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Still on the matter of impending elections, P.U.P. Leader John Briceño says that this year’s General Election is probably the most important election since 1979. In November, the U.D.P. will either win a historic fourth consecutive term or the P.U.P. will form the government under Briceño. But with the COVID-19 pandemic still lingering and the […]
Written on September 14, 2020 | Posted in
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Close to one thousand five hundred positive COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The Orange Walk District has the highest number with five hundred and eleven cases. Orange Walk is the hometown of Opposition Leader John Briceño and he was also asked if he believes that the Orange Walk District should be locked off from the […]
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Are COVID-19 positive patients in rural communities in Orange Walk breaking their quarantine? That’s what officials are saying tonight. Chairman of San Pablo Javier Sabido says that they have received numerous reports that the patients are leaving their homes to go in public and even travel on public transportation, But, according to Sabido – the […]
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The COVID 19 pandemic has left thousands jobless, without income and in desperate need of assistance. Latest figures show that sixty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-three persons applied to benefit from phase two of the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Programme. The programme is for persons who have lost their jobs and have no money coming in […]
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Former Prime Minister Said Musa had decided to step aside and resign from electoral politics. He has been recovering from a mild stroke. Musa made his announcement last week. P.U.P.’s Chairman Henry Charles Usher will take up the mantle for the P.U.P. in the Fort George Division which has been a stronghold for the party […]
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Police say that Humana People to People store in Independence Village in the south was robbed on Saturday. The manager reported to police that around one-thirty that afternoon, two men entered the store and held them up at gunpoint. Here’s more from ACP Joseph Myvett. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Police […]
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Two persons were arrested over stolen computers in Orange Walk Town. Police say that a twenty-two-year-old and a sixteen-year-old were arrested and charged in connection with the computers that were stolen from a primary school. The principal went to the school on the morning of September ninth and around nine-thirty, he discovered that the school […]
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Where is fifty-six-year-old Florita Harris? On Saturday, Emmett Usher reported to police that Harris was last seen on September ninth at the upper flat of this building on Levi Slusher Street in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City. According to Usher, he left for work around seven o’clock that morning and when he […]
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Tonight police are looking for Whitfield Fisher, the suspect in the murder of his brother-in-law, Andrew Flores. Flores was killed inside an apartment on Kelly Street on the night of the tenth of September. Though he was rushed to the K.H.M.H, the deep cut wound to his throat turned fatal. Trouble started when a guest […]
Written on September 11, 2020 | Posted in
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The Francisco family is tonight reeling over the unfortunate death of one of their own. Morgan Francisco Junior took his own life on September tenth as the world observed Suicide Prevention Day. Francisco Junior, according to his family, was suffering from bouts of severe depression and on Thursday night, an encounter with the police over […]
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After six days of being lost in the jungles of Southern Belize, P.C. Bernard Ical returned to post in good health. The police officer went missing last week Wednesday and found his way back to the Machaquila outpost on Monday. This is after a massive search party was launched for the officer. According to Ical, it […]
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Preliminary data from the Ministry of Health shows that thirty-six new cases of COVID-19 cases were identified today with forty-four recovered cases. There is also another death to report, the nineteenth person to die from COVID-19. His name is Rolando Torres, a resident of San Ignacio Town; he died at the K.H.M.H. on Thursday. He […]
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There are concerns of possible exposure since Torres was not being treated in the COVID-19 isolation unit despite showing signs. According to Doctor Manzanero, Torres was isolated inside the I.C.U. On the Phone Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “I spoke briefly with CEO and the epidemiologist from Karl Huesner and my notes […]
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The People’s United Party has unveiled its plan for the agricultural sector seeking to strengthen existing industries and boost local production by stopping the importation of produce that is grown in Belizean soil. The P.U.P.’s vision encourages farmers to grow more of what is consumed by families so that local produce goes from the farm […]
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Belizean Anita Zetina has been elected to the post of Secretary-General of the Secretariat of Central American Social Integration. That body is an arm of SICA which focuses on building the foundations for greater convergence of the social policies of SICA member states. It is also a technical body that promotes the coordination of inter-sectoral […]
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The National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, has completed a preliminary assessment of damages incurred as a result of Tropical Storm Nana which made landfall as a weak Category One hurricane in southern Belize last Thursday. Cumulatively, a total of six million dollars was lost to the natural disaster which wreaked significant havoc in the agro […]
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In the wake of the storm, government has since reached out to victims in need of humanitarian assistance, particularly in the Stann Creek District where several villages, including Silk Grass, Hopkins and Sittee River, were most affected. Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro, NEMO Minister “As for the humanitarian assistance, we’re looking at that has […]
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A virtual launch took place this morning of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda of the Ministry of National Security. The agenda seeks to promote gender equality, women empowerment and rights in the police, B.D.F. and Coastguard. The Minister of National Security says that a key component is to grow participation and leadership of women […]
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A cop is in a quarantine facility tonight after he drove across the northern border and went to Chetumal. P.C. Mesa is said to have been dressed in police attire when he went across the border to reportedly purchase vehicle parts. As you know the border is closed and the police are charged with ensuring […]
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A woman remains hospitalized tonight after she was caught in a house fire on Thursday night. The fire erupted at the residence of Kendrick Nunez on Unity Street in Belize City. He was away at work and his common-law-wife was asleep when the fire began inside the bedroom. Everything inside the house was destroyed. Nunez, […]
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The Immigration Department has been gifted with seven flat-screen television sets by the International Migration Department. The TVs will be used to display infomercials vital in the migration processes. The donation was made on Wednesday and the sets will be placed at entry points across the country. According to the I.O.M., the infomercials are targeted […]
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We all know that tourism has taken a nose-dive; the P.G.I.A. remains closed for another three weeks and international visitors have kept away due to the corona virus. Tour operators have taken a massive hit in their bottom line and some have had to explore new ways of staying in the business. Now the wonders […]
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And get ready to celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day. The Embassy of Mexico in Belize today issued a release to say that the celebration is on; but given the current situation relating to the COVID19 pandemic, its two hundred and tenth Anniversary of Independence will be celebrated in a virtual programme. The event starts at five […]
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There is another anniversary of an unforgettable event; It is recorded that more than three thousand persons died in the worst terrorist attack on the United States, nineteen years ago. Four high-jacked airlines were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Forty passengers also fought and prevented United Flight 93 from crashing into […]
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The Battle of St. George’s Caye this year did not have the traditional merrymaking and the vibe of the street parade. For the first time in two hundred and twenty-two years, the event was celebrated virtually on Thursday morning. With the number of COVID-19 cases still on the rise in Belize, the traditional Tenth of […]
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