Central American economies have flourished in the pandemic’s aftermath due to the region’s lower-than-average inflation, allowing central banks to impose more-accommodative policies than larger economies worldwide. However, the region received a further boost in 2023 owing to record-breaking remittances and an improving labor market, buoyed mainly by the near-shoring boom, thriving tourism and
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) has expressed deep concern over the decision by the Social Security Board (SSB) to appoint three external directors to the board of the Public Administration Campus Limited Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) without consultation. The NTUCB says that the
Prime Minister John Briceño is on an official visit to Mexico where he was warmly received by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the National Palace. The PM’s trip comes during a time of heightened concerns among Belizeans, following a recent spate of cartel-related violence
The Belize Police Department, with support from the Belize Defense Force, has been conducting increased operations along the Rio Hondo River in the Orange Walk District. This is being done to address the security concerns in that area that stems from an increase in cartel
Moving now to Belize’s southern frontier, tensions on the Sarstoon River were high a couple weeks ago when a group of reporters accompanied by Belize Defense Force soldiers had an encounter with Guatemalan Armed Forces. As we reported, the GAF claimed the entire Sarstoon River
Police continue to investigate the double murder of Saida Perez and her common-law husband, Morcel Neal of Roaring Creek. The couple was at their home in the Hilltop area of the village on Sunday night when they were targeted. Perez’ fifteen-year-old son was also shot
A trio of loggers, including a Guatemalan national, was arraigned earlier today for illegally felling trees within the Monkey Bay National Park back in January. The men were charged jointly for four offenses, including unlawful cutting of forest produce, unlawful possession of forest produce, unlawful
Tonight, a Los Lagos fisherman, is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was arraigned for abetment to murder and attempted murder charges. He is thirty-three-year-old Ludrick Andrew Usher, who was brought in for the attempted murder of twenty-year-old Jahshiel Cervantes. On Saturday,
The family of slain police officer, Superintendent Henry Jemmott has written to Chief Justice Louise Blenman inquiring about the three hundred hours of community service that Jasmine Hartin was ordered to serve. On May thirty-first, 2023, Hartin was convicted of manslaughter by negligence, but was
On Monday, we reported on an application being filed on behalf of Stake Bank Enterprise Limited in which the company is seeking to recover almost three point nine million dollars in assets from businessman Michael Feinstein, the former principal of the company that is presently
