Belize today recorded its twentieth COVID-19 case. The patient was caught illegally entering the country in the south. The twenty-two-year-old Belizean woman was swabbed and tested after she was caught entering Belize illegally on Sunday, June seventh. The Ministry of Health says that the female was traveling with a one-year-old child and a sixty-three-year-old female, […]
Earlier today, the Director of Health Services gave an update on Ask the Experts webcast on the persons being allowed into the country legally at the border points. These persons, he noted, were overseas for medical reasons. Moving forward, the Ministry of Health has modified the way it will be conducting testing, particularly for those […]
Most businesses are now open, from hotels to casinos to boledo, but tonight, we have the story of those that are not. Along the entertainment strip on Princess Margaret Drive, Belize City, night life has come to halt. Since the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed at the beginning of April, night clubs were shuttered and have […]
A mother from Ontario Village, Cayo is struggling to come to terms with the gruesome death of her son, and it is suspected he was the victim of a vicious murder. In September 2018, Gerardo Vasquez went missing; he was seventeen-years-old and gay and was the victim of constant bullying. Searches for him came up […]
Two men remain hospitalized after enduring a horrible and dangerous incident on Monday. A pair of linesmen, employed by the Cayo Television Network, was electrocuted while they were working on cable lines in San Jose Succotz in the west. The men were jolted by electricity when their ladder touched a high tension wire. The two […]
There is now case number twenty of the coronavirus and as you heard, the Belizean woman is a border jumper. Earlier today, before number twenty was known, the Ministry of Health said that case nineteen that was detected last Saturday, doesn’t signal a second wave of COVID-19 for Belize. That person, according to the Director […]
Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero was asked for his expert opinion on the opening of schools. He says that while the world is experiencing a pandemic, education must continue. Today, he shared why he believes Belize should do it earlier than August. Here is how he explains it. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director […]
The Director of Health Services also gave an update on the increase in cases in Mexico, particularly Quintana Roo. Here’s what he had to say: Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “I think they changed color through the weekend, only behind Cancun area. That is something we have to look at closely and […]
The tourism sector continues to plummet as Belize remains locked off from international visitors. There is no set date for the reopening of the international airport and worse so, border entry points as the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to rise in Mexico and neighbouring Central American countries. Even though domestic tourism is now […]
Flour and toilet paper are two items that have been added to the list of items for importation. The Supplies Control Import Export Regulations have been amended via statutory instrument number seventy to reflect the need to now apply for an import license to bring in the flour and toilet paper that are used in […]
Since last week, floods have been recorded in several villages in the north. Today, flood waters are still high in several communities, including Douglas and San Roman. The communities have been mobilizing to get people to higher ground since these villages are along the rising Rio Hondo River. So far, almost seventy-five families from various […]
The floodwaters have caused serious damage to the agriculture sector. In the north, fields of sugar cane are underwater and last week, A.S.R./B.S.I. was forced to suspend milling until the weather improves and the waters recede. Rice farmers to the west were also affected by the heavy rains and floodwaters. In Blue Creek, recently planted […]
Valley of Peace Farmers are also having a difficult year. First, the drought devastated their crops and now heavy rains have damaged sixty percent of their cabbage plantation. More than one hundred and sixty thousand heads of cabbage were destroyed. This, C.E.O. Jose Alpuche says, will affect the availability of locally grown cabbage. Alpuche says that […]
The Financial Intelligence Unit is advising the public to be aware of the increased risk of COVID-19 related fraudulent activities. In its advisory, the F.I.U. notes that there has been an increase in different types of scams capitalizing on COVID-19 and the changes in the way we live and conduct business. Deputy Director of the […]
The Ministry of Education is tightening its belt as it makes cuts across most of its programmes as schools prepare to reopen in August. The annual Professional and Technical Scholarships is getting cut by more than fifty percent. Minister Patrick Faber explained on Monday that it will now be extremely competitive for applicants and that […]
On Friday, we reported on the six students who are stuck in Guyana and appealing for the government to open the northern border to allow them back into the country. Those students had applied through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ online form to return on Saturday, but they were informed that the country wasn’t ready […]
Major Eric Neal became the first Belize Defense Force officer to achieve a Masters of Defense Studies degree from the Royal Military College of Canada, following the completion of the Joint Command and Staff Programme in Toronto, Canada. Today, the former aide-de-camp who spent twelve years of his professional life in the B.D.F. as the […]
Former coach Kent Gabourel, who has been with the Football Federation of Belize in various capacities for the past twelve years, has been let go from the F.F.B. and his contract going forward will not be renewed. According to Gabourel, he and his wife who has also been with F.F.B. since 2004, were both released […]
