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If Belize Bank has acquired Scotiabank Belize
On June 22, 2020, eyebrows in Belize went up when we were informed that Caribbean Investment Holdings Ltd. (CIHL), the owner of the Belize...
4th landslide loss by ruling party since independence
For the 4th time since we got independence, in 1981, the Belizean people have been so frustrated with a sitting government that they went...
All of us “fi win”, said the people
On Wednesday, November 11, the people spoke with their ballots in the 9th general election since independence, and their decision is that the party...
The next GOB must be under scrutiny from Day 1
It is traditional that the party that forms the new government after a general election gets what could be called a grace period during...
“Plan Belize” serious about governance; “Because Your Future Matters” is not
With less than a week to go before the general election, on Wednesday, November 11, the 88 candidates, which include five independents and representatives...
From COVID-19 free, to imminent health crisis
In the October 2nd edition of this newspaper we noted that information from the Ministry of Health showed we were averaging 236 cases of...
Dear Briceno/Faber: Talk to the PSU!
The call has come from many quarters, notably the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Belize Business Bureau (BBB), for a...
The 2015-2020 UDP — a corrupt GOB that performed poorly
The UDP has been hostile toward this organization over their last two administrations, and if that isn’t sufficient reason for us to not favor...
Battle to prevent spread of COVID-19 at the polls
On October 8 the Ministry of Health reported the alarming news that 186 frontline workers were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, 123 of them...
Don’t deny COVID-19 positive persons the right to vote
At a virtual press conference held on Friday, caretaker Prime Minister Dean Barrow surprised the nation with the announcement that the National Oversight Committee...
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BTL’s profits fall 77%!
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COVID-19 Update
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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...