78-year-old man beaten by police in Belmopan
BELMOPAN, Sat. Apr. 4, 2020-- Francisco Chavez, 78, a resident of Uruguay Street, San Martin, Belmopan, has been released from the Western Regional Hospital...
44,000 signed up for COVID-19 government unemployment benefits
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 7, 2020-- GOB’s unemployment relief program was rolled out on Friday via an online portal, which became so heavily congested...
Easter 2020 declared National Days of Prayer
BELIZE CITY, Sun. Apr. 5, 2020-- The Easter week has this year been declared National Days of Prayers in view of the ravaging effects...
Investigation into Hubert Pipersburgh’s COVID-19 death has begun
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 6, 2020-- The government of Belize has responded to a Facebook post by the wife of the late Mr. Hubert...
COVID-19 cancels Easter travel
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 6, 2020-- The Easter holidays are the time of the year when Belizeans become tourists in our own country. Customarily,...
Prison takes measures to protect from COVID-19
KOLBE FOUNDATION, Hattieville, Belize District, Tues. Apr. 7, 2020-- The Belize Central Prison in Hattieville, which has about 1,100 inmates in close proximity with...
How could we forget!? Notable ballers of the past
BELIZE CITY, Tue. Apr. 7, 2020-- It is a work in progress, indeed; and our preliminary list last Friday was shockingly deficient, as “the...
Holy Saturday without Cross Country
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 6, 2020-- Easter weekend is near, but like in 1932 when the September 1931 hurricane caused a cancellation of the...
Sports memories and corrections
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 30, 2020-- As indicated in our “1972 football flashback – Amateur Sporting Club (ASC)” story in last Friday’s issue, we...
Life interrupted as COVID-19 dominates, and we are not prepared!
“What if Dr. Manzanero had conceded for a test to be done on him on Friday the 27th? Maybe he would have received treatment...
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The battle for our health
The discovery of four COVID-19 cases since the state of emergency was called on April 1, and the subsequent death of one of those...
COVID-19 forces State of Emergency in Belize
The entire country of Belize was placed under a state of emergency on Wednesday, April 1, a measure the authorities believe is necessary at...
Minimizing our COVID-19 exposure: We must do better!
There are medical experts who believe that most of us will at some time get exposed to or infected with the virus, COVID-19. Many...
Every mouth must be fed, and our economic system needs to serve all
Our planet is incredible, fantastic, staggeringly beautiful, but it is a dangerous place, with numerous contagious diseases, some of which are more debilitating or...
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Facebook and other social media have made experts of many people in many things. In the age of social media, we humans are looking...
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COVID-19 is the craziest crisis I have seen in my adult years on planet earth. I have not been saying anything, because Mose is...
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My generation of Belizeans, those of us born after World War II, have been here before, and I am referring to the present threat...
Hope in times of despair
Dear Editor,
Chapter 4 in the Gospel of St. Mark, in the 35th to 41st verses, presents a very chilling yet inspiring tale. Let’s recall...
Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the US will be weakened as the global hegemony
Dear Editor,
As of today, April 4, 2020, the price of oil is US $28.34 a barrel. The price of oil has been less than...
Appeal to Opposition Leader
Dear Editor,
2019 was a tough year for Belizean small businesses to survive. As small business owners, we have to feed our families with income...
Elimination should be the goal
Dear Editor,
The lockdown of the entire society with restricted movement only slows down the spread, but it cannot stop SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes...
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BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Mar. 26, 2020-- When the last United Democratic Party (UDP) party council meeting ended in disarray, Hon. Wilfred Elrington emerged from...
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COVID-19 es la crisis más loca que he visto en mi edad adulta en el planeta tierra. No he estado diciendo nada, porque Mose...
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Mi generación de beliceños, aquellos de nosotros nacidos después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, hemos estado aquí antes, y me estoy refiriendo a la...
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Es peligroso generalizar sobre los grupos étnicos, porque siempre se incluirán imprecisiones en las generalizaciones. La razón por la que siempre habrá imprecisiones en...
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Hasta cierto punto, el finado Odinga Lumumba, Rufus X y yo “hicimos” al nuevo Líder del Partido Demócrata Unido (United Democratic Party, UDP), Manuel...
COVID-19 fuerza estado de emergencia en Belize
Todo el país de Belize fue puesto en estado de emergencia el miércoles 1 de abril, una medida que las autoridades creen que es...
Minimizando nuestra exposición a COVID-19: ¡Debemos hacer mejor!
Hay expertos médicos que creen que la mayoría de nosotros en algún momento seremos expuestos o infectados con el virus COVID-19. Muchos líderes gubernamentales,...
Cada boca debe ser alimentada, y nuestro sistema económico necesita servir a todos
Nuestro planeta es increíble, fantástico, asombrosamente hermoso, pero es un lugar peligroso, con numerosas enfermedades contagiosas, algunas de las cuales son más debilitantes o...
El turismo se recuperará, pero Belize todavía tiene que reenfocarse
El domingo, Belize era el único país en las Américas que no había informado que una persona estuviera infectada con COVID-19 (desde entonces, una...
International
US seizes ventilators destined for Barbados
BARBADOS, Sun. April 5, 2020 (teleSURTV)-- The United States government seized 20 ventilators destined for Barbados, the island’s Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey...
International
PAHO appeals for $95 million to help Latin America and the Caribbean cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC, Thurs. Apr. 2, 2020 (PAHO)-- A donor appeal from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is seeking $94.8 million to fund priority...