For the Association of Defense Attorneys, the question is simple: if experienced Belizean attorneys are applying, why are they not even getting a response? The group says more than half a dozen local lawyers put their names forward for vacant High Court positions, but none
Belize’s criminal courts could face a major disruption on August first. The Association of Defense Attorneys says its members will stop accepting court-appointed criminal cases unless government addresses a long-promised increase in legal aid stipends. Defense attorneys currently receive two thousand dollars for cases assigned
Clean water is not a privilege, especially behind prison walls. But a 2025 inspection by the Ministry of Health and Wellness is raising serious concerns about the water being used inside the Belize Central Prison. According to a ministry memorandum released last September, tests found
Tonight, as the Ministry of Defense procurement scandal continues to unfold, another troubling question has emerged: who is actually behind the companies receiving public funds? Investigators have uncovered a network of firms linked to the controversy. But tracking down their true owners is not as
Miguelito Encalada will spend at least forty years in prison for the murders of his wife, Desiree Elizabeth Gonzalez, and his younger brother, George Vincent Rochester. Justice Candace Nanton sentenced the Ladyville man to two life terms after he was convicted of the April twentieth,
Former national cricket player Kenton Young is tonight fighting for his life after gunmen opened fire on him as he made his way home to Double Head Cabbage on Saturday night. Reports are that Young was nearing the Mussel Creek Bridge in Scotland Halfmoon Village
A police officer says he walked into a domestic dispute at his San Pedro apartment building and ended up firing his weapon. Now, investigators are trying to determine exactly what happened. The off-duty officer reportedly heard a commotion on Sunday and stepped in to intervene,
A routine police patrol in Bullet Tree Falls has led to a drug trafficking charge against a village resident. Police say that on July sixteenth, officers were on patrol in the Cayo District when they spotted thirty-seven-year-old Santos Ramirez and carried out a search. That
Police in western Belize have made another ammunition arrest, this time involving four live nine-millimeter rounds. Authorities say the operation happened on July seventeenth, when officers searched Simon Bateman and allegedly found the illegal ammunition on him. Bateman was taken into custody and has since
Loggerhead sea turtles are protected by law in Belize, but last week, one threat slipped past those protections. Dozens of hatchlings were found dead along a private beach on Ambergris Caye, trapped in thick mats of sargassum before they could reach the sea. The discovery
