Confirmed: Highest COVID Wave on Record
On Wednesday, we shared information which indicated that Belize has reached a record high of COVID-19 cases. Deputy Manager of the Ministry of Health and Wellness’s Central Health Region, Dr. [...]
On Wednesday, we shared information which indicated that Belize has reached a record high of COVID-19 cases. Deputy Manager of the Ministry of Health and Wellness’s Central Health Region, Dr. [...]
While the number of new infections dipped for the first time this week to below a thousand, Dr. Diaz-Musa said that this is by no means a sign that the [...]
This evening the Kolbe Foundation announced that due to the spike in COVID cases among inmates and staff, the prison is going on full lockdown for the next fourteen days. [...]
Earlier this week, Prime Minister John Briceño switched up several government portfolios, removing the embattled Michel Chebat as Minister of Health and Wellness and replacing him with Kevin Bernard. But, [...]
While we were with the Minister of Public Service, News Five also asked him for an update on the three director posts that were created to usurp the duties of [...]
The number of businesses in the Belize District being affected by COVID19 is alarming. Since the week began, we have been hearing daily reports of businesses closing for sanitization and [...]
And while it seems as if no one can escape this current wave, there are steps businesses can take to potentially prevent going on complete lockdown. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, [...]
COVID-19 numbers are skyrocketing – it’s the highest the country has ever seen since the virus was first detected in Belize. Belizeans are alarmed and wondering what will happen next. [...]
So given the COVID data, is cabinet planning to institute a new statutory instrument to adjust COVID-19 regulations? Still in effect is S.I. one-fifty-one of 2021, which in early December [...]
In February, all visitors to Belize will be required to buy Belize Travel Health Insurance. The Belize Tourism Board states that the mandate is to protect travelers against medical and [...]
This morning, sometime around eight-thirty, coastguard personnel on routine patrol in the vicinity of Half Moon Caye, within the Lighthouse Reef Atoll, came across a substantial quantity of high-grade marijuana. [...]
There is a new development in a story we brought you from southern Belize on Wednesday. The eldest son of a man killed in San Roman village has been charged [...]
The Belize Crime Observatory has released data from the years 2020 and most of 2021. Project Coordinator, Adele Ramos, appeared on Open Your Eyes this morning. She said as expected, [...]
But Belize City remained a hot spot, and the Crime Observatory data is being used to help formulate a multi agency response. Adele Ramos says, however, violence crime prevention needs [...]
Earlier this week, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams announced that A.C.P. Richard Rosado, Commander of Eastern Division, would be elevated to the post of Deputy Commissioner. Dr. Rosado’s rise to [...]
Today, the new Minister of Religious Affairs, Henry Charles Usher, responded to the L.G.B.T. group, Our Circle. The human rights organization wrote an open letter to the minister, expressing concern [...]
The United Belize Advocacy Movement, Belize Trans Colors and Empower Yourself Movement, U.N.I.B.A.M., has also called on the Minister of Public Service to correct— what they say is— his misrepresentation [...]
In this week’s Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister and his advisors were given the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the sale of government assets. According to the PM’s [...]
Minister Rodwell Ferguson is literally only four days in as the new Minister of Sports, but he has served in this capacity before, under the Said Musa administration. He says [...]
The COVID numbers have been rising since the latter part of December, and the guidelines say we should be keeping our distance and follow other safety measures. But, the seating [...]
Minister Ferguson was also in charge of Youth in 2007. Back then he said he physically walked the streets of Belize City and tried to organize young people, listen to [...]
The Development Finance Corporation and the CARICOM Development Fund have entered into an agreement for a Credit Risk Abatement Facility. It is aimed at providing small and medium enterprises with [...]
What does trust have to do with economics? The Inter-American Development Bank says it is everything. The I.D.B.’s latest report focuses on the lack of trust in Latin America and [...]
History buffs may be interested in a new book published on the study of land and property in Belize. It’s called the “Origins of a Colonial Order in Belize in [...]
There may be nothing worse than worrying about a sick child. But, over the past few months that is exactly what health care workers and families all over Belize have [...]
