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April 28, 2020

New Food Assistance Program ‘must be non-partisan’: P.M. Barrow

The new program employs a roster of stores providing a basket of basic goods to enlisted families on a set schedule. It is different and differed [...]
April 28, 2020

Unemployment Relief Program ‘closed for now’

Nearly half of those have been approved for payment, but many more remain to be sorted.
April 28, 2020

Emergency provisions to be approved by Senate

The resolution by Prime Minister Dean Barrow was narrowly approved Monday afternoon and goes to ratification by the Senate today.
April 27, 2020

Health Minister stands by testing regimen, addresses equipment delays

In all, that is a tidy record according to Minister of Health Pablo Marin. “We are happy of the outcome but we are still looking at [...]
April 27, 2020

New Zealand boasts victory over COVID-19, removes most of its restrictions

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave an update today, saying that the country has dropped its alert level to Level 3, relaxing much of the [...]
April 27, 2020

Emergency provisions approved; media allowed to observe

These were approved early this afternoon and go to ratification by the Senate tomorrow, Tuesday.
April 27, 2020

BTB staff provides support to persons affected by COVID-19 crisis

The first outreach was carried out this past week with Khadija Assales - a local jewelry artisan in the Cayo district.
April 27, 2020

Julius Espat: ‘Belize doesn’t really need SOE’

But does Belize really need a State of Emergency?