Belize's public sector wage bill is consuming 33.2% of total government spending, and the Briceño administration wants to borrow $8 million USD from the Inter-American Development Bank to modernise and improve its efficiency. Prime Minister John Briceño introduced the loan motion in the House of
“We call on the leaders, we call on our area representative, we call on Minister Martinez, we call on Minister Requena, let us hear you on this.” That was Maya Leaders Alliance spokesperson Cristina Coc directly challenging Toledo East Area Representative Dr Osmond Martinez and
Belize markets Toledo as its chocolate capital, but Maya Leaders Alliance spokesperson Cristina Coc says the government's own land proposal would strip protection from the very farms behind that industry. Speaking after Thursday's Caribbean Court of Justice hearing on Maya customary land rights, Maya Leaders Alliance
The Maya Leaders Alliance says the Government of Belize’s entire approach to Maya customary land tenure is based on its own interpretation rather than centuries of established Maya land use. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) declined to clarify part of the 2015 Maya land rights
Belize is moving to eliminate the paper-based bottlenecks that have long slowed down cross-border trade. The Government of Belize has begun its work on a nationwide digital trade platform to speed up border approvals. It is called the Electronic Single Window (ESW) for Trade. The system
At least 50,000 migrants crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco by land and sea in just 24 hours. It is one of the largest border surges Europe has seen in recent years and has prompted a major security response from Spanish
The Miss Earth Belize Foundation Ltd. has appointed Halima Hoy as National Director of Miss Earth Belize. The organisation says Hoy’s appointment is a new chapter in its environmental advocacy and leadership work. Hoy brings experience in pageantry, health advocacy, community engagement and youth empowerment to
Fifteen boxes of financial records are now in the hands of the Auditor General’s Office, and they could help determine whether the Ministry of Defense followed the rules or crossed important lines. The documents, retrieved from the ministry as part of an ongoing audit, span
Cabinet Minister Oscar Requena is weighing in on the ongoing audit at the Ministry of Defense and the controversy now surrounding some of his Cabinet colleagues. We caught up with Requena today at an event in Belize City, where he described the situation as a
Another question for Minister Oscar Requena today centered on his CEO and Belmopan Area Representative Oscar Mira. In late June, at the start of the Ministry of Defense scandal, a video surfaced showing Shal exiting what appeared to be a government building with Mira. We
