The 2024 Women In Art exhibit is here just in time for International Women's Month. Every year, the Institute of Creative Arts showcases various mediums of art submitted by female artist from across Belize. This year’s exhibit will open tomorrow under the theme ‘StrongHER: Mentoring,
The National Emergency Management Organization is hosting its annual training with the U.S. Army and several Belizean media houses to strengthen relations between the disaster organization and the media. This training is carried out so that, in the case of an emergency, information can be
As today is internationally recognized as World Kidney Day, the Kidney Association of Belize is reminding you to take care of your kidneys. To ensure that Belizeans are taking preventative measures to combat kidney disease, the association will be holding its annual health fair, on
The Privy Council in London has overturned the murder conviction of Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel. The forty-eight-year-old was given a life sentence in 2014 for the killing of Clive “Lizard” Williams. Kartel’s successful appeal argued that a juror accused of trying to bribe others
The Orange Walk Running Rebel announced earlier today that it "will not be able to continue participating in the 2024 BEBL tournament as it has become excruciating operating, organising, and competing under the present structure and leadership." The announcement was made on Facebook. The team said, "We
Luis Siapas was fatally chopped early this morning while at an establishment in St. Margaret's Village in the Cayo District. According to witnesses, the victim was at La Rumba Restaurant and Bar when he was attacked by some men who chopped him in the head,
The Belize Police Department has confirmed that fifty-nine-year-old Robert Joseph has been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. A tragic shooting incident at the Belmopan Market claimed the lives of Laura Fiorito, aged forty, and eight-year-old Megan Klassen, a neighbour's
Vybz Kartel, the Jamaican dancehall artist, has had his murder conviction overturned. He was sentenced to life in 2014 for the 2011 killing of his associate, forty-eight-year-old Clive "Lizard" Williams. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, along with three co-defendants, successfully appealed on the
A child and a woman from the Agua Viva community, just outside of Belmopan, are dead following a shooting incident inside the Belmopan Market. Forty-year-old Laura Fiorito and her husband Salvatore Lopes were at Paradise Café along with their two children and eight-year-old Megan Klassen,
Reporters caught up with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams earlier today. He was asked if police have established a motive for the shooting. ComPol Williams explained that the accused claims that the family tried to poison him and that his claims are still being investigated.
