The first audit into the so-called “Mira Millions” scandal is now complete, but the public will have to wait a little longer to learn what investigators uncovered. Auditor General Maria Rodriguez has wrapped up a ninety-day review of questionable procurement practices at the Ministry of
Feeding the Belize Defense Force has become a costly logistical challenge, prompting the government to put the money directly into soldiers’ pockets. Prime Minister John Briceño, who assumed responsibility for the Ministry of National Defense after Florencio Marin Jr. stepped aside amid the “Mira Millions”
A journalist asked a question. The Prime Minister responded with an insult. That exchange last week sparked a wider conversation about respect for the media and the conduct expected from the country’s highest elected official. The question concerned Special Envoy Rossana Briceño’s recent visit to
The government’s proposed hundred million US dollar loan from Taiwan is back before the House, and so are questions about how the money will be spent. Up to forty million dollars could be drawn down before year’s end, prompting Opposition concerns about the timing ahead
For many Belizeans, catching the bus often comes with a familiar question: Will it arrive on time? The National Bus Company says it's ready to change that. Beginning November first, passengers traveling the Western and Southern corridors can expect a more organized and predictable commute,
Twenty million dollars in public funds are riding on the National Bus Company, and the government says it is closing the legal loopholes that could put that investment at risk. With the collapse of Novelo’s bus empire still fresh in Belize’s transportation history, the National
Once reserved for colonial governors and the elite, Government House now opens its doors to the people whose ancestors helped build and maintain it. More than two centuries after its construction, the historic mansion has become the House of Culture, a space where Belizean art,
Police formally arrested and charged twenty-eight-year-old Alex Marcus Lewis, a laborer, and forty-year-old Brian Dena, a construction worker, on Monday, October fifth. Both men face one count of kidnapping and one count of threat of death in connection with an incident two days earlier in
The government has offered timelines, renewed dialogue and a commitment to update its decades-old agreement with the National Garifuna Council, but Garifuna leaders say implementation will determine whether anything truly changes. The two sides met in Belmopan on Monday, nearly two weeks after Prime Minister
The next chapter in the decades-long struggle over Maya customary land rights will unfold through legislation, not another round of court directions. On Tuesday, the Caribbean Court of Justice dismissed an application from Maya leaders and allowed the process established under the landmark 2015 consent
