Prime Minister John Briceño met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday when several issues were discussed. One of the priority topics during their meeting was the supply of power by CFE Mexico to Belize. As Belizeans are aware, the Belize Electricity Limited
According to Prime Minister John Briceño, a meeting is scheduled for Saturday in Cancun. There, he, along with representatives from Belize Electricity Limited, will meet with the Mexican President and CFE representatives. PM Briceño further explained that an opportunity now exists for potential investors to
The Belize Defense Force has ramped up its presence along the Rio Hondo River to ward off cartel elements operating along Mexico’s southern border. The Belize Police Department is heading this operation. Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa and Minister of National Defense and Border
And, if there are any questions of whether cartel elements have infiltrated the rank and file of the Belize Defense Force, Minister Marin says he has received no credible reports of such. He says that if any information arises, the matter will be dealt with
And, during his trip to Mexico, Prime Minister John Briceño also spoke with President Lopez Obrador about border security issues, specifically the reported increase of cartel activities in southern Mexico. He told us how those discussions went, but also noted that the fight is not
PM Briceño also confirmed that the travel advisory to Chetumal issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been lifted. The prime minister says there is no need for Belizeans to get too flustered over the reports of increased cartel activities in Chetumal. He further
After a few postponements of the Senate Special Select Committee's hearing, the inquiry resumed today at the National Assembly Building in Belmopan. The morning session presided over questions posed to Sunjay Hotchandani, a real estate businessman who said companies to which he is the director
Gegg said he instructed his attorney, David Morales, to draft up a letter to former PM Dean Barrow and copied to then Ministers Erwin Contreras, Michael Peyrefitte and Tracy Taegar-Panton. When Senator Bevington Cal probed Gegg on the role that former Minister of Economic Development,
An immigration officer has been arrested for the crime of wounding, after allegedly assaulting a woman at the western border. Allegations are that on Monday; a Belizean national, was travelling through the western border when she began to feel frustrated at the pace the officers
Former party leader Patrick Faber has written to the chair of the United Democratic Party requesting a special meeting of the central executive committee to address violations that were purportedly committed by Party Leader Shyne Barrow. In his letter, the Collet Area Representative brings to
