There is major news coming out of the Caribbean Development Bank’s 56th Annual Meeting in the Bahamas. Belize has been elected to hold the Chairmanship of the CDB Board of Governors for the 2026-2027 term. Minister of State, Doctor Osmond Martinez attended the event. So,
The government is pushing forward with new National Health Insurance legislation that would replace the current commission with a more powerful NHI Authority, one designed to take the lead on delivering services. But that shift is raising concerns. Opposition Leader Tracy Panton is questioning whether
Island Emergency Services is under fire after a costly emergency response on Ambergris Caye. Director Abner Bacab says his team rushed to Secret Beach when a tourist fell and needed urgent transport. They carried the immobilized patient eight miles to San Pedro Polyclinic, then billed
Tonight, a family and a community across Belize are heartbroken an elderly Belizean woman was killed in Houston, Texas, after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Fondren Road. Reports are that on June first, 2026, eighty-year-old Virginia Foreman was crossing with a walker outside
In the coastal village of Hopkins, you won’t find history tucked away in dusty archives, you see it come alive on the sea and along the sandy streets. Tonight, on The Bright Side, Sabreena Daly takes us out to meet a man who’s been casting
Belize's National Assembly has been debating a sweeping new Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Bill that seeks to replace the existing Domestic Violence Act with a stronger legislative framework, but serious questions about funding and readiness are already emerging. The bill, if passed, would broaden protections
A debate over a USD $23 million loan turned into a full-throated exchange in the House of Representatives on Thursday, with Prime Minister John Briceño going on the offensive against the opposition leader Tracy Panton. The opposition had challenged the Briceño administration's borrowing practices, accusing the
The Government of Belize introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to rename the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to the Development Bank of Belize. The Development Finance Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2026, tabled by Prime Minister John Briceño, proposes the name change to better reflect the institution's
When Belizeans lobbied for the cybercrime legislation, they had something specific in mind: children being lured online, women threatened with revenge porn, and teenagers driven to despair by school cyberbullies. A scenario involving a PUP cabinet minister and six armed police officers arresting a very vocal
The Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future has announced BZ$300,000 in emergency response grants to assist properties struggling with heavy seaweed buildup along the coast. The project, called "Rapid Response Support to Coastal Hotels for Sargassum Management and Cleanup", is being implemented by the Belize Tourism
