They are on the ground, helping survivors, recovering victims from collapsed buildings, and distributing food to thousands of people whose lives have been upended. Among the volunteers is Cayo resident Oscar Alexander Cisneros, who travelled with members of the Mennonite community from Centerville in western Belize.
BTL Chairman Mark Lizarraga left today's cabinet meeting saying the board faced a lot of questions, and he believes they answered them. Speaking to News 5 afterward, Lizarraga defended nearly every angle of the proposed Speednet acquisition, from pricing to the prime minister's family ties
A Pomona cattle farmer says he thought he was being robbed when three armed men in civilian clothing showed up on his farm with guns drawn, and he didn't find out they were police officers until after he'd already been shot and fired back in
The Belize Forest Department is calling on residents and visitors to steer clear of feeding, approaching, or interacting with crocodiles, following a string of recent reports and social media posts documenting close encounters with the animals, including one recent incident in Caye Caulker Village. While no
The death toll from Monday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake in western Colombia has risen to at least 224, with rescue crews still unable to reach the epicentre as they dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors. The earthquake has been followed by more than seventy aftershocks,
Cabinet is opening the floor to the stakeholders at the centre of the BTL-Speednet controversy, inviting each side to make its case directly before deciding where government stands on the proposed acquisition. The first round of presentations is happening today, with the Belize Social Security Board,
The die-off along the Belize River may be slowing, but researchers say the damage already done could reshape the river's ecosystem for years to come, with critically endangered hicatee turtles and crocodiles now confirmed among the animals killed. Dr Donald McKnight, research director at the Savannah
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two disturbances in the Atlantic this week, with one system showing a strong likelihood of strengthening into a tropical depression in the coming days. According to the NHC's Tropical Weather Outlook, the first system is located in the central tropical
Fifteen scarlet macaws returned to the wild on Monday after being released by the Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) alongside the Forest Department. The birds were rescued and spent an average of one hundred days in a specialised laboratory before their release. Each rescue decision
For the families of Allan Arnold, Darwin Monroy, and Theodore Swasso, Sunday morning brought news no loved one is ever prepared to hear. The three men died in a devastating motorcycle crash on Mahogany Street in Belize City. As relatives struggle with the shock and
