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September 25, 2024

Authorities plan prosecutions in relation to fake birth certificates

A statement today announced that "The Belize Police Department has been conducting investigations at the request of the Vital Statistics Unit (VSU), the Ministry of Immigration [...]
January 24, 2024

Will online press be regulated following Hot Off the Press blunder?

On Monday, Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa slammed its actions as “very despicable” and suggested that the post “really did not go to prove anything [...]
November 8, 2023

Former Minister of Works Rene Montero Sr. faces “willful oppression” charge in High Court

After a lengthy delay caused by illness on his part, and an Interpol Red Notice being issued for his arrest, Montero surrendered in June of 2022. [...]
October 30, 2023

BSI announces highest sugar cane prices ever; will generate approximately $20 million, $6 million more than 2022

“BSI informed the cane farmers’ associations that the final cane price for the 2023 crop is $86.28 per ton of cane,” said a BSI press release [...]
July 31, 2023

Fisheries Department settles with Rainforest Seafoods – $760 thousand for three thousand pounds of undersized conch

At the end of June, some 22,827 undersized conchs weighing over three thousand pounds were confiscated. At $50 per conch, the minimum fine would have been [...]
July 29, 2023

Scientists revived worm after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost

According to Teymuras Kurzchalia, professor emeritus at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden and also a scientist involved in the [...]
May 25, 2023

Football Federation of Belize publicizes list of sanctions against players and teams, falls short of promised investigation into football violence

“In reference to a Press Release issued on May 16, 2023 where the FFB committed to launching an investigation into the recent brawls and incidents at [...]
May 24, 2023

Chinese worker without a permit must testify against bosses after multi-agency bust

But while he was fined, authorities are more interested in the men who employed him and who face more serious charges.