Minister of Education, Hon. Oscar Requeña and other ministry officials meet with representatives of the BNTU
After unions’ sick-out and road blockades, GoB averts escalated industrial action as unions accept 3rd counterproposal
BELIZE CITY, Tues. July 1, 2025
Government officials are breathing a sigh of relief after...
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. July 3, 2025
Many Belizeans are also American citizens resident in the USA, and many more of us share a close bond with the Stars and Stripes, with all their...
Ervin Middelton, sentenced
BELIZE CITY, Wed. July 2, 2025
Tonight, Ervin Middleton, who was convicted in April of this year for rape of a 13-year-old, was sentenced to 17 years 10 months and 27 days...
Menyelek Marin-Coleman showing the campers a camera
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. July 2, 2025
The United Black Association for Development Educational Foundation (UEF) is hosting its 4th annual summer Youth Film Photography Camp in memory of...
The safe, affordable movement of people from where they reside to where they work or go to school is an essential function of any government; thus, huge investments are...
Sunday, June 29, 2025
This past weekend was an eventful and critical one in the relationship between a number of labor unions and the Government of Belize under the PUP...
With our prized forest having been depleted by the mid-20th century, our economy was steered to The Green Revolution for its salvation. The PUP, under the leadership of George...
Belizeans, like many people the world over, are going about their business as usual on this Monday morning, but the world is not the same as it was a...
Hon. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. July 2, 2025
Belize attended the 55th Regular Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, which was held last week in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.
The OAS is a multilateral regional body, comprising 34 member-states, focusing on human rights, electoral oversight, social and economic development, and security in the Western Hemisphere.
“These shared objectives are under increasing strain across the hemisphere and world, making the role of the OAS, as the guardian of our shared democratic space, even more vital,” said Hon. Francis Fonseca, Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in his address. “The organization must continue to...
(l-r) David Elijio, Felipe Tun, and Isela Martinez, awardees
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Fri. June 27, 2025
Three local fishermen were honored at the 11th Annual Fisher of the Year Award ceremony, which was held on Thursday, June 26, at the University of the West Indies extra-mural campus in Belize City.
The awards recognize fishermen and women who have made an impact on Belize’s fishing sector.
“We use to judge … some of it includes things that the fishers do outside of just fishing … so, are they able to engage with their fellow peers? Are they part of an association? Are they part of a cooperative? Do they do outreach activities? Do...
I would say that less than a month ago, Hon. Michael Finnegan did two television interviews a few days apart. One was with Nuri Muhammad at XTV/KREM Radio on a Friday morning, and the other was the following Wednesday night with Jules Vasquez on Channel 7.
I think it was in the Nuri Muhammad interview that Finnegan revealed that Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, following the landslide defeat in March of 2003 of the United Democratic Party (UDP) he was leading, attempted to resign the leadership he had inherited from Dr. Manuel Esquivel following the UDP's massive defeat in the August 1998 general election. The leaders of the UDP unanimously rejected...
Rebecca Daniels, charged
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. June 26, 2025
A Belize City woman is in police detention after police raided her residence on Wednesday, June 25, and found a large amount of illegal...
