The Sarstoon River is once again becoming the center of national attention, as the Belize Territorial Volunteers prepare to head south for their annual expedition on Thursday. But ahead of the trip, the familiar tensions are already resurfacing. Previous visits have led to confrontations involving
As Belize prepares to mark the Battle of St. George’s Caye, an old debate is once again taking center stage: what does the Tenth of September truly represent in Belize’s national story? The celebration once held greater prominence, but after independence, the PUP placed more
The “economic train” was more than a campaign slogan. It was the PUP’s promise to pull Belize out of a stagnant economy and put growth, development and jobs back on track. After the party’s landslide victory in 1998, the economy recorded an immediate surge, driven
Nearly three decades ago, the Musa administration made the Office of the Ombudsman a key part of Belize’s system of public accountability. The law had remained dormant for five years under the Esquivel administration, until the PUP took office in 1998 and appointed Paul Rodriguez
Nearly two decades after Belize introduced sweeping reforms to safeguard public money, the fight for transparency remains as relevant as ever. In 2005, during his second term in office, former Prime Minister Said Musa’s administration passed the Finance and Audit Reform Act to strengthen oversight
A landmark labor ruling has put employers across Belize on notice: workplace rules and due process cannot be ignored. The Essential Services Arbitration Tribunal found that the Central Bank of Belize unfairly dismissed longtime employee Dapheen Bowen after failing to follow the disciplinary procedures in
Belize has declared a power supply emergency, but the biggest question remains unanswered: where will the country find the additional energy it needs? Last week, Cabinet approved BEL’s request for the emergency declaration, clearing the way for the company to negotiate new power purchases and
For thousands of Belizeans, the power supply emergency is no longer just a warning about what could happen. It is already disrupting daily life. Communities across the country are losing electricity for hours at a time, leaving people who work from home unable to do
For importers and exporters, moving goods across Belize’s borders can mean piles of paperwork, added costs and frustrating delays. Now, the government is moving to bring that process online through an Electronic Single Window for Trade, a digital platform designed to place key trade services
[caption id="attachment_120145" align="alignright" width="300"] Kareem Garcia[/caption] Police have made an arrest in the murder of twenty-three-year-old Kareem Garcia, formally charging nineteen-year-old Leon St. Clair with the crime. St. Clair, described by police as an unemployed resident of
