Highlights
Denise Matthews will be District 90’s newest Director of Special Education
CHICAGO,IL., Wed. Apr. 18, 2018– During a board meeting on February 19, Denise Matthews, a Belizean woman living in Chicago, was selected as the upcoming Director of Special Education for the District 90 schools in that [...]
Belize not ready to hold ICJ referendum
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 13, 2018– On Sunday, the Republic of Guatemala, which has continued to assert a territorial claim to Belize, will hold a national referendum to determine if its territorial claim will be adjudicated [...]
75 illegal immigrants reeled in during operation in the west
SAN IGNACIO, Cayo District, Thurs. Apr. 12, 2018– Police, along with the Immigration Department, conducted an anti-trafficking-in-persons operation in San Ignacio yesterday, during which bars and places of entertainment were raided and workers detained. In the [...]
Highway engineers “hambug” Belama/Buttonwood Bay residents
No roundabout on 1-kilometer stretch of road between Westrac/Brodies and vegetable stall/Shell Depot in Belize City BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 9, 2018– There have been many complaints on the morning talk shows that the construction taking [...]
Senators tackle the 2018-2019 budget in debate
BELMOPAN, Tues. Mar. 27, 2018– The debate in the lower chamber on the government appropriation bill and a number of other bills, continued in the upper house of parliament today, where senators from across the political [...]
2018-2019 budget debate ends Friday night
BELMOPAN, Fri. Mar. 23, 2018– On the other side of the House, some Opposition PUP members tried to keep the debate focused on the analysis of the figures and what they mean. The Opposition members lambasted [...]
“You can’t put di rat fi mind the cheese,” says BNTU prez
BNTU disappointed with appointment of John Saldivar as National Security Minister BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 20, 2018– Following their 11-day strike in October 2016, the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU) made a list of demands to [...]
My life as a sickle cell patient
March 16, 2018– My story began at the age of three. One day I woke up with my entire body badly swollen, and my eyes were bright yellow. It was something very strange to my family, [...]
2X Belize Olympian, Jayson Jones visits the Jewel for family reunion
BELIZE CITY, Sun. Mar. 11, 2018– Jayson Jones, 2X Olympian, is coming to Belize. He represented Belize in Track & Field from 1997 to 2011. During [...]
At AGM, the NTUCB puts its house in order
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 6, 2018– Delegates from the ten trade unions which make up the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) held their 51st Annual General Meeting in Dangriga last Saturday and Sunday, during [...]
