During his State of the Nation address, Prime Minister John Briceño said, "The state of the nation is stronger, more hopeful, and more confident than at any time in our 43 years." According to the Prime Minister, this is because "Belizeans are working and Belizeans
As a lead-up to Belize's 43rd Independence, the Government of Belize will be hosting some two dozen ambassadors from around the world for Diplomatic Week. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Education, Culture, Science, and Technology, Francis Fonseca, said, "We welcome our friends of Belize, the
A fatal road traffic accident has claimed the life of yet another Belizean. Over the weekend, sixty-four-year-old Melva Myers was travelling with her three grandchildren on the George Price Highway. Behind the steering wheel was her daughter, Tiffany Licona, who was headed toward Belize City.
There’s been an alarming increase in the number of road traffic accidents across the country; several of them were caused by reckless or negligent drivers. This week alone saw three fatal accidents in southern and western Belize. Today, police made an arrest for an incident
A man lost his life in a fatal motorcycle accident in Hopkins Village on Saturday night. Nineteen-year-old Amaad Arana was almost at his destination at a nightspot on the Hopkins access road when he was knocked down and killed. Sadly, one of Arana’s brothers who
There was a second fatality further south and the victim on Saturday morning was a woman from Santa Rosa Village who had just taken up residency when she found love in Maya Mopan Village. In this incident, the victim was also a passenger. The vehicle
A national convention has been called for October twentieth and, according to Shyne Barrow, the gathering of U.D.P. delegates from across the country isn’t sanctioned by the United Democratic Party. The special unity convention was announced by the Alliance for Democracy earlier this month, amid
Following Friday’s house meeting, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow told reporters what other members of the U.D.P. executive had been saying previously, that all efforts were made to resolve the issue through mediation. Shyne Barrow, Party Leader, U.D.P. “It was our hope that we could mediate, as
Importers of diesel fuel and biodiesel will pay a standard tax for petroleum oil, following the passage of a new piece of legislation in the National Assembly. On Friday, the Briceño administration introduced and read through the bill in the House of Representatives. According to
A Belmopan resident died after being held in police custody for four days. He is twenty-six-year-old Daniel Cal. A postmortem was conducted on his body today. The examination concluded that Cal died from widespread inflammation in the lungs and chronic alcoholism. His family alleges that
