Headline
BPD awards 3 officers with Women Police of the Year
Photo: (l-r) Myrna Pena, Carmella Cacho, and Shanice Bevans; BPD Female Police of the...
Suicide on the rise!
Photo: Iveth Quintanilla, Mental Health Coordinator
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Wed. Mar. 20, 2024
Since entering the...
NCA launches 8-year Strategic Plan
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 18, 2024
Belize’s aging population, which comprised 6% of...
Belize places Top 40 at Miss World 2023
Photo: Elise-Gayonne Vernon, Belizean contestant
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 12, 2024
22-year-old Elise-Gayonne Vernon...
BDF appoints first female Lieutenant Colonel in Belize
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 28, 2023
Dr. Lydia Guerra, a member of the Belize Defence Force (BDF), has been promoted to the rank...
Thieves “back weh” Heritage ATM … AGAIN!
Photo: Surveillance footage of the van pulling out the ATM
Second Heritage Bank ATM to be jacked by thieves in less than a month
by Kristen...
Young man’s body found in garbage drum
Photo: Christian “Chris” Ramos, deceased
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 27, 2023
The transition out of the holiday season was overshadowed by an unsettling discovery...
Central Bank clamps down on bank fees/charges
Photo: Governor of Central Bank of Belize, Kareem Michael
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 20, 2023
The Central Bank of Belize conducted its second quarterly...
Former PM Barrow says GoB grossly overpaid for PBL
Photo: Former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow
He contends that the Port buyback was “forced by Michael Ashcroft” and will compound the already high...
Paguada brothers sentenced to life
Photo: (l-r) Delson and Tionne Paguada, convicted
by Roy Davis (freelance reporter)
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 20, 2023
Two brothers, Delson Paguada, 24, and Tione Paguada, 20,...
FM Courtenay returns to private practice
Photo: PUP Senator Eamon Courtenay
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 21, 2023 Senior Cabinet Minister, Senator Eamon Courtenay is returning to private practice at the start of...
Guatemala’s president-elect Arévalo visits Belize
Photo: Prime Minister, Hon. John Briceño, and Foreign Minister, Hon. Eamon Courtenay meet with Bernardo Arévalo’s delegation
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 18, 2023
President-Elect...
Blackout hits half the country on Friday
Widespread power outage experienced in four districts for over an hour on Friday evening.
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 18, 2023
A sudden power outage...
San Pedro woman found dead in her bed
by Kristen Ku
SAN PEDRO TOWN, Ambergris Caye, Mon. Dec. 18, 2023
The San Pedro community is still awaiting answers about the death of 38-year-old Adela...
Carmelita man slain by teenagers
by Charles Gladden
CARMELITA, Orange Walk District, Mon. Dec. 18, 2023
Hugo Rodriguez, 45, a construction worker of Carmelita Village, Orange Walk District, was killed in...
Sugar shortage for Christmas!
Photo: Stores all across the country are rationing the sale of brown sugar. Plantation white is mostly unavailable.
Hon. Jose Mai: “Sugar quantities are dangerously...
A game-changing COP; or just more rhetoric?
Photo: Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President
The COP28 closed with a milestone agreement marking the “Beginning of the End” of the fossil fuel era, says...
GoB confirms PBL’s interim CEO
Photo: Arturo “Tux” Vasquez, interim CEO, PBL
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 14, 2023
The Briceño administration this week appointed Arturo “Tux” Vasquez as the...