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BSCFA negotiating Cane Purchase Agreement for next crop
By William Ysaguirre The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) is optimistic that they may sign a new cane purchase agreement...
Jun 11, 2022


Human Rights Commission Condemns Breach of Child's Human Rights
By Michelle Sutherland, The Human Rights Commission of Belize has come out to condemn the latest breach of human rights in Belize where a...
Jun 11, 2022


Chief Elections Officer: ‘Political affiliations in village council elections fair game’
By Michelle Sutherland For decades the Village Council Elections across the country have managed to stay wholly independent of major...
Jun 8, 2022


Jun 7, 2022


Election and Boundaries halfway done with vetting referendum petitions
By Michelle Sutherland Three weeks after receiving over 20,000 signed petitions from Governor-General H.E Froyal Tzalam for vetting, the...
Jun 3, 2022


Water taxi fares increase due to fuel surcharge
By Michelle Sutherland The continuous fluctuation and unpredictability of fuel prices in the country have prompted the government to...
Jun 3, 2022


ALMOST $5 MILLION IN FUEL SUBSIDIES
The Government has cut the excise tax on regular gasoline to $2.54 and has further reduced the excise for Diesel to $1.61, representing...
Jun 2, 2022


Briceño blames bad wording for Trade License backlash
By Michelle Sutherland Since its introduction in the House of Representatives, two weeks ago, the Trade License Bill 2022 has been...
May 31, 2022


HIGH ‘STEAKS!’ Cattle exports ‘beef up’ local meat prices
By Michelle Sutherland The price of beef has increased due to an ongoing price war between Mexican and Guatemalan cattle buyers that was...
May 27, 2022


The Trade License Regime: A ‘tax’ by any other name (Part 2)
Contributed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry In the immediately preceding Business Perspective (BP) Column entry, we had...
May 27, 2022


'Running W' to skip National Agriculture and Trade Show
By Michelle Sutherland The National Agriculture and Trade Show (NATS) 2022 is set to kick off this weekend and one major company whose...
May 25, 2022


Opinion| The Trade License Regime: A ‘tax’ by any other name
Contributed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry “The mere fact that something is labeled a ‘fee for services’ does not...
May 21, 2022


Barrow and Briceño agree on reversing Dean-Barrow-era lottery-tax policy
By Javan Flowers Leader of the Opposition (LOO) Moses “Shyne” Barrow supports the Briceño administration’s 12.5% lottery tax to be paid...
May 21, 2022


Belize Enters 4th COVID Wave, as New Variant Detected in the Country
By Michelle Sutherland After months of relative calm, which saw the easing up of Covid-19 health measures the Ministry of Health and...
May 21, 2022


Local economist: ‘Inflation not political’
By Michelle Sutherland “Inflation is not political. Much of what happens with the price rise in Belize is not political. That doesn't...
May 13, 2022


Belize co-hosts second COVID-19 Summit
By Javan Flowers Belize, as CARICOM Chair, co-hosted the second virtual COVID-19 Summit this week along with Germany, Indonesia, Senegal,...
May 12, 2022


Tracking the first Tropical Wave of 2022
By Javan Flowers June 1st marks the Atlantic Hurricane season's official start, but officials are already tracking the first tropical...
May 11, 2022


Prime Minister: ‘Yes, we will have a referendum'
“Yes, we will have a referendum." This is how Prime Minister John Briceño answered The Reporter when asked whether he will be yielding to...
May 6, 2022


Bar Assoc: ‘Ganja’ referendum ‘distinctively’ different the ‘Vellos Case’
The Bar Association of Belize has clarified that the so-called “Vellos case” is different from the current petition for a referendum on...
Apr 29, 2022


GOB denies request to increase price of sliced bread
Cabinet has denied the request to increase the price for the 16-ounce sliced bread “at this time,” the government announced today....
Apr 28, 2022
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