The debate over abortion in Belize has resurfaced, with the Belize Family Life Association (BFLA) renewing its call for changes to the country’s abortion laws. BFLA Executive Director Joan Burke says the organisation wants abortion to be addressed as a public health and reproductive health issue. “Abortion,
Belizean households remain pessimistic about their finances, and in the north the mood is sinking fast. The Statistical Institute of Belize's Consumer Confidence Index slipped from 42.6 in July to 42.4 in August. A score below 50 means consumers are pessimistic, spending less and saving more. Belizeans
A new restaurant and bar has opened at Mile 4 on the Philip Goldson Highway, offering Jamaican and Belizean food, Caribbean-inspired drinks and reggae music. Funky Kingston held its grand opening this week, attracting a large crowd to the new venue, with indoor and outdoor seating
The Statistical Institute of Belize says gross domestic product rose 1.4% between April and June to $1.388 billion. That is less than half the 2.9% growth recorded across 2025, when the economy reached $5.345 billion. “We can see that the largest drives were wholesale and retail
A Century of Building on Tradition Today’s episode of Open Your Eyes celebrated a major milestone in Belize’s business community as Santiago Castillo Limited (Sankas) marks 100 years of service to Belize. Joining the conversation were Aisha Trapp, Marketing Manager at Santiago Castillo Limited, and Dennis Zelaya
Guatemala's president, Bernardo Aréval, has denied that any Guatemalan military aircraft flew over Belizean territory last week, telling reporters "this flight did not take place," and that his government has offered the plane identified in flight-tracking data to the Organization of American States (OAS) for
The evidence is in, the testimony is complete, and now the spotlight shifts to the Integrity Commission. UDP's Belize Rural Central caretaker Edward Broaster appeared before the tribunal on Monday to defend the documents behind his corruption complaint against Oscar Mira. His attorney, Jacqueline Willoughby,
Toledo is losing its only scheduled air link. Tropic Air announced today it will end scheduled flights to Punta Gorda on 1 November, after more than two decades of service. “Our Punta Gorda team was informed in person yesterday,” Tropic Air said in its official statement.
Opposition Leader Tracy Panton laid out what she called the three biggest issues facing municipalities at Tuesday's launch of the UDP's mayoral slate for the March 2027 municipal elections. First on her list was the cost of living, which she tied to the Government's new trade
A flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Israel was diverted on Wednesday after an altercation in the cockpit that left both pilots injured and prompted an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Flight FZ1073 was travelling from Dubai International Airport to Ben Gurion International Airport in
