There are seven known cases of COVID 19 now, the first Belizean to die here from the virus is fifty-five-year-old Hubert Pipersburgh; he passed away on Sunday at the isolation unit of the K.H.M.H. The San Ignacio resident tested positive on Friday, April third. Pipersburgh was experiencing fever, a mild cough and difficulty breathing five […]
While Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that herculean efforts were done to attempt to save him, Pipersburgh’s wife says otherwise. In an emotional Facebook post, Maria Recinos shared her family’s ordeal when they desperately sought medical attention for Pipersburgh. Recinos concludes that based on her experience Belize, is not ready to handle this pandemic. The […]
On Sunday, Belize confirmed its fifth COVID-19 case. Patient five is a Belizean student who returned from the U.S.A. via Mexico and remains in strict quarantine. The student arrived in Belize on Friday, April third, and as we said is at a quarantine facility. He is without symptoms and stable. Prime Minister Dean Barrow […]
Belize has confirmed seven cases of the deadly novel coronavirus so far. Two hundred and sixty-eight persons have been tested so far. Patient four, fifty-five-year-old Hubert Pipersburgh, died from the virus on Sunday, while in the isolation unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The two new cases are both males and are also from […]
Late this afternoon, the Prime Minister released a recorded statement after today’s meeting of the National Oversight Committee. PM Dean Barrow announced new measures. The first is that the entire Cayo District will be placed under quarantine. The Cayo District has recorded three of the seven COVID-19 cases. Buses will no longer run to and […]
The National Oversight Committee took additional measures with respect to the rest of the country. Hardware stores that were allowed to keep their doors open in the first list are now only to offer delivery services. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The lists of approved business will continue in effect but there are some changes […]
The Belize City Council, the Belize Territorial Volunteers and many others are mourning the passing of Hubert Pipersburgh, the first casualty of COVID-19 in the country. The fifty-five-year-old returned to Belize several years ago after living in the United States for quite some time. Upon his return, Pipersburgh became active in the sociopolitical discourse before […]
Mayor Bernard Wagner is among a group of employees at City Hall who have been sequestered inside their homes after being swabbed over the weekend. They remain in mandatory isolation after having interacted with Pipersburgh as late as March twenty-third, despite testing negative for COVID-19. According to the mayor, it is important for his staff […]
Did cops take the enforcement of the curfew law too far on Friday night in Belmopan? That’s what many have concluded after a video and photos of an elderly man being beaten by police surfaced online. The officers were reportedly patrolling the streets in the San Martin area when they pursued two persons on the […]
Another police officer is under scrutiny – this time for a traffic accident on Sunday in Dangriga which resulted in the death of Giovanni Villafranco. It happened at around five-forty p.m. on George Price Drive where investigators saw a motorcycle and two persons on the roadside. The persons were identified as Villafranco and Jaheed Johnson. […]
The full force of the law is coming down on persons who violate the measures of the state of emergency. Countrywide, more than four hundred persons have been arrested and charged; they could face up to five thousand dollars each in fines. In Belize City this morning, these persons showed up to court for arraignment. […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also told News Five that infected COVID-19 persons, who fail to comply with quarantine directives, can be charged for negligent behaviour if they do not adhere to self-isolation and quarantine guidelines imposed by the Quarantine Authority. Last week, prior to the complete closure of entry points, a mandatory quarantine for […]
Earlier in the newscast we had details on the COVID-19 patients. Belize confirmed its third case of the novel coronavirus on March twenty-ninth. As it relates to Patient Three, he is a thirty-eight-year-old Belizean, who returned to Belize from New York. He started to show minor signs and symptoms on March twenty-fifth after which he […]
On Saturday afternoon the news of the countrywide suspension of bus service took off like wildfire online. That’s because there was an announcement made by the Belize Bus Association. The decision, according President Thomas Shaw, was taken after unanimously by its members following the closure of the terminals on the Saturday morning. The bus operators, […]
So – the decision was a suspension of bus service countrywide which was to go into effect on Sunday. But a few hours later, James Bus Line and West Line issued notices that they were keeping their buses on the road. A few other bus operators are operating on a limited schedule out of the […]
This afternoon, the Nurses Association of Belize sounded an alarm saying there is lack of material and equipment to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. NAB says it has concluded a nationwide tour and sent a report to the Deputy Director of Health Services and the Chief Nursing Officer on March twenty-sixth. The list includes […]
Responding to the concerns of the Nurses Association of Belize was Prime Minister Dean Barrow today during live video statement. Barrow says that the Association’s concerns will be addressed including the need for P.P.E.’s, and heavy-duty tents from the Belize Defense Force and elsewhere. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “We do have absolutely a sufficiency […]
The Belize Central prison is bursting at its seams with the number of inmates behind bars. The recent arrests of state of emergency offenders have swollen the number to about one thousand one hundred and fifty. There are no known inmates infected with the corona virus, but the facility is getting ready for the likelihood […]
There were three fatal shootings over the course of four days last week, two of which have been recorded as murders. The most recent occurred on the night of April second in southern Belize in the Indianville community of Punta Gorda. News Five has confirmed that two persons have been detained for questioning in the […]
In the murder of Haitian national Raymond Cherestal, the motive seems to be robbery. Commissioner Williams says that an ongoing investigation has not led to any arrests. The former cab driver was found murdered on the doorsteps of his Ladyville residence on the morning of April second. Cherestal was shot to the head. Chester […]
Commissioner Chester Williams also gave an update on the shooting death of Rafael Sansores in Corozal. The Chula Vista resident was with friends at a house he frequented in the White Cocal area of that northern town when a pellet gun they were playing with discharged. Sansores was hit to the chest and died hours […]
