Every day, roughly eight hundred students from villages in Guatemala cross into Belize to attend school, learning in English and taking part in our education system. But processing all of those documents at the border can take time. Now, the Immigration Department has rolled out
Following the rollout of Belize’s new biometric screening system, done in partnership with the United States, there’s another major upgrade coming to our borders. A brand‑new, highly vetted unit of police and immigration officers is being formed to work directly with the U.S. Embassy. Their
Belize’s presiding officers have returned home after representing the country on the world stage at the Twenty‑Eighth Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth in New Delhi, India. The high‑level gathering brought together leaders from more than sixty parliaments to tackle some of
Belize City’s softball community is feeling sidelined tonight; after learning they won’t be able to use Rogers Stadium for competition this year. The fence was torn down back in October to start reconstruction, but since then, no actual work has begun. Still, the Belize Softball
Guatamala’s Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez Alvarado said Guatemala has followed the International Court of Justice's process closely and will continue collaborating with the Organisation of American States (OAS). During today's engagement with the new OAS Secretary-General representative and Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca as “an essential
A woman has been found guilty of keeping another woman with learning difficulties captive for 25 years and forcing her to live as a slave. 56-year-old Mandy Wixon of Tewkesbury, in the southwest of England, subjected the victim to sustained physical abuse, starvation and forced labour
Paediatrician Dr Cecilio Eck is battling cancer once again. In an interview today, he confirmed today that his biliary tract cancer has returned, months after he resumed work following treatment last year. Dr Eck was first diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2024 and underwent several
Fatal traffic accidents across Belize dropped significantly in 2025, with every region recording improvements, according to new figures released by the Belize Police Department. The data shows sharp reductions in deadly crashes, with the Northern Region falling by 31 percent, the Western Region by 22 percent,
The Belize Police Department reported a small decrease in major crimes in 2025 during its National COMPSTAT Meeting on Thursday. According to the department, major crimes fell by 1 per cent, from 1,098 cases in 2024 to 1,086 last year. Murder, burglary, theft, and unlawful sexual
Belize earned significantly more from sugar exports in November 2025, helping to push overall export earnings higher while imports fell, according to the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB). Belize brought in fewer overall goods, with imports valued at $208.4 million, nearly 10 percent lower than the
