When News 5 asked Financial Secretary Joseph Waight if the government can afford the salary increase that teachers are demanding, he said, "We can barely afford what we are doing right now." According to Waight, the government is already struggling to manage its current expenditure levels.
The Joint Union Negotiating Team (JUNT) has pushed back against recent public statements by government officials, describing them as misleading and inaccurate. In a press release issued a few minutes ago, JUNT expressed “tremendous concern” over remarks made by two members of the Government Negotiating Team,
Two years after the debut of his specially designed habitat, Neo the Neotropical river otter has become one of the most popular residents at the Belize Zoo & Tropical Education Centre. Neo was rescued as a three-week-old orphan in 2022 and was hand-raised by zookeepers and
Several teachers who participated in a protest that blocked roads in Dangriga on June 4, 2025, are expecting to be summoned to appear in court and face charges related to an alleged unlawful assembly. One of those teachers is Eli Villalta, who said on Facebook, "My
South Africa is slowly rising out of the ocean, by up to two millimetres a year, and scientists now believe there's a good chance that climate change is behind it. A new study has found that this uplift is strongly linked to severe droughts and the
Six senior female leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, including Belize’s Minister Thea Garcia-Ramirez, came together this week for a high-level regional dialogue confronting the escalating crisis of violence against women. The panel that was discussed was titled 'Challenges in Addressing Violence Against Women in
Leader of the Opposition Tracy Taegar Panton has issued a strong statement in response to Belize Telemedia Limited’s (BTL) recent public disclosure regarding potential consolidation within the telecommunications sector, warning against secrecy and urging full transparency. Panton said that any move toward consolidation must be subject
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority Workers Union (KHMHAWU) met with representatives of the Briceño Administration to press for pension benefits on par with other public sector groups. This highly requested meeting comes after union members took to the streets to demonstrate a 'lack of
Update: On Wednesday June 18, Barrow posted, "Thanks to the good people at facebook Meta mark zuckerberg and everyone involved in recovering my page." The former Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow is calling on Meta Platforms Inc. and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to reinstate his Facebook
A Chinese researcher at the University of Michigan and her boyfriend have been charged with smuggling a highly dangerous agricultural pathogen into the United States, according to federal court documents unsealed on Tuesday. Yunqing Jian, 33, a postdoctoral fellow at the university, and her boyfriend Zunyong
