The price tag attached to Sunday’s PUP convention has reignited a much bigger debate: who is funding Belizean politics, and what influence does that money buy? Former Belize City Mayor and attorney Darrell Bradley says the reported hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on the
A weekend shooting in Santa Elena has become a double murder investigation, deepening the grief for a Cayo family already familiar with tragedy. Thirty-five-year-old Rasheed Hyde was killed on George Price Avenue on Saturday afternoon, while thirty-six-year-old mechanic Gil Pineda succumbed to his injuries the
A brazen daylight attack has claimed another life in the Cayo District and raises fears that the recent bloodshed may be connected. Twenty-three-year-old Unitedville resident Kareem Garcia was working alongside several colleagues at a road construction site in Cotton Tree Village when two men reportedly
And Cayo Police are also investigating a shooting that injured a minor almost a month ago. According to reports, gunmen were targeting Carlton Mckoy when they shot and injured a five-year-old minor. ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer “On third August, 2026 at approximately seven forty p.m., police
Police say a violent drug turf war may be driving the latest bloodshed in western Belize. Investigators believe rival groups operating in Santa Elena and nearby villages are connected to a string of murders, as well as a recent shooting that injured a minor. In
Hard drugs are finding their way into the hands of more young Belizeans, and police say the trend is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith reports that officers arrest young people almost every day for offences involving crack cocaine and cocaine. But
A Friday night shooting in Belize City has left one man fighting for his life and police working to determine whether the gunfire was justified. Twenty-nine-year-old Fredrick Sutherland remains hospitalized in critical condition after he was allegedly shot by a licensed firearm holder. The shooter
A Belize Coast Guard officer is facing a criminal charge tonight, accused of helping four armed men carry out last week’s robbery on Caye Caulker. Police have charged thirty-three-year-old Anthony Neal with abetment to commit robbery after masked gunmen reportedly arrived by boat, held up
A prisoner’s death at the Belize Central Prison is now under investigation after he was found unresponsive inside his cell. Police say fifty-year-old Mexican national George Rodriquez had been behind bars since December 2025 for an immigration offence. On August twenty-second, his cellmates reportedly found
A bitter land dispute in Port Loyola has moved from behind a chain-link fence into the public spotlight. Video circulating on social media shows Area Representative Gilroy Usher cutting down the fence, an action that has drawn criticism and raised questions about why an elected
