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The Marroquin family of Blue Creek Village has been quarantined for as long as forty-three days at the Orange Walk Multi Purpose Complex. Persons who are not positive are released fourteen days after, but others who are positive will remain for a longer period. At the multi-purpose, there are about twenty-five other persons, some who […]
Written on August 20, 2020 | Posted in
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While the Marroquin family remains in quarantine, hundreds of persons are under lockdown in the village of Guinea Grass in Orange Walk. Guinea Grass along with Santa Martha and Shipyard were placed in lockdown earlier in the month. Villagers in Guinea Grass, however, are up in arms because they say that the assistance that the […]
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A revision of quarantine practices and protocols for repatriated persons got underway on Wednesday by Ministry of Health officials. The process has changed several times. Initially, repatriates were swabbed upon entry into the country and then a subsequent test was done after fourteen days of mandatory quarantine. Based on the evolving situation and the surge […]
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The University of Belize remains in turmoil and at loggerheads with the U.B.F.S.U. Earlier this week, the university’s Board of Trustees issued a threat to the teachers, telling them to return to work or face termination. The letter sent to the union states that if the faculty and staff do not accept the proposed salary […]
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Last week the Belize National Teachers Union lost a warrior. Arcadia Carrillo was a teacher for more than five decades and never defaulted in showing support and unity for her union. Carrillo would never miss a B.N.T.U. event. She was present at every rally, at every demonstration, and every ceremony. In 2017, she was awarded […]
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On Wednesday, the Senate approved the spending of two point two million dollars to cover the legal and consultation fees attached to the consent solicitation process for the deferral of interest on payments on the super bond payments. The government successfully managed to convince bondholders to capitalize interest payments, due to the economic downturn triggered by […]
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The National Meteorological Service is monitoring Tropical Depression fourteen. As of six this evening, TD-fourteen was about one hundred miles east of Cabo Gracias A Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border and four hundred and seventy-five miles East Southeast of Belize City. Earlier this afternoon, just after one we spoke with Deputy Chief Met Ronald Gordon […]
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A number of employees from the Belmopan City Council have been sent home to self-isolate as a result of a COVID-19 threat. While at this point, there is no positive case among the staff, as a measure of precautionary measure to protect its employees and staff, sent staff members home to isolate. According to Mayor […]
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Back in March when the outbreak of the coronavirus in Belize was detected, the council began working a shift system; that has now been re-implemented so operations and services at the council have not been suspended. Khalid Belisle, Belmopan Mayor “To this point, we haven’t fully suspended any of our operations, any services that […]
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The Football Federation of Belize is proceeding with its 2020 congress this Saturday in San Ignacio where it is expected that a new executive will be elected. The gathering of football faithful, however, is being met with serious concerns since the limit for any congregation is ten persons. As it stands, the congress itself exceeds […]
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On Friday, we will have an update for you on Tropical Depression Fourteen, but as you heard from the National Met Service, if TD-fourteen remains on track, it will make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula. That means it will bring some rains and northern communities may experience flooding. Today, Principal Public Health Inspector John Bodden […]
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Sister City relations were established between cities of Taipei and Belmopan back in 2019. A request was later made by Mayor Khalid Belisle for assistance with a number of trucks, including fire trucks, ambulances and compactor trucks. On Wednesday, a virtual handing over ceremony was held between Ambassador Remus Li-Kuo Chen of the Republic of […]
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The recent spike in cases of COVID-19 detected in Belize means that hundreds of Belizeans who tested positive are now confined at home for self-isolation. Health officials should provide guidelines as to how to care for a COVID positive person in your home. For those who still have questions about at-home care, we have some […]
Written on August 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The number of COVID-19 cases sets a new record; we will have that coming up including the death of the first female due to the virus; we’ll talk to her grieving family. First we go to a late evening story. An immigration officer and a customs officer were today arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate Court […]
Written on August 19, 2020 | Posted in
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The charges brought against one of its own, Customs Officer Dion Castillo, did not sit well in the department. This evening, Comptroller Colin Griffith publicly registered his discontent about the charge brought against his officer. Griffith told the press that the officer didn’t do anything wrong while he was on duty and so the department […]
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So to dispel any notions that Customs Officer Dion Castillo may have been negligent to give clearance to the AJ Ellis tugboat for a purpose outside of the S.O.E. regulations, this afternoon Comptroller Griffith outlined the situation. He explained what transpired and how the tugboat was cleared. According to Griffith, while the Port remained open […]
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Early this morning, an elderly woman succumbed to the coronavirus at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Seventy-two-year-old Iris Rose Barillas is the first female locally not to survive the virus. She slipped in and out of coma at the K.H.M.H. and caved in today. Barrillas is believed to have been infected at a private facility […]
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Late this evening, News Five spoke with Iris Barillas’ caregiver and family friend. She explained how it came about that Barillas and her husband ended up at the Belmopan Medical Center where staff members have been tested positive for the virus. According to Jones, the elderly couple was taken to the facility by her adopted […]
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So a fifth person, who is an elderly female, has died due to the coronavirus. But there were reports this morning that a sixth person had succumbed overnight. In speaking on the death of Iris Barillas, DHS Doctor Manzanero confirms that the death of the purported sixth person was not due to COVID-related complications. […]
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A record number of positive cases of COVID-19 was confirmed overnight putting the number of positive cases for the country at an alarming five hundred and fifty-three. Stann Creek District recorded an extra case, while Corozal went up by seven. There were a total of fifteen new cases in the Cayo District, eight of which […]
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Well-known mental health therapist Jennifer Lovell has tested positive for COVID-19 after being exposed to the virus during a workshop that she was administering on the sixth of August. Lovell, who is a regular on Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes, says that she was informed of her status on Tuesday night after several days of […]
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According to Lovell, she began experiencing flu-like symptoms, as well as other signs of COVID-19 in the days following her exposure. She describes her battle with the disease so far. Isani Cayetano “How are you feeling and what symptoms, if any, are you exhibiting at the moment?” On the Phone: Jenny Lovell, COVID-19 […]
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Law enforcement officers here in Belize for months have been having difficulties in successfully securing the porous border to the west and north. Scores of borders jumpers have been caught, arrested, and quarantined. These persons are often contrabandistas to bring in contraband goods primarily from Mexico to retail on this side. But there have been […]
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The Senate today passed the amendment to the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Bill. The amendment seeks to restrain a magistrate from granting bail for persons charged with contraband offenses, including those being found in possession of contraband goods. The legislation aims to arrest the increasing problems with border jumpers and contrabandistas. Those persons who […]
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The second piece of legislation that seeks to curb border jumping activities was passed today in the Senate. The amendment to the Customs Regulation Bill 2020 aims to remove the imposition of a fine as a penalty for certain offenses and replace it with mandatory imprisonment. Before the legislation, persons caught with contraband were charged […]
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