Last week, a night of fun ended in terror after twenty-five-year-old Kelly Stephens and her boyfriend, forty-one-year-old Ashton Martin, were shot at an establishment on George Price Street in Punta Gorda. Following the incident, police have officially charged twenty-year-old Derry Bennett with two counts of
A night out in Dangriga turned violent on Wednesday when an eighteen-year-old was stabbed at a popular bar. Police say Gavin Armstrong was socializing at Island Breeze Bar and Grill when an unknown man attacked him just after 10:30 p.m. Armstrong was rushed to the
On the eve of the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a shocking case of domestic brutality has shaken a Belize City neighborhood, and the accused is a member of the Belize Coast Guard. Police say a violent argument inside a Gibnut Street home
Police are still investigating the burglary that unfolded at the Dangriga Treasury Building last week. According to police, the thieves made off with a safe which fortunately, only contained a modest sum of cash. The crime was discovered around seven forty-five a.m. on Friday by
Police are investigating a brazen armed robbery along the Hummingbird Highway that left a Country Foods delivery driver fighting for his life. The violent attack unfolded around eight twenty p.m. on Friday, near St. Margaret’s Village, when masked gunmen ambushed the truck as it slowed
Over the weekend, the Belize Coast Guard successfully rescued four people after their vessel, The Wet Spot, was reported in distress by the Honduran Navy. The coordinated operation saved three U.S. nationals and one Mexican who had departed Placencia on November twenty-first, bound for Roatán
Earlier this month, a man in Bullet Tree Falls Village was left terrified after he was tied up and robbed shortly after returning home. The incident occurred around two a.m. when thirty-eight-year-old Roger Reimer, a resident of Iguana Belly Road was ambushed by armed men.
Road traffic accidents are claiming more lives in Belize than murders and that’s a sobering reality. In 2024 alone, one hundred and eight people died on our roads. Those numbers have sparked a national conversation about driver safety. So, in an effort to turn the
Belizean boxing sensation Amir ‘King Mir’ Rudon is on the mend after a tough night in the ring. His shot at the WBC Central American Silver Super Lightweight title ended in heartbreak when Mexican champ Carlos Elvira delivered a crushing defeat. It all happened before
Belize’s bodybuilding spotlight shines on two men, the back-to-back Mr. Belize winner Randy Hyde and Mr. Physique Kareem Middleton, who flexed past fierce competition to claim the nation’s top titles in men’s fitness. It was a night of high intensity and precision posing, after months
