Time for the Belize Government to take bold actions in response to Guatemala’s continued incursions into our territory

By: Wellington C. Ramos Friday, July 25, 2025 As a Belizean citizen, I am not satisfied with the actions that have been taken by my Government in response to the Guatemalan gunboat encroaching in our territorial waters, because these incidents...

Belize, US Launch Joint Military Exercise to Tackle Crime and Disasters

Belize’s armed forces kicked off a week-long military training exercise today, being done in collaboration with Joint Task Force-Bravo, a United States military unit based in Honduras. Exercise Agile Bear is aimed at boosting the readiness of...

Belize Moving Toward Indoor Smoking Ban With PAHO Support

Health sector stakeholders gathered in Belize City today to discuss a regional effort to promote smoke-free indoor spaces. The initiative spearheaded by the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) brought...

US invites Belize to be asylum seekers’ “safe 3rd country”

(l-r) US Secretary Kristi Noem; Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon Francis Fonseca By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Mon. July 28, 2025 The United States would like Belize to become a “safe third country” to receive foreign...

Belize Fund And DFC Make Money Available For Climate Adaptation In Blue Economy

Today, the DFC signed an MOU with the Belize Fund For A Sustainable Future, combining the fund's mission to protect nature with the corporation's responsibility to national development. The fund will be able to access much needed financing to...

Belize Tax Service Will Become Statutory Body, But Employees Have Concerns

The employees of the Belize Tax Service are warily resisting the proposed transition of this government department into a semi-autonomous revenue authority, or SARA - basically a statutory board. The Public Service Union got the news on July 16th...

You’ll Find One of Belize’s Best Resorts Tucked Away in the Heart of Ambergris Caye

You could walk right past it and never know. No sprawling signage, no flashing lights — just a clean modern façade tucked along the beachfront in the heart of San Pedro Town. That’s the way The Phoenix Belize likes it. Quiet. Understated. And...

World Bank: New Financing for Belize

Washington, D.C., July 29, 2025 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$20 million Development Policy Credit with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat-DDO) for Belize. The operation provides emergency funding...

Archaeologists Diane and Arlen Chase Unearth First King of Caracol in Belize

Caana, the central architectural complex at Caracol, Belize, rising 43.5 m above ground level, author davidriano, Caracol Archaeological Project/University of Houston. In the spring of 2025, deep beneath the dense jungle canopy of Belize,...

Belize U-23 Volleyball Team Competing in NORCECA Tournament

Belize’s Under-23 male volleyball team is in Guatemala this week for the U-23 Pan American Cup, hosted by the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). The team is participating in Group B of the tournament and will...

Belize Signs Controversial Biometric Data Agreement with U.S.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the United States to enhance border security through a new Biometric Data Sharing Partnership (BDSP). The agreement was signed by Belize’s Foreign Affairs Minister Francis...

Belize's Women Rule Regional Volleyball

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Belize Still Fighting For Lost MCC Funds

DFC and Belize Fund Sign MOU to Boost Climate and Marine Financing

The Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand financing for climate adaptation and blue economy projects in Belize. The agreement’s goal is to make...

Exercise AGILE BEAR takes place in Belize

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force-Bravo, a unit based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, is conducting exercise AGILE BEAR in locations across Belize from July 29 through August 8, 2025. The exercise aims to...

Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina fast track digital ID rollout

Homepage > News > Business > Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina fast track digital ID rollout The government of Belize has announced its intention to roll out a national digital identity system for residents, offering a range of functionalities in...

Belize signs border security/public safety Memorandum of Cooperation with US

Kristi Noem, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Francis Foncesa, Minister of Foreign Affairs By Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. July 23, 2025 On Tuesday, July 22, during his official visit to Washington, D.C., Belize’s...

EU ambassador urges region to leverage trade, investment ties

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Erja Askola, the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas, is calling on Caribbean stakeholders to fully embrace the region’s trade and investment relationship with Europe, describing it as “one of the...

Belize City Dengue Outbreak Accelerates Ahead of Rainy Season

(Vax-Before-Travel News)With the onset of the rainy season in Central America, breeding sites for the mosquitoes that transmit the Dengue Fever virus have increased, leading to disease outbreaks. According to local media reports on July 24, 2025,...

Belize government condemns all acts of sexual violence against children

The Be­lize gov­ern­ment says it “strong­ly” con­demns all acts of sex­u­al vi­o­lence against chil­dren amid re­cent re­ports of what it termed “heinous as­saults on mi­nors”. The Min­istry of Hu­man De­vel­op­ment, Fam­i­ly Sup­port, and Gen­der...