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Teachers fed up with licensing/payment issues

Photo: (l-r) Kimberly Lopez and Janelle Cacho - Primary School Teacher Over 130+ teachers have not been paidin months BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Oct. 3, 2024 On Wednesday morning, the Belize National Teachers’ Union (BNTU) dropped the bombshell news that over 130 teachers around the country have not...

Belmopan CITCO investigates Innovabel land scandal

Photo: Former Belmopan mayor, Sharon Palacio Former Belmopan mayor, Sheran “Sharon” Palacio has come out to publicly defend her decisions to distribute lands at concessionary rates, saying, “Poor people need land too.” by Marco Lopez BELMOPAN,...

BCC New Trade License Regime Town Hall Meeting

Photo: Mayor Bernard Wagner BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Oct. 3, 2024 The Belize City Council (BCC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labour, and Local Government, held a town hall meeting on...

Could the US port strike affect Belize?

by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. Oct. 2, 2024 Over ten thousand dockworkers in the United States decided to go on strike when the clock hit midnight on Tuesday, October 1, in an effort to secure higher...

Jealous officer assaults Jewel’s Olympian

Photo: Luwis Pascascio, charged by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 30, 2024 Shaun Gill, 31, was Belize’s only athlete representative at the 2024 Olympics, but he became a victim of police brutality when police...

Sports Council Accounts Clerk convicted

Photo: Ivan Ayuso, remanded BELIZE CITY, Fri. Sept. 27, 2024 Tonight, a former Senior Accounts Clerk for the National Sports Council, Ivan Ayuso is spending his first night on remand, pending sentencing for the offenses...

Senator Erica Jang attended CPA Residency in Malaysia

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Photo: Senator Erica Jang by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 30, 2024 Last week Senator Erica Jang joined parliamentarians and parliamentary staff throughout the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Parliamentary Academy Residency Programme in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The programme was held for 7 days from September 22 – 28 and included ten interactive topics that were discussed throughout the session. Each day, participants engaged in ten interactive sessions, guided by experienced mentors. They practiced legislating, scrutinizing, and advocating around a central issue daily, both in the parliamentary chamber and community settings. Additionally, the participants had their skills tested among colleagues in various scenarios, including community outreach, the parliamentarian chamber, and committee...

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Too much emphasis on beef cattle for export, not enough on wholesome foods for our tables

The flagship achievement of this government in the agricultural sector is the cattle industry. With ranchers now freely exporting cattle to Guatemala, and a formal trade with Mexico being...

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Cayo villager dies in motorcycle crash

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by Charles Gladden SAN ANTONIO VILLAGE, Cayo District, Thurs. Sept. 26, 2024 A single motorcycle collision...

National heroes on Belize bills

Photo: (l-r) Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price and Phillip Goldson by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 30, 2024 It has been confirmed that the faces of Belize’s national heroes, the Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price and Hon. Philip Goldson, will be printed on the country’s paper bills and are...

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