Pantry and COVID-19 Food Assistance on Pause!
Food Pantry and COVID-19 food assistance programme are on pause and the pantry is getting a rebrand of sorts. Today, when we caught up with Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia, we [...]
Food Pantry and COVID-19 food assistance programme are on pause and the pantry is getting a rebrand of sorts. Today, when we caught up with Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia, we [...]
The Public Service Union is calling for a commission of inquiry into the sale of government assets, including vehicles and pricey furniture, that were disposed of at rock-bottom prices ahead [...]
According to Flowers, Prime Minister John Briceño, who is also Minister of Finance, should investigate the Assets and Utilities Unit which also oversees the Vehicle Care Unit where fleecing is [...]
While the P.S.U. applauds those ministers who have agreed not to get a new government vehicle assigned to them, the union is also asking that they follow the recommendations that [...]
Back in January of this year, we reported on the retirement of Doctor Kenrick Leslie from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center. Doctor Leslie has been serving as the executive [...]
Doctor Young also spoke about the impact of climate change on the region, zoning in on Belize. He says the annual cost of climate change related events such as droughts [...]
During his interview with the media today, Executive Director, Doctor Colin Young of the CARICOM Climate Change Center also shared that the center has a number of adaptation and mitigation [...]
Today, the National Fire Service received a fire truck for its Ladyville Station. It may seem like just a truck, but it is significant for the fire-fighters who will use [...]
Back in September, the Government came under harsh criticism for the sale of the National Fire Service headquarters in Belize City. The government at the time sold the fire station [...]
The Public Service Union is coming down hard on the previous U.D.P. administration after finding out that a fire sale of government assets, particularly a fleet of vehicles that was [...]
Today is being observed as World Children’s Day across the globe. November twentieth was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, used to promote awareness and advocate for the [...]
To also mark the occasion, Belizean children sent Children’s Day greetings to other kids across Belize. [Greetings from Belizean Children on World Children’s Day…]
As the Briceño administration settles into office, the dire economic situation facing Belize is coming to light. On Tuesday, Briceño received briefings by senior officials at the Ministry of Finance [...]
That briefing was with senior officials, including Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, Central Bank Governor Joy Grant and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. Another big challenge facing the government is the [...]
Since Tuesday, there has been rampant speculation on social media and everywhere else about the appointment of Chief Executive Officers. Names have been flown left, right and centre and it [...]
Across the country, Garifuna Settlement Day will be celebrated on Thursday. The nineteenth of November is traditionally a time of year when the culture of the Garifuna people is honored [...]
Activities for this year will include an ecumenical service in Dangriga which is preceded by a re-enactment of the arrival of the Garinagu. Sebastian Cayetano, Garifuna Activist/Historian “Where it [...]
In some parts, at this time of the year, customers will be flocking to Thanksgiving sales just prior to the Christmas season. In Belize, the Garifuna Settlement Day sales have [...]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is lobbying for authority to summarily dismiss officers within the department who are found guilty of abusing their powers. It is a proposal that was [...]
Today is being celebrated as World GIS Day and is used to celebrate innovative applications of geographic information system technology in everyday lives. Held virtually this year, Total Business Solutions [...]
GIS technology is also used by the sugar cane industry in the north and links the various stakeholders under one platform. Cane Farmers Relations Manager at B.S.I., Olivia Carballo Avilez [...]
The newly-formed Briceño administration continues to take shape with the appointments of Chief Executive Officers to various government ministries. What we know thus far is that Channel Five’s C.E.O. Amalia [...]
The new government under Prime Minister John Briceño held its inaugural cabinet meeting on Tuesday and the first order of business was to be updated on national issues affecting the [...]
The Briceño administration is assuming office in difficult times, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and industries struggle to bounce back. The P.U.P. government has promised to realize [...]
The ballooning wage bill stands at six hundred and eighty-eight million dollars for sixteen thousand public officers and teachers. One of the recommendations that the Public Service Union has offered as [...]
