Highlights
BPD awards 3 officers with Women Police of the Year
Photo: (l-r) Myrna Pena, Carmella Cacho, and Shanice Bevans; BPD Female Police of the...
Suicide on the rise!
Photo: Iveth Quintanilla, Mental Health Coordinator
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Wed. Mar. 20, 2024
Since entering the...
NCA launches 8-year Strategic Plan
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 18, 2024
Belize’s aging population, which comprised 6% of...
Belize places Top 40 at Miss World 2023
Photo: Elise-Gayonne Vernon, Belizean contestant
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 12, 2024
22-year-old Elise-Gayonne Vernon...
Lane between Mule Park and Belize City will be effaced
The Belize City Council has been doing renovations on a number of streets in the City. Major upgrades have been done in Downtown Belize...
PNP hold summer camps to promote sustainable development
The People’s National Party (PNP) in Toledo is hosting their annual summer camps this month. The aim of the camps is to promote sustainable...
BTL Park expected to be completed by November
The BTL Park on Newtown Barracks has been undergoing renovations geared at achieving a major facelift of this public recreational spot. The Belize City...
Edubuntu being promoted by Belize Open Source Group
Starting Friday, July 12, the Belize Open Source Group – a team of software developers – will host the Central America Free Software Summit,...
Belize and the Cubs
Television came to Belize between 1981-1982, if I can remember correctly. I can remember all of us buying television sets and antennae like crazy....
Another oil tussle: Maya ask court to cite GOB for contempt
US Capital plans to set up drill rig – but Maya claim land rights violations
The Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) and the Toledo Alcaldes Association...
Reparations for native genocide and slavery
Belize to establish national committee, CARICOM to establish regional commission
Single Domestic Space also to be revived in CARICOM
CARICOM Heads of Government who convened in...
Barrow changes stance — says GOB will defend at arbitration over US$22.5 mil Telemedia loan from BCB
The Caribbean Court of Justice ruled last month that the British Caribbean Bank (BCB), formerly the Belize Bank of the Turks and Caicos Islands,...
Harvest Caye, Puerto Azul and Stake Bank proposals in Cabinet Tuesday
The US$50 million project proposal for a major cruise port in Southern Belize will be considered at Cabinet tomorrow, according to Prime Minister Dean...
Moratorium holds on cultivation of GMO crops in Belize
“the Government needs to realize it needs to move quickly to pass legislation”
The introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMO) into Belize’s agriculture sector has...
Belize District didn’t benefit from 22% reprieve in murder count
Carnal knowledge cases skyrocket
Early this morning, Belize District police reported on another apparent murder after discovering a body around Mile 8 on the Philip...
Belize’s new Fisheries regs to tackle IUU fishing on high seas
Fishing rules for local capture fisheries among four areas under revision
Chris Hedley, director of the Globe Law Group, has been in Belize meeting with...
Enough!! Who is our Master?!
Something has been bothering me for some time now, and I just couldn’t put my finger on it.
I like progress, and I love driving...
NTUCB’s General Council to take formal position on Gender Policy
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) – the umbrella alliance of the nine trade unions in Belize – is due to meet...