The global oil price is now reportedly below one hundred U.S. dollars per barrel, after falling by seven dollars U.S. today amid decreasing demand. In speaking with reporters today, Prime [...]
The Briceño administration, through its CARICOM counterparts, is once again looking to Venezuela for oil relief. A decision was taken at the forty-third Regular Session of the Heads of Government [...]
A five-dollar minimum wage increase will likely come to pass before the end of 2022. As we have reported, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports a gradual increase [...]
Belizeans are paying more for basic food items at the store. According to the Statistical Institute of Belize’s Consumer Price Index report in May 2022, the overall cost of goods [...]
Prime Minister Briceño also spoke about the Statistical Institute of Belize’s recently updated methodology to estimate the country’s G.D.P. As a result of a newly applied system, Belize’s G.D.P. for [...]
There’s a new Omicron sub-variant now spreading in Belize and it is characteristically more vaccine-resistant than previous sub-lineages. And while the number of new infections is expected to rise in [...]
While the new vaccine-resistant Omicron variant is spreading in this region, medical professionals still advise people to go and get vaccinated. Today, the Director of Public Health and Wellness, Doctor [...]
P.M. Briceño also responded to U.D.P Chairman Michael Peyrefitte’s letter to Governor General Froyla Tzalam calling for Senator Collet Montejo to vacate his seat in the upper house. As we [...]
The Government of Belize has been facing difficulties filling the Auditor General’s post, following the retirement of former Auditor General Dorothy Bradley in 2021. According to Prime Minister Briceño, G.O.B. [...]
Prime Minister Briceño was also asked about his administration’s decision to hire activist and part-time journalist Geovanni Brackett as an information consultant in the Press Office. In his response, the [...]
Today, at the House of Culture in Belize City, the National Celebrations Commission unveiled the theme selected for this year’s celebrations. One of the themes submitted by Belmopan resident and [...]
Co-Chair of the National Celebrations Commission and Minister of Culture, Francis Fonseca was asked about the symbolism of changing themes every year and whether it encourages patriotism. Francis Fonseca, [...]
The P.U.P. campaigned on a platform that included free education for high school students on the south side of Belize City. Now the first phase of that pilot program is [...]
Wendell Thurton Junior was released from custody on Tuesday, following a decision of the Supreme Court, after pleading guilty to abetment to murder and abetment to attempted murder. This is [...]
Belize’s under-twenty-one female volleyball selection emerged victorious on Tuesday night following a match with Team Nicaragua. With the first win under their belt, our girls are prepared to face more [...]
Today, the media was called out to the M.C.C. Grounds in Belize City where close to a hundred young children, ages four to sixteen, were engaged in the STARS Football [...]
The National Trade Negotiation Commission held its fourth session on Tuesday. The meeting was co-chaired by Chief Executive Officer Amalia Mai of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. [...]
Earlier we heard Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca speak about the rollout of government’s free education for the southside program. The minister explained that the program will include more and [...]
And so it begins. On Tuesday night at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, the country was introduced to the twelve participants who made the cut for KTV the [...]
