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When we last spoke with C.E.O. Virgilio Murillo of the Belize Central Prison a few days ago, the number of positive cases of COVID-19 among inmates stood at nineteen. Tonight, there is alarming news of additional cases behind prison walls, and that is because of one hundred and ninety samples taken on Tuesday, a whopping […]
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Eight-year-old Gabriella Corales lost her life on the afternoon of June eighteenth, 2019 when she was ran over while attempting to ride across a pedestrian ramp on her way to school in Belmopan. The tragic accident happened on the East Ring Road where the Standard Two student was making her way back to Our Lady […]
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The Public Service Union is calling on thousands of public officers to wake up the sleeping giant and fight any government that attempts to fire public officers to reduce the wage bill. After years of being dormant, the beast of the P.S.U. has begun mobilizing after U.D.P. Leader Patrick Faber and P.U.P. Leader John Briceño […]
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According to Henry, Leader of the Opposition John Briceño has agreed to meet and discuss the P.S.U.’s concerns. He says, however, that U.D.P. Leader Patrick Faber has failed to answer the letter. Henry says this is a disrespect to the thousands of public officers. Gerald Henry, President, P.S.U. “We are left with one opinion […]
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According to Henry, additional contract officers are currently being added to the wage bill. He says that the government is being insensitive to the sacrifices that public officers are making and calls on the Financial Secretary to remember his directive to the ministries with regards to cost saving measures. Gerald Henry, President, P.S.U. “The […]
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Government’s bloated wage bill is in excess of half a billion dollars in salaries for public officers. It is a looming crisis that any new government would have to deal with. U.D.P. Leader Patrick Faber says there is a difficult decision to make, in terms of trimming the fat from government’s wage bill. Patrick […]
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There are conflicting reports on whether the Godoy family from Orange Walk has been swabbed and tested for COVID-19. Tonight, Arturo Godoy Senior says nine days ago he was swabbed, but still the outcome of his results has not been released. In fact, Godoy Senior went on further to say that due to erroneous information […]
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The heart-wrenching death of six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior sent shockwaves across the country. The chilling story is that the minor suffered kidney complications and died alone inside the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the K.H.M.H. Godoy Junior was taken to the Northern Regional Hospital for non-COVID related assistance and was later transferred to the Karl […]
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Orange Walk Town Councilor Haresh Vaswani is finding himself in more political trouble tonight. On Wednesday, the councilor warded off political attacks that put him in a comprising position. He was accused of breaking COVID-19 regulations by being part of a partying group that exceeded the limit on social gatherings. Vaswani explained that the videos […]
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Police have identified the man who was found dead on the outskirts of Trio Village on Sunday. He has been identified as Rigoberto Albarenga of San Roman Village in Corozal. On Monday, police didn’t label the incident as a murder, but by Wednesday, Commissioner of Police said that it was being investigated as a murder. […]
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At Price Barracks tonight there is a sigh of relief. That is because government has announced amendments to the Defense Force Pension Regulations which, according to a press release, will bring soldiers benefits up to par with what officers receive. The B.D.F. has been lobbying for years for improved conditions which have finally been approved. […]
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In recent weeks, the communities of Golden Stream, Medina Bank, San Pedro Columbia, Indian Creek and several others, all Maya villages protected by communal land rights, have reported that surveyors authorized by the Lands Department have been opening survey lines in those locations. Those survey lines reportedly bisect agriculture fields belonging to villagers. An investigation […]
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So is there any recourse that can be taken by the Maya communities to halt the ongoing survey exercises and land distribution? According to Coc, a framework for dispute resolution has been agreed to by all parties before the Caribbean Court of Justice to address these very matters and complaints have been made on several […]
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The second phase of the Unemployment Relief Programme is winding down with less than two weeks away from a change of government. Prime Minister Dean Barrow, at his last press conference, alluded to the start of a third phase in early November, just prior to the general elections; however, that date or whether or not […]
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According to Young, while he made a mistake initially during the filling out of the form, he was assured by the Social Security Board that the matter would have been rectified. In fact, he received a message from them informing him that it had been corrected. Still he received no disbursement. Voice of: James […]
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If you are going to travel on a bus on Monday, you will have to purchase a ticket before you board the bus. The ticketing system is now mandatory from all the bus terminals. The Department of Transport issues a press release today to remind all bus owners and passengers that this new measure is […]
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There are eleven villages in Orange South. The area is large and has more than six thousand five hundred voters. This election, the pandemic has changed every imaginable way of life. The campaign strategy has had to be adopted to keep voters and party stalwarts safe. Jose Abelardo Mai is a powerhouse in the constituency […]
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He was a former P.U.P. minister and tonight the family and friends of Ainslie Leslie are mourning his passing. Leslie died early this morning after suffering complications caused by the deadly novel coronavirus. The seventy-three-year-old two-term Cayo North Area Representative was admitted to the San Ignacio Hospital earlier this week before being transported to the […]
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The northern border remains closed, but when it reopens, Belizeans wishing to cross the border will have to pay a new fee to enter Mexico. Press reports from Вullеt QRоо says that the Federal Government this week approved a fee to be slapped on Belizeans. This fee, it is reported, is not linked to the […]
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The Belize City Council is on a roll…on Wednesday, traffic lights were inaugurated; today, Duck Lane – a one-way street just off Albert Street was reopened. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner says it is one of twenty-five streets that have been rehabilitated despite the COVID pandemic that put the brakes on a number of projects […]
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It’s over seven months since Belize recorded its first case of COVID-19. From that first reported case on March twenty-third to August first, there were only fifty-six total positive cases. Within the last three months alone, that number has exploded to over three thousand positive cases. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we check in with the […]
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