Tonight, Belmopan Mayor Pablo Cawich is clearing the air on the recent jump in trade license fees, saying the changes aren’t part of the new system just yet, and that any extra payments businesses already made won’t go to waste. He says those funds can
Belmopan Mayor Pablo Cawich is working to calm business owners after trade license confusion, assuring them that extra payments made under the still‑pending new regime will be credited or reassigned as updated notices go out. But even as City Hall sorts out those billing issues,
Climate change is hitting Belize’s sugar industry harder than ever, and cane farmers in the north are feeling the squeeze as droughts and erratic rainfall cut into their livelihoods. Now, a major fifty‑million‑dollar climate resilience project is rolling out, and tonight the region’s top climate
This morning, parents, teachers, and students from Caye Caulker’s Ocean Academy packed into the village community center to press for answers, after months of holding classes in borrowed spaces, from a NEMO room to a former restaurant, while their flood damaged campus remains shut. And
Belize’s Sargassum Task Force is on alert, keeping a close eye on activity in the Caribbean as the country gears up for this year’s sargassum season. Earlier this week, Placencia warned residents that fresh sargassum mats could start washing ashore by the weekend, and today
As the Sargassum Task Force steps up preparations ahead of a possible influx along the coast, Minister Andre Perez is also making waves on another front, this time in marine protection, after securing land titles for eleven small cayes inside the Hol Chan Marine Reserve. Andre
After securing eleven cayes inside the Hol Chan Marine Reserve to strengthen long‑term marine protection, Area Representative Andre Perez is now turning his attention to another coastal concern, rolling out a pilot project in Caye Caulker and San Pedro aimed at tackling chronic flooding and
Belize is unlocking nearly fourteen million U.S. dollars in new climate financing to help indigenous communities confront rising climate threats. The funding, channeled through the Green Climate Fund, will be led by the Julian Cho Society and designed directly by Maya communities in the south.
Caye Caulker, which has been without a physical high school building since Ocean Academy’s campus closed last year, is set to see construction begin on a permanent facility no later than July. Area Representative André Perez said Ministry of Education officials are scheduled to visit the
Belize’s sugar industry, battered by droughts, unpredictable rainfall and plant disease, is receiving a $50 million lifeline from the CARICOM Climate Change Centre through the Green Climate Fund. The investment's objective is to strengthen resilience for over 5,000 cane farmers in the north. Dr Colin Young,
