People Who Bring Us Joy – Ozzy the Clown
It’s the season of joy and we went looking for the people that are front and center in the holiday season. Sure, you have Santa Claus at the top of [...]
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Rural Resilient Belize Gifts Water Tanks to Maya Green Growers Cooperative
Personnel from Rural Resilient Belize today gifted five hundred liter water tanks to the fifteen members of the Maya Green Growers Cooperative of San Antonio Village, Cayo. The water tanks, [...]
G.O.B. Signs Matching Grand Fund Agreements with Farmers Associations
The Concepcion Vegetable Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited, the Northern Sustainable Agro-producers Cooperative Society Limited, as well as the Seven Miles Farmers’ Association have entered into Matching Grant Fund Agreements with [...]
Defensive Driving Training for Traffic Officers
Since the beginning of the year, over sixty persons have lost their lives in almost three hundred road traffic accidents that have occurred. Today, a group of public officers from [...]
Comprehensive Road Safety Project II to Access Resources
Access to resources for enforcement is an issue that C.E.O. Doctor Osmond Martinez says his ministry is tackling through the Road Safety Project Two. They have also been working in [...]
Vital Statistics and Police Records Unit Going Online Shortly
The country’s first National Digital Agenda was introduced in 2021 with a comprehensive plan to place Belize on the digital stage with the rest of the world. Since then, a [...]
Belize to Receive Assistance from United Nations’ ITU in Digitization Process
Representing Belize at the United Nations’ recent International Telecommunication Union conference was the Minister of Public Utilities, Michel Chebat. The event dealt with all aspects of telecommunication and digitization. But [...]
Nine “Long Weekends” in 2023
The schedule of public and bank holidays for 2023 has been made official. A release from the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries earlier today indicates that as [...]
Inaugural Elevate Training Expo Hosted by B.T.B.
Over two hundred tourism service providers are participating in the first annual Elevate Training Expo being hosted by the Belize Tourism Board in Belize City. The expo is providing tourism [...]
Still No Chairman for Public Services Commission
The Public Service Union has come out strongly against the Office of the Prime Minister for failing to appoint a new chairman, as well as members of the Public Services [...]
BATSUB Installs New Bridge in Lord’s Bank Village
Today, in the village of Lord’s Bank, the British Army Training Support Unit, BATSUB, officially inaugurated a bridge in the community that provides access to the Belize River. The project [...]
Riverine Training to Take Place behind Lord’s Bank Area
The bridge will provide access to an area for riverine and jungle exercises by both military forces. Lt. Col. Jermaine Burns, Acting Chief of Staff, B.D.F. “We had come [...]
Is Moises Cal Being Replaced as Government’s Pick for PSC Chairman?
Is government reneging on the appointment of Moises Cal as chair of the Public Service Commission? While it is yet to be made official, P.S.U. President Dean Flowers alluded to [...]
Over 140 Young People Engaged in B.D.F. Summer Camp 2022
Today, the Belize Defence Force concluded its annual summer camp at Price Barracks. Over one hundred and forty young persons, ages seven to seventeen, were engaged in two weeks of [...]
B.E.L. 24/7: an Online App to Make Your Life Easier
The Belize Electricity Limited has introduced a mobile application called B.E.L. 24/7 which is being made available to its customers to access essential services online. Forget the long lines at [...]
Government & Churches Issue Joint Statement on Writ of Referendum
A joint statement was released late this evening from the Government of Belize and the churches regarding the issue of the Writ of Referendum. This follows the churches’ request for [...]
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National M.S.M.E. Policy Seeks to Advance Micro, Small and Medium Businesses
During its regular Tuesday meeting, the Cabinet discussed the National Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprise, or the M.S.M.E. Policy and Strategy for 2022-2025. The new policy and strategy were approved [...]
Land Clinic Goes to Price Barracks
Since 2021, the Ministry of Natural Resources has been going across the country setting up land clinics. For years, residents have been complaining about the delays in processes at the [...]
Haulover Replacement Bridge Project Remains on Schedule, within Budget
Several months into the construction of a new crossing to replace the existing Haulover Bridge, work remains on schedule and the spending remains within budget. Today, Engineering Coordinator at the [...]
MIDH Meets Challenges with Repair Work on Philip Goldson Highway
Moody also brought us up to speed with the repair works being carried out further up near mile seven on the Philip Goldson Highway, where a portion of the highway [...]
MIDH to Public: Stop Stealing Our Signs!
As if the challenges with debris and construction were not enough, the human element is also compounding the problem for the ministry, not only at the mile seven rehabilitation area, [...]
A New Intake of Police Officers Has been Approved
On Tuesday, cabinet met to discuss several matters which include an increase in requests for permits to allow charter flights from Haiti to Belize. The ministry has assessed these applications [...]
Scratch and Win Winner $25,000 Richer
The latest Scratch and Win winner is twenty-five thousand dollars richer. Anthony from Belmopan purchased his ticket on Wednesday night and decided not to scratch it until he reached his [...]
Upcoming Projects by the Social Investment Fund
The inauguration in Crooked Tree is one of several projects in the pipeline for the Belize Social Investment Fund. SIF is the premiere implementing agency for the country of Belize, [...]
Lake Independence Family Receives Home from G.O.B.
An elderly couple from the Lake Independence constituency was the recipient of a one-bedroom, concrete bungalow courtesy of the Government of Belize. Area Representative Cordel Hyde says he promised Marco [...]
