The Ministry of Health confirmed today that there is no community spread of the novel coronavirus. It is awaiting results of more than a hundred persons tested for the virus, relating to cases confirmed over the weekend. San Pedro is of particular concern and there is fear on the island that if the tests turn […]
Up to news time, Belize has recorded a total of fifty-seven COVID-19 cases. Of those cases, twenty-four are active. As you know, nine cases were confirmed over the weekend, with eight of them identified on Saturday making it the highest number of cases reported in a single day for the country. Four of these cases […]
So, health officials say there is widespread concern. But is there a case of community spread on that island? The Ministry of Health is not ready to call it that just yet; they’ll await further results from that island to make a determination. What we do know is that the ministry has sent two additional […]
Moving from Corozal to Orange Walk, two males from that district were among those who tested positive over the weekend. One is a person who entered the country illegally; the other patient is an elderly man from a northern village. It was also noted that the patient had participated at a meeting at the Santa […]
Back to San Pedro….there is no community spread of the virus, but a number of persons are being tested. As you heard, a female police officer from Corozal is hospitalized with COVID-19. Her history shows that she was in San Pedro for a court case and she had attended a church service. Now, police officers […]
Today, Scotia Bank issued a notice to say that it has temporarily closed its branch in San Pedro. The release says that the reason for the closure is to conduct deep cleaning and sanitization. The bank says that the precautionary measure was implemented because a number of staff members at the branch are now exhibiting […]
The Ministry of Health is on a massive contact tracing exercise across the country, following the troubling cases where persons are not able to determine where they were exposed and have had immense footprint prior to their diagnosis. Today, Doctor Marvin Manzanero gave an update on those samples that are in processing, following the testing […]
Turning to the Ministry of Education and the state of schools, the ministry says that schools are in high gear preparation mode for the re-opening of schools on August tenth. Today, Doctor Carol Babb and Cecelia Ramirez-Smith appeared on an episode of Ask the Experts. Babb opened the discussion by sharing that a number of […]
As the COVID-19 cases continue to grow – the concern among many are that schools are not ready and they fear sending their children to school to be exposed to the virus. Well, if you are one of those parents who want to keep your child at home – you may be able to do […]
The family of murder victim Keona Ara is crying out for justice tonight. The eighteen-year-old was killed in a most savage way and her body set on fire and later found at a dumpsite by a caretaker in March 2017. Two suspects have been charged and one is now on bail. The horrific murder has […]
Today, while a News Five crew was in Blackman Eddy Village, located on the George Price Highway near the cut-off to the Iguana Creek Bridge, they caught up with the chairman of the village, who says that the residents have also not been spared from the effects of COVID-19. Despite a list of names being […]
Road works continue on the George Price Highway in the west where at the cut off to the Iguana Creek Bridge a roundabout is being built. While the much needed infrastructural development along the western corridor is welcomed by the village along the stretch, in Blackman Eddy Village, it is not without its challenges. Chairman […]
The C.W.U. has just signed a C.B.A., but not all is well in the union. Two outspoken stevedores came forward today to highlight issues they have been having with the union since 2017. One of the stevedores, Cyril Fuller, says that monies have been deducted from his pay and collected by the Christian Workers Union […]
According to Fuller, several discussions were had with C.W.U. President Evan “Mose” Hyde regarding his concerns. Fuller says that he had hopes that Hyde would address his concerns, but that did not happen and so Fuller remains a disappointed stevedore. Hipolito Novelo “Do you believe that this time around under the presidency of Mose […]
The Director of Health Services touched on a wide range of issues today. Now, as the P.G.I.A. gets ready for reopening on August fifteenth, the Ministry of Health says that a large number of Belizeans are also getting ready to travel. But for their travels, they require a test to present to the countries where […]
The Ministry of Health says that they have acquired a stock of geo-bracelets that, in the coming days, will be tested out. When it comes to the health app, its approval process will take a couple more weeks and so, it will not be ready for the reopening on the fifteenth. The ministry, however, has […]
As for the tourists who will be coming into the country on August fifteen and thereafter, Prime Minister Dean Barrow says they will have to follow the laws that have been put in place to ensure the safety and security of the Belizean public. PM Dean Barrow says that if tourists do not want to […]
On the matter of the Philip Goldson International Airport, the debate got heated on Monday between Leader of the Opposition John Briceño and leader elect of the U.D.P., Patrick Faber. Since his election as leader elect, Faber has mostly been doing party work. So when he called on Briceño for his party’s position on the […]
The Supreme Court last month ruled in favour of Lord Michael Ashcroft to provide expert input in the case of redistricting. He is an interested party in the case by the Belize Peace Movement, which is asking the court to order the Elections and Boundaries Department to carry out a redistricting exercise so that constituencies can […]
Four percent of the population in Belize is not registered at birth. An initiative to change that was launched today. The Belize Vital Statistics Unit, in partnership with the UN Refugee Agency, U.N.H.C.R., and the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, launched a new campaign to promote birth registration in Belize. The long term goal of […]
