The tourism industry is gearing up for the arrival of international visitors to designated properties. In less than a month, the Philip Goldson International Airport will reopen with flights from the U.S.A., where the number of persons affected by the coronavirus continues to break records. In some Caribbean countries, the virus has been spreading with […]
Residents in the Cayo District can breathe a sigh of relief tonight. The COVID-19 case involving a male in his early fifties does not seem to be a community spread. The man had visited the San Ignacio Community Hospital last week after experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms and a loss of sense of taste and smell. It was […]
Two more COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Monday. This brings the total of active cases to eighteen. The tests resulted positive after sixty six more samples were processed, mostly from repatriates who had arrived in the country on Friday, July seventeenth. The two new cases are both males. One person entered the country through the […]
Police continue to investigate a wild shooting that happened on Joseph Andrews Drive in San Ignacio on Sunday morning. The shooter was targeting football player, Windell Trapp, but he also killed a taxi driver and injured three other innocent persons. As we’ve shared, Trapp and Samuel Hill were killed on the spot. And although Danny […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, following a senate meeting last Wednesday, told the media that the families of deceased B.D.F. airmen, Majors Adran Ramirez and Radford Baizar and Corporals Reynaldo Choco and Yassir Mendez, had been compensated. The four Belize Defense Force soldiers perished in a helicopter crash on February twenty-seventh in the vicinity of Gales […]
COVID-19 has put a severe financial strain on families, and according to Matura, a suggestion was initially made for the Choco and Mendez families to receive an advance until they were able to sort through the legal maze ahead of them since neither of the deceased airmen left behind a will. She says that the […]
The widow of one of those deceased airmen continues to reside at Price Barracks, despite the likelihood that she will be asked to vacate the home since, as a civilian, she has no legal grounds to remain on the military compound . It is on that basis, Matura says, that a request for an advance […]
In political news, Foreign Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington and former minister Gaspar Vega both announced they will not seek re-election in the Pickstock and Orange Walk North constituencies. Their decision came immediately after Minister Patrick Faber became the leader elect of the U.D.P. less than two weeks ago, on July twelfth. In Punta Gorda, Mayor […]
Schools are scheduled to reopen on August tenth and across the country, preparations are underway to keep students safe when they return to classrooms as COVID-19 cases inch upward. The Ministry of Education is putting in place the required protocols for the new normal in classrooms. Social distancing is a major factor under the new […]
The Ministry of Education continues to receive financial assistance, as well as other donations from agencies across the country as it prepares for the reopening of schools on August tenth. A number of organizations and businesses have come onboard with that initiative. While Chief Education Officer Doctor Carol Babb has gone on record to list […]
The northern communities San Felipe and Blue Creek remain under lockdown during a thirty-day state of emergency prompted by a rash of COVID-19. Amid the S.O.E. are concerns about the sitting of CXC exams by secondary students who are unable to leave those villages. There are also fears that there may not be adequate preparation […]
There are also reports that San Felipe Village and Blue Creek will see some relief. The two villages have been on lockdown since July tenth, after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was detected in Blue Creek Village. Residents of San Felipe point out that many factors were not considered when they were placed on lockdown. […]
Last week, we reported that government had decided to cut the National Health Insurance’s Annual Budget as part of cost saving measures. In order to sustain the programme and the operations of Primary Care Providers, past the fifteenth of July, clients have had to pay for services. The cut to N.H.I. was initially a whopping […]
The N.H.I. is not the only health institution that is carrying out cost-saving measures. Hospitals across the country have been asked to tighten up its budget by removing unnecessary costs. The Southern Regional Hospital has made cuts that include the availability of coffee for staff and the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has also been reducing […]
For days we have been reporting on the escalating situation at the Port of Belize and stevedores who have been protesting for days. Tonight, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte has become involved in the standoff at the Port of Belize and is seeking to file a request to the Supreme Court on Wednesday for an injunction […]
A case management session was held this morning involving attorneys for the Government of Belize and the former LPG importers who have since filed a constitutional claim challenging the legality of a decision to cancel their license to import butane into the country. Since the National Gas Company has become the sole importer of liquefied […]
It is rough for consumers across the country due to COVID-19 pandemic and this Wednesday, it is going to be tougher. That’s because the price of diesel will take a hike; it is going up by sixty cents and will retail at eight dollars and twenty-one cents per gallon. This increase comes on the heels […]
The Holy Redeemer Credit Union gave almost half a million dollars in educational grants in time for the new school year. It is the biggest amount in financial aid that H.R.C.U. has awarded per year. COVID-19 is affecting families all over the country so the grant is much needed to help transition students back to […]
Last week, a video made its rounds on social media, showing a Ministry of Health pickup truck and alleging that health officers had crossed the western border into Melchor in the vehicle and were seen with contraband beers. The Ministry launched an investigation into the matter and according to Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin […]
So far in the news we have reported on the donation for school furniture and grants for students. Eight ventilators were also today handed over to the Ministry of Health by Bowen and Bowen Limited in Belize City today. The company earmarked half a million-dollar to help in the fight against COVID-19. The ventilators are the final […]
One of the topics discussed by Doctor Marvin Manzanero during today’s interview was the preparedness of the Philip Goldson International Airport to reopen to visitors and returning Belizeans. Doctor Manzanero says he met with frontline workers at the P.G.I.A. today. A number of measures have been put in place and are expected to be followed […]
The clock is ticking for the reopening of the Philip Goldson Airport to international visitors on August fifteenth. Today, the Ministry of Health reviewed the protocols in place. Hotels and resorts are also putting final touches from a nine point list to ensure that visitors feel safe and stay healthy. The Gold Star Certification Programme […]
