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Minister: Cabinet to get the OSH at the latest in early January 2024
Photo: Hon. Oscar Requena, Minister of Labour
NTUCB President says they “have been exercising a...
Ministry of Public Service launches Anti-Corruption Month
Photo: Hon. Henry Charles Usher, Minister of Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform; Anti-corruption...
Travellers says proposed $9M loan to Premium Spirits is “high risk”
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 16, 2023
Heavyweight in the liquor industry in Belize, Travellers Liquors...
Historical notes on early Garifuna struggles to defend their land and culture
by Jerry A. Enriquez
The Garinagu were one of the first free groups of Afro-descendant...
Pro-Palestine peace march held in Belize
Photo: Demonstrators rally in support of Palestine at Battlefield Park in Belize City
Demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, Minister Kareem Musa stated, “It cannot...
China’s child pneumonia outbreak a global concern
Photo: Dr. Russell Manzanero, National Epidemiologist
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
The recent outbreak of a mysterious form of pneumonia among children in...
Outstanding Belizean journalist/writer, Glenn Tillett passes
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
We got the news from the WUB morning show nearing its end this morning that Glenn Tillett had passed...
Opposition mounts against proposed SSB loan for distillery
Photo: Snapshot on Cuello's website of its Caribbean Rum line
ORANGE WALK, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
Cuello’s Distillery Limited has now joined Travellers Liquors Limited in...
“No two sides to a genocide”
Photo: Belize’s Foreign Minister, Eamon Courtenay
Israel FM lashes out at GoB for suspending diplomatic ties with Israel; former PMs and FMs back Belize’s decision
BELIZE...
SSB defends $9M loan to liquor company
Photo: Deborah Ruiz, CEO, Social Security Board
BELMOPAN, Tues. Nov. 14, 2023
The Belize Social Security Board (SSB) has once more found itself in the position...
Elections for 5 ICJ judges conclude
Photo: A Conference Officer shows the empty ballot box during the meeting in the Security Council (UN Photo/Manuel Elias).
Belize’s Foreign Minister says the elections were...
Man, 24, pleads guilty to manslaughter of his father
by Roy Davis (freelance reporter)
PUNTA GORDA, Toledo District, Thurs. Nov. 16, 2023
Olvin Rivas, 24, charged with the murder of his father, Amaya Salvador Rivas,...
Caught price gouging!
Photo: Lennox Nicholson, Controller of Supplies
59 out of 112 stores countrywide ticketed for price control violations
In Belize City, 5 non-compliant stores serve the Lake-I...
4th annual National Children’s Parliament debates on minimum legal age for marriage
by Kristen Ku
BELMOPAN, Mon. Nov. 13, 2023
Last Friday marked the 4th Annual National Children’s Parliament in Belmopan, during which 51 students gathered at the...
It’s now law! Referendum required to lift moratorium on offshore oil exploration
Photo: Janelle Chanona
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov. 13, 2023
After years of lobbying, including garnering signatures from over twenty-two thousand Belizeans, Oceana has finally succeeded in...
August, Bain sentenced to 10 years
Photo: (l to r) Mark August and Avery Bain
by Roy Davis (freelance reporter)
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Nov.10, 2023
Two men, Mark August, 26, and Avery Bain,...
Floralia permits unlawfully awarded
Griga Line, James Bus and BBA vindicated by Court ruling against transport authorities
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 9, 2023
Bryant Williams of Griga Line, James Williams,...
Joint Unions call for GoB to prevent further “balkanization” of salaries
Photo: Dean Flowers, President, Public Service Union
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 8, 2023
After almost four months, the three unions which represent public sector workers (Joint...
