Double Murder near St. Margaret’s Village
There has been a shocking murder on a rural road in the Cayo District. Jose Bolon and David Murillo left home Wednesday evening, but today both families received the sad [...]
There has been a shocking murder on a rural road in the Cayo District. Jose Bolon and David Murillo left home Wednesday evening, but today both families received the sad [...]
The COVID pandemic has hit almost every family and business across the world. In Belize, the shock was felt primarily in the tourism sector, but even quasi-governmental organizations, such as [...]
And while S.S.B. was able to keep its services running for its customers, it did not meet its budgetary projections for collections last year. Cansino explained that S.S.B. makes these [...]
The shortfall that Cansino spoke of and the huge payouts the S.S.B. has had to make have placed the S.S.B. in a precarious position. Now that the economy is gradually [...]
As many as seven hundred and fifty businesses in various sectors across the country have signed up to participate in Belize Bank’s new E-Kyash platform. It’s an online system that [...]
What does the introduction of E-Kyash mean for government’s transition to e-governance? In attendance at this morning’s launch was Minister of Sports and E-governance, Kevin Bernard. He says the new [...]
Two pieces of legislation, one of them dating back to 1914, are being modernized and consolidated into one comprehensive law. They are the Companies Act Chapter 250 and the International [...]
The Department of Lands and Surveys is hosting the first ever mobile land clinic, in San Pedro Town to provide administrative assistance to islanders experiencing problems with their land documents. [...]
The country is in its third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of positive cases continues to rise. As of Wednesday, there are now four hundred and thirty-two [...]
Over one hundred thousand people have received at least a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while fifty-three thousand have been fully vaccinated. As we found out today, the Corozal District [...]
The U.S. Government today donated one hundred thousand dollars worth of medical supplies, including P.P.E.s, to the Corozal Community Hospital. But as we found out today, Belize has also been [...]
Today, a closing ceremony was held at the Corozal Community Hospital as a U.S. military surgical team from the Joint Task Force-Bravo completed about a dozen surgeries. It is part [...]
Earlier this week, one of the concerns among tour operators over the new COVID requirements was that only unvaccinated persons entering Belize were required to provide a negative COVID test [...]
Five new ambassadors to Belize presented their credentials to Governor General Froyla T’zalam during a virtual ceremony today. All non-resident ambassadors, they are Lina Eugenia Ajoy Rojas of Costa Rica; [...]
It’s been months since the Biden Administration took office in the United States, but an ambassador has still not been named to Belize. In fact, Belize has not had a [...]
There is a positive development for police officers in Western Belize who want to continue their education. The Belize Police Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sacred Heart [...]
It’s been happening every year since 2001 – the Social Security Board granting scholarships to some of the nation’s brightest hopefuls. Although COVID altered a lot of academic experiences, the [...]
The University of Texas at Tyler in partnership with the Ministry of Education has launched a series of teacher training sessions in Dangriga Town. Participants include education field supervisors, principals, [...]
African swine fever is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, which is responsible for serious economic and production losses. The porcine virus was recently detected [...]
Belizean Olympian Shaun Gill is among several athletes representing the Jewel in the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. While the track and field star placed fifth in his category of [...]
