Meanwhile, police on Caye Caulker say quick response made all the difference after gunfire shattered the quiet in the Bahia area on Thursday night. Officers rushed toward the sound of shots around nine o’clock, only to find a golf cart racing to the clinic with
In other crime news, two teens, one sixteen, the other eighteen-year-old Kriston Fernandez, are now behind bars for the brazen shooting of security guard Justo Pineda outside JL’s Quick Loan. Pineda, forty-nine, survived and is recovering, while police hit the pair with attempted‑murder charges. Fernandez,
Over the weekend, the People’s United Party packed Belmopan Comprehensive School with roughly fifteen hundred delegates for its National Party Council Meeting, an event the party says was all about unity, momentum, and charting the course ahead. Framed by its seventy‑fifth anniversary celebrations, the P.U.P.
We also heard from Belmopan Area Representative Oscar Mira, who says Saturday’s turnout sent a strong signal: supporters are paying attention, and they expect the party to keep delivering. But instead of focusing on election talk, still more than three years away, Mira says the
One of the biggest takeaways from Saturday’s P.U.P. National Party Council meeting is news that many Belmopan residents have been waiting on for months, the rollout of National Health Insurance in the capital is finally about to begin. Area Representative Oscar Mira says the delays
Tonight, health officials across the Americas are alerting the region, a sharp rise in chikungunya cases is triggering new warnings from the Pan American Health Organization. After years of relatively low activity, the virus is resurging in several countries, and PAHO says the spike is
A scare at Belize Elementary School forced an abrupt evacuation after the strong smell of butane swept across the campus late this morning. Just after 11:30, administrators activated the school’s emergency plan, calling the fire department, clearing classrooms, and alerting parents as the situation unfolded
The Ministry of Transport says the new National Bus Company is now officially registered, and once shareholders sign off in the coming weeks, seventeen operators will merge under the company on March first. Those operators will hold thirty‑nine percent of the company, valued at nineteen
And as the merger takes shape, the ministry says non‑participating operators will face the same upgraded standards and, for the first time, rental fees to use terminals that will now fall under the company’s ownership. [caption id="attachment_82344" align="alignright" width="300"] Chester Williams[/caption] Chester Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry
Twenty one of Belize’s bravest are being celebrated this week, firefighters who’ve spent ten, fifteen, even twenty five years rushing toward danger while the rest of us run from it. The Belize Fire Service honored these men and women with Long Service Awards, recognizing the
