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There has been much chatter in various corners about tonight’s debate some of which has not been entirely accurate. The murmur about Patrick Faber and John Briceño backing out of the event has prompted the Leadership Debate Committee to issue a release clarifying a number of issues surrounding the debate. Chamber President Marissa Longsworth addresses […]
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Surveillance cameras captured an armed robbery that happened on Antelope Street Extension on Monday evening just before six-thirty. The video footage shows a young woman buying at the shop and two men who appear to be waiting customers standing behind her. Before the customer concluded her purchase, the armed robber pushed his way to the […]
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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for the country stands at three thousand two hundred and thirty-two; of those numbers, thirty-five percent alone have been identified in the Orange Walk District, which since the outbreak of the virus, has recorded one thousand one hundred and forty-eight. There are one thousand one hundred and thirty-six […]
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With rising COVID numbers in Orange Walk, there is added stress on the Northern Regional Hospital which is the main facility in the north for the hospitalization of critical COVID-19 patients. That aside, the NRH has to treat other patients and also engage in contact tracing. DHS Marvin Manzanero says that fortunately at this time […]
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The government recently announced that private facilities can carry out swabbing for COVID. And according to DHS Manzanero, except for the Central Medical Lab in Belize City, no other lab in the country can carry out PCR testing. So while private medical facilities are allowed to swab suspect COVID-19 patients, the samples must be forwarded […]
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The President of the P.S.U., Gerald Henry says that a corrupt system exists in the public service. A letter has been drafted by the Joint Union Committee, namely the Public Service Union of Belize, Belize National Teachers’ Union, and Association Public Service Senior Managers requesting a meeting with the leaders of political parties including Patrick […]
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Tonight, we continue with our coverage leading up to the General Elections 2020. There are three candidates contesting the Cayo North East constituency. One is the incumbent, hoping for a second term; the other is hoping to make his way back into electoral politics following a loss in 2015 and the third candidate is the […]
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The flow of traffic will be better controlled along Central American Boulevard and Chetumal Boulevard. This morning, the Belize City Council inaugurated two sets of state-of-art traffic lights in the area, which Mayor Bernard Wagner says is in keeping with a campaign commitment to keep Belize City residents safe in heavily trafficked thoroughfares. Here is […]
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Now, it is common knowledge that Councillor Allan Pollard is contesting the general elections as the P.U.P. standard bearer for the Queen Square division. The traffic lights have also been installed in the Freetown and Port Loyola constituencies. So today, the media asked whether the initiative, exactly two weeks prior to the general elections, is […]
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Everywhere, everyone is struggling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In early months of the pandemic, the Belize City Council had to cut staff salaries by fifty percent as the revenue stream into city hall dried up. As restrictions were relaxed and businesses were allowed to reopen, things have picked up at the council. […]
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While we were with the mayor, News Five asked about three councillors, who have all thrown their hats in the race for a seat in central government. Allan Pollard is running in the Queen Square Division, Oscar Arnold in Collet and Doctor Candice Pitts in Mesopotamia. And with municipal elections to be held five months […]
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The prison hostage situation turned escape two weeks ago remains under investigation by the police department, despite an initial report suggesting that there was no collusion with prison officers. With five of the twenty-eight escaped inmates still on the lam, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that those escapees need to be recaptured before the […]
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The British High Commission awarded its first ever Outstanding Woman of the Year Award today. In a virtual presentation, British High Commissioner Claire Evans presented the award to Ilsa Villanueva. The awardee is the three-time and current chairlady of Placencia and is credited for exemplary community work. Evans visited Villanueva today in Placencia where she […]
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Early this morning, the news spread that one of three narco jets was forced to land at an airport in neighbouring Chetumal. Mexican and Belizean authorities were tracking the three-drug planes that had left South America with plans to land somewhere in Central America and Mexico. According to Mexican news outlets, around one o’clock in […]
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In July of this year, Mexican authorities busted another drug plane. According to news media in Chetumal, a man with foreign passports who claimed to be the pilot was detained. That man, it is said, has a long criminal record. It is also being reported that the cocaine was packed in fifty-four parcels. The total […]
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On Monday, it was announced that a curfew will be in place on the night of November eleventh when counting is expected to be getting underway. Here is what will happen. Polling stations in all thirty-one constituencies across the country will be officially closed at six o’clock. Voters who are already in line at that […]
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Where it concerns the media, ComPol Williams has given assurances that we will be able to move about freely in the conduct of our duties to you, our viewing public, to bring live coverage of the elections results. Again, for those in line after six o’clock, should the curfew period catch you there, you will […]
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At the close of polls on elections day, supporters of both major political parties, as well as those rooting for other candidates, would traditionally gather at various locations in anticipation of the results. Those watch parties are often loud and celebratory and they usually go well past midnight. With a curfew in effect from eight […]
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With a clear winner having been declared at last count, it will be difficult for the Belize Police Department to prevent either of the political parties or their candidates from taking to the streets in an impromptu victory rally. So how will they attempt to temper unplanned events such as motorcades and does the police […]
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The prime ministerial debate, despite the absence of the leaders of both major political parties, is proceeding on Wednesday night as scheduled, according the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. While the organizers were hoping that the debate on national issues prior to the general elections would see the participation of all leadership candidates, including […]
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According to Longsworth, while Party Leader Patrick Faber had indicated last Monday that he will be participating in the debate, he reached out personally via email to the leadership debate committee to hinge his participation on the debate once all participate. Marissa Longsworth, President, B.C.C.I. “As it relates to the leader of the United […]
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Six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior was laid to rest on Monday evening in his hometown of Orange Walk. Arturo died at the K.H.M.H. on Saturday. He was the first child in Belize to contract the deadly novel coronavirus and to die from the disease. The COVID-19 virus worsened Godoy’s health as he battled kidney disease for […]
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Orange Walk is the district with the highest number of cases and its health facilities are under pressure with the number of positive cases. Reports have surfaced that at least one person of the Godoy family has tested positive for COVID-19. Arturo Godoy Senior, however, is saying that the family has not been swabbed for […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that several police officers will be charged for hosting a social event. A video that surfaced online shows cops celebrating a birthday party – a social event that’s supposed to be restricted during the pandemic. The video captured as many as ten persons in the room – with no […]
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There are nineteen active cases of COVID-19 among inmates at the Belize Central Prison and nine wardens have also tested positive for the disease since the first infection was recorded at the facility. While the most recent figures indicated that there were ten new cases behind prison walls at last test, Chief Executive Officer Virgilio […]
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