Belize's National Forensic Science Service is stepping up efforts to put names to roughly twenty sets of long-term missing and unidentified human remains, some of which have sat unclaimed for over two decades. The skeletal remains were recovered between 1998 and 2020, from locations spanning
Calls for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to step down continued to grow on Thursday despite the organization's apology over its controversial proposal to sell the commercial and operational rights to the FIFA World Cup. The proposal, known as FFE, was withdrawn following widespread backlash from football
Cabinet has approved amendments to the Cybercrime Bill aimed at narrowing the scope of the offence to better align with constitutional protections for freedom of expression. Cabinet, the changes are meant to strike a balance: preserving government's ability to go after serious forms of tech-facilitated abuse,
Belize's shrimp industry is bouncing back after years of devastation, according to Cabinet, which took note this week of the sector's recovery from the Early Mortality Syndrome disease that once decimated production. Cabinet applauded the turnaround, pointing to production figures that have tripled since 2020 and
Belizeans and visitors flying out of the country's municipal airports will soon pay more for the trip. Cabinet has approved a ten-dollar aviation security fee for every departing passenger travelling through municipal airports. According to this week's Cabinet brief, this is a move to bring
BTL’s board has signed off on the proposed eighty-million-dollar acquisition of Speednet, but the move is doing little to ease concerns in the private sector. Instead, it is bringing one key concern into sharper focus: who protects consumers if Belize’s two major telecom providers come
Was Senator Louis Wade wrong to stay behind during Tuesday’s Senate walkout? That question has been stirring public debate after Wade remained inside the National Assembly Chambers while other independent senators and opposition members walked out in protest of the BTL-Speednet buyout. Some critics have
BTL is pitching its proposed buyout of Speednet as a major investment in better connectivity, but the plan is far from settled. The deal has raised concerns about a possible monopoly, the price tag, and whether the public has been properly consulted. Now, as the
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is calling for stronger controls over public spending as the Ministry of Defense and Mira millions scandal continues to unfold. Today, the BCCI hosted a media roundtable to outline its good governance agenda, focusing on transparency, accountability, oversight,
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is weighing in on the split-payment invoices that News Five has been investigating, and its executives are not mincing words. BCCI President Giacomo Sanchez describes the practice as an abuse of the system, arguing that it would never
