“Poverty up 10% in 3 years!” PM tells UN
Poverty in Belize, which was already reported at 52 percent based on 2018 data, has increased by ten percent within the last three years,...
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- Sep 29
“NO COMMENT!” Faber mum on Nomination Committee’s rejection of his Collet division application
By Michelle Sutherland Belize City, Sept 29. (The Reporter)—Despite the recently publicized decision by the United Democratic Party...
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- Sep 28
Prime Minister calls for expansion of SDRs
“We need a long overdue expansion in quota allocations,” Prime Minister John Briceño told world leaders convened at the 77th United...
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- Sep 23
$630,000 Extra on Holidays! BPO Assoc. says unscheduled breaks come at a high, unbudgeted price
Every public holiday costs the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector an additional $632,000, President of the BPO Association Nubia...
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- Sep 21
'$5 minimum wage will be implemented in January': Prime Minister
"In January, the $5 minimum wage will be implemented," avowed Prime Minister John Briceño in his Independence Day speech on Wednesday....
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- Sep 20
'The Guatemalan Military Stole our Flags: BTV Leader
By Michelle Sutherland "The Guatemalan Military Stole our Flags," Leader of the Belize Territorial Volunteers (BTV) Wil Maheia told local...
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- Sep 20
MSMEs star at the biggest BCCI Expo ever
By William Ysaguirre Belizean entrepreneurship is alive and well, with over 62 medium, small and micro enterprises showcasing their...
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- Sep 17
Fuel-price stabilization formula sets excise duty on Regular gasoline at $4.41
The Excise duty for regular gasoline has climbed to $4.41 per imperial gallon under the fuel-price stabilization program. According to...
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- Sep 10
UBAD Educational Foundation: Public Hearing still needed on proposed Waterloo Development
There needs to be a Public Hearing on the Port of Belize Cargo Expansion and Construction of Cruise Terminal & Cruise Tourism Village...
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- Sep 9
AUDIT REPORT UNAVAILABLE! Senate dropping the ball on Auditor General Oversight
The citizens of Belize have not had a publicly available Auditor General report for roughly a decade, and the Senate is partly to blame,...
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- Sep 3
Bread Subsidy to Be Distributed Next Week
Michelle Sutherland As early as next week, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise will be distributing the first...
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- Aug 26
UDP’s Ethics Committee silent on ‘Sista B’House absences
The United Democratic Party (UDP)'s Central Executive Committee and its Ethics and Integrity Committee should take steps to correct the...
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- Aug 26
FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY!!
Human Rights Commission: ‘UDP had right to protest, authorities should have respected it’ The decision by the authorities to deny the...
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- Aug 19
Violating UDP Constitution?! Only Ethics Committee could have removed Hon. Faber from CEC
“The Central Executive Committee (CEC) does not have the authority to remove former party leader Hon. Patrick Faber from its ranks, as...
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- Aug 15
UDP Remove Patrick Faber From Central Executive
The Chairman of the United Democratic Party, Micheal Peyrefitte, is at this hour planning to meet with the media shortly in an effort to...
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- Aug 12
Human Rights Commission not on People's Constitution Commission?
As the country is faced with one of the most important tasks to rewrite and modernize its constitution, we note with great concern that...
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- Aug 11
$15 MILLION AND COUNTING! Excise on regular, diesel up, but tax-revenue losses continue
In the last four months, the Government of Belize lost an accumulative $14.75 million in excise-tax revenues in an effort to stabilize...
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- Aug 5
REFERENDUM BEFORE LEGALIZATION! GoB, Churches issue ‘Joint’ Statement on delayed popular vote
There will be no legalization of marijuana without a referendum, the churches and the Government of Belize (GOB) affirmed today via a...
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- Jul 27
Government seeking to delay marijuana referendum
Prime Minister John Briceño announced today that the Government of Belize is seeking to delay the referendum on the Cannabis and...
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- Jul 26
Media continues to support Plus TV's Louis Wade as rep. on Constitutional Commission,
Plus TV's owner Louis Wade, appointed Friday last week by the independent media to represent them on the People’s Constitution...
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