The 77th annual Tony Awards took place on Sunday at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theatre in New York City. Belizean American Broadway actress Kara Young won for best Featured Actress in a Play for her compelling portrayal of Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins in the Broadway
Latvia's State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andris Pelšs, was paid a visit by Belizean Ambassador Therese Rath. Rath is the first ambassador of Belize to Latvia. Secretary Pelšs welcomed the Belizean government’s decision to appoint a non-resident ambassador to Latvia for the first time.
In response to the current wildfires affecting Belize since May, the EU is providing one hundred and seventy thousand Belize dollars in humanitarian assistance to families most affected by the disaster. By supporting the Belize Red Cross Society, the EU aims to support two families
Keyren Tzib has been sentenced to four years and ten months in prison after she was found guilty of attempted murder by High Court Judge Candace Nanton in March. Justice Nanton found Tzib guilty of an attempt on the life of a colleague, Kurt Hyde,
The Belize Wildlife and Referral Clinic is reporting that a second tapir was knocked down and killed in three days. In a Facebook post, the clinic said that the incident occurred on the Hummingbird Highway on Sunday morning. On Friday, June 14, News Five reported that
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in North Korea to meet with its leader, Kim Jong Un, signaling the deepening alignment between the two countries. This visit marks Putin's first to North Korea since 2000 and is notable as he has made few overseas trips
A Belizean man finds himself on the wrong side of the law in the U.S. After serving about half of his thirty-year sentence in prison for a home invasion in Lake County, Illinois, forty-five-year-old Alejandro Requena Junior was released earlier this year. However, that was not
Governor-General Froyla Tzalam has officially issued a Writ of Election for a By-election in the Toledo East Electoral Division, as announced by the Elections and Boundaries Department. The writ sets the nomination day for candidates for Tuesday, July 2, 2024, with the polls scheduled to
At 700 AM CDT (1200 UTC), the disturbance was about 355 miles (575 km) east-southeast of La Pesca, Mexico. The system is moving toward the north near 6 mph (9 km/h). A gradual turn toward the west-northwest and west is expected is expected tonight and
The rains are here and less than a year after it was officially opened, sections of the Coastal Plain Highway’s surface have been compromised by flood waters. Seventy-eight million U.S. dollars was invested into the construction of the highway. The Government of Belize boasted six
