As salary negotiations between the Government of Belize and the Belize National Teachers Union remain unresolved, Minister of Education Oscar Requena has expressed strong support for the teaching profession. Requena acknowledged the significance of teachers’ contributions while reiterating government’s current offer—an initial 3% salary adjustment scheduled
Tensions continue to mount across Belize as the nation anxiously awaits a response from the Joint Union Negotiating Team (JUNT) regarding the government's latest salary proposal. With the possibility of a nationwide strike looming, all eyes are on the Joint Union Negotiation Team, which has
Romano Cal, 50, was fatally attacked with a machete outside his home on Sunday, shortly after returning from refueling his bus. Police have detained his brother, 55-year-old Rafael Cal, in Tambran Village for questioning. He is being accused of killing his own sibling. Romano’s daughter, Modesta
The Toledo Alcaldes Association has issued a strong condemnation following the killing of 50-year-old Alcalde Romano Cal, a respected community leader from Medina Bank Village. Cal was found dead on Sunday evening, May 25, with chop wounds to the upper body. He was pronounced dead
The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) and the Ministry of Agriculture have issued a public advisory following a noticeable rise in paralytic rabies cases among horses and cattle. BAHA warns that paralytic rabies is a zoonotic disease, meaning it can be transmitted to humans, primarily through
Police have detained 55-year-old Rafael Cal of Medina Bank Village, who is being accused of the brutal killing of his brother, Romano Cal, 50. Romano, the alcalde of Medina Bank, was found dead on Sunday evening, May 25, just after 8 p.m., with chop wounds to
The Department of Transport (DOT) has reactivated nationwide enforcement operations to tackle the improper use of motorcycles on the country’s roadways. "This initiative is being launched in response to an increasing number of public complaints and observed violations of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic
It’s budget season in Belmopan and the numbers are big, bold, and stirring up plenty of debate. For the next three days, members of the House of Representatives are deep in discussion over a nearly two-billion-dollar national budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Two weeks
The budget debate took a fiery turn today as Opposition Leader Tracy Taegar Panton zeroed in on what she called questionable government spending. Referring to reports of twenty-eight million dollars in airport security contracts awarded to two firms under the Briceño administration, Panton didn’t mince
Freetown Area Representative and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francis Fonseca, didn’t hold back during today’s budget debate. He dismissed Opposition Leader Tracy Taegar-Panton’s response as nothing more than “empty, hollow rhetoric.” Fonseca criticized her remarks as weak and uninspired, even suggesting her notes were filled
