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The first paediatric patient died due to COVID-19 over the weekend at the K.H.M.H. He is six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior of Orange Walk Town, who attended the Louisiana Government School and ailed from a kidney condition. The account by the father of his son’s final days is sad and painful. The young child was alone […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior was a fighter; he battled a kidney condition that placed him at a higher risk when he contracted the novel coronavirus. Those who knew the young child among family and classmates attest to his good nature and eagerness to learn and live. In his short life, he wrote and recited poetry. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In addition to the death of six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior, a man in his eighties, also from Orange Walk, died due to complications associated with COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths to fifty, since the virus was first detected in Belize, and the fatality rate to one point five-nine percent. Doctor Marvin Manzanero […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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There are currently, one thousand one hundred and thirty-four active COVID cases as confirmed cases soared pass the three thousand mark over the weekend. Over the past two days, some five hundred and ninety-three samples were processed of which ninety-five returned positive. So, thirty-six point one percent of the total number of confirmed cases remain […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In the Orange Walk District, which is registering the highest number of cases; forty persons were arrested over the weekend for hosting or participating in a restricted social event. Officers descended on two locations—one on Gravel Lane in Orange Walk Town and the other in Guinea Grass Village. A get-together for a sweet sixteen was […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Police clamped down on other social events across the country. Nearly one hundred people were arrested over the weekend, including those in Orange Walk. According to the Belize Police Department, cops were busy breaking up parties and other social events. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the press that more than half of those […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Following a meeting of the National Oversight Committee earlier today, it has been agreed that new protocols regarding the COVID-19 pandemic will be implemented. This comes amid a spike in the number of cases, as well as six other fatalities being recorded. As a result of these developments, government will fast track private sector rapid […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Today was the deadline for the leaders of political parties to confirm participation on the touted prime ministerial debate organized by the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the Galen University and Love Foundation. At news time, it is known that only Nancy Marin from B.N.F. showed up for a meeting this afternoon by the B.C.C.I., so […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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An investigation into the misappropriation of a significant sum of money from the Treasury Department is underway and the public officer who is allegedly behind the scheme has been placed on administrative leave. It is believed that close to a hundred thousand dollars remain unaccounted for from the department’s “New Hire Account”. The purpose of […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In Belmopan earlier today, human remains were discovered in the vicinity of the Ministry of Works compound, near a sewer line for the Belize Water Services. Several bones, including a skull were observed on the sidewalk adjacent to the drain. Police and Scenes of Crime personnel were summoned to the location to retrieve the skeletal […]
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Police are trying to identify a man who was found dead in Trio Village in Southern Belize. Police say that the circumstances surrounding his death are unclear at this time and they are awaiting a post-mortem to determine the cause of death. Police also say that a woman was found unconscious on the same road […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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On Friday, we told you about how Doctor Angel Campos was behind the wheel of his government vehicle when he was involved in a road traffic accident just outside of Orange Walk Town. Campos’ vehicle was extensively damaged, but he escaped unhurt. Today, ACP Joseph Myvett told the media that Doctor Campos and the other […]
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Five days after his mutilated body was discovered inside on a bed inside a wooden shed at a block factory in Santa Cruz Village, a person has been detained for the murder of Humberto Ramos. The twenty-six-year-old Guatemalan national lived at his worksite and on the morning of October twenty-second, his co-workers would discover his […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Two weeks after they broke out of the Belize Central Prison, six of the escapees remain on the run. When we left you on Friday, there were seven fugitives on the loose but one more has been recaptured. Cops nabbed Elser Oseguera in Pomona Village sometime between Friday and Saturday morning. The six who are […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As cops are on the frontline to shut down illegal gatherings, these encounters with large groups can further expose them to the virus. Currently, the department has been hit hard with close to one hundred and seventy cops off duty as a result of the pandemic. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that at the […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As police arrest and charge civilians for COVID-related violations, what about those cops who may also be breaking the law? Commissioner Chester Williams says that he is taking a hard line when it comes to his officers because they cannot be sending one message and appear to be doing the opposite. These comments come after […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A staffer at the Belize Postal Service in Belize City has tested positive at a private facility for the novel coronavirus and as a result, eighteen others who came in direct contact with that patient will be swabbed for the virus. These employees are now in self-isolation at home and are not to report to […]
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A gas attendant was shot over the weekend at his place of work, the Puma Gas Station on Freetown Road. Adrian Perrera was attending to a customer when he was pounced upon by an armed robber wearing an orange hoodie. Perrera was shot to the back during a struggle with the robber who made off […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Two men, including a B.D.F. soldier, have been arrested and charged for kept firearm without a gun license. Around two-thirty on Saturday afternoon, cops were doing random stop and search in Trinidad Village when they found an unlicensed nine millimeter pistol inside a vehicle. The duo was arrested. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A Belize City woman reported to police that she was held up at gunpoint and robbed of her personal belongings in Belize City. Police say that the woman was in a vehicle near the seaside by the Bliss Institute when the incident happened. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “On […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A couple’s domestic dispute has left a man hospitalized. According to police, David Pou and his girlfriend were having an argument when she called for her family to help her move from the couple’s home. The woman’s family reportedly got into an altercation with Pou and he was stabbed. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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For three consecutive general elections, the electoral divisions in Corozal have been split between the two major political parties, the U.D.P. holding three of the four seats and P.U.P. one. But is a blue tidal wave going to sweep over the north? On the campaign trail in Corozal, the People’s United Party is confident as […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A Corozal man is suspected to have drowned after his body was found floating in the sea. On Sunday morning, Corozal police were called out to the seafront where they discovered Dudley Nugent’s body in the water. The suspicion is that Nugent may have drowned as no sign of violence was observed on his body. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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One man is in the hospital following a chopping incident in Yo Creek Village. Police say that sometime around two on Sunday morning Emmanuel Garcia visited the home of another man and they were socializing when they got into an argument. Garcia sustained chop wounds that landed him in the hospital in a critical condition. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A fire in San Miguel Village in Toledo has left one family homeless. Police say that just before three on Friday afternoon, a fire broke out at Alicia Jucub’s home. She managed to save some items, but the fire wiped out the rest of her belongings, as well as the roof over her head. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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