thirty-one-year-old Nimrod Sherman Catzim of Orange Walk Town. Police levied the charges today. Novelo was the caretaker of a farm located off the San Antonio Road in Orange Walk. He was found with chop and gunshot wounds. His right armed had […]
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As we reported on Thursday, police believe that they have cracked the case of the double murder of tour guide operator Quintin Espinosa and U.S. national Roland Burley, which occurred last Friday in Hopkins Village. Three men are in custody and a number of items stolen from the property have been recovered, and investigators are […]
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Guillermo Duarte, through assistance from attorney Hurl Hamilton, today secured bail from the Supreme Court in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars in the form of property papers. Duarte is charged with the murder of sixty-three-year-old Edgar Aldana, who was hacked with a machete by one of two men who showed up while Aldana and […]
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Twenty-eight year-old Rafael Velasquez, an office assistant at a resort in San Pedro, was granted bail of eight thousand dollars today when he appeared with his attorney, Rene Montero, before Justice Herbert Lord in the Supreme Court. Justice Lord stipulated that the accused is not to interfere or communicate with any of the prosecution witnesses, report to […]
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Two minors from Punta Gorda and a nineteen-year-old have been charged for producing a video recording to promote gang activity. The nineteen-year-old is Gustavo Mendez of the Joe Taylor Creek area of Punta Gorda. The trio was heard making threats and seen in a live video on Facebook brandishing weapons, which turned out to be […]
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For seven weeks, Belize remains free of positive COVID-19 cases. Fifty-five tests conducted on Thursday returned negative for the novel coronavirus. The Ministry of Health has been carrying out random testing on average three times per week and more than one thousand five hundred tests have been conducted so far. Fortunately, Belize has recorded eighteen […]
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The pandemic has pushed employment numbers up and a full economic recovery will take time to occur. Most businesses project two years to be able to recover. Eighty-three thousand persons applied for the Unemployment Relief Programme and forty-five thousand have been approved. The programme is floundering because applicants continue to fill out forms with inaccurate […]
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The massive relief effort to assist thousands of destitute families with food supplies during the economic hardship that has befallen the country since the initial wave of COVID-19 is ongoing. Much like the unemployment relief programme, government is working to serve the needs of all Belizeans who qualify for food assistance. While assessments have been […]
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The PM said today that the Belize dollar remains strong. But while the foreign exchange position is holding, there is a need for additional foreign exchange in the very near future, so this is prompting government to get the ball rolling on the budding hemp industry. While there are a few pilot projects presently being […]
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Former Minister of Sports and Consul General in New York, Herman Longsworth was fired after it was revealed that he was responsible for questionable cash transactions. An audit into the finances of the National Sports Council by the Auditor General documented dubious cash transactions involving Longsworth and several other persons. The matter came to light […]
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On February twenty-sixth, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told News Five that disgraced minister John Saldivar would naturally be brought in for questioning into the allegations of bribery against him. That is yet to occur. Saldivar first denied having received tens of thousands of dollars from fraudster Lev Dermen and Jacob Kingston. But soon after, […]
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The family of sixteen-year-old Harmony Young has had to deal with her life threatening illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The young girl has been diagnosed with a malignant tumor in her brain. The pandemic has put her treatment on halt, but her condition is deteriorating rapidly. Harmony’s family is moving mountains to take her for […]
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At the crack of dawn this morning, a narco plane was heard circling up north. Around six in the morning, the aircraft crash landed off the Chunox-Sarteneja road in the Corozal District. Police had been monitoring the movements of the narco plane which originated from Venezuela and were ready at another location. But the plane […]
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