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The most anticipated House Meeting ever
In his first New Year’s Day address as Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. John Briceño was both optimistic and apprehensive: optimistic because his government...
2021 — serious business if “betta must come”
The “good old days” always seem better than today; until the present time becomes “the good old days” for another generation. Indeed, the human...
No trickle down; the rich must pay
Bloomberg, a private media company headquartered in New York City that specializes in financial data, published two stories this month that hopefully will get...
Economic recovery advisory team has hard task
On December 15, Belize’s new Prime Minister, Hon. John Briceño, introduced an Economic Recovery Advisory Team whose mission, he says, is to rescue us...
GoB must make sure the people have food
In our economic system, the government has a responsibility to foster an environment in which everyone who wants to work can find a job,...
To fulfill land pledge, PUP could use a UDP solution
You know something isn’t right when the price of a privately owned lot in many villages is upwards of $7,000 and the minimum wage...
An honorable contract officer would resign
After the recent general election, our new prime minister, Hon. John Briceño, made a call for persons appointed to statutory boards “to follow protocol,...
Belize Bank controlled 43% of banking sector in 2007
Last week the Central Bank of Belize, with the quiet consent of the previous government and the present one, signed off on the acquisition...
Too big a problem to dump that mud there
Belize’s first prime minister, George Price, once advised his people that “progress brings problems”, and at some point we will have to overcome the...
Countries around us with strong state-owned banks doing better
Less than four months after the People’s United Party (PUP) came to power in 1998, they introduced the Small Farmers and Business Bank, headquartered...
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BTL’s profits fall 77%!
BELIZE CITY, Sat. Feb. 20, 2021-- This past weekend, Belize Telemedia Limited hosted a virtual annual general meeting (AGM) with its newly appointed board...
COVID-19 Update
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Feb. 25, 2021-- Since our last COVID-19 update, the country has moved a step closer to the launch of the vaccination...
Hol-Chan audit reveals gross mismanagement
SAN PEDRO, Ambergris Caye, Wed. Feb. 25, 2021-- On Wednesday, the Minister of Civil Aviation and the Blue Economy, Andre Perez, hosted a virtual...