The 2024/2025 sugarcane season has officially wrapped up, and the results are hard to ignore. BSI’s Director of Finance, Shawn Chavarria, says this year’s crop is one of the worst in decades, with cane deliveries falling below eight hundred and eighty-four thousand metric tons and
Belize’s sugar industry is facing one of its worst crises in recent memory. The season has come to a sudden and painful close, with record low yields and millions in losses. The culprit? A devastating fungal disease known as fusarium, which has infected over sixty
With sugarcane fields under threat from a fast-spreading disease, the government is stepping in with a five hundred-thousand-dollar pilot project to test treatments that show early signs of success. But that’s just the beginning. Backed by regional and international partners, nearly three million dollars has now been identified for
With the sugar industry in crisis, many Belizeans are wondering if grocery store shelves will soon be empty. But according to Agriculture Minister Jose Mai, the real threat isn’t a lack of supply, it’s illegal exports. As Mexico faces its own sugar shortage, contrabandists are eyeing Belize’s cheaper,
Belize’s economy is showing some serious staying power. Despite big hits to agriculture and manufacturing, the country still managed to grow by two percent in the first quarter of 2025. That’s right, while sugarcane and citrus took a dive, tourism and services stepped up in
Prime Minister John Briceño is applauding his negotiation team after a key meeting with the joint unions in Belize City on Thursday. The government is offering a four-and-a-half percent salary adjustment this October, followed by another four percent boost in October 2026. On top of
The clock is ticking on a potential public service strike. Earlier this month, the Public Service Union gave official notice of their intent to take industrial action, and that twenty-one-day countdown is almost up. With the deadline just days away, Labor Minister Florencio Marin joined
The Government of Belize is making good on a major commitment to teachers. Under Proposal Twenty-Two, the Briceño administration pledged to fully cover the salaries and pensions of staff at grant-aided schools starting in 2024. That promise, hailed as a big win for educators, is
The rift inside the United Democratic Party is deepening. Tracy Taegar-Panton and her camp are once again challenging the leadership of Moses 'Shyne' Barrow, this time, in court. After a judge ruled her expulsion from the party was unlawful, Panton is making it clear: she
The back-and-forth inside the United Democratic Party just got even more tangled. A new press release from Moses 'Shyne' Barrow’s camp says the court didn’t actually confirm Tracy Taegar-Panton’s membership in the UDP—and that it’s up to the party, not the judge, to decide who
