Police are investigating an alleged rape that reportedly took place in the early hours of Saturday morning near Newtown Barracks, following a night out at a popular nightclub. According to police, the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. on July 5, 2025. A Belize City woman reported
A Belize City fisherman says he narrowly escaped with his life after being pursued and shot at by four armed men last week Thursday afternoon. Thirty-year-old Adrian August reported to police that he was unloading lobster at the National Fishermen Cooperative when a white and green
More details have emerged regarding Friday afternoon's shooting on Amandala Drive in Belize City. Around 4:16 p.m., 26-year-old Earl Anderson, a Belizean handyman of Vernon Street, was socialising with three other men in the yard when a gunman on a bicycle rode up and unleashed a
In the small yard of a modest home on Cedar Street, two lives were extinguished, quietly, mercilessly, and with a cruelty that reflects a chilling truth: in today’s Belize, even the defenceless are not spared. The victims were 64-year-old Evadnie Jones and her son Luke Jones,
28-year-old tour guide Emmanuel Vasquez is in police custody after officers reportedly caught him fleeing his apartment, where they later found suspected crack cocaine, cannabis, and over $1,900 in cash. Vasquez attempted to escape but was quickly detained. A bag he discarded was found to contain
The Office of the Commissioner of Police is urging Belizeans to be more responsible when using social media, warning that reckless posts can inflame tensions, spread fear, and interfere with police work. In a statement issued this afternoon, the Commissioner of Police called on citizens, media
An 84-year-old woman known affectionately as Mama Tona is at the centre of growing public concern after suffering a massive stroke during a prolonged legal battle to defend her land in Big Falls, Toledo. Once an active Sunday school teacher for over four decades, she
The Ministry of Health & Wellness (MoHW), in collaboration with UNICEF, has launched a new training initiative aimed at strengthening mental health services for children and adolescents in Belize. The program focuses on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a widely recognised psychological approach used to treat
A group of former representatives of the People’s Constitution Commission (PCC) met with Prime Minister John Briceño earlier this week to express serious concerns about the PCC’s final report, submitted to the government in May 2025. The group includes former delegates from civil society organisations such
Tensions are high tonight in Belize City after yet another broad daylight shooting, this time at the corner of Amandala Drive and Vernon Street. Just after four o’clock, a gunman on a bicycle rolled up to a property once owned by the late Carlos Diaz
