Thirty-nine-year-old Tatiana Alvarado died on Saturday afternoon after the motorcycle she was riding collided with an SUV along the Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway in southern Belize. The crash occurred near Bella Vista Village, between Miles 44 and 45. Police said 26-year-old Daunte Oliver Eden Noralez of
Police are investigating two separate shootings over the weekend, one that left a man dead in western Belize and another that injured a 19-year-old in Belize City. According to police, 25-year-old twin brothers Denvoy and Delroy Bartley were socialising with others on Saturday in Unitedville at
Guyana's President Irfaan Ali today named the members of the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima disaster, with Belizean Godfrey Philip Smith set to chair the panel. Smith currently serves as CARICOM High Level Representative for Law and Criminal Justice and as an ad hoc
An unexplained fish die-off in Caye Caulker has left residents searching for answers after videos showed large numbers of small fish floating lifeless in the waters surrounding La Isla Cariñosa. The incident has alarmed residents, who say the smell from the dead fish has spread across
Immigration Minister Kareem Musa says the Belizean diaspora numbers more than 300,000 people, a figure close to 75% of Belize's resident population, with the majority living in the United States. "About 81%, I should say, are in the United States," Musa said on Thursday. He presented
While the University of Belize recently submitted its application for institutional accreditation, the university's School of Medicine is following a separate path with its own accreditation process. UB President Dr Vincent Palacio said on Thursday that the medical programme is "seeking its own accreditation" through the
Not long ago, scandals and public discontent would have been enough to bring Belize’s unions into the streets. Their ability to mobilize workers and galvanize public support helped shape some of the country's most defining political moments. Today, however, amid mounting scrutiny over the Mira
It is a fund born out of a decades-old fight by retired public officers to recover money they say government still owes them. But tonight, the Public Sector Workers Trust is facing fresh scrutiny after an audit reportedly raised questions about grants issued and loans
Former Ombudsman Major Gilbert Swaso is pressing for answers in the case involving nine Haitian minors brought to Belize in 2023, filing a Freedom of Information Act request to determine what progress, if any, has been made since his departure from office. The request comes
More than seven months after the Office of the Ombudsman was left vacant, the man who last held the post is speaking out, not to ask for the job back, but to question why it still has not been filled. Retired Major Gilbert Swaso says
