Prime Minister John Briceño promises full disclosure by his administration on the total that has been paid out to Courtenay Coye L.L.P., the law firm of Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay and Junior Minister of Finance Christopher Coye. The announcement earlier today follows a letter written by U.D.P. Chairman Mike Peyrefitte on Monday, requesting that the […]
Flowers says that he appreciates the wisdom of the elderly, however, they should not displace the younger workforce. He also said that the thirty-six thousand dollars that Marin will collect for the year that he has been contracted to work, could easily have been used to pay someone younger who can serve in the same […]
In a Cabinet release that was issued earlier today, it was agreed that notwithstanding an increase in the cost of production, the price per sixteen ounce loaf of bread will remain fixed. It may come as a relief to consumers, but bakers are already complaining about the increase in the cost of raw ingredients used […]
Minister of Blue Economy Andre Perez, whose family owns and operates a bakery in San Pedro, has also chimed in on the cabinet decision surrounding the cost of bread. Currently, the control price of sixteen-ounce slice bread retails at one dollar and fifty-cents. Perez says that the data is showing that it will have to […]
For 2022, the price of butane peaked in the month of March. Since then, it has seen a steady decline. Despite those decreases, Belizeans are now paying over forty percent more for butane than what they were paying at the beginning of 2021. With the rising cost of numerous goods on the local market, the […]
Daniel Gutierrez, the spokesperson for the National Gas Company, also gave us an update on how the establishment of N.G.C. has contributed to the economy since it began operations in March 2020. Gutierrez spoke to the emergence of additional butane retailers owned by Belizean entrepreneurs. Daniel Gutierrez, Spokesperson, National Gas Company of Belize Limited […]
There’s a new price regime for sugar on the international market that is favorable to cane farmers in the sugar industry. This morning, Prime Minister John Briceño told reporters that the price of sugar on the external market has improved and that things are looking up for cañeros in the north. John Briceño, Prime […]
It has been four months since the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Immigration, Doctor Gilroy Middleton, has not forwarded the results of the interviewing panel as it relates to the Deputy Director of Immigration post. P.S.U. President, Dean Flowers, says the Public Services Commission needs to be kept abreast of the long delay in appointing […]
Earlier in the news, we heard from P.S.U. President Dean Flowers, who chided the government for hiring former P.U.P. Minister, Florencio Marin Senior. But that was only one issue that the P.S.U. President had with government. Flowers also took aim at Prime Minister John Briceño for recent comments he made about the qualification and experience […]
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (N.T.U.C.B.) is the umbrella union that has been spearheading the effort, along with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to get the Occupational Safety and Health Bill, otherwise known as the OSH Bill, passed. The Bill was tabled in the House in January of 2014, but several […]
It has been several weeks since we showed you the devastating images of sargassum plaguing the coastline, particularly across tourist destinations. Today, we returned to the island town of San Pedro where the situation has improved somewhat, by mitigating efforts of hoteliers, but also the change of weather conditions. There is also a solution from […]
Earlier this year, the Rotary Club of U.K. asked the Rotary Club of Belize if its members would be interested in joining Rotarians across the Commonwealth in lighting a beacon in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Rotary Club of Belize agreed to participate, and that event takes place tonight at the Governor General […]
And while Belizeans will get an opportunity to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Belmopan, Dame Froyla Tzalam, the Governor General of Belize, is in London for a weekend of celebrations. She joins other Heads of State of the Commonwealth in celebrating the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after seventy years of […]
The first-ever Belize International Music and Food Festival will be held in San Pedro and will see seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars invested into putting off the event. While the Government of Belize is being criticized about the level of investment and the exclusion of some Belizean artists, area rep and Minister of Blue […]
An employee of the National Sports Council was targeted by gunmen only a short distance from his workplace. Thirty-three-year-old Michael Meighan left the National Sports Council compound at around ten a.m. this morning. A short while later, two men on a motorcycle intercepted him at a roundabout on Princess Margaret Drive. One of the men […]
Well-known media personality, Javier Gutierrez faces two counts of sexual assault upon a former female employee who worked with the Border Management Agency at the western border. Earlier today, Gutierrez appeared before San Ignacio Magistrate Kara Walters to answer to the charges, to which he pleaded not guilty. Police alleged that Gutierrez touched his colleague […]
Prime Minister John Briceño has commented once again on the situation involving embattled Deputy Mayor Micah Goodin, who has been asked by his colleagues in the Belize City Council to demit office in that capacity by next week. The motion followed a meeting at City Hall last Thursday during which Councilor Albert Vaughn tabled a […]
The sharp increase in the number of active COVID cases is cause for concern to many. The daily infectivity rate is the highest it has been in several months. But what is the Briceño administration prepared to do to address the spike in new infections, given the fact that many of the regulations that were […]
This morning at Tower Hill, Orange Walk, a graduating class of businesswomen from northern Belize was recognized by the Government of Belize and the Taiwanese Embassy, for completing several courses that will strengthen their capacity as entrepreneurs. Earlier this year, twelve women enrolled in a program that was offered by BELTRAIDE and today they received […]
Belize suffered its first loss in a home game against the Dominican Republic in the CONCACAF Nation’s League tournament this evening. After ninety four minutes of game play, including extra time, the Dominican Republic National Team scored two goals. Team Belize scored none. While the Jaguars took many close attempts at the goal, ultimately […]
