Belmopan. April 9, 2020. 3:31 p.m. The Belize Fisheries Department hereby reminds all fishers and the public that in accordance with Statutory Instrument No. 54 of 2012, the queen conch (Strombus gigas) fishery remains closed as declared by the...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 9, 2020. 2:24 p.m. As a follow up to the previous announcement on April 1, 2020, and the Government’s Public Notice of April 8, 2020, reminding the public about the closure of 14 government entities, the Department of the...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 9, 2020. 2:05 p.m. On Friday, April 3, 2020, the Government of Belize launched the COVID-19 eServices Portal through which persons may apply to receive benefits from the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Program. As of midday today...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 9, 2020. 10:45 a.m. The Ministry of Health ran a further 30 samples for COVID-19 on April 8 and has confirmed a ninth case.
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 9, 2020. 10:15 a.m. As announced by the Prime Minister on April 6, 2020, additional measures including a lockdown for the Cayo District have been implemented in response to COVID-19 through a Statutory Instrument effective...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 8, 2020. 3:41 p.m. It has come to the attention of the Mental Health Unit in the Ministry of Health that a perverted video is being circulated on social media in which persons are being instructed to perform sexual acts by...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 8, 2020. 3:20 p.m. The Ministry of Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment and Sustainable Development, through the Forest Department, hereby reminds the public that it is the middle of the fire season, which is observed from...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 8, 2020. 11:20 a.m. The Ministry of National Security clarifies the movement of persons traveling at sea, rivers, lagoons and waterways within the country of Belize. Statutory Instrument No. 46 of 2020, along with its subsequent...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 8, 2020. 7:10 a.m. A further 31 samples, which included primary contacts of patients #6 and #7, were tested on April 7th, for COVID-19. Out of those, the Ministry has confirmed another positive case.
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 7, 2020. April 7th of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. From its inception at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and since taking effect in 1950, the celebration, through a specific theme, has aimed at creating...
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 7, 2020. In a brief ceremony held today, April 7th, at the Belize House in Belmopan, the Governor General H.E. Sir Colville Young swore in Justice Michelle Arana as Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize.
Read moreRead moreBelmopan. April 7, 2020. 10:50 a.m. The Attorney General’s Ministry hereby informs the public of the temporary closure and suspension of services offered by or at the Vital Statistics Unit, effective immediately.
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