The shocking murder of Gilbert Alamilla – the man we’ve come to know as Mister Program – happened in the early hours of this morning. Tonight, it is still unclear what happened at a house on Simon Lamb Street where Mister Program was stabbed to death by a man he knew. It’s an odd, but […]
Tonight, police are looking for a man in connection with Gilbert Alamilla’s murder. He is twenty-eight-year-old Raheem Marsden. A poster issued by the police department lists Marsden’s last known addresses as number seventeen Frederick’s Street and twenty-seven Kelly Street in Belize City. Crimestoppers Belize is offering a two-thousand-dollar reward for information that can lead to […]
When he burst onto the local entertainment scene a few years ago, he was considered the next big thing in music. But his career didn’t quite take off as his hit single, ‘See I Rise.’ It wasn’t for lack of trying or talent, but more so the lack of support and infrastructure in place to […]
Statutory Instrument one-thirty-four remains in place, which means that the Director of Health Services is, by law, compelled to surrender the list of COVID-19 patients to the Minister of National Security, Michael Peyrefitte. It was expected that the S.I. would have been amended by now due to Doctor Marvin Manzanero’s disagreement with the language of […]
According to Doctor Manzanero, withholding the list of COVID-19 patients isn’t only about patient-doctor confidentiality; it is also about maintaining the integrity of the Ministry of Health. He says that if the list is handed over, it will deter people from getting tested. Hipolito Novelo “Will you surrender that list, yes or no?” […]
Douglas D’Silva Camp is located well within the lush forests of the Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve. The facility has been retrofitted to accommodate COVID-19 patients, primarily deportees and border jumpers. Its remote location is a deterrent for those patients who intend to flee the facility since for miles and miles; the terrain is rugged and […]
The Belize Central Prison has recorded five cases of COVID-19 after a prison guard began displaying symptoms a week and a half ago while on vacation at home in northern Belize. Following the positive results of his test, a contact tracing exercise was conducted and it has been determined that from a batch of thirty […]
Turning to the other COIVD numbers; out of one hundred and eighty samples, thirty-four additional cases of COVID-19 were identified on Thursday night with the majority of the new cases being identified in Orange Walk District. Cases were also detected in the Cayo, Belize, and Corozal districts. So far more than fifteen thousand tests have […]
According to Doctor Marvin Manzanero, twenty-six recovery cases were confirmed, but thirty-five point nine percent of the total confirmed cases are still active. Doctor Manzanero reminds that current scientific evidence continues to indicate that physical distancing and proper mask wearing are key in prevention. On the Phone: Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services […]
The U.S. has made no progress in reducing its COVID-19 cases and the virus has now reached the White House as President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have also tested positive. The daily average of new cases in the U.S. is around forty-two thousand. And like in the instance of ventilators, a new law […]
According to Doctor Manzanero, the number of PCR tests available at the moment is not of concern since the inventory is ample. The headache, he says, is that the lab will be overwhelmed with the processing of different tests. The DHS says that there are cases of co-infection where persons who have tested for COVID-19 […]
Belize is among a number of Caribbean countries that is resuming international travel amid the COVID pandemic. The second commercial flight landed today as Belize opened up the skies for international travel prior to the start of the high tourism season. United Airlines touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport this morning, bringing Belizeans […]
This afternoon, government released new measures for returning passengers. And returning home to Belize has been made easier for nationals and permanent residents since government has lifted the registration requirement. Belizeans and permanent residents are now required to install the Belize Travel Health app and save the Quick Response of QR Code and TRIP number […]
There is trouble within the F.F.B. as the re-election of President Sergio Chuc and the new executive of the Football Federation of Belize has been nullified by the chairperson of F.F.B.’s Electoral Appeals Committee. A decision rendered by attorney Jacqueline Willoughby identifies four areas of concern in respect of the Ordinary Congress that was held […]
So what bearing, if any, does the chairperson’s singular decision have on the operations of the F.F.B.? According to Chuc, it is business as usual in Belmopan until and unless FIFA’s lawyers say otherwise. The decision, he says, is not recognized by the federation since the others who comprise the Electoral Appeals Committee did not […]
Despite the individual decision taken by the chair of the Electoral Appeals Committee to nullify the outcome of the vote taken at the Ordinary Congress, F.F.B. President Sergio Chuc believes that there is collusion among members of the federation who have a vested interest in unseating him from leadership. Here is how he framed his […]
The Belize High School again entered the Global Robotics Competition called FIRST Global Challenge. This year, the competing students upped their game and nine of its students ranked fiftieth out of one hundred and seventy-five teams in the Global Robotics Competition. The high school has been participating in the competition for the past two years, […]
Now we hear from Belize High School’s I.T. Director and the team mentor, as well as one of the participants. Godfrey Sosa, I.T Director & Team Mentor “First stands For the Inspiration of Science and Technology. One of the things that we strive here at the Belize High School to accomplish is to keep […]
