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10/09/2026

๐†๐€๐… ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐จ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐“๐• ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ

Close to 50 people from across the country โ€“ along with participants from the UK, Colombia and Australia โ€“ joined the Belize Territorial Volunteersโ€™ annual September 10th expedition to the Sarstoon today. The group travelled in 7 vessels and was es**rted out of Punta Gorda by a Coast Guard boat, with another Coast Guard vessel joining the convoy in Barranco. Once at the Sarstoon, the Belize Defense Force took over es**rt duties and guided the group to the Forward Operating Base.

BTV Leader Wil Maheia, told XTV that this coordinated es**rt was always part of the plan. Maheia shared that the Guatemalan Armed Forces today had the largest number of military vessels compared to previous years, and, for the first time, they were accompanied by roughly 20 Guatemalan fishing boats.
Maheia said the Belize delegation was surprised to find that the BDF and Coast Guard had organized a full ceremony at the FOB, complete with a flag-raising and inspection of the guard. They were also provided a meal.

Maheia condemned the confrontational posture of the GAF, saying their vessels kept getting closer and closer to the Belize FOB as the ceremony proceeded.

The BTV maintains that its annual September 10th expedition is peaceful and meant to assert Belizeโ€™s sovereignty and educate Belizeans about the countryโ€™s southernmost border.

10/09/2026

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๐๐’๐” ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌThe P...
09/09/2026

๐๐’๐” ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ

The Public Service Union is raising an alarm over what it calls a sudden and unjustified restriction on Finance Officersโ€™ access to the Governmentโ€™s SmartStream financial management system outside of their own ministry. According to the Union, the officersโ€™ governmentโ€‘wide visibility has been removed.

In a strongly worded release, the PSU calls for immediate reversal of the change, saying it comes amid the Mira Millions scandal. The union argues that the pattern of unusual split payments only became visible when transactions were viewed across ministries, and that this move reduces transparency.

The PSU acknowledges that there can be legitimate reasons to restrict access, such as protecting personal data. However, it explains that โ€œa legitimate control is targeted, documented, and justified in writing under a stated legal authority. A blanket removal of cross-ministry visibility from an entire professional cadre, introduced without notice, without consultation, and without any legal basis being disclosed, in the middle of a national procurement scandal, is not an internal control. It is a curtain.โ€

The union adds that if the Ministry is truly concerned about SmartStream record leaks, the proper remedy is the examination of audit logs and due process under Public Service Regulations - where necessary.

The PSU is demanding disclosure within 7 days of the written instruction that imposed the restriction, including who gave the order, when and under which law. It also wants written assurance from the Financial Secretary that no officer will be penalized for querying or reporting irregular transactions, and consultation before further changes are made.

The PSU says Finance Officers โ€œdo not work for ministers. They work for the people of Belize, and the money they account for is not the Government's money. Restore the access.โ€

๐“๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ
09/09/2026

๐“๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ

09/09/2026

๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ

Last month, we reported on the Orange Walk parent who appealed to the Ministry of Education for urgent support for his hearing-impaired daughter, who started high school without an interpreter.

The studentโ€™s mother explained that toward her daughter previously had a dedicated interpreter in primary school, but that support ended when the interpreter went on maternity leave.
Minister of Education Hon. Francis Fonseca spoke of a shortage of certified sign-language interpreters in Belize.

In the case of the Orange Walk student, her parent today shared that an off and on interpreter has been assigned.

09/09/2026

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐๐๐ฌ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐จ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐’๐Ž๐„๐ฌ (๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ)

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ

The Government of Belizeโ€™s liability for the March and July 2020 State of Emergency (SOE) detentions in Southside Belize City has climbed by another $110,000 following a major September 3 ruling from the Court of Appeal that struck down the SOEs as unconstitutional. Total liability now stands at $482,000. With the ruling, there is now the possibility that more claims could follow, including for other SOEs. Attorney General Anthony Sylvestre, Jr. told KREM News/XTV today that the Ministry is still reviewing whether the government should appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice.

The ruling, delivered by Acting Justice of Appeal E. Andrew Marshalleck and supported by Justices Minnet Hafiz Bertram and Marguerite Woodstock Riley KC, makes clear that even during SOEs, the state cannot override bedrock constitutional protections under Section 3 of life, liberty, and security of the person. The ruling emphasizes that any suspension of ordinary rights must meet a strict constitutional threshold that was not met by the 2020 SOEs, despite a spate of 7 killings over a span of four days. Marshalleck wrote that the triggering event did not result โ€œin a threat to the lives of others on such a scale as to be characterized as civil unrest or disorder,โ€ adding that it was not of such a nature that it could not have been addressed under ordinary criminal law. He described the increasing use of SOEs in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Belize as reliance on bandages which do not address the root causes of crime. He noted that the emergency provisions must be temporary and sparingly used.

The ruling resolves two conflicting High Court decisions on the 2020 SOEs at the height of the COVID 19 pandemic. Justice Marshalleck even drew from philosophers who cautioned against state overreach especially when a majority in the public supports suspending human rights for an unpopular minority. He also warned against the kind of emergency-power reasoning that once enabled Adolf Hitlerโ€™s rise.

The Court also criticized the governmentโ€™s failure to meet the Constitutionโ€™s Section 19 requirements regarding SOE detentions. It found that detainees were given vague justifications such as โ€œgang activities,โ€ and no Review Tribunal was ever appointed.
The Court of Appeal upheld the damages awarded to 13 detainees totaling $372,000 and ordered that the remaining five who had lost their claims in the High Court receive the same award. Compensatory damages were set at $15,000 and vindicatory damages at $7,000.

Costs were also awarded to the detainees.

The 18 SOE detainees were represented by attorneys Leslie Mendez and Leeroy Banner while the government was represented by Deputy Solicitor General Samantha Matute, Crown Counsel Alea Gomez and Senior Litigator Jarvis Lou.

๐๐„๐‹ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ
09/09/2026

๐๐„๐‹ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ

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09/09/2026

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09/09/2026

๐’๐ž๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐‚๐‚ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐—๐“๐• ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ

The Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement with Belize was signed in September 2024 and amended in July 2026 following a change in U.S. administrations. The amendment shifted US$20 million from the education project to the energy project. At the signing, officials explained that the adjustment would support construction of a new 69-kilovolt submarine cable to connect Ambergris Caye. They also noted that government counterpart funding would increase for both projects, โ€œincluding an increase in energy sector financing to US$38 million and continued support for digital learning devices for students.โ€
In the Senate today, Lead Opposition Senator Patrick Faber said details should also be disclosed on what was removed from the education project when the allocation for energy was increased. He further asked for specifics on the source of governmentโ€™s expanded counterpart funding and whether it has already been budgeted.

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