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Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that while he supported the NOC’s decision to enforce a curfew on Bella Vista and Santa Cruz Village in southern Belize, that measure is not enough to address the COVID-19 situation in the banana industry. The DHS confirmed to News Five today that some twenty-seven positive cases […]
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The Banana Growers Association initially requested that thirteen communities be placed on curfew; however, only two have been restricted by Statutory Instrument, one-fifty-six and one-fifty-seven. Chairman Antonio Zabaneh says that a majority of the labour force for the banana industry comes from Santa Cruz and Bella Vista. Toledo East Area Representative Mike Espat, whose constituency […]
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We also asked Doctor Manzanero for an update on the death of Maria Velasquez at the Philip Goldson International Airport. The seventy-one-year-old woman was experiencing respiratory complications on board a United Airlines flight over the weekend, which had to make an emergency landing in Belize. According to Doctor Manzanero, the woman did not die of […]
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There were two shootings in Belize City on Monday night. Alrick Smith was targeted as here on Coney Drive. A gunman in a Chevy vehicle drove up to Smith’s vehicle and fired shots. He was grazed but managed to drive himself to the K.H.M.H. Meanwhile, Akeem Bowen also came under attack as he exited a […]
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A Santa Elena man is alleging that Western Regional Hospital didn’t properly treat his brother for injuries he sustained in a road traffic accident. According to Ruben Garcia, his brother was in an RTA that involved a heavy machine and he was trapped inside his truck. He was later rescued, after which he and his […]
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So, there you heard the brother of the deceased express his concern over the way Edin Requeña was treated at the Western Regional Hospital. This evening when we spoke with the Director of Health Services, we asked him about the incident. Doctor Manzanero told us that he found out about it today and has since […]
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A church service of approximately two hundred congregants ended in several arrests on Sunday afternoon during a testy situation with armed police officers who had been called to Blue Creek to follow up on a report regarding a large gathering. Statutory Instrument 136 issued on October sixth, limits church services to no more than ten […]
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In standing in solidarity with the local church community, Evangelical Pastor John Krahn also says that his church has a capacity of over four hundred persons but since March, due to the COVID-19 regulations, they have been following the protocols but are asking government to reconsider its position on reopening of churches. Blue Creek Mayor […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also weighed in on the incident. He says that the officers were simply doing what they were instructed to do which is to uphold the law. According to the commissioner, when they officers arrived in the community they observed over two hundred persons gathered at the church. While the […]
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While Blue Creek Mayor Abram Rempel has gone on record to say that the community remains COVID-free, Commissioner Williams contextualizes the incident by acknowledging that as members of the agro-productive sector, these persons visit the respective municipalities to conduct business. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The church leaders were eventually released from custody and […]
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Across the country, political motorcades are still being held, despite serious objections and public health concerns being raised by the Belize Police Department. Over the weekend there were motorcades in Jalacte and Silver Creek villages held by the People’s United Party, as well as the United Democratic Party. While arrests have been made in respect […]
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In other COVID-19 regulations related arrests over the weekend, twelve primary school teachers from Dangriga were arrested and charged for attending a restricted social event. According to police, around two-thirty on Friday afternoon, acting upon information, Dangriga Police visited Sacred Heart Primary School where they encountered twelve teachers socializing inside a classroom on a lower […]
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There was a murder in Belize City in which the gunman was also killed on Saturday night. It happened on Caesar Ridge Road around nine o’clock and left Kareem Gillett and the gunman, Tareek Smith dead. Gillett came under attack from a Smith, who drove up in a rented vehicle to Gillett’s house. While police […]
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There was a shooting in Belize City on Sunday evening but the intended target managed to escape unhurt. The man told police that he was standing on a street side when a vehicle drove up and someone fired shots towards him. Police say they seized the vehicle in the Saint Martin’s De Porres area and […]
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All eyes are tonight on category four hurricane, Eta, which exploded quickly into a dangerous hurricane packing maximum sustained winds of between one hundred and twenty to one hundred and thirty miles per hour. Eta is projected to make landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday and continue moving toward to the Gulf of Honduras with a […]
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While tropical cyclone watches and warning are not required for Belize, heavy rainfall is expected starting tonight. The latest advisory from the National Emergency Management Organization is that a flood watch is in effect for Cayo Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo districts. Severe flooding is expected for southern Belize. Chief Met Ronald Gordon says that […]
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Sometime after one-thirty on Sunday afternoon, a United Airlines flight out of Houston en route to El Salvador had to make an emergency stop in Belize at the Philip Goldson International Airport. One of the passengers onboard, seventy-one-year-old Maria Velasquez, had a medical issue. According to reports, Velasquez was vomiting and exhibiting respiratory distress. While […]
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A mother in Ladyville is mourning the sudden death of her three-month-old baby. The mother crushed the infant during an epileptic seizure at her home over the weekend. Tracy Webster reported to police that she was at home holding her baby when she had an epilepsy attack that caused her to tighten her hold around […]
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Webster, we’ve confirmed has suffered with epilepsy since childhood. She is an only child and lost her mother to cancer over a year ago. Residents who know her say that her daughter brought tremendous joy to her, but unfortunately, the neurological disorder caused the death of her baby. Webster was also a member of the […]
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The country continues to be ravaged by the COVID pandemic as the number of cases continues to grow especially so in the district of Orange Walk. Tonight there is another COVID-19 to report, bringing the total number of casualties to fifty-nine. The victim is a female in her forties who had underlying conditions and died […]
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With elections to be held next week Wednesday; government has disbanded the National Oversight Committee which had been functioning since the start of the pandemic in March. The last meeting of the N.O.C. was today, one of its final decisions was to support, in part, a request from the Banana Growers Association for the imposition […]
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He was rounded up in early September and remanded to the Belize Central Prison for allegedly coercing a grotesque sexual act between two persons who were being videoed. On Friday, thirty-five-year-old Kenneth “Big Tom” Flowers was granted bail by the Supreme Court. Flowers’ attorney, Anthony Sylvestre was able to convince Justice Herbert Lord that Flowers poses […]
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Two thieves tried to rob ABC Shop on Central American Boulevard in Belize on Saturday and tonight one of them is in custody. Police say that just after five in the evening, the two criminals attempted to hold up the shop’s attendant with a gun but they failed to get any cash when the attendant […]
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In recent months we have been reporting on a spate or robberies across the country and in recent weeks in the city. Today we asked police about the increase in these crimes and what they are doing to address them. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “Yes, we know that as of recently […]
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There are five escaped prisoners that are still on the lam and authorities believe that it is because they are getting help from relatives or members of the public. ComPol Chester Williams told the media today that they are actively looking for Carlos Montejo. Jaroud Lamb, Michael Faux, Enrique Martinez and Erwin Lanza. As you […]
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