UNICEF reported today a surge in Mpox cases among children in Eastern and Southern Africa, with over 200 confirmed cases across Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa. The new variant of the virus, (clade Ib), is present in all affected countries except South Africa,
Overview Belize’s economy is projected to grow moderately from 2024 to 2027, driven primarily by the tourism and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors. However, the country remains vulnerable to external shocks, with a fragile external profile. S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed its 'B-/B' sovereign credit ratings for
The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) and the Bonaire Movement for Human Rights and Change are hosting an international conference today in Baku, focussing on Bonaire’s situation under Dutch colonial rule. The conference, titled "The Path of Bonaire's Self-Determination through the UN General Assembly in Baku," will
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize is taking the Briceño administration to task over the purchase of a fifteen-acre tract of land to be used as the site for the controversial university hospital. A pair of documents leaked to the media today shows that
According to Martinez, the N.T.U.C.B.’s investigation into the sale of the property has revealed that title has not been transferred to the Government of Belize. He says that the union has met with its attorneys, as well as other real estate agents who are also
On Tuesday, we spoke with former Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who provided legal insight on how the government could have gone about obtaining the property in question through compulsory acquisition. Part of that process includes the establishment of a compensation tribunal to be led by
A protest is being organized for Friday morning in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Belmopan. Activist Nigel Petillo has sent out a call for Belizeans to join him and others in demanding that government reverses the six-point-nine-million-dollar land transaction in Belmopan to construct
Opposition Leader, Moses “Shyne” Barrow has responded to Nigel Petillo’s call. On Tuesday, he told us that he will join the protest in front of the Prime Minister’s office to add his voice to the cause. [caption id="attachment_19359" align="alignright" width="300"]
Indian Creek Village is a quiet Maya community situated along the Southern Highway in the Toledo District. The village has roughly one thousand five hundred villagers, comprising about two hundred households twelve miles out of Punta Gorda Town. But there is an unease in the
It is arguably the most sensational case in Belize’s judicial history – the murder trial and conviction of businessman, Danny Mason and four others. Mason, along with Ernest Castillo, Ashton Vanegas, and brothers Keiron and Terrence Fernandez were convicted in 2019 of the 2016 murder
