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The heavy downpour over Belize City today made the second national day of mourning to honor Belize’s first Governor General feel even more somber. The rains forced slight adjustments in the planned procession, but the cortege proceeded with all the pomp and ceremony. The late Dame Minita Gordon was taken to the House of Culture […]
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On Monday, we reported a leaked letter sent by the new Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission to attorney Andrew Marshalleck. Chairman Molina is seeking legal advice regarding a sale made by the previous P.U.C. board. It was the purchase of the old Mirab building for a little over ten million dollars. The 2019 purchase […]
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So what was included in the package that the P.U.C. purchased? According to the businessman, the Mirab building, including the property it sits on, and an open lot adjacent to the Belize Insurance Center, was bought for ten point three million dollars. He further explains how he acquired the piece of land owned by the […]
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The Food Assistance Program, a merging of the Grocery Bag Program and the COVID Food Assistance, is whittling down in terms of the funds made available for the initiative to continue to the end of this financial year. As it stands, there are approximately thirty thousand applications for relief through the Ministry of Human Development. […]
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An extreme case of domestic violence was reported last week, a woman savagely beaten reportedly by her husband. The report has enraged the Belizean public and prompted the Ministry of Human Development on January fifteenth to issue a statement on the incident. The episode allegedly perpetrated by Joel Bardalez was condemned by the government, and […]
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Police are still trying to put the pieces together to identify the decomposing skeletal remains of an unidentified man found last Saturday on the Macal Riverbank. Police say that they have no active missing person’s report that matches the remains. They now hope that a distinguishing tattoo lifted by the forensics team will help to […]
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The Corozal Free Zone will reopen in less than two weeks on February first. There is a lot at stake with the reopening of the zone and serious preparations are underway to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially since Mexico has recorded one point six-five million cases and more than one hundred […]
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Meanwhile, the nationwide curfew from eight p.m. to five a.m. has been in effect since December twentieth of last year. And in the Corozal and Orange Walk districts, the restrictions were stricter, with no cross-district and inter-district movement allowed. Since then, the COVID-19 cases in the northern districts have been steadily decreasing. There has been […]
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One man who agreed with Health and Wellness Minister is the P.U.P. Orange Walk Mayoral Candidate, Ladrick “Madbull” Sheppard. He says the current quarantine regulations have proven useful as the figures in both districts have been declining. Sheppard added that he has seen the positive effects of the regulations. Ladrick “Mad Bull” Sheppard, OW […]
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Shifting to the regional perspective, the Pan American Health Organization held a public education virtual session this morning to speak about the COVID-19 situation in the Americas. The hour-long session discussed challenges the region is facing, including the increasing number of new cases and deaths, overwhelmed health systems, and access to vaccines. Director of PAHO, […]
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The Pan American Health Organization is an integral partner for the Government of Belize. PAHO, through funding from the European Union, has secured down payments to purchase over one million doses of the expected COVID-19 vaccine for all Caribbean member states. For Belize, that means vaccine coverage for thirty percent of the population. Health and […]
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CAMS is an acronym for the Coronavirus Active Management System, an app created by Belizean economist and programmer, Renison Crawford. Crawford is currently pursuing a post-graduate degree in Austria, but recently returned home and wants to assist the country in its fight against the deadly novel coronavirus. So what’s so special about his app? He […]
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The municipal election will be held on Wednesday, March third. Both major political parties have been working on finalizing their slates in each municipality. In Orange Walk, the P.U.P. selected the new mayoral candidate following the successful election of Kevin Bernard as Orange Walk East area representative. Councilor Ladrick “Mad Bull” Sheppard has stepped up […]
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One man who didn’t make it on the P.U.P.’s Orange Walk slate is Haresh Vaswani. He first joined the P.U.P. team in 2018; he was elected a councilor with five thousand and fifty-four votes. Vaswani has had his run-in with the law after being charged for violating the COVID-19 regulation. However, Vaswani says that he […]
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Here in Belize City, the final P.U.P. slate is still unknown. Mayor Bernard Wagner has confirmed he will be seeking re-election, but it’s anyone’s guess as to who will be on his slate. Party Chairman Henry Charles told us that the slates would be finalized as early as this week as the successful applicants’ names […]
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The by-election for the Corozal Bay constituency that was left vacant by the recent death of David “Dido” Vega will be held simultaneously with the municipal elections on March third. The P.U.P. has made a call for interested candidates. This is even after the late Vega’s sister, Elvia Vega-Samos, had already announced her interest in […]
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A young tapir lost its life on Sunday night. It’s the second tapir killed in a road traffic accident on the John Smith Link Road in two months. Images from the accident show the tapir dead on the scene and an SUV with damage to the vehicle’s front portion. Today, Celso Poot, the Operations Manager […]
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The government will appoint a new commissioner to deal with the carrying out of the C.C.J.’s consent order regarding the issue of Maya land rights and the appellate court’s ruling in the days ahead. On Thursday, however, the Government of Belize will be reporting to the Caribbean Court of Justice with an update on the […]
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2020 proved to be a year of disasters, from multiple storms to the ongoing pandemic. And the trauma of all of it will remain etched in our minds. UNICEF wants to remind us that the most vulnerable group in any disaster is our children. Child-friendly spaces are widely used in emergencies as a first response […]
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