Police were quick to detain the two suspects, but one escaped. But did the good deed by Alex Sanker cast a shadow of fear on his life? The artist told News Five today that after hitting the robbers, they threatened to return. Sanker says that he has been living there for years and is not […]
A police officer, Reginald Diego from the Corozal District, has been arrested and charged for the crime of extortion, following an incident over the weekend in which he allegedly coerced a U.S. national into paying him three hundred dollars to avoid a fabricated charge of five thousand dollars for driving up to a checkpoint without […]
The best little zoo in world is located at mile twenty-nine on the George Price Highway. It is home to two hundred animals of forty-five species of Belizean wildlife. Over the years, we have brought you hundreds of stories about the work they do and the animals they care for at the Belize Zoo and […]
For the past week and half we have been reporting on the Guinea Grass villagers’ appeal for assistance with the Village Council going so far as to write to the Prime Minister to lift the lockdown because families are in need of food. Well, one person who heard the cries in Guinea Grass is Commissioner […]
DHS Marvin Manzanero says that the Ministry’s contact tracing and swabbing exercise continues to capture patients connected to San Pedro. Manzanero notes that although some test results may not include San Pedro or if the numbers appear low for the island on the infographic, several of those who left the island just before the lockdown […]
As you know by now, Ambergris Caye is at the top of the list with the number of COVID cases and residents on San Pedro have been experiencing hard times since the lockdown. Today, we checked in on San Pedro where residents for the most part remain inside their houses and a number of businesses […]
There is another initiative, a fundraising drive, which has been started by attorney Audrey Matura to assist those whose lives have been devastated by a second lockdown. Residents, many who have been left destitute, are in need of food items to survive as they have lost their source of income and have not received assistance […]
Pre-primary and primary schools are to reopen on September seventh, but for distance learning only, meanwhile high school classes resume in October. But given the dire economic times, families are finding it hard to cover school expenses for virtual classes. Well, Miss Universe Belize Destinee Arnold announced this morning that eighteen students from across Belize […]
There’s a new tourism organization in town and its scope covers everyone in the industry, including hair braiders and small tour operators. Its advent, however, comes at a time when the industry has been flatlined by COVID-19. So what is the Belize Local Association of Stakeholders in Tourism born out of and what is its […]
BLAST is entering a local landscape that is, for all intents and purposes, the domain of FECTAB. The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize has been experiencing some turbulence within its ranks recently. Recognizing the vacuum left in the wake of its splintering, BLAST has stepped up to fill the void independently. Randy […]
The family of forty-seven-year-old Sergio Nal Junior is asking for the public’s help tonight. Nal was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis and is in urgent need of a surgery. Today, his daughter Janeen is appealing for your help to save her dad’s life. Janeen Nal, Appealing for Help “My dad is suffering from a chronic […]
COVID-19’s effects on people differ in many ways. There are the physical, emotional and mental impacts that the global pandemic is having as it is ravages economies worldwide. And as the situation continues downhill, health experts say there is need to discuss and treat the effects that the spike of cases and ten COVID-19 related […]
According to Quintanilla, there are several coping mechanisms that can be practiced to cope with the mental effects of COVID-19. Quintanilla says that people are naturally concerned for their own health and that of their loved ones. She says there are several activities that people can practice to ease their burden and look after their […]
The loss of a loved one is painful and the grieving process takes time, but dying to the novel coronavirus makes the grieving process even more difficult due to the restrictions imposed on family members. There is no funeral, church service or contact with the body of the deceased. The victim is buried as quickly […]
The trauma related to COVID-19 patients and victims does not only affect families, but it extends to frontline workers such as nurses and doctors. So who is there when these healthcare workers need some sort of counselling? Mental Health Coordinator Iveth Quintanilla says that the nurses are trained to deal with it and if that […]
Mental health officials are encouraging people to seek help if COVID-19 is consuming their well being. Clinics in every district are open with mental health experts there to provide counseling to distressed persons. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are trained and willing to help anyone who has been experiencing the mental effects of the virus. But to […]
The number of COVID related deaths is sneaking up quickly and the situation is putting pressure on the health system. Four persons died from COVID-19 related complications over the weekend; one person is only thirty-years old. This weekend registered the highest number of the virus-related deaths in Belize putting the total figure at ten. We’ll […]
So, as you heard just now – there are ten COVID-related deaths in Belize within the span of about thirty-six hours. Three of the deceased are females, while seven are males. Today, during the Ask the Experts Webcast, D.H.S. Dr. Marvin Manzanero provided some context for the deaths – he outlines what’s the supporting medical […]
Now, we take a look at the COVID-19 patients who died this weekend. We start off with patient number seven, Natalio Wicab of San Felipe Village. Wicab was a supervisor at the Caribbean Chicken headquarters in Blue Creek Village. He is reported to have arrived in respiratory distress at the Northern Regional Hospital and was […]
Two more men died over the weekend – but now we turn to the case of thirty-year-old Verna Gladden who passed away just after nine this morning at the K.H.M.H. She is a teacher at the St. John’s Anglican Primary School in Belize City and a mother of two. Gladden tested positive for COVID-19 just […]
The other two deaths to report tonight are two males; one is a sixty-five-year –old and the other is a fifty-eight-year-old Marcelo Alcoser of Caledonia Village. D.H.S. Marvin Manzanero tells us more about these COVID-19 related deaths: Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “The eight patient that died also arrived at Northern Regional […]
Well-known restaurateur and former Senate President Lee Mark Chang has tested positive for COVID-19 and remains in quarantine at his residence here in Belize City. The businessman received a phone call from health officials late Saturday night informing him that the test that he had taken last Wednesday confirmed that he is afflicted with the […]
With the number of deaths and positive cases climbing so fast, the COVID 19 isolation unit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has maxed out. On Saturday, the K.H.M.H. issued a press release saying the Unit was at capacity and so the facility’s COVID-19 Surge Plan was activated. This, according to the release, meant that […]
A nineteen-year-old man, who has had a history with the law, was shot and killed on Friday during an attempted robbery. He is Dennis Lamb and his fatal shooting occurred on Eleanor Usher Street in the Old Capital. The report from the police is that Lamb had attempted to rob a businessman. Both struggled and […]
A security guard on duty at Twins Supermarket on St. Thomas Street had a near brush with death on Saturday morning as an armed robber tried on several occasions to shoot him at point blank range. Thirty-eight-year-old Washington Augustine was accosted by a lone gunman as he stood at the entrance of the store. When […]
