There is unease in the sugar industry tonight, as another sugar crop will likely begin without a revised commercial agreement between the A.S.R./B.S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. [...]
So, what will happen in the event that a new agreement is not signed by early December? That is what we asked the Minister of Agriculture when we caught up [...]
Last night, we told you that A.S.R. /B.S.I. announced its third and final payment to sugar cane farmers for the 2021/2022 sugar crop. As was reported, farmers received a final [...]
Several poultry farmers lost tens of thousands of dollars over what turned out to be just an Avian Influenza scare. Back in September, after increasing suspicions that the virus was [...]
And today, we asked the Minister of Agriculture if there are any plans to compensate those poultry farmers who lost money as a result of the depopulation exercise. He told [...]
The massive cleanup effort across Belize City is on its sixth day. More than a thousand truckloads of debris have been removed from across Belize City. It has been all [...]
Over the weekend, images of San Ignacio Mayor Earl Trapp, Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner, San Pedro Mayor Gualberto Nunez and Prime Minister John Briceño were posted on social media, [...]
COVID-19 has proven that the tourism industry is quite fragile and not immune to shocks. Those sudden blows can also be brought about by natural disasters. In the wake of [...]
In Belize City, the Fort Street Tourism Village was also adversely affected by the hurricane. The devastation at F.S.T.V. forced a rethink of cruise ship arrivals that were scheduled for [...]
In the wake of Hurricane Lisa, the Belize Tourism Board has been conducting a survey to determine the extent of damage that stakeholders suffered as a result of the natural [...]
The losses in the agriculture sector, as a result of the damages caused by Hurricane Lisa, are estimated to be twenty million dollars. According to the Minister of Agriculture, Jose [...]
Exactly one week after Hurricane Lisa wreaked havoc on Belize City and surrounding environs, the experts in disaster risk management and drafting climate change policies began a two-day workshop to [...]
Caribbean countries and small-island developing states have welcomed the inclusion of loss and damage on the U.N. Climate Change COP Twenty-seven, taking place in Egypt this year. One hundred and [...]
Belize City police are investigating an incident that took place this morning where a female high school student was almost abducted as she walked to school in the vicinity of [...]
A man is in the remand section of the Belize Central Prison tonight after he was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court on a charge of attempted murder. Charles [...]
A scholarship opportunity to pursue higher education at Howard University in the United States is being made available to Belizean students who are interested in pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees [...]
The last set of titles and awards that were approved by the late Queen Elizabeth the Second were today bestowed upon several Belizeans by Governor-General, Froyla Tzalam in Belmopan. The [...]
The Seventeenth Annual Battle of the Drums is set to take place in Punta Gorda this weekend as a lead up to the Nineteenth of November Garifuna Settlement Day celebration. [...]
