Police are investigating the death of a 60-year-old man, who was killed during a home invasion in the Vanilla Hill area along Bullet Tree Road on Sunday night. The victim has been identified as Ulric Lyndon Willoughby, a real estate agent. Officers were called to the scene
A fatal road traffic accident early this morning claimed the life of 18-year-old Tristan Ortiz. The incident occurred shortly after 5:00 a.m. along the Maskall Road, just past the village’s police station. Ortiz was a passenger in a grey Toyota pickup truck. Reports are that the driver
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has hailed recent military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities as an “incredible and overwhelming success,” claiming they have significantly degraded Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Speaking at a Pentagon press briefing Sunday, Hegseth described the overnight operation as a series of “precision
It is being described as the largest password leak in history, as cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a staggering 16 billion compromised login credentials, exposing a major global security risk. The leak, uncovered by Cybernews researchers as part of an investigation that began earlier this year,
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has welcomed the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) Final Decision on its Annual Tariff Period (ATP) 2025–2026 application, submitted on April 4, 2025. BEL says the decision opens the door for future tariff changes aimed at securing revenue for continued investments and
Fourteen thousand dollars a month for rent. That’s the jaw-dropping figure revealed this week after a press conference that left a lot of people talking. Public Service Union President Dean Flowers dropped a bombshell: the Ministry of Blue Economy is shelling out fourteen grand every
Just when you thought the government’s rent bill was the big headline, Public Service Union President Dean Flowers had more to say and it’s drawing even more attention. At a recent press conference, Flowers revealed that the government is shelling out a staggering seventeen million
The Briceño administration is facing fresh criticism, this time from the University of Belize’s own faculty and staff. Acting Union President Julianne Pasos is calling it like she sees it. She says the People’s United Party promised to increase government subvention to the university after
There’s a legal storm brewing in Belize and it’s centered around the proposed Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. As we reported on Thursday, the unions, as well as the opposition party, have sounded off on the controversial changes being proposed by the Briceño administration. Tonight,
Tonight, William “Danny” Mason is once again behind bars after appearing before Justice Nigel Pilgrim at the High Court. He was expected to make a plea for mitigation, but that didn’t happen—key documents, including his Social Inquiry Report, are still missing. But the courtroom wasn’t
