(l-r) Alice Albright, CEO MCC and Prime Minister John Briceño
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 25, 2025
In 2024, the Government of Belize signed a pact to receive a 125 million USD grant through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), with the funds being designated for...
Hon. Jose Mai - Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise
“ does not keep me silent …,” Mai affirmed.
ORANGE WALK, Wed. Apr. 23, 2025
When the media finally caught up with Minister of Agriculture,...
Jim Brown, Cross Country Champion 2025
by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer)
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 24, 2025
British rider Jim Brown of the Miami Blazers won the 95th Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic from Belize City to San Ignacio and back...
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 23, 2025
Belizeans from various parts of the country were in attendance at the Bliss Institute for Creative Arts in Belize City on Wednesday, April 23, to witness the release...
In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus told a story about a persistent widow and an unjust judge, in which the unjust judge, who didn’t “fear God or care what people think”,...
Cayo Rosario, a mangrove island on the west side of Ambergris Cay, is in the news again after the island’s owner/s stepped up activity on a project that would...
Since Wednesday, April 2, when the US government announced tariff increases on merchandise from the majority of countries in the world, including Belize, our top financial minds in government...
“…the little children…”
Normalizing this abominable situation is not acceptable, and before it reaches a point at which our leaders are induced or intimidated by offshore influences to further withdraw...
Transport Board holds inaugural meeting
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Tues. Apr. 15, 2025
A newly appointed Transport Board has been established, which will fall under the Ministry of Constitution and Religious Affairs, Indigenous Affairs, and Transportation.
The following are the appointed members: Joel Cervantes, serving as its Chairman; Debora Jones, as its Deputy Chair; Clementina Castillo, representing Private Sector Users of Public Transport; Senior Superintendent Calbert Flowers, representing the Belize Police Department; Russell Medina, representing the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing (MIDH); Thomas Shaw, representing the Public Transport Providers; and Peter Williams, Deputy Chief Transport Officer and Designate Representative of the Chief Transport Officer.
The new Transport Board officially assumed its duties on...
Gian Cho, Executive Director of the National Forensics Science Service
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 11, 2025
On Thursday, April 10, a National Stakeholder Validation Workshop was held to review the draft DNA bill for Belize, as the country prepares to implement a system of deploying DNA analysis to solve crimes through scientific methods.
The United Nations Development Program led the workshop.
“We’re still in the drafting phase. This bill will not be enacted into law today, tomorrow, or next month. It still has to go through additional revisions at the Attorney General’s Ministry,” said Gian Cho, Executive Director of the Belize National Forensic Science Service, during the workshop.
“A bill like this...
I thought a few paragraphs from a paper I found amongst my old documents this week may be interesting to readers. The statistics presented are from almost thirty years ago, but they appear totally relevant today.
The reproduced paragraphs are in italics.
BACKGROUND:
Belize is a nation of 215,000 people, consisting of several ethnic groups of which the African Belizean is the second largest.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The UBAD Educational Foundation (UEF) was founded on March 10, 1996 as a non-profit organization by a group of concerned young and adult Belizeans to provide an educational opportunity for the impoverished African-Belizean youth. Acknowledging the supremacy of God, the UEF is nevertheless non-denominational in its religious affiliation,...
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 11, 2025
Customers of Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) might see a price adjustment in future bills, as BEL has submitted a proposal to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC)...
