Photo: Crooked Tree causeway under water (Photo 7 News)
“Crooked Tree, geographically speaking, is a catchment for the entire Belize River. So, all that water coming down from Guatemala, Benque, and Cayo will eventually find its way into our catchment in the lagoons around Cooked...
Photo: Ombudsman of Belize, Hon. Maj. (Ret’d) H. Gilbert Swaso, JP
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 20, 2024
The Ombudsman of Belize, Hon. Maj. (Ret’d) H. Gilbert Swaso, JP, recently became the first Belizean...
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Mon. Nov. 18, 2024
Trinity Pascual of Dangriga Town secured the crown at this year’s Miss Garifuna Pageant, held at the Belmopan Civic Center on November 9.
Six young ladies hailing from...
by William Ysaguirre
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 21, 2024
A Police raid on the Double Zero store on Western Avenue in Belize City on the eve of Tropical Storm Sara last Friday, November 15, resulted in the...
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 20, 2024
The Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. John Briceño traveled to Mexico City on Wednesday, November 13, to participate in a Central American Air Navigation Services Corporation...
Photo: Miriam Castellanos, deceased
by Charles Gladden
SANTA ELENA TOWN, Cayo District, Thurs. Nov. 21, 2024
The lives of two persons from the Cayo District were lost on Wednesday, November 20, as they were murdered chillingly.
The...
by William Ysaguirre
HATTIEVILLE, Belize District, Thurs. Nov. 21, 2024
A week shy of International Jaguar Day, the Forest Department partnered with the Belize Zoo to help rescue a young jaguar which a Hattieville villager had captured inside his storeroom on Thursday morning, November 21.
The juvenile jaguar had taken refuge inside the storeroom when it was chased by dogs in the village, and the owner of the property closed the storeroom doors to protect the endangered animal from further harm. He then informed the Forest Department, and Forestry officers and Zoo officials came to drug the animal with a sedative to make it easier to transport to the Belize Zoo, where it received...
At the last sitting of the House of Representatives (HofR), on November 12, 2024, the Minister of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Honorable Dolores Balderamos Garcia, interrupted...
Photo: Dr. Vincent Palacio, President of the University of Belize (shown here second from left), enters the Conference Center at the University of Belize in Belmopan with the drummers on Tuesday
by Orlando Pulido
SANTA ELENA TOWN, Cayo District, Wed. Nov. 13, 2024
Efforts to integrate the teaching of the...
Photo: (l-r) Iran Moguel and Emanuel Carrillo, charged
by Charles Gladden
SAN LAZARO VILLAGE, Orange Walk District, Thurs. Nov. 14, 2024
A duo from Orange Walk Town has been picked up by police, who believe they...