Is the ComPol Being Muzzled?
But was Yearwood’s shift to Communications Director of the Belize Police Department a political move to muzzle the ComPol Chester Williams and his office? There is speculation from various quarters [...]
But was Yearwood’s shift to Communications Director of the Belize Police Department a political move to muzzle the ComPol Chester Williams and his office? There is speculation from various quarters [...]
Teachers and government officers across the country will begin to see ten percent less of their salaries starting this month since G.O.B.’s 2021 reduction in public service emoluments and allowances [...]
The United Nation’s Children Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration have signed the first joint work plan for migrant and refugees in Belize. According to [...]
The Ministry of Youth has embarked on an ambitious exercise that they say is the first of its kind. This week they officially kicked off a national survey which will [...]
One of the new support services the Department of Youth has already rolled out is a counseling and wellness service. Director of the DYS Kevin Cadle says this is crucial, [...]
Over a month ago we told you how the Ministry of Youth, through its Department of Youth Services, has amalgamated youth services providers under one umbrella program called the National [...]
Police were called to retrieve the charred remains of a person on a farm in Esperanza Village on Tuesday morning. It was discovered by the property owner who told police [...]
The Ministry of Natural Resources finds itself in a bind where the consent order issued by the Caribbean Court of Justice on Maya land rights is concerned. The Lands Department [...]
The Sarstoon and Temash Institute for Indigenous Management has a new executive director. This follows the recent appointment of Froyla Tzalam to the post of Governor General. The board of [...]
The City of Belmopan has a new landmark. The David L. McKoy Business Center, which sits on the Social Security Board compound, was officially opened today. The building is named [...]
Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde today confirmed that the Prime Minister’s office will be renting a space in the new building. Now, the Prime Minister’s office has, for over a [...]
The Briceño administration says it will not be negotiating with the gangs. It’s a position that the prime minister himself has made abundantly clear. But that is not to say [...]
As we reported on Monday, the Forest Department has issued a cease and desist order to Gary Seawell and a co-investor, halting logging operations in the vicinity of communal land [...]
For years, the main street in Dangriga in front of the bus station has been in a deplorable state. Well works have finally begun on one of two streets in [...]
A cease and desist order has been issued by the Forest Department to halt logging activities in the vicinity of Crique Sarco Village. Late this evening, Chief Forest Officer Wilbur [...]
This evening, News Five spoke with Greg Ch’oc, the Commissioner of Indigenous People’s Affairs. Two weeks ago, he sat in as an observer during a meeting held by village leaders [...]
The public sector emoluments and allowances reduction bill 2021 went before the senate today. You’ll recall that last week Friday, cabinet began the motions to make the cuts effective on [...]
Wrapping up the discussions on the bill – Government Business Senator Eamon Courtenay said he took no joy in being a part of implementing the legal frame work for the [...]
Another matter that went before the Senate today is the Commerce Bight Port. Government’s Business Senator Eamon Courtenay opened by sharing that the port was leased for sum of five [...]
The social partners’ senators also weighed in on the commerce bight port. They asserted that the matter may end up in the courts and that should the lease be cancelled, [...]
And to wrap up the matter, Senator Eamon Courtenay maintained that former Minister Castro didn’t have power to push that lease through. Courtenay also responded to the concerns of employment [...]
A bill for the expansion of the composition of the Court of Appeal also went before the Senate today. Here’s what Senators Sheena Pitts, Michael Peyrefitte and Eamon Courtenay had [...]
Data from schools’ managing authorities indicate about twenty-five to thirty percent of teachers participated in the strike action over the past month. But those industrial actions came to a screeching [...]
Last week, the unions responded to a letter issued by G.O.B. concerning other compensation for the salary cut coming for teachers and public officers this pay period. The unions’ response [...]
If you have a way with words, or love to do desktop design, then the National Celebrations Commission has a challenge for you—and you might just win a thousand dollars [...]
