60% of female prisoners in for ‘immigration offenses’
The female population at the Belize Central Prison has increased steadily over the past five consecutive years, with approximately 60% of...
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Dec 23, 2021
New Sugar Crop Starts Monday
An intervention from Prime Minister John Briceño led the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industries...
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Dec 23, 2021
Belizeans Bid Farewell to the Creole Queen
Belizean Icon and ambassador of the Creole culture, Artist Emeritus Myrna Manzanarez, 75, has passed away. Manzanares, who fell into a...
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Dec 23, 2021
Sugar Standoff!
Prime Minister John Briceño says the Government continues to monitor an impasse between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and...
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Nov 26, 2021
APSSM President: ‘Chebat out of line’
The Minister of Health and Wellness (MOHW) is out of line in the way he sought to curtail the powers of the ministry’s CEO, Association...
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Oct 22, 2021
BCCI to GOB: Expanding Trade Licensing to villages was not what we talked about
The Government of Belize (GOB) has publicized its plans to expand the trade licensing regime to the villages, but this week the Belize...
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Oct 16, 2021
Deputy DHS: ‘Approx. 80% of fully vaccinated COVID patients who have died had NCDs’
Approximately 80 percent of the fully vaccinated persons who have died from COVID-19-related complications, were also persons with other...
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Oct 16, 2021
OPINION|POLICE DON’T KNOW THE LAW
Contributed by the Human Rights Commission The police do not know the law, but it is not their fault. By law, the police are a...
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Oct 13, 2021
Corozal Free Zone Successfully Keeps COVID-19 Out
The Corozal Freezone, which reopened its doors over eight months ago, despite heavy criticism from the public surrounding the safety of...
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Oct 8, 2021
PSU to GOB: Regulate COVID test’s prices at private institutions
The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) has announced the rollout of “free testing” sites for the public to access, a move the Public...
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Oct 7, 2021
Dr. Gayle: S.O.Es not effective strategy against gang violence
The use of State of Emergency (SOE) to lockdown criminal elements is not a very effective practice, Social Anthropologist Dr. Herbert...
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Oct 7, 2021
Cabinet approves ‘COVID-19 Enforcement Unit’
The Government has approved the establishment of a “COVID-19 Enforcement Unit”, this week’s Cabinet brief announced. The unit is to help...
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Sep 23, 2021
Belize Central Prison to institute Vaccination Pass
By Michelle Sutherland If you have a loved one that is currently confined to the Belize Central Prison, coming October 1st, the only way...
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Sep 9, 2021
CRIME OF MURDER
BDF soldier, Private Raheem Valencio, has been charged for the crime of murder in connection to Sunday night’s fatal shooting of off-duty...
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Sep 3, 2021
Tax Collection Increase, Public Servants and Teachers Hopeful
The most recent data provided by the Belize Tax Service Department which indicates that tax collections for three major tax categories...
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Sep 3, 2021
Free speech under threat?
The recent announcement by Cabinet in which it informed the public that it would be submitting a bill on Friday in the Sitting of the...
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Aug 21, 2021
Belize inching closer to WHO’s CT level 3 classification?
Belize’s COVID-19 positivity rate has since surpassed the five percent threshold set by the World Health Organization (WHO), and if the...
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Aug 20, 2021
PM: CBB GOVERNOR FIRED FOR DIFFERENCES WITH BOARD
The Central Bank of Belize (CBB)’s recently appointed Governor, Mr. Gustavo Manuel Vasquez, was fired last Friday because he and the...
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Aug 20, 2021
Last Resort, Again!
Residents from Southside Belize City have been rounded up by the police under a one-month proclamation of a State of Emergency (SOE),...
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Aug 18, 2021
SMART: GOB should not be biased towards BTL
Speed Net Telecommunication Limited (SMART) has emerged to defend its position amid the controversial telecommunication switch that has...
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