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Tropical Storm Nana cometh and when she arrives, she will be a hurricane; at least that is the prediction coming from the National Hurricane Center. The storm is expected to [...]
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While Belize is in the midst of a pandemic, it is now preparing to brace for a category one hurricane. Tonight the National Met Service is advising the country to [...]
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So you heard from the National Met Service and what you can expect. And now, we turn to the National Emergency Management Organization. Late this evening, we spoke with Shelton [...]
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As you heard just now, NEMO’s National Coordinator pointed out the challenges of responding to a hurricane during the time of a pandemic. Shelton Defour says that all personnel are [...]
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Roadwords are prioritized at this time. Along the George Price Highway near mile thirty-eight and a half, work is underway, as a team from the Ministry of Works led by [...]
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Turning to crime….A man was callously murdered on Monday night inside his home in the Trenchtown area of San Ignacio. Because of the curfew hours, Joshua Villas was at home [...]
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There is another murder, it happened this afternoon on Royal Palm Street in the Louisiana Area of Orange Walk Town. The victim has been identified as twenty-two-year-old Joaquin Perez Junior. [...]
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There are forty-three new COVID-19 cases out of three hundred and seventeen samples processed. In the daily infographic provided by the Ministry of Health, it shows that the forty-three cases [...]
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The state of emergency has been lifted for Ambergris Caye; it was to expire this Friday, but the weeks of lockdown has severely impacted life in San Pedro where everything [...]
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From the S.O.E. to an impending hurricane…There is a sense of urgency in San Pedro in light of the fast-approaching storm. The San Pedro Town Council is asking residents to [...]
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Even as San Pedro prepares for a storm, a robbery took place this afternoon. A brazen thief hit the MoneyGram office on the island. Reports are that the cashier was [...]
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In Belize City, concerns are being raised tonight about the wellbeing of the staff at the Treasury Department where a second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed. News Five understands [...]
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And on Queen Street in Belize City, the Vital Statistics Unit today was sanitized. The Attorney General’s Ministry informed this morning that the Unit is temporarily closed and services have [...]
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A family member of a City Council Traffic Department employee died over the past weekend due to COVID-19. Tonight the virus threatens City Hall again as another family member of [...]
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The COVID pandemic has thrown things upside down and as Belize nears its thirty-ninth birthday, the festive national celebrations are taking new form, but the sense of pride and nationalism [...]
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In Orange Walk today both major political parties were in court battling over newly registered voters and transferees. The People’s United Party for both the East and Central constituencies was [...]
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The Belize Zoo has over two hundred resident animals – and they each require special care and that includes a balanced diet. Some of the animals are big meat eaters, [...]
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A number of police officers on San Pedro were infected with the coronavirus in the line of duty and had to be placed on quarantine when the virus hit the [...]
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