Last week, a sixty-six-year-old woman in Cristo Rey Village narrowly escaped serious harm after two armed men forced her into her home and began ransacking the property. Police say the suspects fled when officers arrived on the scene, thanks to a quick-thinking neighbor who alerted
A Belizean man is publicly accusing an immigration officer of making homophobic comments toward him and his boyfriend while crossing the western border into Guatemala. The man, identified as Nuhann Lopez, shared his account on social media, describing the incident as humiliating and deeply disappointing.
Cuba’s president is publicly thanking Belize and Mexico today, after a major humanitarian shipment, nearly seventeen hundred tons of food and essential supplies, arrived in Havana. The donation comes as the island struggles through a deepening economic and energy crisis, with President Miguel Díaz-Canel calling
New Foreign Affairs CEO Oscar Arnold faces a growing threat: narco activity along Belize’s northern border. Drawing on his time as Ambassador to Mexico, Arnold says he’s seen how complex transnational crime networks operate. With trafficking concerns rising, he argues that law enforcement must go
And there’s encouraging news tonight about the health of Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca. Just over a month after undergoing heart surgery at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Fonseca is said to be recovering well and could soon begin easing back into his official duties. Chief
Good evening, I am Paul Lopez with this week’s edition of Sports Monday. When sports and entertainment collide, the result is nothing short of electric and Play Tune Marketing’s 6K Match is a perfect example. This is an experience, blending competition with spectacle in a
The Belize National UAS Industry Association (BNUIA) is accusing the Belize Department of Civil Aviation (BDCA) of pushing through drone regulations in a rushed and one-sided process that it says could severely damage the country’s emerging drone industry. A workshop held on May 21 and 22
Un hombre beliceño está acusando públicamente a un oficial de inmigración de Belize de haberle dirigido comentarios homofóbicos a él y a su novio mientras cruzaban la frontera occidental de Belize hacia Guatemala. Nuhann Lz, quien compartió su testimonio en redes sociales, dijo que la experiencia
The second reading of the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2026 was passed during Thursday's House of Representatives debate. However, a pointed part of the debate focused on whether Belize's National Health Insurance (NHI) programme is quietly shifting the country's healthcare towards private providers, with
A man who spent more than six decades serving Belize's court system has died. Edmund O. Pennil, the retired Deputy Registrar of the High Court known to virtually everyone in the legal community as "Mr. P.," is being mourned by the Government of Belize, colleagues,
