Prime Minister John Briceño announced today that Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez is returning to cabinet as the Minister of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management. Perez now assumes control of the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, and the National Fire Service. This
The Belize National Teachers' Union is gearing up to conduct a bi-election to elect a national president. Jorge Mejia was appointed acting president in September of last year following Ruth Shoman’s controversial resignation. The election of a new national president is scheduled for Wednesday in
As you heard, the Belize National Teachers' Union will be electing a new national president on Thursday. Two members are vying for the position. They are Ifasina Efunyemi and Nadia Caliz. We sought to speak with both candidates today in Belmopan. Caliz denied our request
We also asked candidate Ifasina Efunyemi for her thoughts on comments Education Minister Francis Fonseca made two weeks ago against the union’s executive inside the National Assembly. In his remarks, Minister Fonesca said that there are still a few U.D.P.’s who want to create mischief
The voir dire in the case of the Bladen Twelve resumed today at the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building in Belize City. The twelve men are facing trial for the landing of a drug plane on the Southern Highway on November fifth, 2021. The prosecution called
Throughout much of today, the defense based its arguments on the premise that there was police abuse committed against the defendants. This afternoon, the prosecution called JP Martin Cal to testify. He told the court that the statement of defendant, Moises Perez was taken in
Taiwan was rattled by a seven-point four magnitude earthquake. This is the strongest tremor that has hit the island nation in more than twenty-five years. At least nine persons have been confirmed dead with hundreds more injured. Authorities have issued warnings of potential aftershocks in
Belize Electricity Limited wants the mean electricity rate to remain fixed at forty cents per kilowatt-hour throughout the 2024–2028 tariff cycle. B.E.L. officially made the request to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on March twenty-second. B.E.L. says this aligns with its overarching mission to provide
No sugar, no water, just pure, healthy juice. That is what Marjeli Alvarado, owner of Juiced by Mar told us when we asked about the contents of her cold-pressed juices, which are currently making waves across the country. Alvarado is hoping that she can get
A Belize City man was arraigned today for harm after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend because she refused to have intercourse with him. The incident happened on March first and the accused is twenty-three-year-old Kenyon Flores. The woman says when she refused Flores' advances, he
