This morning, Belize Sugar Industries and other stakeholders kicked off the 2024-2025 sugar cane season. Originally slated to start on December sixteenth, the season's opening was delayed to the twenty-seventh due to poor road conditions. Although the season is just getting underway, stakeholders are already
Belize’s sugar roads are in terrible condition, according to cane farmers across Northern Belize who are struggling to make their deliveries. Today, the 2024-2025 crop season finally kicked off, sixteen days later than planned, mainly due to the poor state of the roads. Belize Sugar
In January, Belize Sugar Industries and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association finally reached an agreement, ending their prolonged negotiations. Just a year ago, the dispute had escalated to public demonstrations and road blockades. This year, however, the sugar industry faces new challenges: climate change,
Last month, the Public Utilities Commission (P.U.C.) proposed a consent grant to Belize Energy Cogeneration Limited (BELCOGEN), which generates energy from sugar cane bagasse. This consent would allow BELCOGEN to operate a co-generation power plant, enabling them to generate, transmit, and supply electricity as an
In late August, Belize kicked off the first hearings for the Commission of Inquiry into the sugar industry. This inquiry aims to scrutinize the entire value chain of the industry and offer recommendations to the government. Belize Sugar Industries Limited (B.S.I.) was among the organizations
Tonight, two teenagers, aged eighteen and fifteen, are out on bail after facing charges of robbery earlier this week. The older teen, eighteen-year-old Randy Cain from Hattieville Village, and his fifteen-year-old relative, a student, were both accused of using force to steal a black Samsung
Tonight, a young man is spending his third night behind bars after being sentenced to three months for burglary. Jaheem Young, a twenty-three-year-old boat repairer from Saint Joseph Street, Belize City, appeared in court this morning. He pleaded guilty to breaking into his cousin's home
A twenty-two-year-old construction worker, Peter Amaud Lara, found himself in hot water after being accused of going on a shopping spree with a stolen Atlantic Bank Debit card. Lara, who lives on Central American Boulevard in Belize City, was charged with card theft and appeared
Forty-eight-year-old Joseph Cifiriano Avila, a Belize Defense Force truck driver from Lord’s Bank Village, has been charged with “failure to provide a specimen” and “driving without due care and attention.” The charges come on the heels of a Christmas Eve accident on the Southern Highway.
If you don’t already know his name, you certainly know his music. Francisco Alcoser Senior, affectionately known as “Pancho,” cemented his place in history as one of Belize’s musical icons. Belizeans everywhere are mourning his passing. Pancho is best known as the founder of the
