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”Maybe this is a wake-up call for BTL to get their act together because the government is not moving. We still have millions of dollars of business with BTL, ” said Prime Minister John Briceño as he spoke for the first time on the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labour, and Local Government’s switch from the Government-owned Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) to the privately owned Speednet Communications Limited (SMART). But even as credible reports are

The Central Bank of Belize (CBB)’s recently appointed Governor, Mr. Gustavo Manuel Vasquez, was fired last Friday because he and the CBB’s Board could not see eye to eye, according to Prime Minister John Briceño. Briceño, speaking to the media on Wednesday, explained that Vasquez was and the CBB’s board had a lot of policy differences. Briceño said that the matter reached the point where the board felt it best to part ways with the Governor and they made the recommendation to

Residents from Southside Belize City have been rounded up by the police under a one-month proclamation of a State of Emergency (SOE), which Commissioner of Police Chester Williams described as a last resort option that became necessary to maintain peace in the city. The operation, launched Thursday morning, went into effect for 10 particular areas, all which are well-known gang zones. The operation is a reaction to the recent rise in crime and violence, particularly, in the B

By Sir Ronald Sanders The question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the region’s destruction? There is clearly an organised anti-vaccination campaign throughout the region. Who is behind the campaign is unclear, but what is evident is that opposition political parties and criminal elements in Caribbean societies are taking advantage of the anti-COVID-19 vaccination sentiment for their own narrow purposes. So, whi