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Business Senator Kevin Herrera, Albert Area Representative Hon. Tracy Panton, and Economics lecturer Dr. Phillip Castillo have all told...

By Javan Flowers The KHMH Workers’ Union calls on the Government of Belize to invest in current medical facilities before spending $90...

In the ongoing regulatory battle between American Sugar Refining-owned Belize Sugar Industries (ASR/BSI) and the government, has the...

To combat the effects of the global cost-of-living crisis, the government needs to adopt the advice of leading economic agencies and...

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Senator Christopher Coye’s agreement that there is a need for a “value audit” of the...

Belize’s recently restructured US$364 million Blue Bond is safe, even after its underwriter, Credit Suisse Bank, has collapsed being...

Belize has an unemployment rate of five per cent, but other International Labour Organization (ILO)-approved statistical measures show...

Just over 35.7 percent of Belizeans (approximately 134,000 persons) are Multi-Dimensionally poor, the Statistical Institute of Belize...

After numerous requests from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA), the Cabinet has agreed to convene a Commission of Inquiry...

By Michelle Sutherland Members of the Belize Bus Association (BBA) remain on edge after a document from Financial Secretary Joseph...

Most male inmates lack higher education, youth affairs activist Nuri Muhammad reminds of education-and-crime link Approximately 96...

By Michelle Sutherland A continuous decrease in container tariffs on the international markets is expected to have a positive impact on...

By Michelle Sutherland The Government of Belize is making moves to abolish or significantly reduce income tax (PAYE) paid by workers, but...

By Michelle Sutherland The impacts of the soon-to-be-implemented $5.00 minimum wage increase will spread across the agriculture sector,...

By Michelle Sutherland Local economist Phillip Castillo says that the upcoming minimum-wage increase will make certain persons better...

The Government of Belize, which formally announced Thursday that the minimum wage will increase to $5.00 in January 2023, has ignored the...

Oceana Belize has launched a nationwide drive to gather at least 20,000 signatures of registered Belizean voters to trigger an official...

By Britney Gordon The Belize Coalition of Medical Professionals (BCHP) publicized a letter airing their grievances about the shortcomings...

IMF Director: There is a 25% risk of global recession next year “We think that the risk of global recession is now 25 percent,”...

Poverty in Belize, which was already reported at 52 percent based on 2018 data, has increased by ten percent within the last three years,...