Leader of the UDP, Moses “Shyne” Barrow, has joined the Hernandez family in questioning the handling of charges related to the death of Wilson Hernandez, the 28-year-old businessman who was fatally shot in Belmopan on Sunday. In a press statement, Barrow raised concerns that Hernandez’s partner,
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at China on social media late Tuesday after President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a military parade in Beijing. “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong
On Monday, we told you about Wilson Hernandez, the twenty-eight-year-old owner of Selfie Lounge, who was shot and killed on Sunday. Tonight, there’s a major development: police have arrested twenty-one-year-old Christy Guzman and charged her with manslaughter. Investigators say Guzman fired the fatal shot after
Police searching a Belize City home found a nine-millimeter pistol hidden in a bathroom ceiling, its serial number filed off. That discovery landed twenty-one-year-old Elbert Smith behind bars. Smith pleaded guilty to keeping a firearm without a license and possession of a firearm with serial number removed. He was sentenced
He broke into the same school twice in two days and now he’s headed to prison. Twenty-seven-year-old Hilberto Ramos, an unemployed Belizean with no fixed address, is serving three and a half years behind bars after pleading guilty to two counts of burglary. Back in
On Thursday, we reported a violent machete attack that had left a man injured in Caye Caulker. The victim had been identified as thirty-seven-year-old Mark Budd, who was a laborer from Orange Walk District. This week, a local tour guide, Alexander Fernando Cal, has been
A recent judgment from the lower court is shining a spotlight on how moneylenders work in Belize and whether the rules are fair. Bathsheba Limited took Shermadine Dennison to court, claiming that she owed over five thousand, five hundred dollars on a two-thousand-dollar loan. That bill included interest,
It is official, Caye Caulker Village will hold a cannabis referendum on October eighth. Members of the community gathered signatures from registered voters in support of the government passing legislation to create a regulated and taxable legal cannabis industry on the island. The petition explained
It’s day two, and a group of special needs children in Belmopan are still locked out of the classroom. The Ministry of Education is completely silent. As we told you on Monday, a special education program at Garden City Primary was suddenly shut down, just
September Celebrations are in full swing, and we are counting down to Saturday’s Carnival Road March. In 2024, the Belize Carnival Association and the September Celebrations Committee tried a new route for the road march. This was not the first time the route was altered.
