Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber says a woman was raped in front of his office sometime in the morning last week. Faber shared this when he spoke of public safety and the use of technology to fight crime during the adjournment of the Sitting of
N|uu, a language that has been around for over 20,000 years, is now at risk of extinction, with only one fluent speaker remaining—Ouma Katrina Esau. As a young girl in South Africa's Northern Cape, Esau stopped speaking N|uu after being mocked and told it was
Two weeks ago, the Millenium Challenge Corporation approved a two-hundred-and-fifty-million-dollar investment grant in education and energy in Belize. The government-funded institution’s priority is to reduce poverty through sustainable and inclusive economic growth. G.O.B. is expected to sign the agreement in September, but it must first
Prime Minister Briceño went on to explain that the Millenium Challenge Account Belize Authority will be led by a board of directors from government and civil society. P.M. Briceño noted that the Belize National Teachers Union and the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry will
Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow also weighed in on the M.C.C. grant. He expressed that it is a moment of bipartisanship in parliament because investments are needed in both priority sectors. On the other hand, he called out the Briceño administration for not
Minister of Education Francis Fonseca, in his contribution to the debate on the two-hundred-and-fifty-million-dollar grant, highlighted several challenges in Belize’s education sector. He explained that significant investments will be made to improve the sector for young men, women and teachers across the country. Minister Fonseca
Also contributing to the debate was former Minister of Education and Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber. He says that he is not anti-American but questions what the U.S. wants from Belize in exchange for the two hundred and fifty million dollars. Faber cautioned Belizeans to
Today, Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow called for an amendment to the standing orders of the House of Representatives to say that no regular sitting can occur without five business days’ notice. As we have reported, the opposition boycotted the last sitting on
In response to the motion, the deputy speaker of the House noted that the standing orders do not include a timeframe within which notice must be given. He further clarified that questions to ministers can be submitted at any time. Considering these facts, it was
The National Security Bill was also debated inside the House of Representatives. The council has been in operation since the early nineties, but it has never been formalized. This bill seeks to do just that. Prime Minister John Briceño explained that the legislation gives teeth
