Dr. Natalia Largaespada-Beer: “Measles is preventable with a vaccine.”
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 15, 2025
After 34 years, measles has re-emerged in Belize. Two imported cases were confirmed via laboratory testing on April 12 in two unvaccinated teenagers, both 17 years of age, a male and...
Winner (third from left) Samantha Herrera
BELIZE CITY, Sun. April 13, 2025
The Belize City Council’s 2nd Annual Hot Cross Bun & Food Festival brought together families, food lovers, and community members for a full...
(Top l-r) Gregorio Esquivel, Naomi Requena (bottom) Juan Carrillo
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Mon. Apr. 14, 2025
The National Agriculture and Trade Show (NATS) Committee has announced the winners of its Farmers of the Year 2025...
Case management begins for Elmer Nah, charged for triple murder of Jon, David and Vivian Ramnarace
by Roy Davis (Freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Monday, April 14, 2025
A Case Management Conference (CMC) began today in the court of...
Cayo Rosario, a mangrove island on the west side of Ambergris Cay, is in the news again after the island’s owner/s stepped up activity on a project that would...
Since Wednesday, April 2, when the US government announced tariff increases on merchandise from the majority of countries in the world, including Belize, our top financial minds in government...
“…the little children…”
Normalizing this abominable situation is not acceptable, and before it reaches a point at which our leaders are induced or intimidated by offshore influences to further withdraw...
In the days leading up to the March 12 general election, Channel 7 boss, Jules Vasquez made the observation that PUP leader John Briceño had said that Francis Fonseca...
Gian Cho, Executive Director of the National Forensics Science Service
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 11, 2025
On Thursday, April 10, a National Stakeholder Validation Workshop was held to review the draft DNA bill for Belize, as the country prepares to implement a system of deploying DNA analysis to solve crimes through scientific methods.
The United Nations Development Program led the workshop.
“We’re still in the drafting phase. This bill will not be enacted into law today, tomorrow, or next month. It still has to go through additional revisions at the Attorney General’s Ministry,” said Gian Cho, Executive Director of the Belize National Forensic Science Service, during the workshop.
“A bill like this...
(l-r) David Hodge, Chargé d'Affaires and Hon. Kareem Musa Minsiter of Home Affairs
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 15, 2025
The Firearms and Ammunition Control Board, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, celebrated the official handover and launch of the CARICOM Integrated Digital Firearms Registration Management System on Monday, April 14.
“This newly integrated digital system, supported by CARICOM IMPACS (Implementing Agency for Crime and Security) and the Mines Advisory Group, is more than a technological innovation; it is a policy instrument that enables us to strengthen compliance with the modular small arms control implementation compendium and international ammunitions technical guidelines standards,” said Hon. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs.
“This system...
I thought a few paragraphs from a paper I found amongst my old documents this week may be interesting to readers. The statistics presented are from almost thirty years ago, but they appear totally relevant today.
The reproduced paragraphs are in italics.
BACKGROUND:
Belize is a nation of 215,000 people, consisting of several ethnic groups of which the African Belizean is the second largest.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The UBAD Educational Foundation (UEF) was founded on March 10, 1996 as a non-profit organization by a group of concerned young and adult Belizeans to provide an educational opportunity for the impoverished African-Belizean youth. Acknowledging the supremacy of God, the UEF is nevertheless non-denominational in its religious affiliation,...
Salvador Choc, charged
by Charles Gladden
CAYE CAULKER, Thurs. Apr. 10, 2025
A teenager from Caye Caulker Village has been charged with “Rape of a Child” after a minor girl reported to police that she was...
