The Briceño administration has finally introduced a Representation of the People Act to give effect to the redivision report of the Election and Boundaries Commission. Several elected representatives are on record voicing their concerns with the recommendations outlined in the report. The expectation is that
A group of investors is interested in constructing a sixty-million-dollar facility at the Commerce Bight Port. Today, Michel Chebat, the Minister responsible for Ports, introduced a bill for certain exemptions on taxes and duties for the Southern Deep Port Development Limited, the company that will
On Tuesday, Minister of Sustainable Development Orlando Habet officially declared Belize's membership in the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance during a side event at the fourth annual Small Island Developing States Conference in Antigua and Barbuda. The SIDS Leadership on Global Just Transition from Fossil
For the past several years, the sargassum invasion has affected most if not all of the Caribbean countries, some more than others. Some have gone ahead to find creative ways to dispose of it or to turn it into something useful. And later this year,
This Saturday, Belize Camping Experience and Western Dairies are inviting you to come out and purchase a scoop of ice cream for a worthy cause. The Scoops of Hope initiative is a one-day fundraiser to raise money for the Belize Camping Experience annual summer camps.
A Manhattan jury has convicted Donald Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled the sentencing for July 11. Prosecutors charged Trump with participating in an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity
Belmopan police are looking for one person for questioning in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred earlier today. The victim has been identified as 36-year-old Solomon Peter Coleman. His body was discovered on Cemetery Road in Belmopan. He had been fatally shot. Preliminary investigations indicate that
Carrot farmers in Orange Walk and Corozal districts will lose all that they have invested in this year's crop if they are unable to get their produce to market soon. Dozens of acres of carrots remain in the field unharvested, which is uncommon in the
During our trip north, we also sought to find out why a demand for carrots from Mexico exists locally. Whereas fifty pounds of carrots can be bought locally for thirty-five to forty dollars on average, fifty pounds of Mexican carrots can cost as much as
The United Democratic Party alleges that a P.U.P. minister from Orange Walk called on law enforcement officers to stand down after smugglers were caught carrying sacks of sugar across the border to Mexico. According to a release from the party, a Belize Defense Force patrol
