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By Dyon A. Elliott As was recently reported, the Joint Unions met with the Prime Minister and his team to discuss a range of issues. One,...

Contributed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry “On November 25, 2021, CABINET requested that the ministry develops a plan for...

Contributed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry “Many countries have discovered that a gap exists between the legitimate needs...

Mr President, I take this podium with a heavy heart. More pessimistic than I was last year. More cynical and disappointed. We have come...

As the conversation on a minimum-wage adjustment develops, it is good that all stakeholders agree—even the business community, as...

Contributed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry In this final installment of this three-part piece on the Trade Licensing...

Contributed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry In the immediately preceding Business Perspective (BP) Column entry, we had...

Contributed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry “The mere fact that something is labeled a ‘fee for services’ does not...

By Ambassador Daniel Gutierez I remember September 21st, 1981, clearly, the buzz, the music, and festivities, the bangs of the...

Introduction: The Belize Medical and Dental Association (BMDA) is a responsible organization in civil society that advocates for the...

By Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington We are now into the twelfth month of the Briceño administration. Our country continues to experience the...

Contributed by the Human Rights Commission The police do not know the law, but it is not their fault. By law, the police are a...

So there’s depressing news on the COVID front again this week, as we report 11 people died over the weekend, and the number of patients...

Contributed by the Human Rights Commission Today Belize is grappling with human rights violations in every single organ of society. In...

By Amb. F. Daniel Gutierez Early in the morning 4 days before we celebrated our 40th anniversary as an independent nation, the Commision...

By Sir Ronald Sanders The question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the...

With the release of such long awaited poverty data (a wait of over 10 years!) there should be a wide-ranging and thought-provoking...