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The Hattieville prison is facing a potential crisis as the corona virus spreads behind bars. Prison authorities today announced a lockdown beginning on Tuesday, October thirteenth, as more positive cases of the virus among prisoners and wardens are recorded. Late this evening, five new cases were confirmed among ninety samples, bringing the number to twenty-one […]
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The mortality rate of the novel coronavirus for the country is at one point five percent for now. Since the outbreak in Belize, thirty-four persons, twelve women and twenty-two men, have lost the fight against the disease. Earlier this week, there were four recorded in twenty-four hours. Over the course of the last twenty-four hours, […]
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Today, health facilities in the north and the city are stretched with the largest number of persons due to the virus. A total of twenty-three persons are hospitalised, majority of them at the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk and the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. At the K.H.M.H., there are nine persons […]
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Sixty-three new cases of COVID-19 were identified on Thursday from a batch of two hundred and sixty samples. Going into the extended weekend, the new total number of cases has climbed to two thousand three hundred and seventy-three. The breakdown shows eight hundred and eighty active cases of the virus in the country and one […]
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The number of COVID infections will soon hit two thousand four hundred cases and it continues to spike threatening to overwhelm health facilities. The virus has spread behind prison walls and is multiplying among law enforcement. The police has been hit hard, cases increase in the B.D.F. and the force is recording its first death […]
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The P.U.P. has been unveiling a number of platforms leading up to the general elections on November eleventh. Today, it was about Public Safety and Justice. The level of crime and violence on the streets is a matter of grave concern so the P.U.P.’s policy will grow the ranks of the police department and put […]
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There was a passing of the baton in the United Democratic Party. Retiring Prime Minister Dean Barrow said his goodbyes as party leader, giving way to Patrick Faber to assume the leadership of the U.D.P. The event took place on Thursday night and was held virtually as the U.D.P. faces the huge challenge of a […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today issued a warning to political parties and campaigners, reminding them of the COVID-19 regulations. Williams says that as political aspirants and their campaigners are moving across communities, some are not wearing their masks and others don’t wear it properly. Williams is calling on all political parties and aspirants to […]
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Still on COVID-19…since we previously spoke with Doctor Marvin Manzanero at the start of week, there have been several private and commercial flights that have touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport. Majority of the passengers brought negative PCR tests, but of those that were screened using the SD BIOSENSOR Rapid Test, all samples […]
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The sharp increase in cases since the end of last month into October was anticipated given certain private functions and activities that were held during the month of September. The epidemiological team from the Ministry of Health has been looking at data trying to address the rising cases. It is suggested that the country is […]
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When we spoke to the Commissioner of Police we also asked him about pending payments to police officers. These officers, who worked extra duty in September, have not been paid. We know that the junior officers were paid for “extraneous” duties performed for the Christmas anti-crime operations last year. Senior officers, however, have not been […]
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Almost forty-three thousand applications have been approved as part of the second phase of the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Programme. As of Thursday, those applications have been sent to the National Bank of Belize for payment. The breakdown of those approvals indicates that roughly twenty-three thousand applications were submitted by persons who have been laid off, […]
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There were twenty three less murders this year when compared to the same time last year. In 2019, one hundred and thirty-four murders were recorded and so far this year seventy-four murders have been recorded. It is expected, and surely hoped, that the murder count remains low as we near the end of the year. […]
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Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser this morning remanded eighteen-year-old Barry Tillett to the Belize Central Prison on two counts of armed robbery after he pleaded not guilty to the charges. The incidents occurred on September twenty-third in the Mahogany Heights community off the George Price Highway. Police allege that Tillett and two others used a handgun […]
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He is no stranger to the law. In fact, in July of this year he and three others were arrested and charged for the mid-afternoon armed hold-up at the Belama branch of Scotia Bank on the Philip Goldson Highway on July second. The robbery ended in a crossfire with cops who were on mobile patrol […]
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Justice Lord did not exercise any leniency for Delson Paguada, who is accused of the January twenty-third, 2018 shooting murder of Paul Jex – a reputed gang associate who himself had had a colourful history with the law. Jex’s murder occurred at dusk that day on Crocodile Street in the San Mateo area of San […]
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Today the National Committee for Families and Children held a virtual launch for its roadmap to end child marriage and early unions. It’s been in the pipeline for a few years through consultations with stakeholders and collaboration with partner agencies. The N.C.F.C., with support from U.N.F.P.A. and UNICEF, came up with a strategy to address […]
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Independent Candidate in Belmopan Anna Banner Guy launched her manifesto last month. Banner Guy describes her platform as the ‘People’s Manifesto’ which she says outlines realistic and attainable actions and outcomes that cover a specific needs for the constituency. The themes include safety and security; land and housing distribution; entrepreneurship and job creation and youth […]
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The National Institute of Culture and History has designated the Village of Forest Home in Toledo a ‘Historic Community.’ In partnership with the village council, NICH installed a sign on the Punta Gorda-San Antonio Road near the entrance of the village to highlight its historical and cultural heritage. According to a release issued by NICH, […]
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Tonight, we bring you part two of our Belize Zoo Live feature stories. As we told you on Wednesday night, the zoo is taking their animals into the classrooms through live virtual sessions that are scheduled to start in the coming week. While there is interest from educational institutions, the Belize Zoo wants to make […]
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