A public consultation on the controversial Thirteenth Amendment drew little public interest today in Belmopan. This was the government’s second public consultation on the controversial Thirteenth Amendment; the first was in Belize City. The amendment has stirred debate for weeks, primarily at the proposed 'special zones',
Belizean shrimp soon to be served on plates across Taiwan. After more than two years of paperwork, inspections, and back-and-forth between Belize and Taiwan, the long-awaited approval was announced today during the second meeting of the Administrative Commission under the Belize–Taiwan Economic Cooperation Agreement, held
Belize has secured a US$20 million line of emergency climate financing from the World Bank after meeting a set of disaster preparedness and climate resilience reforms. The approval of the Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat-DDO) gives the country rapid access to funds following major disasters
Police are investigating a shooting in Lord’s Bank that left one man dead and four others injured. Reports are that Justin Animo, 20, died while receiving medical care after the attack on Tuesday night. He was among five people shot when two men on a motorcycle
The High Court has ruled that the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and two of its members must pay over half a million dollars in damages. Why? A three-day blockade back in December 2021 brought the BSI sugar mill to a standstill and the court
Back in December 2021, talks between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and BSI hit a wall. With no agreement in sight, the BSCFA warned they’d block the mill, and they followed through. Not only did they stop their own deliveries, but they also vowed
After months of legal back-and-forth, the court has sided with BSI and BELCOGEN, confirming that the blockade at the mill wasn’t just disruptive, it was unlawful and costly. The companies proved they lost money, missed contracts, halted production, and even lost energy sales to the
Late this evening, we caught up with PSU President Dean Flowers to get his take on a court ruling that could have big implications for future union protests, especially those that might impact an employer’s bottom line. We also asked him whether the government should
The Belize Tax Service might soon look very different, and today, union leaders made sure staff were in the loop. The Public Service Union and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers met with BTS employees to talk about the proposed shift to a Semi-Autonomous
