The U.S. Gulf Coast is preparing for the impact of Tropical Storm Bertha, which strengthened Tuesday as it moved through the northeastern Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. Forecasters expect Bertha to make landfall near Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on Wednesday
Belize's Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Dean Galvez against his murder conviction and life sentence for the 2018 fatal shooting of Ronnie Omar Cassasola Jr. in San Mateo, Cayo District. The court rejected arguments that the trial judge wrongly relied on eyewitness
Belize's foreign minister, Francis Fonseca, reaffirmed the country's support for the ongoing search and recovery effort in Guyana following the fatal sinking of the MV Barima. Fonseca said during this morning's episode of Open Your Eyes that Belize has reached out to Guyanese officials to offer
This past weekend, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology concluded the first-ever STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Festival in San Ignacio. The project was supported by the Skills for the Future programme and the Inter-American Development Bank. Karla Gonzalez, the IDB
El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, anunció que el país dejará de celebrar elecciones en el futuro, una medida que busca consolidar aún más el control del poder que mantiene el mandatario de 80 años junto a su esposa, Rosario Murillo. Ortega justificó la decisión
Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, announced that he would cease elections moving forward. The move is an attempt to further solidify the hold on power held by the 80-year-old authoritarian leader and his wife. He framed it as an effort to protect the country from the
Juan Carlos Novelo is a free man. The High Court found him not guilty of murdering his common-law wife, Leslie Margarita Verde, nearly three years after her death shook Caye Caulker. Justice Candace Nanton delivered the verdict, clearing Novelo of the single murder charge he had
Eleven of Belize's animal welfare organisations are calling the latest case of animal abuse involving the brutal beating of a tied-up dog in Cotton Tree Village "symptoms of a much larger societal problem". The organisations argue that such cruelty reflects "a dangerous breakdown in morality,
Who should sit in judgment over Belizeans in Belizean courts? And if qualified Belizean attorneys are available, why are so few of them on the High Court bench? Those questions are now at the center of a growing dispute inside the legal community. The Association
The fight over who sits on Belize’s bench has opened up a much bigger debate inside the legal community: who gets a voice when judges are being chosen? The Bar Association of Belize has a seat at the table through its representative on the Judicial
