Belize District COVID Cases Down, But Remain Vigilant
While the COVID numbers have been on what seems to be an everlasting upward trend, the numbers have begun to show a downturn in the Belize District. This is significant [...]
While the COVID numbers have been on what seems to be an everlasting upward trend, the numbers have begun to show a downturn in the Belize District. This is significant [...]
Last night we told you about Cabinet’s approval for booster shots. Currently, these are being made available for persons sixty years and older, persons with co-morbidities, and health care workers. [...]
Belize is not the only country recommending booster shots for its citizens. Countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Africa and North America are administering booster shots among their [...]
Currently booster shots are being recommended for persons who have taken two doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines. We also asked Dr. Beer about the studies behind mixing and [...]
Two cyclists lost their lives in traffic accidents on Thursday evening. As we reported on last night’s newscast, an elderly man was knocked down by a passenger van in Silk [...]
An hour and a half later, there was another road traffic accident; this time, up north on the Philip Goldson Highway in Corozal. Ezequiel Bermudez was riding his bicycle between [...]
A delegation from Belize will be attending the Climate Change Conference of Parties, or COP26, in Glasglow, Scotland that begins this weekend. The Prime Minister, John Briceño will be attending [...]
While the Office of the Prime Minister has issued its statement on the delegation heading to COP26 and the funding agencies involved, today the Public Service Union expressed its disapproval [...]
While the number of new infections in the Belize District is now on the decline, the Central Health Region has now started to see an increase in the number of [...]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has also begun to replace lost or damaged vaccination cards for people who have received their COVID vaccination. Those who show up to the [...]
On Tuesday, the Briceno administration introduced a motion, via a proposed legislation, to effectively do away with the office of the Director of Health Services. This would be achieved by [...]
Also opposing the motion by raising the concern that the proposed legislation seeks to circumvent the Public Service Commission, was NTUCB President Luke Martinez who sat in place of Senator [...]
Thirteenth senator Osmany Salas, who also spoke against the bill, agrees that the manner in which government is seeking to abolish the role of the DHS is questionable and that [...]
The post of Director of Health Services has been abolished and two new posts have been created in its place within the Ministry of Health and Wellness. These are Director [...]
There is hope in the North that the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the Belize Sugar Industries will settle their impasse by the end of November. A release from [...]
In an effort to boost Belizean farmers, GOB is inviting small holder farmers to apply for grants under a new agreement the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Green Climate [...]
Two hundred electronic devices for underprivileged students on the south side of Belize City, that’s the objective of drive in Belize and the Diaspora. The items will be distributed on [...]
In regional news, a Haitian gang has blocked entrances to fuel ports and is calling for the resignation of that country’s Prime Minister. Some businesses have closed because transportation is [...]
Oceana Belize held its second virtual Annual General Meeting on Thursday night. Vice President Janelle Chanona highlighted several of the organization’s accomplishments, including the use of technology, the ban on [...]
The last shipment of corn to Guatemala was exported thirteen years ago. Since then, the movement of wholesale grain across the western border had been dormant, despite the existence of [...]
The steadily rising cost of fuel has remained a bread and butter issue for many people whose livelihoods depend on that commodity. Aside from the booked tours, today only eight [...]
The Stake Bank causeway has been controversial with FECTAB tour operators airing their side last week. While we were speaking to the tour guides out protesting gas prices today, we [...]
Cabinet has asked Chief Environmental Officer, Martin Alegria, to submit a report on the approval process for the Stake Bank causeway and Northern Drowned Caye Development. The approvals and permissions [...]
This evening, there was a fatal traffic accident in the south. Reports are that a fifteen-seater passenger van ran over an elderly Hispanic man on the Southern Highway in Silk [...]
The Upper House met in special session today in a marathon sitting that’s reminiscent of Monday’s extended House Meeting. Among the bundle of bills brought before the Senate for approval [...]
