All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Early start to 2020 Hurricane Season

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Two and a half weeks before the official start of the 2020 Tropical Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season, the predicted above average season appears to be stirring up. Forecasters at the...

    • Posted May 12, 2020
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  • Said Musa recuperates

    Belize City, BELIZE. Friday, May 8, 2020. Former Prime Minister and current area representative for Fort George Division Rt. Hon. SAid Musa is hospitalized in Belize City. The senior statesman was admitted to hospital on Thursday night,...

    • Posted May 8, 2020
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  • Detainee shot in the leg

    Orange Walk Town, OW. Thursday, May 7, 2020. An Orange Walk man was shot in the left leg by police on Wednesday morning. The victim, Edmund Bull, 21, a resident of Guinea Grass village, was being escorted...

    • Posted May 7, 2020
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  • Punta Gorda man guilty of violating curfew

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Friday, April 3, 2020. A Punta Gorda teenager has been arrested, charged and given a hefty fine for violating the curfew. According to police here, 19 year old Luis Escheverria was intercepted by police...

    • Posted April 3, 2020
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  • DOE says no more burning of garbage

    Belmopan, CAYO. Saturday, March 28, 2020. Belizeans are being urged to discontinue the practice of burning of household and yard waste. A statement issued on Friday afternoon explains that the prevalence of what Department of the Environment...

    • Posted March 28, 2020
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  • No lock down but quarantine measures across the country

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Thursday, March 26, 2020. Attorney General Michael Peyrifitte today explained that a Quarantine Order is being enacted for the entire country of Belize. But it does not mean that the whole country is under...

    • Posted March 26, 2020
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  • COVID-19 case confirmed in Belize

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Monday, March 23, 2020. Prime Minister Dean Barrow this morning announced that Belize has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. According to the Prime Minister the case is that...

    • Posted March 23, 2020
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  • GOB warns against unverified information

    Belmopan, CAYO. Friday, March 20, 2020. The Government of Belize has had to issue a statement advising Belizeans to be wary of unverified information circulating on social media. This follows a widely shared document, which purports to...

    • Posted March 20, 2020
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  • Price increase for regular gasoline

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Friday, March 6, 2020. Belizean consumers will begin paying for at the pump for regular gasoline on Saturday, March 7, 2020. A government press release issued today announced the $0.50 per gallon increase which...

    • Posted March 6, 2020
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  • NEAB supports call for good governance

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Friday, March 6, 2020. The National Evangelical Association of Belize (NEAB) has issued a statement of support for the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) calling for good governance in Belize. NTUCB made...

    • Posted March 6, 2020
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