Since reopening in July, cruise tourism has been off to a slow start, with only one ship docking per week in the Belize City Harbour. Today, however, the Belize Tourism Board responded to reports that the Carnival Vista which arrived this morning with almost three thousand guests had twenty-six crew members and one passenger infected […]
Last week craftspeople and other vendors at Altun Ha Archaeological Site were told they would have to show proof of vaccination or have their stalls closed down for this week’s “bubble tour” of cruise ship visitors. Marion Ali was at the site this morning to see what happened and if people complied. Marion Ali, […]
On Tuesday, Attorney for the Belize Police Association, Dickie Bradley told News 5 that considering that a significant portion of the Department’s members have not gotten vaccinated, threats to send them home would mean several hundred would not be on the job in accordance with Statutory Instrument seventy-four. For that to happen at a time […]
On Tuesday, word spread that someone in the Prime Minister’s Office had tested positive for COVID-19. News Five confirmed that everyone has been tested and that was the only positive case, someone who was out of the country for the past two weeks and therefore did not interact with other staff. The Prime Minister, who […]
There was an execution-style murder in Corozal Town this morning when a thirty-year-old resident of Chan Chen Village was gunned down while purchasing food on South Street. Eder Hall was placing an order at the deli when an unknown man appeared on the scene and stood beside him. That individual, it is reported, then produced […]
Jasmine Hartin appeared in San Pedro Magistrate’s court, but not for her manslaughter by negligence charge in connection with the death of police superintendent Henry Jemmot, but for common assault on an employee of a resort in San Pedro and a drug possession charge. However, her attorney, Dickie Bradley asked the magistrate Christina Perrera to […]
As we told you last night, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, with assistance from Baylor College of Medicine detected four variants of COVID-19 in Belize. Eighty one COVID-19 positive samples were processed. From that number three resulted positive for the Epsilon variant. Five resulted positive for the Alpha V1 variant. Nine resulted positive for […]
And while the Delta variant is more transmissible that the other variants, there is also a concern that if its spread goes unmitigated the protection that the vaccine offers can become less effective. As Doctor Musa explains it, this will be as a result of a newer mutation spreading in the unvaccinated population. Dr. […]
Doctor Musa says it may soon be time for measures to be put in place that are specific to Belize City, considering the increasing daily number of positive cases coming out of these densely populated communities. He also cautioned young people in particular to take COVID-19 seriously. Dr. Mark Musa, Internist “If we are […]
Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health and Wellness informed the United Democratic Party that it would not support a scheduled convention in Belmopan on Saturday. The planned political event was to have been held at the University of Belize’s gymnasium where former area representative John Saldivar was set to face former mayor Khalid Belisle. […]
The Christian Workers Union is accusing the Labor Department of breaking a commitment to continue mediation with the Port of Belize limited. Today during a press conference at union headquarters in Belize City, the union said that after the C.W.U. submitted its notice of intended strike action against P.B.L. in mid July, the Labor Department […]
The Christian Workers Union has also pulled out an agreement signed between the Government of Belize and the Port of Belize Limited back in 2005. C.W.U. alleges the agreement has been kept under wraps and that members had to do some serious investigative work to unearth it. The agreement, signed one year before the 2006 […]
According to C.W.U. President Hyde, stevedores have lost about one hundred and eighty six thousand dollars in income since B.S.I.’s move to Big Creek Port. Hyde took a jab at the sugar company, saying they should share their environmental clearance documentation for their Big Creek Port development. Mose Hyde, President, CWU “I am rather […]
Also at the press conference today were statements by stevedores themselves, as the ones on the ground absorbing the financial blow of B.S.I.’s move to the Big Creek Port. They describe their decision to engage in a go-slow on the sugar barge as a “sacrifice.” And while it resulted in financial losses, they say the […]
The National September Celebrations calendar of events for this year includes a new grant program for forty artists and creative workers, in line with the celebration of Belize’s fortieth anniversary of Independence. This morning, the National Institute of Culture and History introduced the initiative which provides a thousand dollars to individuals who successfully present a […]
According to Budhrani, any Belizean or Belizean-owned entity is eligible to participate in the grant program as there are no restrictions on age, gender, ethnicity, or any other background. Sapna Budhrani, President, NICH “Is there any restrictions? Really and truly, there is no restriction on age, gender, anything. It’s mainly a creative and innovative […]
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the National Institute of Culture and History took a severe financial hit when tourism came to a screeching halt. As a statutory body, NICH is partly funded by the government. It is also funded in large from revenue collected from the many archaeological sites it manages […]
The commemoration of Inter-American Week for Indigenous Peoples continues through to Friday. In Belize, the Garifuna and Maya communities are being celebrated for their contributions and achievements, as well as their diversities in culture, language, food, music and traditional knowledge. Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs issued a statement today encouraging every indigenous […]
In Tuesday’s newscast we brought you part one of a story on the murders of three teenage boys within the last three weeks. The stories of their lives and circumstances of their deaths may differ, but these incidents have Belizeans asking themselves what we can do to prevent the loss of other young lives. Tonight […]
