Politics of Belize

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson marks his 89th birthday today, just over 18 years after he retired from a life of public service that saw him create history ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/10/pj-patterson-marks-89th-birthday-today/

A police officer in Belize has been charged and placed on interdiction after he allegedly shoved his wife out of a moving vehicle last weekend ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20240416/policeman-belize-charged-shoving-wife-out-moving-vehicle   #GLNRToday

The Ministry of Education and Youth is ramping up efforts to attract and retain more mathematics educators at the primary level as it seeks to improve student ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240415/education-ministry-ramps-efforts-attract-and-retain-maths-teachers   #GLNRToday

Prime Minister John Briceño has announced the return of the embattled senior minister Andre Perez back into the government ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20240405/embattled-belizean-government-minister-returns-his-job   #GLNRToday

In a step towards bridging the gap between policy and youth development, young people from diverse backgrounds have been included in the decision-making in ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240402/jamaicas-vision-2030-gets-youthful-boost   #GLNRToday

Dr Michele Walden-Pinnock, director of region four in the Ministry of Education and Youth, says STEM education provides the hope needed to transform the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240330/students-urged-embrace-stem-education   #GLNRToday

Belize's Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, has welcomed the decision by Governor General, Dame Froyla Tzalam, to declare a state of emergency in ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20240327/state-emergency-declared-parts-belize   #GLNRToday

The proposed reclassification and restructuring of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has been approved by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240322/implementation-ecc-reclassification-take-effect-april-1   #GLNRToday

The Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr Carla Barnett said Friday that even as the region celebrates the progress made by women “there are many challenges to be ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20240308/caricom-secretary-general-says-regional-women-still-facing-challenges   #GLNRToday

Prime Minister John Briceno says while 2023 had been an outstanding year for the public finances and for the economy of Belize ... Show more   www.cnc3.co.tt/belize-pm-concerned-at-the-erosion-of-domestic-purchasing-power/

This year, Jamaica Day expanded its reach to Iowa in the United States with a simulcast celebration in the cities of Cedar Falls and Waterloo ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/05/us-cities-join-simulcast-celebration-jamaica-day/

𝟒𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 | ᴏᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴄᴇʀᴇᴍᴏɴʏ ʜɪɢʜʟɪɢʜᴛꜱ

Administration of the 2024 Primary Exit Profile test for grade six will begin on Thursday with the sitting of the Ability Test ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240221/grade-six-pep-students-take-ability-test-thursday   #GLNRToday

With numerous teachers now scouting job opportunities in developed countries with more attractive salaries outside Jamaica, Leighton Johnson ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240215/jta-warns-continuing-teacher-migration-next-school-year   #GLNRToday

With the tabling of the 2024-2025 National Budget coming up this week, and repeated calls being made to increase funding for the tertiary sector, Marsha Smith ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240212/firm-funding   #GLNRToday

The Belize government says it will continue to advocate for the country to be included among regional nations whose citizens are allowed to travel to the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20240209/belize-seeking-schengen-area-visa-free-status   #GLNRToday

One thing that has kept Adrianna McKnight going is a solar-powered tablet received from the One Tab in School Initiative. The testimony of Adrianna ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240208/global-plea-fund-one-tab-schools   #GLNRToday

“Businesses from both Trinidad and Tobago and Belize can learn from one another and become stronger together,” Trade and Industry Minister ... Show more   www.cnc3.co.tt/trade-minister-addresses-belize-business-community/

Grange Hill Primary School in Westmoreland celebrated its 100th anniversary on January 14, a milestone that is being regarded as no small feat amid the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240117/westmorelands-grange-hill-primary-school-celebrates-its-100th   #GLNRToday

Minister of Trade and Industry, Paula Gopee-Scoon, is leading a delegation from the private sector on a Trade Mission to Belize during the period January 30 to ... Show more   www.cnc3.co.tt/gopee-scoon-leads-trade-mission-to-belize/

Rovel Chambers, head of the Information Communication and Technology Department at Discovery High School in St Ann, wants the information technology curriculum ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240127/discovery-bay-it-teacher-wants-expansion-curriculum   #GLNRToday

Dr Kassan Troupe, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, has charged students at all levels of the education section to embrace the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240122/troupe-charges-students-embrace-educational-investment-strive-excellence   #GLNRToday

Schools across Jamaica are expected to conduct earthquake safety drills on Wednesday, January 17, which will be observed as Earthquake Awareness Day in Schools ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240116/schools-conduct-earthquake-safety-drills-january-17   #GLNRToday

Schools across Jamaica are expected to conduct earthquake safety drills on January 17, which will be observed as Earthquake Awareness Day in schools ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240113/earthquake-safety-drills-schools-january-17   #GLNRToday

Prime Minister John Briceño has welcomed the two-year agreement between the Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI) and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association ... Show more   www.cnc3.co.tt/belize-pm-welcomes-new-agreement-for-sugar-crop/

Franklin Burrell, department head and master teacher of chemistry at St Andrew High School for Girls is the LASCO/Ministry of Education and Youth/Jamaica ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20231205/2023-teacher-principal-year-awarded   #GLNRToday

The Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing rescued 24 residents trapped in flood waters in an area of St Thomas on Friday. The residents had been marooned at the ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/jdf-rescues-24-trapped-in-floodwaters-in-st-thomas/

Alternative rock band Bandido is here to rock out on the Rappler Live Jam stage! Bandido is an alternative rock band Based in Sta. Mesa ... Show more   www.rappler.com/entertainment/live-jam/music-sessions-bandido-november-2023/

Ianne Gamboa, the first trans woman valedictorian of PUP is now a certified lawyer. After making herstory in 2018, she now adds passing the Bar in the long ... Show more   www.rappler.com/philippines/passing-rate-bar-examinations-2023/

Youth parliamentarians are pushing for financial literacy and entrepreneurship to be integrated into the core curricula of the education system as a means of ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/youth-parliamentarians-advocate-teaching-financial-literacy-in-schools/

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has been coordinating and engaging in activities to support the Ministry of Education and Youth's ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20231127/child-protection-agency-lauds-new-programme-children-risk   #GLNRToday

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing and medical personnel from the Health Services Corps on Saturday morning carried out a casualty evacuation of a ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20231118/jdf-rescues-man-respiratory-distress-guava-ridge-st-andrew   #GLNRToday

Mental health, climate change with a focus on recycling plastics, and homelessness dominated the discussions as the Junior Council of the Kingston and St ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20231125/youth-council-tackles-environment-homelessness   #GLNRToday

Last Thursday, President of the Belize Coalition of Services Providers, Dr Dionne Chamberlain-Miranda signed an MOU for a strategic partnership agreement with ... Show more   guardian.co.tt/business/ttcsi-signs-mou-with-belize-counterpart-6.2.1859738.9dda58ad29

A former education minister is backing St George’s College’s decision to suspend a fourth form student who recorded a video of a broken fan at the institution ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20231123/no-sympathy   #GLNRToday