Bus driver charged with murder
Bus driver charged with murder
Augustine Gonzalez, 44, a Belizean bus driver of Santa Familia Village, was arrested and charged with the crime of murder for killing Ima Azucena Landero at Legends 2000 nightclub.
By Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 27, 2022
Augustine Gonzalez, 44, a Belizean...
Youth killed in Ladyville Milpa area
BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 27, 2022
Iwin Palma, 24, was shot multiple times and left for dead by a lone gunman sometime after midnight on Sunday morning in the Milpa area of Ladyville, police...
Father of 6 killed on Friday morning
Paul Panton, 59, was ambushed and executed in his taxi after being called by an unknown person seeking a cab ride.
BELIZE CITY, Fri. June 24, 2022
On Friday morning sometime after 6:00, Paul Panton,...
Suspected drug plane lands in southern Belize
COMPOL confirms that a drug plane landed in southern Belize and will share details on Tuesday, June 28.
By Charles Gladden
SUNDAY WOOD, Toledo District, Mon. June 27, 2022
In the wee hours of Sunday, June 26, a...
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Turmoil at St Francis Xavier Credit Union continues
By Khaila Gentle
BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 27, 2022
The turmoil at St Francis Xavier Credit Union (SFXCU), the second largest credit union in the country, continues this month after the dismissal of two branch...
Dominique Noralez reps the region at Commonwealth Youth Forum 2022
By Khaila Gentle
BELIZE CITY, Fri. June 24, 2022
Dominique Noralez is currently the Regional Representative for the Caribbean on the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC), and as part of her new role, she traveled to...
Shyne reps Belize at 2022 BET Awards
In a special tribute to his former boss, Diddy, who is being honored with the 2022 BET Lifetime Achievement Award, Shyne rocked the BET Awards with a remake of his hit single “Bad Boyz”.
LOS ANGELES, Mon. June 27, 2022
The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Moses Michael Levi Barrow, known more popularly by his stage name “Shyne”, made an appearance at the 2022 BET Awards yesterday. The former Bad Boy rapper took many in the audience by surprise when the signature Barrington Levy vocal introduced his 2000 hit single “Bad Boyz”. It’s been a long ride for the New York rapper-turned-Belizean politician, who in his tribute to Diddy, saluted the music mogul...
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Consultation and democracy — About sports fields and school buildings
Our Belize Constitution makes reference to the working of the democratic process as being necessarily dependent on our elected representatives making decisions and taking actions on behalf of the...
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Man killed in Gungulung
BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 27
A man identified by police as Darell Alvarez, 35, was...
Kathleen “Mams” Maud Meheia, JP
BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 20, 2022
Funeral services were held this afternoon at St. Martin De Porres Church in Lake Independence for Kathleen “Mams” Maud Meheia, JP.
She was born on November 1, 1952, and passed on June 10, 2022.
Mams was the wife for 52 years...
Coast Guard officer stabs stepdaughter
BELIZE CITY, Fri. June 24, 2022
A Coast Guard officer is on the run from police after stabbing his stepdaughter on Tuesday evening in Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk. Alberto Espinoza, 34, a resident...
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