One of the key outcomes at Monday's Cabinet meeting was the approval of a comprehensive review of the Belize Public Service's pay and grading system. According to the report, funded through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), recommendations for modernising the system were made, with a
Twenty-six-year-old Leeroy Bardalez is today a free man after the Office of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi, effectively discontinuing the case. Crown Counsel Sheiniza Smith stated that the prosecution could not continue as two crucial witnesses were unavailable: one was unwilling to testify, and the
Juan Carlos Castellanos tragically lost his life in a traffic collision on Tuesday night in Orange Walk Town. The accident occurred around 9 p.m. as Castellanos was riding his motorcycle along Tate Street. He collided with the side of a freight truck. The 50-year-old truck driver
On Day three of COP29, negotiators focused on a complex draft of the new climate finance goal, while Brazil unveiled its updated climate plan, aiming for a 59–67% emissions reduction by 2035. The early draft of the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance caused
The National Meteorological Service is closely monitoring a broad low-pressure system over the central Caribbean Sea, which continues to produce extensive showers and thunderstorms. This system, referred to as Invest 99L, has a high chance of developing into a tropical system within the next 48
On Friday, November 8, attorney of Glenn D. Godfrey and Company LLP, Immanuel Williams, wrote a letter to Great Belize Production Limited (Channel 5) and Tropical Vision Limited (Channel 7). The letter was in relation to the latest orders handed down by High Court Justice
Today seemed like the perfect moment for Prime Minister John Briceño to call for a general election, and many thought he would. So, when the house meeting kicked off with a speech from PM Briceño that felt more like a state of the nation address
A couple of weeks ago, the House of Representatives passed a one-point-six-million-dollar supplementary allocation, and the Senate couldn’t do much to change it. Among the line items was three hundred thousand dollars earmarked for the Elections and Boundaries Department, sparking rumors that it was for
Any rational person might think the Briceño administration would seize the chance to call a general election while the U.D.P. is dealing with its internal conflicts. However, P.M. Briceño confidently states that it doesn’t matter when the election is held—the U.D.P. won’t win. [caption id="attachment_27174" align="alignright"
At the last house meeting, Opposition Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow removed Tracy Panton and Patrick Faber from various House Committees. This left Barrow and Hugo Patt as the only opposition members in over a dozen working groups. However, when it was time for those committees
