By Dr QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations This year’s World Food Day marks 80 years since the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), whose mandate from the outset has been to ensure
Ten of the twenty high-profile inmates who escaped from Guatemala’s Fraijanes II maximum-security prison have been recaptured. The escape, which occurred gradually over the past two months, was only publicly disclosed on Sunday, October 12. According to The New York Times, Guatemala's Interior Minister, Francisco Jiménez,
Tonight, we bring you the story of a man who says he was wrongfully accused in the murder of Police Constable Oswald Young Senior. The incident has sparked strong reactions. The Ministry of Home Affairs has called the killing a targeted attack on law enforcement,
Police made a chilling discovery on Saturday afternoon when they responded to reports of shots inside a home on Simon Lamb Street. Two people, twenty-six-year-old Kiera Gentle and twenty-seven-year-old Harrison Arnold, were found dead inside a bedroom. Both victims had sustained gunshot wounds. Police have
There’s a shocking twist in a month-long murder investigation, a young police officer is now behind bars, accused of killing twin siblings in Hattieville. Twenty-five-year-old Orvin Williams, a serving officer, has been arrested and charged in connection with the brutal murders of fifty-seven-year-old Paul Esquilliano
A serious security warning is in effect; Belizean authorities are on high alert after news broke that twenty high-profile gang members escaped from a maximum-security prison in Guatemala. These men are linked to the notorious Eighteenth Street gang, and with our borders so close, police
There’s a major development in that deadly crash near Hattieville. Police have now charged forty-year-old Osman Pineda, a construction worker from Belize City, in connection with the accident that claimed two lives last Thursday night. Investigators say Pineda faces multiple charges, including manslaughter by negligence
A tragic accident has shaken the quiet community of Shipyard Village. Just yesterday morning, fourteen-year-old Enrique Braun lost his life in what police are calling a freak workplace incident. Authorities say Enrique was helping clean doors at a local business when disaster struck. We have
This morning, the Court of Appeal heard arguments in the high-profile case of Oscar Selgado, the fifty-six-year-old attorney convicted last year of abetment to murder. Selgado was found guilty of allegedly putting a hit on Marilyn Barnes, a Belizean woman. The hit never happened, but
A heartbreaking tragedy unfolded in Belize City over the weekend. A nine-year-old girl, Evadne Martinez, collapsed at a home near Linda Vista and Police Street late Saturday night. Despite frantic efforts to save her at the K.H.M.H., doctors couldn’t revive the child. Police have launched
