Non-government organizations have called for a collective response against domestic and sexual violence. The move follows recent reports of domestic assault primarily upon women. To this end, the Belize Network [...]
Saunders informed that the N.G.O.s will actively seek amendments to current legislation on domestic violence that will more effectively tackle the problem and address it from a holistic point of [...]
The first project under the Resilient Rural Belize program of the Ministry of Economic Development will see a three-mile stretch of road in rural Belize District upgraded to be climate [...]
As you heard, the Nago Bank Road is the first of several projects under the Resilient Rural Belize program of the Ministry of Economic Development. It’s a multi-ministerial approach that [...]
Friday’s eloquent speeches in the House of Representatives after Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos-Garcia presented the paper recommending that the late Nora Parham be granted a posthumous pardon were [...]
It has been criticized for the restrictive and deplorable living conditions under which its residents live. The institution has even previously dealt with allegations of sexual harassment. Then in 2015, [...]
The former Princess Royal Youth Hostel was an institution that was neglected for years, with its bathroom in need of urgent plumbing repairs, and its residents making attempts every few [...]
In 1963, Nora Parham was sentenced to death after a biased justice system convicted her for the death of an abusive common-law husband. Almost sixty years later, the House of [...]
Parham recalls seeing his mother being physically abused at the hands of the man she was accused of killing. He recounted occasions, as a seven-year-old, when he had to run [...]
The motion was brought before the house by Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, the Minister of Human Development and Indigenous People’s Affairs. Minister Dolores and a team consisting of various social and government [...]
Tracy Taegar-Panton, the Area Representative of Albert Division, rose to show support for the motion. She extended an apology to the children and grandchildren of Nora Parham on behalf of [...]
The Princess Royal Youth Hostel is being renamed this weekend, after carrying the name that it was inaugurated with several decades ago. While the administration and residents have come up [...]
And while Minister Perez can relate to the concerns of the Belize Bakers Association, it simply comes down to the fact that consumers will take on any additional costs and [...]
The Belize Police Department recently deployed a number of specialized units into Belize City as a means of address in gang-related violence in the Old Capital. Among them is the [...]
The seven Cubans who wanted to seek amnesty in Belize will know their fate around the end of the month. That is how long it will take the two sides [...]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, in partnership with Sprite, officially opened its SPRITE Live Life Basketball Youth Tournament 2022, on Saturday. The competition is seeing participation from fifteen teams across [...]
Today, the case of the seven Cubans who are on remand and waiting to hear their fate was called to order before Supreme Court Justice Lisa Shoman. The Cubans all [...]
The ongoing matter between the Maya community and the Government of Belize over the implementation of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s Consent Order was heard this morning before the C.C.J. [...]
Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck appeared on behalf of the Government of Belize. While he stated that G.O.B. doesn’t agree with the allegations being made by the claimants, he Marshalleck also [...]
Higher prices on goods and fuel are taking a serious financial toll on all Belizeans. Across the country, an increase in the cost of basic commodities is impacting the ability [...]
In what is considered a historic move by the religious community, the Council of Churches and the National Evangelical Association of Belize today delivered twenty thousand, one hundred and eight [...]
Denny Grijalva is the U.D.P. Caretaker for Orange Walk Central, and he is also a pastor, a role only a few know him for. Today, he was among the group [...]
The Public Service Union has come out against the actions taken by the Briceño administration in placing a public officer on administrative leave, following an incident last weekend during which [...]
According to Industry Relations Officer, Calbert Barber, there were multiple missteps on the part of the prime minister and the resulting action that was taken to place the public officer [...]
The current government pension scheme that exists for public officers is unsustainable and needs urgent reform – that is the information coming out of the Second Annual Gian Ghandi Memorial [...]
