August 30, 2024

Majority of National Trade Union Congress votes to take Government to court over University Hospital land deal

President Luke Martinez says the unions do not consider the matter a "done deal" as Prime Minister John Briceño asserted on Wednesday. This is not, he [...]
August 17, 2024

“No justification” for $7 million land purchase, says UDP

First, the Government betrayed its promise in the original loan motion of May 19, 2023 that the hospital would be located on the grounds of the [...]
May 30, 2024

Fires in Toledo, Cayo have affected 250 families, caused $8 million in damage

The Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve has ten thousand hectares affected by fires, not to mention thousands of acres of farmland, and the loss of two [...]
March 22, 2024

Lands Minister promises 10,000 more house lots after 20 thousand delivered in three years – but where are the houses?

Hyde, the Minister for Natural Resources, shared a story of a trip to a house on the campaign trail and recounted watching a teenage girl shrink [...]
February 20, 2024

Facebook land scammer imitating Lands Minister Cordel Hyde

But police sources are sure the Minister doesn’t know about someone who took money in his name via a fake social media profile promising to work [...]
February 13, 2024
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Gertrude Hunter’s nightmare: Grandmother, 61, brought up on criminal charges after eviction from Cemetery Road residence

Hunter was charged with damage to property, two counts of aggravated assault of two female police officers and trespassing in premises. She is accused of separate [...]
February 6, 2024

Maya Culture-Belize says Minister Dolores Balderamos disrespected the Maya people in the House of Representatives, calls on Government to deliver on Plan Belize

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Maya of Toledo are upset with Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Dolores Balderamos Garcia, who said “We cannot claim the whole of [...]
February 1, 2024

Government of Belize issues update on draft Maya customary land tenure policy

Contributed: The Government of Belize, in consultation with all the Maya communities of the Toledo District, has now reached the stage of proposing delimitation of the [...]