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There are twenty-three more days to go before the general elections on November eleventh and emotions are reaching fever pitch among party supporters. On Sunday, in the village of Red Bank in the Stann Creek District, an ugly confrontation took place among supporters of both major political parties, the U.D.P. and the P.U.P. COVID protocols […]
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Party Leader Patrick Faber has since weighed in on the melee in Red Bank. According to Faber, U.D.P. Stann Creek West Standard Bearer Ivan Williams was making his rounds in the village, along with a few supporters, delivering pantry items when they encountered a group of P.U.P. campaigners in the village. According to Faber, when […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was asked about the incident in Red Bank Village and he says that when he saw the video, he immediately gave the directive to arrest persons who appear in the video committing a violation. Commissioner Williams confirmed that shots were fired by a police officer who was in the area […]
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With less than a month to go before the General Elections, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that the Belize Police Department is open to accommodating the requests of politicians but that their service will not extend to breaking or twisting the law. He also notes that their support will be extended across the board. […]
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Nomination Day on October twenty-first will be a subdued affair due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 across the country. Traditionally, Nomination Day has been one of the biggest attractions for supporters of both major parties as throngs of stalwarts take to the principal streets of cities and towns to cheer on their candidates and […]
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On Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 will not be allowed to cast their votes in the November eleventh general elections. The news has raised concerns of constitutional rights and the exercise of one’s franchise. While the opposition is yet to comment on the matter, U.D.P. leader […]
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U.D.P. Corozal Southeast Standard Bearer Tony Herrera contracted COVID-19 while on the campaign trail in his constituency over a week ago. Since then he has been quarantined and his physical vote seeking activities have ground to a halt. But will he be fit to participate in Nomination Day come Wednesday? According to Party Leader Patrick […]
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Today, the press asked Commissioner Chester Williams how authorities will ensure that those who are infected with the virus don’t go to the polls, considering that they don’t have the list of COVID-19 infected persons. Here’s his response Reporter “How will police COVID-19 positive patients?” Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Bwai yuh know, […]
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Two more escapees were recaptured over the weekend, leaving twelve others still on the run since last week’s jailbreak from the Hattieville prison. This morning, Guatemalan national Oswaldo Perez and Luis Paiz were arraigned and sentenced for escaping from prison. Perez’s brother, who was outside the courtroom, says that Oswaldo was forced to flee prison […]
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Fifteen escaped prisoners have been recaptured alive, arraigned and sentenced. Four of them have pleaded guilty and the others have been sentenced to one-year in prison. Some of those sentences are to run concurrently with whatever time they are spending behind prison walls. But that matter is not sitting well with the Commissioner of Police. […]
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In the aftermath of the prison break, the narrative of what transpired is gradually being released. As you know, there is an investigation underway by the police department into the incident. But today, C.E.O. of the Kolbe Foundation, Virgilio Murillo said that the incident was a hostage situation turned escape and that the integrity of […]
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Tonight, the Belize Police Department says that there is no evidence that the mass prison breakout resulted from an inside job. You’ll recall that on Tuesday of last week Commissioner of Police Chester Williams said that there certain parts of the prison escape narrative weren’t adding up. So, today we asked Commissioner of Police Chester […]
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And so turning to the lead investigator into the prison break-out, we asked Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero, who is the Deputy Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch, for an update into the matter. We also asked where the investigation stands in the death of the two prisoners who were killed in separate events. […]
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Back to the U.D.P. party leader; Patrick Faber has accepted an invitation to participate in a prime ministerial debate ahead of the November eleventh general elections. Organized in part by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Galen University, the debate will see leadership aspirants for both political parties, John Briceño for the People’s […]
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The proverbial baton for leadership of the United Democratic Party was passed on to Patrick Faber by outgoing party leader Dean Barrow during a virtual rally on October eighth. While PM Barrow has stepped down from the helm of the party, he has not resigned as head of government. The Constitution of Belize determines that […]
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Will an absence of outside voters, Belizeans living in the Diaspora, significantly affect the outcome of the general elections? It’s a question that was put to Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber earlier today when he was asked to weigh in on his constituency and the expected turnout in that division. According to the party leader, […]
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Thirty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were identified on Sunday and a further of twenty cases today. The majority of those cases were identified the northern districts of Corozal and Orange Walk. The Orange Walk District now has more than one thousand confirmed cases, almost forty percent of the total confirmed cases in the country. According […]
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Forty-four other persons have recovered from the virus, leaving the total number of active cases to one thousand and ninety-six. There, however, two more deaths to report bringing the total number of persons to have died due to COVID-19 to forty-five. The country’s fatality rate is now at one point six percent, showing a slow […]
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Belize Specialists Hospital has closed down until further notice after members of its staff tested positive for COVID-19. A total of seven persons have tested positive and are in self isolation. The affected staff members are showing mild to no symptoms. A release from the hospital says that a thorough sanitization of the facility is […]
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The infection has spread to the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited. Several staff members and two patients there have been confirmed to be COVID-19 positive. And while Belize Specialists Center has closed, Belize Healthcare Partners Limited says that its services continue uninterrupted. According to the hospital, three weeks ago, BHPL was able to obtain approved Antigen […]
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On Sunday, the COVID-19 infographic showed that forty-seven persons tested positive for the virus which has infected as many as two thousand eight hundred and thirty three persons as of tonight. Of that number, fifteen were frontline workers, including healthcare, B.D.F. and Coast Guard. Today we got an update from the Commissioner of Police on […]
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Earlier we heard the U.D.P. leader say that his party will not hold motorcades on Nomination Day. On Wednesday, those seeking political office in the upcoming General Elections will be heading to the elections and boundaries offices in their respective constituencies to officially get their name on the ballot. Nomination Day is also a day […]
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Statutory Instrument number one forty-nine of 2020 came into effect today. The S.I. makes amendments to, as well as repeals previous regulations. Two of the more significant amendments outline regulations for in-house dining at restaurants and transportation arrangement for visitors arriving in country. Here’s what Commissioner of Police Chester Williams had to say about the […]
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A female police officer is among a group of persons arrested on drug charges. Acting upon information received, police intercepted a vehicle driven by police officer Stephanie Patten Cima around ten-forty-five on Saturday night. A search of the vehicle led to ten twin bundles of suspected cannabis, weighing twenty-three pounds. Police Officer Cima and four […]
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Police say that they have arrested and charged several persons for the beat down of an elderly man in Corozal. The incident happened last week Wednesday and tonight the victim remains hospitalized. ACP Joseph Myvett spoke about the random attack that has the perpetrators facing attempted murder charges. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes […]
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