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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today confirmed that one person tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a baby shower in Guinea Grass Village. Twenty-three persons were arrested at that party for participating in a restricted social event. The fear was that COVID cases would increase if large groups congregate and that is exactly what happened […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Police down south believe that twenty-year-old Ronaldo Ack brutally murdered twenty-six-year-old Guatemalan national Humberto Vasquez Ramos. Ramos was found with multiple chop wounds in a wooden shed at a cement blocks factory in Santa Cruz Village last week Thursday. His body was discovered by his coworkers who believed that Ramos knew who his killer was. […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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And then there were five. Two weeks ago, twenty-eight prisoners escaped from the Belize Central Prison and a manhunt was set in place immediately. So far, twenty-three prisoners have been recaptured, including Akeem Tillett who was killed during a crossfire with authorities. Over the weekend, two others were detained and on Monday night, Eutychus Nunez […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight, we head south for a look at the campaign trail in Stann Creek West. There are five candidates contesting next month’s elections. They are P.U.P.’s Rodwell Ferguson, a three-time area representative and incumbent, who is now seeking a fourth term; U.D.P.’s Ivan Williams; independent candidate Melvin Hulse, a former three-time area rep who served […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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A seat held by the U.D.P. up north is the Orange Walk North constituency. It has been a stronghold since Gaspar Vega first won in 2008. But Vega has been disgraced and is now ending his political career so that seat is up for grabs. The P.U.P.’s Monchi Cervantes has been working that area gaining […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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While the P.U.P. will not participate in the B.C.C.I. debate, it will be heading to court on Wednesday to fight an effort to stop the November eleventh General Elections. This is in respect of an application for an injunction to delay the elections until redistricting of thirty-one constituencies can be carried out. The P.U.P. says […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Eighty-five students of the Youth Leadership Council were recipients today of ten-inch tablets courtesy of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Peace Work. The organizations have been promoting financial literacy here for years and now that the students are not physically in classrooms, the tablets come in handy for distance learning. Here is News Five’s Duane Moody with a […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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While we were with Chief Education Officer, Doctor Carol Babb, the media asked about recently made remarks by B.N.T.U. National President Elena Smith as it relates to the concerns of teachers of contracting COVID-19 in the current way of teaching. The worry is that they can get infected while handling packages that are handed over […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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But even as teachers, rightly so, are concerned about contracting the virus, Doctor Babb says that as an educator, her concern and that of the ministry is the bad effect the lack of education can have on children during the pandemic. She says that at this time, the children must be meaningfully engaged. Dr. […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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A Teakettle man was killed in a road traffic accident on Monday night in the village. Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Lee Tun was driving his motorcycle near the S-Curve when he lost control and crashed into a road sign. The accident happened around eleven thirty as Lee was heading towards Ontario Village. He was rushed to the […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The discovery of a lifeless body in Trio Village, Toledo District on Monday has triggered a criminal investigation, as it has since been ascertained that the death of the Hispanic male may have been the result of foul play. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, it appears that the individual, found faced down in […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The first paediatric patient died due to COVID-19 over the weekend at the K.H.M.H. He is six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior of Orange Walk Town, who attended the Louisiana Government School and ailed from a kidney condition. The account by the father of his son’s final days is sad and painful. The young child was alone […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior was a fighter; he battled a kidney condition that placed him at a higher risk when he contracted the novel coronavirus. Those who knew the young child among family and classmates attest to his good nature and eagerness to learn and live. In his short life, he wrote and recited poetry. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In addition to the death of six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior, a man in his eighties, also from Orange Walk, died due to complications associated with COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths to fifty, since the virus was first detected in Belize, and the fatality rate to one point five-nine percent. Doctor Marvin Manzanero […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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There are currently, one thousand one hundred and thirty-four active COVID cases as confirmed cases soared pass the three thousand mark over the weekend. Over the past two days, some five hundred and ninety-three samples were processed of which ninety-five returned positive. So, thirty-six point one percent of the total number of confirmed cases remain […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In the Orange Walk District, which is registering the highest number of cases; forty persons were arrested over the weekend for hosting or participating in a restricted social event. Officers descended on two locations—one on Gravel Lane in Orange Walk Town and the other in Guinea Grass Village. A get-together for a sweet sixteen was […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Police clamped down on other social events across the country. Nearly one hundred people were arrested over the weekend, including those in Orange Walk. According to the Belize Police Department, cops were busy breaking up parties and other social events. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the press that more than half of those […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Following a meeting of the National Oversight Committee earlier today, it has been agreed that new protocols regarding the COVID-19 pandemic will be implemented. This comes amid a spike in the number of cases, as well as six other fatalities being recorded. As a result of these developments, government will fast track private sector rapid […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Today was the deadline for the leaders of political parties to confirm participation on the touted prime ministerial debate organized by the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the Galen University and Love Foundation. At news time, it is known that only Nancy Marin from B.N.F. showed up for a meeting this afternoon by the B.C.C.I., so […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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An investigation into the misappropriation of a significant sum of money from the Treasury Department is underway and the public officer who is allegedly behind the scheme has been placed on administrative leave. It is believed that close to a hundred thousand dollars remain unaccounted for from the department’s “New Hire Account”. The purpose of […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In Belmopan earlier today, human remains were discovered in the vicinity of the Ministry of Works compound, near a sewer line for the Belize Water Services. Several bones, including a skull were observed on the sidewalk adjacent to the drain. Police and Scenes of Crime personnel were summoned to the location to retrieve the skeletal […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Police are trying to identify a man who was found dead in Trio Village in Southern Belize. Police say that the circumstances surrounding his death are unclear at this time and they are awaiting a post-mortem to determine the cause of death. Police also say that a woman was found unconscious on the same road […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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On Friday, we told you about how Doctor Angel Campos was behind the wheel of his government vehicle when he was involved in a road traffic accident just outside of Orange Walk Town. Campos’ vehicle was extensively damaged, but he escaped unhurt. Today, ACP Joseph Myvett told the media that Doctor Campos and the other […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Five days after his mutilated body was discovered inside on a bed inside a wooden shed at a block factory in Santa Cruz Village, a person has been detained for the murder of Humberto Ramos. The twenty-six-year-old Guatemalan national lived at his worksite and on the morning of October twenty-second, his co-workers would discover his […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Two weeks after they broke out of the Belize Central Prison, six of the escapees remain on the run. When we left you on Friday, there were seven fugitives on the loose but one more has been recaptured. Cops nabbed Elser Oseguera in Pomona Village sometime between Friday and Saturday morning. The six who are […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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