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 be that I will not kill you at 8:00 a.m. this morning, but I will decide to kill you at...
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 China has sparked global concern as hospitals in major...
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 a short while earlier. He had been intubated at...
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 making objections to the proposed BZ$9 million loan by the Social...
Belize
71,060
Total confirmed cases
Updated on Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 3:09 pm
USA
109,522,503
Total confirmed cases
Updated on Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 3:09 pm
Mexico
7,649,199
Total confirmed cases
Updated on Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 3:09 pm
Guatemala
1,279,748
Total confirmed cases
Updated on Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 3:09 pm
Names of Boledo distributor “kingpins” and GoB regulatory board revealed
Photo: Prime Minister, Hon. Johnny Briceño
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
Following months of suspicion and speculation about who the owners of MGM Entertainment Limited are, the Government of Belize (GoB) has finally released...
Decision for voire dire in Selgado’s trial set for December 1
by Roy Davis (freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
After reading and hearing submissions from the prosecution and the defense in the trial of attorney Oscar Selgado, 54, who is accused of trying...
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 lot of diplomacy” and they will reach a point where “we will take industrial action to ensure OSH is passed…”
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
Minister of Labour, Hon. Oscar Requena announced today that his Ministry is conducting its due diligence in getting the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Bill to Cabinet for review at the latest, by early January 2024, though he says it would more likely be by the end of December 2023. Luis Luke Martinez, president of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB), says they were told it’s because a new...
Editorial
SSB says it really needs to lend our money
Just a couple months ago, the Chief Executive Officer of the Social Security Board (SSB), Mrs. Deborah Ruiz, explained that the SSB intended to subscribe to a $40 million...
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BLC member gunned down in Lake I
Photo: Jordan Waight Burns, deceased
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
A known affiliate...
Ministry of Public Service launches Anti-Corruption Month
Photo: Hon. Henry Charles Usher, Minister of Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform; Anti-corruption stakeholders
by Kristen Ku
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
The Ministry of Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform, in collaboration with entities such as the Integrity Commission, UNDP, UNODC, the US Embassy, and the Taiwan Embassy,...
No extension to BSI-BSCFA Commercial Agreement yet signed
Photo: Shawn Chavarria, Director of Finance, BSI
With less than a month before the proposed start of the sugar crop, the mill and the largest sugarcane farmers association still have not signed an extension...
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China’s child pneumonia outbreak a global concern
Photo: Dr. Russell Manzanero, National Epidemiologist
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY,...
PAHO/WHO observes Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 2, 2023
The Pan American Health...
Belize’s online Israel-Palestine discourse
Wed. Nov. 22, 2023
Dear Editor,
Online American political discourse has...
Thinks Belize Government was wrong to break diplomatic ties with Israel
Dear Editor,
The Belize government has broken diplomatic ties with...
Features
I believe I have $2 in the US. And I want it.
by Colin Hyde
Dr. Henry Anderson, the author of “Ode...
The world has moved on!
Friday, November 17, 2023
A couple of years ago in...
Dean O, winning cases again
by Colin Hyde
No one in Belize who was about...
Democracy at its finest!
Thursday, November 16, 2023
The welcomed news that offshore drilling...
Sports
Belize crumbles, relegated to League C in Concacaf Nations League
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
We thought a visit...
Do or die Week 14 in PLB reg. season; Top-4 playoffs next
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 23, 2023
This final week of...
Historic unity in Belize Elite Basketball League: formation of a Unified Sports Organization
BELIZE CITY, Belize, Wed. Nov. 22, 2023
In a groundbreaking...
Cycling Federation president and secretary resign
Photo: Alicia Thompson
The Belize Cycling Federation’s president, Alicia Thompson,...
