SHC calls off classes for today and tomorrow
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 3:44 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The Board of Governors of Sacred Heart College and Junior College has cancelled classes for today and tomorrow. The reason mentioned in...
View ArticleCatholic Archbishop Kalenga Meets PM Barrow; Calls for BNTU to Return to...
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 3:51 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:Prime Minister Right Honorable Dean Barrow met with Archbishop Leon Kalenga, Papal Nuncio to Belize, this morning at the Prime Minister’s...
View ArticlePUP calls on Belizeans to Stand up for Belize
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 9:07 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The People’s United Party issued a release today with its party leader John Briceno’s message on the occasion of World Teachers Day. In...
View ArticlePapal Nuncio says Vatican to arrange succession of Bishop Dorick Wright
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 9:51 p.m. CST. Bishop Dorrick Wright By BBN Staff: The Vatican is seeking someone to succeed Bishop Dorick Wright as he continues to ail. In an interview with the...
View ArticleTraffic accident leaves one man dead
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 9:55 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:Javier Quischan, 28, from Trial farm village is dead after he lost control of his motor vehicle near the entrance of Blue Creek Road upon...
View ArticlePSU holds national consultation with membership
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 10:00p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:The Public Service Union (PSU) was one of the unions that supported Government’s decision for a delay in the payment of the 3 percent...
View ArticleBreaking: Man murdered in Benque Viejo
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 10:11 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Reports reaching BBN is that a man was shot two times to his chest on his way to San Jose Succotz tonight. The incident occurred in the...
View ArticleNEMO hands over houses to Hurricane Earl victims
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016. 12:50 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:The Minister of State for National Emergency Management, Hon. Edmond Castro and NEMO National Coordinator, Colonel Shelton DeFour were in...
View ArticleTeenager arrested in San Pedro Town for drug trafficking
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016. 1:09 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in San Pedro Town for drug trafficking. According to reports, this morning around 8, authorities...
View ArticleTeacher’s strike to go into fifth day
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016. 1:53 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: There will be a fifth day of strikes by the Belize National Teachers’ Union, on Friday. At this hour, the ten branches of the Union are...
View ArticleCompassion in the midst of recession
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016. 3:32 p.m. CST. By Delroy Cuthkelvin: The administration led by Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow since 2008 has excelled in many ways. The physical transformation...
View ArticleCEO of Corozal Free Zone resigns
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016. 4:55 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Raul Rosado Sr., the CEO of the Corozal Free Zone for the last 8 years and also a high ranking UDP member and financier in the north has...
View ArticleBelize will soon have a court-connected arbitration facility
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 4:01 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A Government of Belize press release is reporting that the Supreme Court of Belize will soon roll out a Court-connected Arbitration...
View ArticlePolice officers in Orange Walk involved in human trafficking ring
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 4:16 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:A police corporal and a police constable from Orange Walk may be involved in a human trafficking ring. According to reports, the two...
View ArticleBenque Viejo bus terminal closed
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 4:25 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:The bus terminal in Benque Viejo Town has been closed down and is causing a major inconvenience because buses have to park on the side of...
View ArticleCatholic Diocese issues unsigned letter telling teachers to go back to the...
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 4:37 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:The teachers absence from classrooms across the country was felt yesterday, with rallies held in every district. Yesterday, the Catholic...
View ArticleBREAKING: Teacher’s strike will continue
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 4:40 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:Belize National Teacher’s Union president Luke Palacio confirmed this evening that the industrial action which commenced on Monday continues...
View ArticleBelize Bureau of Standards to observe World Standards Day
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 4:59 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:The Belize Bureau of Standards (BBS) has announced that World Standards Day will be internationally observed on October 14, 2016 under the...
View ArticleChamber to decide on approach for BNTU’s request for solidarity
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 5:06 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has not come out in full force in supporting the teachers. This is because, the Chamber...
View ArticlePrime Minister will meet, but with N.T.U.C.B.
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016. 6:30 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff:Prime Minister Dean Barrow has written to BNTU president Luke Palacio, stating that the BNTU’s request for a meeting has been trumped by its...
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