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The P.U.P.’s candidate for Cayo West, Jorge “Milin” Espat is under fire tonight after it surfaced that he is not a registered voter. Espat is a new comer to electoral politics and is challenging veteran U.D.P. area rep Erwin Contreras. At the launch of the P.U.P. manifesto today, he confirmed to News Five that he […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The government has decided to disallow voters and strip away their constitutional right to voting because they carry the COVID 19 virus. That decision was announced last week when Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that persons who are COVID-19 positive and those who have been ordered to self isolate will not participate in the November […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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While in Orange Walk on Wednesday, we polled three of the four candidates on the government’s decision to prohibit COVID-19 patients to vote on November eleventh. The Orange Walk district has the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the most active cases. Speaking out against the decision was Jose Mai, Ramon Cervantes, and Kevin Bernard. […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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We also asked four of Orange Walk’s U.D.P. candidates what they personal think about the government’s ban on COVID-19 patients Generally, most agreed with the Prime Minister, but they also believe that provisions should have been made to allow these persons to vote because as David Zetina of Orange Walk North says, everybody has the […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a gruesome murder overnight in the southern community of Santa Cruz where a Guatemalan national was found with multiple chop wounds to the body this morning. Sometime around 7:20 a.m., officers in the village showed up at a block factory in the New Site area where they observed the lifeless body of twenty-six-year-old […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Escaped prisoners Kendale Flores and Luke Bowen were captured overnight on the Placencia Peninsula, following tips from the community. This morning the recaptured men were taken to the Police Training Academy in Belmopan before they were charged for escaping and then taken to the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville from where they escaped on October […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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In February 2017, Vildo Westby, now thirty-two-years-old, absconded to Mexico following a murder in San Pedro where well-known activist Felix Ayuso lost his life. Ayuso, who was a member of the San Pedro AIDS Commission, was viciously stabbed with a screwdriver and his body was discovered inside his home three days later, on February fourth. […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A six-year-old boy tested positive for COVID-19 and now he is hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. He is the first pediatric case in the hospital as of Wednesday evening. When he appeared on Ask the Experts today, DHS Marvin Manzanero also shared that the little boy is a referral from the Northern Regional Hospital and that […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the number of positive cases confirmed today – late this evening on Ask the Experts webcast Dr Marvin Manzanero shared that the latest preliminary cases confirmed were fifty-eight out of a total of four hundred and thirty-seven tests processed. That is a record number for the lab, according to Manzanero. At the start […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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With all thirty-one candidates officially nominated for the November eleventh elections, the People United Party today launched its True Blu Plan entitled, “Everybody Fi Win.” The party that hopes to win the general elections is committing to bold ideas to grow the economy, improve healthcare, free access to education and provide land to first time […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Verdes Football Club has reached the end of the road for its participation in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League Tournament after several of its players and members of the coaching staff tested positive for COVID-19. A total of ten persons have come down with the virus, despite initially testing negative in Cancun prior to departure for […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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According to President Sergio Chuc, of the Football Federation of Belize, the players, as well as the coaching staff of Verdes FC may have contracted the virus in Cancun and the initial results of tests conducted there, may have been false negatives. Belize’s withdrawal due to COVID-19 will not cost the teams any penalties going […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize recorded its forty-sixth COVID-19 death on Wednesday. The victim is an elderly man with underlying conditions from Orange Walk. He was hospitalized for two weeks before he died. Today, DHS Marvin Manzanero provided some details on the latest death and also broke down the age groups of the forty-plus deaths. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A large number of COVID-19 tests are being conducted in recent weeks and since last week, there has been a delay in the processing of samples at the Belize Central Medical Lab. Doctor Manzanero says that there was a backlog of a few hundred swabs to be processed. He notes that just today alone, they […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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BelizeOn is turning one! We introduced you to this online service months ago and just like that, this Friday; it marks its first anniversary. As you know, the pandemic has cut travel significantly so consumers are shopping online for local goods and products. BelizeOn is filling orders as fast as they come and is now […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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On Wednesday night, we had extensive coverage of how nomination day went for the political parties in most areas of the country. Tonight, we have a recap of the north, south and Belize Rural Central.
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Peace Movement has applied for an injunction, asking the court to stay the November general election until its case is heard. In its substantive matter, the B.P.M. is asking the courts to essentially restrain the Elections and Boundaries Commission from conducting the general elections on November eleventh. The B.P.M. is seeking a redistricting, […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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As COVID-19 continues to spread; there is concern that Election Day may end being a super spreader event. Aside from voters waiting in line to cast their vote, Election Day machineries are expected to present the ideal opportunity for the spread of the virus. Earlier this week, U.D.P. Leader Patrick Faber said that imposing a […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Did the U.D.P. nominate a COVID-19 candidate? There are reports circulating, though unconfirmed that Anthony “Tony” Herrera of Corozal South East was tested for the virus again on Sunday. But the results we are told may be positive again. We tried to reach Herrera today but our calls were unanswered. On Wednesday, his party leader […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The U.D.P.’s Deputy Party Leader and the area representative for Corozal North Hugo Patt is coming under fire tonight. A family in Patchakan Village is accusing him of illegal taking control of their land. According to P.U.P. candidate David Castillo, land surveyors have shown up at the family’s private property of more than fifteen acres […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Forty-four-year-old American National Jadiel Rojas and his sixteen-year-old son were detained by San Ignacio police on Wednesday night. Rojas, who has been residing in Belize illegally, is wanted by U.S. authorities for the alleged kidnapping of a child. Upon reviewing their passports, the Immigration and Nationality Department found that both father and son did not […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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In the height of nominations on Wednesday, a fire swept through a Belize City house, rendering the Miles Family of Fabers Road homeless. The fire started in the lower flat of the two-storey building and spread to the upper flat where Lennox Miles and Janet Wade reside. Fire fighters believe that it was in fact […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the British Army Training Support Unit Belize invited the press to share how they are championing environmental stewardship in Belize. BATSUB says that while they have a permit to allow some three thousand seven hundred and fifty soldiers to train over the years they have only had two thousand five hundred soldiers a year. […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Last Friday, the Prime Minister and the Director of Health Services provided an update on Belize’s preparation to access a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. The DHS, Doctor Marvin Manzanero spoke of a down payment made to the COVAX facility, which would allow access to vaccines when they are created for up to thirty […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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