Belize’s plan to overhaul its aging public transportation system accelerates with the launch of the National Bus Company, a unified network designed to replace decades of fragmented service and commuter frustration. As the new system takes shape, the Ministry of Transport strengthens its foundation by
Tonight, we revisit a case that has haunted a family, and a community, for more than a decade. It’s been twelve years since twenty four year old Kayla Burgess was found dead inside her vehicle in Bullet Tree Falls, a brutal killing that left loved
Belize is back on the world’s corruption watchlist, and this time, officials say that’s actually a good thing. After more than a decade off the map, the country has returned to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, putting Belize once again under the global microscope. Instead
In every school, there’s always that one place where students learn more than what’s in the textbooks, where they figure out who they are and who they want to be. At Independence High School, that place is the Drum Corps. More than ten years strong,
And while those young performers march toward competition season, organizers of the upcoming La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge are charting potential route changes and calling on paddlers to register early, signaling another major community tradition gearing up for a dynamic year. The La Ruta
A wrongful‑death lawsuit filed in the United States is now casting a global spotlight on a tragedy that unfolded in San Pedro last year, where three young women from Massachusetts lost their lives inside a suite at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort. What began with
Tonight, frustration is growing in Port Loyola, where a once‑busy polyclinic that served thousands of southside families now sits stripped to its shell, doors, windows, even toilets gone, after the facility was shut down last year for a dangerous mold infestation. Residents fear the abandoned
But the concerns don’t end there. The same survey also highlights troubling child mortality trends, showing that fourteen out of every thousand Belizean children die before age five, with prematurity driving most of those deaths. Health officials say premature births account for roughly sixty percent
Belize may have earned its malaria‑free status, but health officials are reminding everyone that the fight isn’t over. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed two imported cases in Crique Sarco Village down in the Toledo District, infections brought in from outside the country,
The Government of Belize is taking a firm step toward safer public workplaces, rolling out a new Anti‑Sexual Harassment Policy aimed at giving employees clearer protections and stronger support. It’s a move many say is long overdue, setting out exactly what harassment looks like, how
