The President of the Belize National Teachers Union is standing up for teachers. On Monday, Nadia Caliz took to Facebook to challenge comments from Education Minister Oscar Requena. The minister claimed that the missing salaries teachers have been complaining about were due to deductions for
It was the talk of the town leading up to the 2025 general election, intraparty color wars. Red became the center of controversy after it was assigned to two factions within the United Democratic Party. U.D.P. Leader Moses ‘Shyne’ Barrow, and Deputy Leader Alberto August,
Now, what Barrow filed wasn’t the actual case on the color issue. It was just the first step, an application for leave to seek judicial review. Think of it as asking the court for permission to argue the bigger question, who gets to wear red?
Big changes are on the horizon for residents of Ladyville and Lord’s Bank Village. Today, it was confirmed that the members of both village councils have planned a meeting to discuss the possibility of combining both communities into one town. It’s a move that has
On Monday night, just days after the barricades came down at the popular Belize City hangout spot, Hangar, residents say they heard what sounded like gunfire. Some even claim it was a full clip being emptied. Police rushed to the scene, but after checking things
Tonight, we’re talking about a big global conversation that’s all about protecting our oceans while growing our economies. Belize has teamed up with the African Union and the Global Water Partnership for what they’re calling a knowledge exchange. Sounds fancy, right? But here’s the simple
Belizean students in Jamaica are proving their resilience. Just one week after surviving the catastrophic Category Five Hurricane Melissa, they’re back in online classes. When we last spoke with them, these scholars were scrambling for supplies and bracing for impact. Thankfully, all Belizeans are safe
Jamaica is reeling from the fury of Hurricane Melissa; a monster Category 5 storm that slammed into the island on October twenty-eighth. The hurricane unleashed catastrophic winds, flooding, and storm surges, leaving entire communities in the dark and thousands displaced. Hard-hit parishes include St. Elizabeth,
A robotics competition in Panama ended in heartbreak. A sixteen-year-old Bahamian student, Madeline Thompson from St. Augustine’s College, tragically fell to her death during the event. She was attending the FIRST Global Challenge 2025, which ran from October twenty-ninth to November first. Just last week,
Belizean police officers are getting specialized training to better handle shooting investigations. The Ministry of Home Affairs, working alongside the U.S. Government, is teaching officers how to properly assess crime scenes and reconstruct what happened during a shooting. It’s all part of the Caribbean Firearms
