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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Settlement Day in Dangriga was massive!

by Kristen Ku DANGRIGA, Stann Creek District, Wed....

Minister: Cabinet to get the OSH at the latest in early January 2024

Photo: Hon. Oscar Requena, Minister of Labour NTUCB...

Ministry of Public Service launches Anti-Corruption Month

Photo: Hon. Henry Charles Usher, Minister of...

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
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Total confirmed cases
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Mexico
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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...

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,...
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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...

From the Publisher

As an elder, I am intrigued to the point of being amazed by what happened last week to Acapulco, a...

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I think there is a mistake in the sixth paragraph...

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I never studied American history, so that it was...

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...
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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,...
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