The Belize Communications Workers Union, Belize Energy Workers Union, and Belize Water Service Workers Union, collectively known as the Utility Unions, are standing in solidarity with the Belize National Teachers' Union (BNTU). The Utility Unions are calling for immediate and fair resolution to the teachers’ long-standing
Acting Chairman of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Alberto August, has responded to Hugo Patt who asked party delegates to boycott Saturday's National Party Council meeting. August says that the UDP Constitution does not grant the Party Leader, any interim leader, or a Deputy Leader the
A legal notice issued by Pitts Pitts & Associates on behalf of Moses “Shyne” Barrow tells Hugo Patt that Barrow is the Leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP). The letter dismisses any claims of an interim leadership and warns of legal consequences for further attempts
Hugo Patt, interim Party Leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), is calling on all UDP delegates to boycott an National Party Council meeting scheduled for Saturday. According to Patt, the meeting, summoned by Acting Party Chairman Alberto August, is being held against his directive and
Belize has joined a global coalition of 12 countries pledging to protect climate-resilient coral reefs, signing on to a new commitment unveiled at the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France. The initiative, led by WCS, WWF, The Nature Conservancy, and Papua New Guinea, aims
A head-on collision occurred earlier this morning near Scotland Half Moon in the Belize District, involving a white Ford SUV and another white vehicle. Fortunately, no fatalities were reported. According to preliminary information, the driver of the Ford SUV was reportedly overtaking a bus when the vehicle
Belizean pilot Howell Grange is making a remarkable recovery in Western New York after surviving a rare and violent mid-air hijacking attempt that nearly cost him his life. The Tro[ic Air captain was flying a routine route in mid-April when the plane was hijacker by 49-year-old
The Public Service Union is standing its ground in the fight for better pay for public workers. Today, union leaders made it clear they’re not accepting the government’s latest offer, two small salary increases spread out over three years. Early this morning, the PSU leadership
Public Service Union President Dean Flowers is hitting back at Police Commissioner Doctor Richard Rosado, after being accused of having ties to a major investigation. The hostility began when Flowers criticized the police’s handling of a recent teachers’ protest in Dangriga, accusing Commissioner Rosado of
A major investigation is underway at the Belize Customs Department after over one hundred pounds of marijuana were discovered in early April, hidden among packages shipped from the U.S. What looked like ordinary household goods turned out to be carefully wrapped parcels of cannabis, raising
