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 18, 2021
OPINION: Belize’s Persistent and Silent Electricity Emergency
By Amb. F. Daniel Gutierez Early in the morning 4 days before we celebrated our 40th anniversary as an independent nation, the Commision...
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Sep 17, 2021
Stricter Public Health Measures Implemented
Prime Minister John Briceño, via a pre-recorded statement, informed the public that stricter public health measures are to be instituted...
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Sep 17, 2021
NOT SO NEW LOO
On Thursday morning, with just the stroke of Her Excellency Froyla Tzalam’s pen, Hon Patrick Faber was officially reinstated as the...
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Sep 13, 2021
CDC warns against travelling to Belize
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US State Department have raised their travel alert levels for Belize to Level...
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Sep 12, 2021
Determining local LPG Prices
The wholesale price for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)—which has climbed by more than 75% between May 2020 and August 2021—is determined...
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Sep 9, 2021
Higher Penalties for ‘Fake News!’
The Summary Jurisdiction Offenses (Amendment) Bill 2021 (The Bill), which seeks to increase the penalty for spreading or publishing false...
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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 5, 2021
From ‘Super’ to ‘Blue’ bond
Via a debt-for-nature swap strategy, the Government of Belize may finally be on the brink of bringing the more than a decade long...
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Sep 5, 2021
10th Amendment deferred
The second reading of the Belize Constitution (Tenth Amendment) Bill, a piece of proposed legislation that the four social partner...
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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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Sep 2, 2021
Major Taxes’ collection up by 23%
After having fallen by almost 30 percent from April to July last year, collections for three major tax categories are up by roughly 23...
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Aug 23, 2021
New COVID rules take effect
The new COVID-19 regulations (SI No. 92 of 2021) came into effective today and has brought about notable changes to the operation of...
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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 Briceño to BTL: Telecom switch should serve as wakeup call
”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...
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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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Aug 17, 2021
UDP Chairman: On what basis was Central Bank’s governor removed?
“As far as the public is concerned, technically, Mr. [Manuel Gustavo] Vasquez is still the Governor of the Central Bank.” This is how the...
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