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Tonight, there are one hundred and twenty-seven cases of COVID-19 on the island of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. And going two weeks, the Ministry of Health has been mapping the cases to identify cases. In their tracing exercise, the Epidemiology Unit believes they have come closer to identifying how the virus made its way onto […]
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Another COVID-19 patient is sharing her status so that those who may have come in contact with her are aware. Twenty-five-year-old Gabriella Chable of Orange Walk Town says that when she found out a close friend of hers tested positive, she immediately isolated herself and went to request a test. When she eventually got that […]
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And while Chable is facing discrimination from the public, she says that she is disappointed to learn about how a friend was treated at the Northern Regional Hospital. Her friend alleges that nurses didn’t want to treat her and that experience, according to Chable, has left her worried. Gabriella Chable, COVID-19 patient, O.W “This […]
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A photograph has been circulating on social media; it is allegedly that of a doctor, who earlier this week tested positive for COVID-19. Now, according to the allegation, the doctor was captured on surveillance camera at one-thirty today and he was out in public. If so it is cause for alarm, but we have not […]
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According to PM Barrow in the House today, he is fine with private flights landing at the P.G.I.A. as long as all protocols are met. The arrival of an airplane recently, however, is of particular interest since little is known about the passenger, save to say that he proceeded to San Pedro after touching down […]
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Back to the House of Representatives, the government introduced the Labour Amendment Bill 2020. The bill seeks to amend the Labour Act to provide for employers to reduce wages where the working hours of employees have been reduced in special circumstances, to provide for leave of absence without pay in special circumstances, and to provide […]
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Prime Minister Barrow also spoke specifically about the exemption from the period of night rest. He says this will affect the work that stevedores do at the Port of Belize Limited. Here is how he explained it. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “So this help them, it helps the consumer, it help the shipping agents […]
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The coronavirus continues to spread at an alarming rate. The highest number of new cases was recorded on Wednesday night at a whopping eighty-six, which show that the uncontrollable virus is jumping into villages in the north and south as it maintains a foothold in San Pedro where the largest number of cases is registered. […]
Written on August 13, 2020 | Posted in
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The virus is proving hard to control and the list of patients is getting longer and longer with every passing day. On Wednesday, the Belize Coast Guard registered its first case of the coronavirus and by Wednesday night, it had spread to the B.D.F. A soldier tested positive among the samples of the day. Contact […]
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This is the first B.D.F. solider to test positive for the novel coronavirus; there are twenty-five others in quarantine. Commander Brigadier General Steven Ortega says that despite this documented case of COVID-19, the Belize Defense Force will continue the implementation and enforcement of administrative measures. These measures, he says, includes quarantine, isolation and source control […]
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Over a dozen healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19; in the most recent results, at least four health staff tested positive: two nurses, a lab technician and an x-ray technician. At the K.H.M.H., a doctor tested positive among samples on Wednesday. Tonight, the hospital is in emergency mode and there is a lingering fear that the […]
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San Pedro is exploding with COVID-19 cases; there is a total of one hundred and thirty-two cases. This afternoon, one of the brave frontline officers, who has tested positive, appeared on Facebook to show that there is nothing to hide or be embarrassed about since the virus does not discriminate. The frontline officer is in […]
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Over in Caye Caulker, the numbers are beginning to edge up. Like in San Pedro and other parts of the country, infected persons are coming forward to reveal their status. These decisions are generally viewed as positive and brave. However, there are many more patients who have decided to keep their status under wraps due […]
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Jimenez says that her recent travel history includes San Pedro, Orange Walk and Belmopan. She says that she has no idea how or when she became infected. Celina Jimenez, COVID-19 Patient “I had a feeling…I was having symptoms because from the minutes requested to be tested that was on Saturday, they tested me. The […]
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The use of face masks is an effective way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus especially in public spaces. As you know, it is mandatory to use face and nose coverings; and if you don’t, you can be fined. But not everyone is using them properly. So today, the top brass of the police […]
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On Wednesday, the People’s United Party launched its Plan Belize policy on education via a virtual press conference. The conference was led by Party Leader John Briceño and former Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca. Today, Minister of Education Patrick Faber was highly critical of the P.U.P.’s education policy, saying it is empty promises and poorly […]
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Faber also reacted to the P.U.P.’s plan to achieve one hundred percent trained teachers. Faber called out Fonseca for reportedly misleading the audience, saying that more than eighty percent of teachers were trained under his tenure as Education Minister. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “We are eighty four percent trained teachers up from 2008. […]
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According to Faber, improving the quality of education in the country is a daily struggle which requires all hands on deck. He says that the P.U.P.’s pledge to give teachers a thirty percent salary increase is something that the Belize National Teachers Union should question. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “I notice that what […]
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Patrick Faber is also the Leader Elect of the United Democratic Party and is set to lead the U.D.P. into the next general elections in the next few months. So today, he was asked about Frank ‘Papa’ Mena, the U.D.P. area representative for Dangriga. Mena was all for Team John Saldivar and now there are […]
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Aside from being U.D.P. Leader Elect and Culture Minister, Patrick Faber is also in charge of culture. Today, he was asked about this year’s September Celebrations Septembers. According to Faber, mass gathering will not be permitted but certain events will still be held in a control manner. Patrick Faber, Minister of Culture “What we […]
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This week we have been reporting on the scarcity of chicken that is affecting Belizeans from north to south. The Belize Poultry Association has now identified a reason for the sudden shortage in chicken. While producers have ramped up production, demand has been greater than supply causing freezers to go empty. According to the Association […]
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There is a downgrade to Belize’s credit rating. According to Reuters, S and P Global ratings reduced the country’s foreign currency ratings to SD from a CC/C. This is due to the proposed capitalization of scheduled payments on the five hundred and twenty-six Eurobond which matures in 2034; payments for which the government told bondholders […]
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A bust took place this afternoon of more than twenty canoes believed to be used in contrabanding activities. It all happened in the village of Santa Cruz in the Orange Walk District, which is a known hot spot for contrabandistas who cross into Mexican communities and return with loads of contraband items. Last week, the […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams returned to Douglas in Orange Walk District on Wednesday where he once again met with villagers in an effort to dissuade them from the illegal practice of contrabanding. With the rise in border jumping and the importation of COVID-19 cases from neighboring Mexico, there has been a crackdown by local […]
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Her body was found in a shallow grave on a farm in Steadfast Village, but tonight, almost a week later, a post-mortem confirms that Julia Timotea Milian Moran died from blunt force trauma to the head. Overnight on Saturday, the body of the thirty-nine-year-old mother of four from Santa Cruz Village off the Southern Highway […]
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