Minister of State for Finance - Hon Chris Coye
by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer)
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 3, 2025
The 10 percent tax on Belize’s exports to the United States, which President Trump imposed on what he dubbed “Liberation Day”, April 2, to penalize countries with which...
Beverly Wade - CEO, Ministry of the Blue Economy & Marine Conservation
Re. Cayo Rosario, CEO says GoB cannot compulsorily acquire all properties
BELIZE CITY, Thurs., Apr. 3, 2025
In March 2017, Cayo Rosario Development Limited,...
Michael Elijio, sentenced
by Roy Davis (Freelance Writer)
DANGRIGA, Stann Creek District, Tues. Apr. 1, 2025
Michael Elijio, 25, a resident of Dangriga, who was convicted of rape of a child on September 16, 2024, was...
Chester Williams, outgoing Commissioner of Police and Dr. Richard Rosado, incoming Commissioner of Police
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, leaving Police Department to become CEO of the Ministry of Transport.
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Apr. 3, 2025
The...
In the days leading up to the March 12 general election, Channel 7 boss, Jules Vasquez made the observation that PUP leader John Briceño had said that Francis Fonseca...
When the prime minister of our country sees the need to travel abroad with the intention of holding a meeting with major business or political leaders of foreign origin,...
Thanks to much hard work and a number of decisions that had successful outcomes, the 2020-2025 PUP government brought a measure of prosperity to our country after we were...
Patriotic Belizean fans are heartbroken, embarrassed by our 7-nil loss to Costa Rica in a Gold Cup qualifier at the packed FFB Stadium on Friday night. Veteran footballers and...
Shirley Botchwey, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 3, 2025
Former Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Botchwey has become the 7th Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations and the first African woman to hold the position.
First established in 1927, the British Commonwealth of Nations is an international association that consists of 56 independent countries that were former territories of the British Empire, with the exception of Mozambique, Rwanda, Gabon, and Togo, which were never part of the British Empire but are now members of the Commonwealth.
Botchwey replaces Patricia Scotland of Dominica, who was the first woman to serve as the Commonwealth Secretary-General....
Jose Mai, Minister of Agriculture
by Charles Gladden
SAN PEDRO, Ambergris Caye, Thurs. Apr. 3, 2025
Today, Thursday, April 3, Belize hosted the 72nd Ordinary Meeting of the Regional International Agricultural Health Committee (CIRSA) in San Pedro Town, where Minister of Agriculture, Jose Mai, was appointed as CIRSA president.
The meeting is a two-day event attended by regional agriculture ministers and secretaries, who gather to discuss key issues related to agricultural health and food security. The first day of the meeting featured several key presentations and discussions, including the 2024 CIRSA Presidency Report, a report from the OIRSA (International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health) Executive Directorate, and the 2024 Administrative and...
Marie-Therese Belisle Nweke, a world class journalist, writer, and political observer/analyst, has said to me recently that it is not Guatemala that we home-based Belizeans should be worried about, but Taiwan. Her thesis is that the United States will eventually allow China to absorb Taiwan, whereupon the Taiwanese will migrate to Belize and take us over.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is on a visit to Jamaica this week. We have been hearing for years that the Chinese have gotten their hooks into Jamaica, whose most important international product is its bauxite. The U.S. is concerned about the Chinese challenge to American hegemony.
Many years ago, in 1798, the...
by Roy Davis (Freelance Writer)
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 1, 2025
Oscar Selgado, 55, a former attorney who was convicted of abetment to murder and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, was denied bail yesterday...
