When a citizen has a complaint against the system, the Ombudsman’s Office is supposed to be one place to turn. But that office has been vacant for months, and social activist Jeremy Enriquez says the delay is more than administrative, it is a denial of
Hundreds of Belizeans will soon register or transfer ahead of the March 2027 municipal elections. But while the election machinery moves forward, the boundaries remain stuck in the past. Social activist Jeremy Enriquez says Belize cannot continue holding elections on maps designed more than two
Social activist Jeremy Enriquez is welcoming a recent Caribbean Court of Justice ruling that clarifies how appeals should be filed in Belize and how wasted costs orders should be handled. The CCJ ruled in Enriquez’s favor on two of three appeals tied to his challenge
A land dispute in Honduras is now echoing here in Belize. This morning, the National Garifuna Council took to the streets of Belize City in a peaceful protest, standing in solidarity with Garifuna families in San Juan, Atlántida, who say they are being pushed off
The Auditor General’s office is now being asked to follow a money trail that may test the very limits of its power. An investigation into the Ministry of Defense was launched after repeated payments just under ten thousand dollars raised alarms inside government. But the
And tonight, as we continue examining how effective Belize’s oversight bodies really are, we hear from someone who once led one of them. Former Ombudsman, Retired Major Gilbert Swaso, says the office sits near the bottom of government’s annual budget, but the law does allow
Were some companies formed to cash in on government contracts? That is the question now emerging from the Ministry of Defense procurement scandal. A growing number of businesses linked to the controversy were established after the Briceño administration came into office. PSU President Dean Flowers
The quiet farming community of San Lazaro is still reeling from the shocking killing of one of its own. Just a day after sixty-eight-year-old Virginio Carillo was ambushed and fatally chopped while riding his bicycle, police say they have already made an arrest. Investigators believe
Twenty-eight-year-old Andre Arthurs is free tonight after the High Court acquitted him of the March 2025 murder of Mark Usher Jr. in Belize City. Usher, thirty-three, was shot and killed at the corner of Jabiru Street and Faber’s Road. Arthurs, a construction worker from the
Our news team stumbled upon an unexpected confrontation yesterday while covering another story in Mesopotamia. A field visit by an Elections and Boundaries Department registration officer turned contentious, with UDP’s Brian “Yellowman” Audinette at the center of the dispute. Now, questions are being raised about
