Police searching a Belize City home found a nine-millimeter pistol hidden in a bathroom ceiling, its serial number filed off. That discovery landed twenty-one-year-old Elbert Smith behind bars. Smith pleaded guilty to keeping a firearm without a license and possession of a firearm with serial number removed. He was sentenced
He broke into the same school twice in two days and now he’s headed to prison. Twenty-seven-year-old Hilberto Ramos, an unemployed Belizean with no fixed address, is serving three and a half years behind bars after pleading guilty to two counts of burglary. Back in
On Thursday, we reported a violent machete attack that had left a man injured in Caye Caulker. The victim had been identified as thirty-seven-year-old Mark Budd, who was a laborer from Orange Walk District. This week, a local tour guide, Alexander Fernando Cal, has been
A recent judgment from the lower court is shining a spotlight on how moneylenders work in Belize and whether the rules are fair. Bathsheba Limited took Shermadine Dennison to court, claiming that she owed over five thousand, five hundred dollars on a two-thousand-dollar loan. That bill included interest,
It is official, Caye Caulker Village will hold a cannabis referendum on October eighth. Members of the community gathered signatures from registered voters in support of the government passing legislation to create a regulated and taxable legal cannabis industry on the island. The petition explained
It’s day two, and a group of special needs children in Belmopan are still locked out of the classroom. The Ministry of Education is completely silent. As we told you on Monday, a special education program at Garden City Primary was suddenly shut down, just
September Celebrations are in full swing, and we are counting down to Saturday’s Carnival Road March. In 2024, the Belize Carnival Association and the September Celebrations Committee tried a new route for the road march. This was not the first time the route was altered.
Belize is making strides in implementing a new system that will strengthen the country’s disaster preparedness and response. This morning, the National Emergency Response Agency (NEMO) hosted the second workshop for the UN’s Early Warnings for All Initiative which will provide nations across the globe
Belize’s sargassum problem is no longer just a coastal nuisance, it’s now a national concern. Over the past few months, everyone’s been pitching in: government agencies, local businesses, and everyday Belizeans have joined forces to tackle the relentless waves of seaweed washing ashore. And the
He’s the only forensic examiner in Belize, and for decades, Doctor Roque Blanco has been there to serve his country. His work has touched nearly every corner of public safety, criminal justice, and legal medicine. To continue his life’s mission of service to Belize, he
