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Cabinet Sets One-Year Deadline for Redistricting
Cabinet has announced a firm one-year deadline for completing Belize’s long-delayed redistricting exercise; the decision follows the...
Apr 3, 2025


Private Sector Warns: U.S. Tariffs Could Choke SME Exports, Fuel Inflation
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has raised alarms over the economic risks posed by President Donald Trump’s new tariff...
Apr 3, 2025


Rosado to Assume Role as Police Commissioner After One-Month Transition
The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced a one-month structured transition before Dr. Anthony Rosado officially assumes the post of...
Apr 3, 2025


Baby Bird Season Advice from Belize Bird Rescue
It's baby season again and many of our native and migratory birds are busy building nests and raising their young. Here at Belize Bird...
Apr 3, 2025


Horse Dies After Alleged Neglect: Calls for Stronger Animal Welfare Laws Intensify
A tragic case of animal neglect has reignited urgent calls for stricter enforcement of animal welfare laws in Belize. A severely...
Apr 2, 2025


Belize Hosts CARICOM Border Control Training Programme
Belize is currently hosting the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) National Border Control Officers Attachment Programme. This...
Apr 1, 2025


Police Discover Hand Grenade in Abandoned Building on Ambergris Caye
Authorities have confirmed the discovery of a hand grenade inside an abandoned structure in northern San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. According...
Mar 31, 2025


Police Officer Shot in Confrontation Outside Nightclub
A routine police patrol took a violent turn early Monday morning when a police corporal was shot outside Fire Nightclub, formerely known...
Mar 31, 2025


Teen Assaulted During Home Invasion in Port Loyola
A 16-year-old girl was attacked during a home invasion early Sunday morning in the Jane Usher neighborhood of Port Loyola. According to...
Mar 31, 2025


Trump’s Tariffs Could Kill Duty-Free Exports, Raise Prices in Belize
Belizean exports that currently enter the United States duty free, could start facing tariffs if the “Trump rhetoric” materializes, Local...
Mar 27, 2025


Bitter-Sweet Moves: Sugar Shakeup Rattles North
Government’s decision to relocate the sugar portfolio to the Prime Minister’s Office has prompted sharp criticism from the BSCFA; while...
Mar 27, 2025


Carbon Monoxide Confirmed in Death of Trio
Toxicology results confirmed carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of death for three U.S. women found unresponsive in a San Pedro hotel...
Mar 27, 2025


National Budget Delayed Until May
The Government's annual Budget, usually unveiled in March, will instead be presented in May due the March 12th General Elections, and...
Mar 27, 2025


Navigating Tariffs in a Global Trade War
Wielding tariffs as his favourite weapon, US President Donald Trump has now initiated a trade war against several countries, both friend...
Mar 27, 2025


Oceana Belize Calls for Stronger Marine Protections Amid Illegal Dredging Concerns
Oceana Belize has renewed calls for greater protection of the country’s marine ecosystems, emphasizing their vital role in both...
Mar 27, 2025


OPINION || PSWT at a Crossroads: Projects, Pensions, and the Push for Dissolution
Dr. Philip Castillo The genesis of the Public Sector Workers Trust is four Government of Belize Circulars (#8, 9, 10 & 11 of 1996)...
Mar 23, 2025


Editorial
The results of Belize’s 2025 General Election have rewritten an important chapter in the country’s political history. For the first time...
Mar 20, 2025


Same Pledge, New Term: PM Again Promises 2025 Redistricting
Prime Minister John Briceño has reaffirmed that Belize's long-anticipated electoral redistricting will be completed by the end of 2025,...
Mar 20, 2025


UNWEAKENED SUPERMAJORITYPUP retains constitution-changing numbers
For the first time in Belize’s post-independence history, a ruling party has maintained an unweakened supermajority in its second term...
Mar 20, 2025


Commissioner: No Speculation Yet on San Pedro Hotel Deaths
Belize’s top law enforcement is awaiting the results of a toxicology report before confirming the cause of death for the three U.S. women...
Mar 20, 2025
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