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Aspiring Prime Minister and B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith are at odds again and it all started on Facebook over a question Smith posted on her page. In our newscast on [...]
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This morning, in a lengthy interview with the media, leader elect Faber defended the decision to name the preschool after Brown, despite saying he was not aware of the selection [...]
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The social media exchange between B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith and Minister Patrick Faber got ugly rather quickly and admittedly, Faber’s behaviour was unbecoming of someone aspiring for the leadership of [...]
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Election Day this year will be a public and bank holiday on Wednesday, November eleventh. And that is due to the COVID pandemic. The proposal was made by the Leader [...]
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The United Democratic Party will formally introduce Patrick Faber as its new leader in a televised event scheduled for Thursday night. Across the country, the U.D.P. has been reaching out [...]
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November eleventh, by predictions, is expected to have a low voter turnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, general elections have drawn voters from all over, even those living in [...]
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Election season is in full swing across the country but the banners, t-shirts and other propaganda items that adorn all major streets in the respective municipalities are at a minimum. [...]
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The allegation made against U.D.P. Mesopotamia Standard Bearer Shyne Barrow, by his wife, continues to make headlines. The aspiring politician is accused of domestic violence, despite a retraction of a [...]
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The United Democratic Party is optimistic that it will be successful at the polls on November eleventh, in its bid to a win a fourth consecutive term in office. While [...]
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The People’s United Party today issued a release on the state of affairs as it relates to the government. It follows on the heels of a release by the government [...]
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Police have made a bust of a highly addictive illegal drug. Three Belizeans and a Guatemalan on Tuesday were busted with close to eight pounds of heroin which is not [...]
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On Tuesday night we reported on an alarming four deaths in the Orange Walk District. Those cases put the number of casualties at thirty-four, increasing the death rate to one [...]
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The preliminary data for today from the Ministry of Health is that the number of confirmed cases is up by sixty-seven. Three hundred and six samples were processed of which [...]
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There is an alarming increase in positive cases among frontline workers. During today’s Ask the Expert webcast, Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero confirmed that twenty-seven positive cases were [...]
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A total of seven hundred and seventy-six persons touched down at the P.G.I.A. between October first and fifth. Of those persons, majority of whom were returning Belizeans, one person tested [...]
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Political parties are strategizing how to get voters out on election day. But will persons who are in quarantine for COVID-19 be able to participate in the national vote on [...]
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Where it concerns Belizeans in the diaspora who are eligible to vote, Tamai also says that similarly, they too would be subjected to the same protocols as persons who are [...]
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With all the strict measures being put in place to ensure that voters, as well as public officers invigilating the elections process remain COVID-free, will voters be allowed to carry [...]
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U.D.P. Standard Bearer Tony Herrera is running in the Corozal Southeast constituency, but is presently sick with COVID-19. His wife is also hospitalized after having contracted the disease. So how [...]
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Seven point six million dollars was allocated by the government to purchase hardware and software to assist student with distance learning during the pandemic. The monies were approved by the [...]
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Two men have been arrested and charged for separate murders. Wanted man Raheem Marsden was taken into custody tonight and charged for the murder of Mister Program, Gilbert Alamilla. Alamilla [...]
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Bella Vista Roman Catholic School in the south was vandalized and burglarized sometime last night. The gang of thieves broke into ten classrooms, stole school property, and defaced the walls [...]
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B.N.T.U. National President Elena Smith condemned the criminal act today. Smith says such criminal act does not only hurt the school but the community and children that it serves. [...]
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On Tuesday, the Belize Bureau of Standards announced a change in the price of butane that became effective today. The new fixed controlled price for Liquefied Petroleum Gas for wholesale [...]
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According to Matura, the government has not defined what a wholesale volume is. She says that the way it is regulated – or the lack thereof – is essentially aimed [...]
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