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Belize’s growing anti-vaccination movement had its eyes set on the Old Capital this weekend where several groups were planning to converge on downtown Belize City to protest the government’s vaccine [...]
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As we mentioned earlier, several motorcades were prevented from arriving in Belize City on Saturday and law enforcement officers were deployed to the George Price and Philip Goldson highways to [...]
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Attorney Arthur Saldivar and a team of lawyers are preparing to represent up to two hundred claimants in a constitutional challenge against the COVID-19 regulations. His clients, many of whom [...]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also spoke on the matter, adding that the constitution provides for certain limitations of those fundamental rights and freedoms. A public health crisis is reason [...]
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And, with that, the police have been cracking down on the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout. According to Commissioner Williams, a team of officers went into the community to enforce [...]
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The Belize Council of Churches has come out with a position in favor of COVID vaccinations. In a recorded statement, the heads of various denominations, including Bishop Lawrence Nicasio of [...]
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A seventeen-year-old Belize City resident succumbed to gunshot injuries this morning following a shooting on Sunday evening. Michael Henry was travelling in a vehicle along with four other persons when [...]
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Less than an hour after the drive-by shooting, shots rang out once again in Belize City and in the same vicinity. Police are reporting that just around six-thirty p.m., two [...]
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A group of fifty men, all believed to be actively involved in various gang rivalries, was released from the Belize Central Prison over the weekend, at the end of a [...]
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In discussing the fatal shooting incident that took place in Belize City on Sunday evening, the top cop says that the police department will focus similar attention on the PIV [...]
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There was another shooting that occurred on Sunday but is not gang-related. Dean Vaccaro was shot by his relative Albert Vaccaro during an argument in Sand Hill Village just after [...]
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There was also a loss of life reported in the north on Sunday evening. Just after five p.m., seventeen-year-old Luis Martinez, a construction worker of August Pine Ridge Village in [...]
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As of tonight, the curfew hours start at seven p.m. and go until four a.m. the following day. However, the curfew hours for Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker, Placencia, and Hopkins [...]
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Additionally, Sunday, September twenty-sixth, and October third are declared no movement days. A person will, however, be able to leave home for medical purposes, emergencies, as an essential worker, for [...]
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P.U.P. Area Representative for Fort George, Henry Charles Usher, says the black “Free Belize” flag being flown by those in protest, is a flag of anarchy. Usher says their protest [...]
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Also speaking on the COVID-19 vaccines and those opposing to take the shot was Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde. While taking a softer approach, empathizing with the concerns of anti-vaxxers, [...]
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It has been ten years since the passing of Belize’s first Prime Minister, the Right Honorable George Cadle Price. A wreath-laying ceremony is held annually in his honor at his [...]
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One Sunday night, nineteen Belizeans were recognized for their service to the nation through great diligence and sacrifice. These nineteen Belizeans were bestowed with national awards at a Tribute to [...]
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The men and women on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 were officially recognized during a ceremony held on Sunday night. Among the many awardees was Commissioner of Police [...]
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