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March 9, 2024

PM Briceno expresses disappointment over Cayo Election results

The Prime Minister views this outcome as a "chance to look in the mirror" and identify areas for improvement. He specifically mentioned Cayo North representative, Michel [...]
March 8, 2024

Budget Speech: Revenues for 2024 projected to top 1.5 billion, expenditure gap narrows

Expenditure by the Government amounts to $1.604 billion. According to the Prime Minister, the Government will pay out 73 cents in every dollar for recurrent expenditure [...]
March 7, 2024

It’s Budget time – General Revenue and Appropriation Bill to be presented to the House on Friday

The General Revenue and Appropriation Bill, commonly and informally called the Budget, is the primary instrument by which Belize functions – if there is no money [...]
March 7, 2024

House meets Friday in the wake of redefining municipal elections for Budget reading

No Orders of the Day have been posted on the National Assembly website as per normal before a meeting. Expected to be at the top of [...]
March 7, 2024

People’s United Party retains 61 of 67 municipal seats, loses San Ignacio/Santa Elena to UDP

By Aaron Humes: Unofficial results from the Elections and Boundaries Department say the People’s United Party has won eight of nine municipal councils in Wednesday’s elections.
March 6, 2024

Prime Minister John Briceño: “Orange Walk will go blue once again”

By Aaron Humes: Prime Minister John Briceño told Channel 5 News that the vote in his native Orange Walk Town is a "foregone conclusion" as Ladrick [...]
March 6, 2024

Votes set to be counted in municipal elections 2024; preliminary figures confirm low voter turnout

Polls closed at 6 p.m. countrywide and counting is set to take place beginning at or near 8 p.m., with first results expected thereafter.
March 6, 2024

Nearly 13 thousand ballots cast in first hours of voting in 2024 municipal elections

According to the official Elections and Boundaries Department voter app, some 12,453 ballots have been cast through 9 a.m. Polls opened at 7 a.m.