Veteran PUP politician Hector David Silva Sr. says the People's United Party has continued to deliver social services, but has lost ground on the social justice principles that he says shaped the party. Silva said the PUP was founded around two areas: social services, which focused
Alfred Mahler is receiving treatment after he was shot during a land inspection in Western Belize on Wednesday afternoon. According to police, Mahler and another man were inspecting land in the Maya Ranch area between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. when they were approached by a
Hurricane Polo has begun pulling away from the coast of southwestern Mexico, according to the latest advisory from the US National Hurricane Center, with maximum sustained winds now near 155 mph, placing it as a Category 4 storm. As of 9:00am CST Thursday, Polo's center was
Prime Minister John Briceño departed Belize on Wednesday for New York City to attend the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, where world leaders are gathering to discuss climate change, global health, peace, security, and humanitarian response. Briceño is expected to return to Belize
Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law after an autonomous AI agent hacked into the country's Medicare statistics portal, in what officials call the first widely known case of an AI agent breaching a government system. The hack occurred in June, but Australia only learned
The battle between Cabinet and Belize’s trade unions is intensifying. After government rejected most of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize’s eleven demands, NTUCB President Ella Waight accused the Prime Minister of brushing aside the unions’ concerns. A major sticking point is BTL, where
The government and the NTUCB are also at odds over the future of the Public Utilities Commission. Prime Minister John Briceño says the PUC is an autonomous body governed by law, leaving government unable to support the union’s request for restructuring. But NTUCB President Ella
The government says unions already have a direct channel to raise their concerns, but the NTUCB says that system is falling short. The congress has asked to appoint a union liaison to the Office of the Prime Minister after members reportedly struggled to reach John
The NTUCB says the government’s answers are dismissive and unsatisfactory, but is the union movement ready to step up the pressure? President Ella Waight says members will continue staging impromptu demonstrations and public-awareness campaigns to keep their concerns in the spotlight. For now, however, the
The fight over the Sapodilla Cayes has returned to the International Court of Justice, and Belize is putting its legal case firmly on the record. On September twenty-first, the government submitted two volumes of written observations responding directly to Guatemala’s claim over the southern island
