The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved the Belize Early Childhood Development and Female Empowerment Project, a multi-million-dollar initiative aimed at improving access to preschool education and creating more opportunities for women to work. The project comes at a time when early
While healthcare workers at other public facilities are set to receive back‑to‑back 4% salary increases, staff at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital say they want their share and more. The KHMH Workers’ Union has opened negotiations with management, calling for a 20% salary increase as discussions
The National Elite Basketball League (NEBL) has condemned a bench‑clearing brawl that erupted during Friday night’s game between the Belize City Defenders and the Orange Walk Rebels at the Orange Walk Sporting Complex. The clash began when a Rebels player dunked over a Defenders opponent and
The government introduced a retention package for nurses as part of efforts to address a growing global shortage and prevent local healthcare workers from leaving for better-paying jobs abroad. Chief Nursing Officer Lizett Bell said the package, the first phase of which was implemented in the
Japan has lifted a tsunami warning issued after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off its north-eastern coast on Monday at 4:53 p.m. local time. Local news outlets reported that the massive quake shook buildings as far as Tokyo. Initial tsunami alerts warned of waves up to
Two separate road traffic incidents on Sunday night left three people dead and two men injured. In Punta Gorda, two men are receiving treatment after a motorcycle crash on Sunday shortly after 10:00 p.m. along the Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway. Reports are that the rider heading
The United States Navy fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday after its crew refused orders to turn back from a naval blockade. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the vessel, identified as the
Frustration is mounting among relatives of missing Belize City resident Deborah 'Bree' Arthurs, who has now been unaccounted for 21 days, with no confirmed leads into her disappearance. Arthurs, a call center employee and mother of one, was last seen on Friday, March 27, in the
Iranian gunboats opened fire on a tanker attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, while a second vessel reported being struck by a projectile, according to CNN, citing maritime authorities. The incidents come after Iran’s military announced it was reimposing restrictions on the vital
Prime Minister John Briceño on Friday presided over a high-level discussion on the economic realities facing small states, as part of the 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C.. The session centred on a newly introduced Small
