The Belize Labour Department has partnered with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to launch an effort aimed at strengthening workplace dispute resolution and improving access to labour justice. As part of the programme, ILO Senior Specialist Pablo Arellano conducted an assessment of the Labour Complaints Tribunal.
Teacher Maclovio Ack was declared the victor in the People’s United Party mayoral convention in Punta Gorda on Sunday. Ack defeated incumbent mayor Carlos “Obeah” Galvez and newcomer Dr Francis Arzu. Ack received 554 votes, Galvez 392, and Arzu 209. Ack says, "This has been my aspiration,
Mother Nature Creation dominated Saturday night’s Carnival King and Queen competition. The annual competition brought together masqueraders from several leading mas bands to the Belize City Civic Center, where the Mother Nature Creation band walked away with both the senior King and Queen titles at
The new faces of the Miss Black International Ambassador (MBIA) pageant are bringing four very different stories to the international stage. Two of those four newly crowned ambassador titleholders are Belizeans. The four newly crowned ambassadors are Teen Black International Ambassador 2026 D’Ancy N Ramclam of
Belizean politician and recording artist Shyne will receive the Global Ambassador Honour at the fourth annual Caribbean Music Awards (CMA). The award ceremony takes place on Saturday September 19 at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Trinidad and Tobago. According to the CMA, "Shyne
With rain now a daily fixture, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is warning that conditions are ripe for dengue to spread. The ministry is asking Belizeans to check their yards before the mosquito problem becomes a hospital problem. The virus spreads through the Aedes aegypti
Belize and El Salvador signed a Partial Scope Agreement in San Salvador, opening new export markets for Belizean products and formalising efforts to deepen trade between the two countries. The signing included a Belize trade mission made up of private sector representatives, including the Belize Chamber
The head of the Caribbean Court of Justice is denying allegations that he manipulated court panels to influence case outcomes, tying the controversy to a dispute over a judge wearing traditional dress instead of the court's standard robes or business attire. CCJ President Justice Winston Anderson
Belize's government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Nature Conservancy aimed at strengthening how the country manages, protects, and restores its rivers and other freshwater systems. The agreement sets up a framework for collaboration on watershed planning, monitoring, data collection, public awareness, and stakeholder
A Belize City police officer is being remembered as a devoted mentor, a patient trainer, and a man looking forward to retirement after he was killed in a traffic collision Saturday afternoon while on his way to work. The victim has been identified as PC Armando
