From Angel Investing to Startup Acceleration RevUP Caribbean is inviting applications for its Cohort 8 Business Incubation Programme, as it continues its mission to strengthen entrepreneurship across the region. Speaking on Open Your Eyes, Managing Director Sancha Glasgow explained that the initiative was developed from years of
The National Kriol Council has entered Belize's growing land rights debate. In a statement on Monday, the council demanded the government and public institutions stop excluding Kriol communities from discussions over territory, heritage, and indigenous recognition. "We are among the foundational peoples of Belize, with documented
Tropical Storm Cristina has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Nicaragua, becoming the first tropical threat to Central America during the 2026 hurricane season. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC), Cristina strengthened from Tropical Depression Three-E on Monday afternoon and
Seven lives lost in just one weekend and tonight, families across Belize are grappling with unimaginable grief. We begin in Corozal, where the Seally family is mourning three of their own, including two brothers, after a horrific crash that police believe may be linked to
A deadly weekend on Belize’s roads is leaving one family shattered and searching for answers. Twenty-seven-year-old Thomas Martinez of Georgeville is among several lives lost, and tonight his loved ones are speaking out, demanding justice. Police say Martinez was riding his ATV home from Esperanza
Police in San Ignacio are investigating a fatal crash in the Kontiki area that claimed the life of thirty-year-old Geromey Chuc, a security guard from Benque Viejo Town. Officers were called to the George Price Highway on Friday, where they found Chuc’s body alongside a
Just days after a motorcyclist lost his life near mile seventy-two, police were called back to the same highway, this time between miles twenty-one and twenty-two. On Sunday afternoon, officers discovered a gray Ford EcoSport badly damaged on the roadside and nearby, the lifeless body
A routine ride turned into a devastating chain reaction on Guinea Grass Road Friday night. Eighteen-year-old Eutomito Pech lost his life after his motorcycle slammed into the back of a horse-drawn buggy carrying a Mennonite family near Shipyard Village. The impact sent Pech careening into
A violent outburst at a city polyclinic is putting new focus on the risks healthcare workers face every day. Over the weekend, chaos erupted at the Matron Roberts Polyclinic when a woman allegedly forced her way into a doctor’s office, demanding urgent care and reportedly
A legal showdown is brewing between a former watchdog and the government he once served. Former Ombudsman Major Gilbert Swaso is heading to court, accusing the Briceño administration of crossing constitutional lines and meddling in the independent work of his office. In a newly filed
