Guatemala says the military aircraft was never there. Belize says the technology proves otherwise. The Minister of Home Affairs is standing firmly behind evidence that tracked the aircraft inside Belizean airspace, insisting there is no uncertainty about the incursion. That data is now in the
Can official cooperation continue when diplomatic tensions are running high? That question is following Special Envoy Rossana Briceño’s recent trip to Guatemala, which came amid the fallout from a reported military airspace incursion. Her attendance at a regional meeting has sparked debate over whether the
The Public Service Union says Rey Guerrero’s compensation package is excessive. Prime Minister John Briceño says the government is paying for experience, accountability and the careful management of hundreds of millions of US dollars. The Prime Minister is defending Guerrero’s reappointment as Director of Procurement,
Prime Minister John Briceño says Abelardo Mai Jr. should be judged by his qualifications, not his family name. The Prime Minister is responding to criticism from the Public Service Union over Mai’s six-month appointment as acting director of the Belize Solid Waste Management Authority. The
Julius Espat says he is prepared to take on the demanding Home Affairs portfolio, but he wants clarity about whether the assignment is permanent. Espat says the way his appointment was introduced left him feeling as though he was in limbo. Prime Minister John Briceño,
Prime Minister John Briceño is refusing to say whether he misrepresented Julius Espat’s comments on social justice. Espat claims the Prime Minister publicly scolded him after he refused to accept what he described as wrong and misleading information about his remarks. But when reporters asked
Cabinet disagreements have recently spilled into public view, fueling questions about unity inside the government. After a public rebuke from the Prime Minister and what some have described as coordinated attacks from within his own party, we asked Julius Espat whether any resentment remains. Espat
Three weeks after a house fire led to a damage-to-property charge against twenty-five-year-old Ashema Chang, she is breaking her silence. The court released Chang pending a psychiatric evaluation, but days later, reports surfaced that she was missing. Her former partner, Eugene Thompson, disputes that account.
After nine months behind bars waiting for a psychiatric evaluation that never happened, twenty-seven-year-old Kareem Anderson is back home. But he returned to devastating news: his mother died while he was on remand, and his family said he did not know. The Chief Magistrate dismissed
A psychiatric evaluation was supposed to determine whether Kareem Anderson could answer to charges that he assaulted two women. Instead, he spent nine months in prison waiting for an assessment that never came. The court has now dismissed the case, leaving the alleged victims without
