February 12, 2024

International News: Barbados parliamentarian crosses the floor to become Opposition Leader

Government backbencher Ralph Thorne, member for Christ Church South, follows Joseph Atherley in 2018, two years after the BLP was returned to office in another clean [...]
February 12, 2024

International News: Convict in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise given life in prison

By Aaron Humes: Haitian-American Joseph Vincent, 58, pleaded for forgiveness but was jailed for life for his role in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise [...]
January 26, 2024

Belize Defence Force soldiers in training for potential deployment to Haiti

In 2023, Belize committed 50 Belize Defence Force soldiers and there were suggestions police officers could be sent as well to keep the peace following an [...]
January 23, 2024

Belizean students claim four medals at 2024 Caribbean STEM Olympiads

By Aaron Humes: Students from Muffles College (High School) in Orange Walk Town and Belize High School in Belize City were among the top country representatives [...]
January 22, 2024

Police to destroy 901 firearms in next phase of weapons management training

It is part of continuing management of the Police's weapon stocks as well as eliminating dangerous, obsolete, and unserviceable weapons recovered from the public, according to [...]
January 20, 2024

Belizean doctors receive scholarships from Cuban government

These scholarships are awarded within the framework of the Cuba-CARICOM agreement according to a statement by the Embassy of Cuba in Belize.
January 17, 2024

Region pays tribute to Caribbean Court of Justice judge Jacob Wit, dead at 71

Wit, first appointed in 2005, retired due to ill health and was one of two non-Caribbean jurists to serve on the Court.
January 9, 2024

International News: Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Basdeo Panday laid to rest; CARICOM pays tribute

Panday, the first Trinidadian of Indian descent to serve as Prime Minister, was a towering figure in Trinidad politics, leading a major trade union and practicing [...]