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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also spoke on the illegal entry of Belmopan resident, Guillermo Foreman, who is now spending his third night in police custody as he awaits arraignment. On May eighth, Foreman entered into Belizean territory when he crossed into the Belize side via the Chactmal bridge at northern border with Mexico. There […]
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More than six hundred families are benefitting from the Anglican Diocese’s food pantry programme which ensures that the families can cope with the impact from the COVID-19 crisis as they struggle with food insecurity and joblessness. As we know, as many as eighty-three thousand persons applied for unemployment relief from the government programme, showing that […]
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today weighed in on the impasse between the government and the unions. It says that in an economic scenario where COVID-19 has shut down the largest part of our economy for the next several months, where millions have been lost and the projected revenue collection is down, it […]
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Moving to San Pedro, where Charles Leslie wants Joel Chi to cease and desist from building a cement structure on a designated street on the island. Construction has been going on for weeks now without any hindrance, but now Leslie says that the structure is being constructed on a designated street. He says that the […]
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According to Attorney Wendy Auxillou, the delay in serving Chi with the stop order is political. She claims that because Chi is politically connected, the process is sluggish. Hipolito Novelo “Why do you believe there is a delay?” Wendy Auxillou, Attorney “Well I think it is political interference. I have heard clearly all […]
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A group of Guatemalan nationals were clearly not avoiding the Corona beer during the corona virus pandemic. On Thursday afternoon, the group was busted in the Calla Creek area of the Cayo District with the contraband beers. Officers attached to the Mobile Interdiction Team came up on the group around four p.m. while on patrol […]
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Some Belizeans were also found to be conducting illegal fishing. Around two-thirty on Wednesday, the Belize Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Team intercepted a fishing boat in the Corozal Bay area. Two Belizean fishermen from Sarteneja were found on board. The men, according to the coast guard, didn’t have a license for the gillnet they […]
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There has been little crime reported across the country, except for in Dangriga where there was a flare up of violence due to warring gang groups in that southern municipality. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke to News Five today about the mitigation of crime in that area. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “When […]
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The Supreme Court has resumed its work after a few weeks of closure because of the COVID-19 lockdown and today, several bail applications were heard. Gian Lee Guerra, charged for the October 2015 murder of Belize Defence Force soldier Rafael Abel Rivas in Orange Walk, was today granted bail in the sum of forty thousand […]
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A man, who was arrested and charged in April for possession of unlicensed firearm and drug trafficking, today received bail on condition that they adhere to certain conditions. Supreme Court Justice Herbert Lord granted Edgar Molina bail of eight thousand dollars and ordered him to report to the Police weekly and to not interfere with […]
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While there has been a relaxation of the State of Emergency restrictions, several measures are still in place for public health and safety reasons. The use of face of mask is one of those measures that remain firmly in place. As we reported on Thursday, the only time members of the public are allowed to […]
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As you heard, not adhering to the use of the mask is getting people in plenty of trouble with the law. In a light moment during the Prime Minister’s virtual press conference on Thursday, he was reminded of this regulation. The PM explained why he was not using one. Reporter “I notice that you […]
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Belizeans students who are stuck in other countries due to COVID-19 are encouraged to write to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs if they want to return home. While borders remain close, plans are being worked out for students to make their way back to the country. Those students, however, will have to pay for the […]
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As for city and town councils, the Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that they need to figure a way how they rebound from COVID-19. Municipal leaders have been asking Central Government to act as a guarantor for an overdraft facility which mayors say they need in order to mitigate the financial blows of COVID-19. PM […]
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They teach and guide the children all year round. This year, COVID-19 is presenting unprecedented challenges, but the teachers continue to remain steadfast in moulding and inspiring the children. It’s National Teacher’s Day and today is set aside to honour and show appreciation to teachers. Annually, across the country, the teachers would engage in activities […]
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While the occasion as not celebrated in grand fashion, Senator Elena Smith took time to underscore and express gratitude to teachers for using their own resources to work with their students virtually at this time of the pandemic. Senator Elena Smith, National President, B.N.T.U. “I want to say to them thank you because despite […]
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Over a thousand employees who work at properties that are members of the Belize Hotel Association have been displaced by COVID-19. While some have benefited from relief and pantry programmes, many others have not. So, with the help of some donors, the association has identified five hundred persons, mainly single parents, who will receive chicken […]
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The National Festival of Arts 2020 goes virtual. Around this time every year, the national showcase of primary and high school students in the performing arts would take centre stage at the Bliss. Well, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and adhering to new social distancing norms, the Institute of Creative Arts has launched a […]
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It is a big day of news. So we start with the negotiations between the Prime Minister, the Public Service Union, and the Belize National Teachers Union. That matter is back to square one and the unions are consulting on a position before the deal can be sealed. Union leaders met with the Prime Minister […]
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According to the Prime Minister, foregoing increments are required and if the unions continue to reject the proposal, the next step would be to proceed to amend the Public Service Regulations to allow the minister to alter salaries, emoluments, and allowances. This is viewed as a threat by the P.S.U., which says that while the […]
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With a burgeoning deficit of over three hundred million dollars, Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that the time has come to trim emoluments and pensions which stand at a whopping six hundred and eighty-eight million dollars. The international financial institutions have been advising his government to do so for quite some time now, but the […]
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Back in March, the Prime Minister announced that he had secured financial aid from international financial institutions for government’s COVID-19 response. He said that it would come from international institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The funds would total roughly a hundred and forty million […]
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The tourism industry is practically on life support. It accounts for about forty percent of the gross domestic product and is a huge foreign exchange earner. And while domestic tourism is back in play, it can never meet the millions of dollars in revenue from international tourists. There has been talk in the private sector […]
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Turning to the state of emergency…the national curfew remains in place tonight as the country relaxes some of the restrictions in place since April first. And if you expect the five to eight curfew hours for adults to end very soon, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte says this is very likely to go for another six […]
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As Belize records another day without an active case of COVID-19, the public gets a relief on some of the restrictions. One of the big changes is the allowance of district to district movement. The Attorney General, who spoke at length this afternoon, explains the relaxation of this restriction and what is expected of you […]
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