30-year-old Francisco Mendez was reportedly shot by a police officer during an altercation in San Juan Village, Stann Creek, on Friday. Mendez, a father of three and a banana farm worker, was socialising outside a Chinese store when he was reportedly harassed twice by a police
United Democratic Party's Moses "Shyne" Barrow has officially kicked off his campaign for the upcoming general elections on March 12, 2025. Today, his faction unveiled a slate of 30 candidates at the UDP headquarters on Youth For The Future Drive in Belize City, alongside the
Police are investigating reports of three female bodies found at the Royal Kahal Resort on Coconut Drive. According to the initial investigation, the resort’s general manager called 911, alerting authorities that resort staff had found three motionless women in a hotel room. The women are reportedly
Police are investigating the murder of 56-year-old Boris Alexander Mannsfeld, an American real estate developer. Mannsfeld's body was found on Friday night at his luxury project, Cocoplum Villas in Maya Beach, with a gunshot wound to the neck. Authorities found a spent shell casing at
Early this morning, a fire destroyed a building that was a significant part of Belize City's history. The Queen Street Baptist Church, which stood for over two hundred years, went up in flames. This historic building was not only a place of worship but also
Pastor Lloyd Stanford shared that the Queen Street Baptist Church has been a vital part of Belize City's history. Built in the early 1820s and serving as a church since 1822, it's the second oldest church in the Americas, after Saint John’s Anglican, also in
The fire official urged households to check their electrical wiring, especially if it's been in place for many years. In the case of the Queen Street Baptist Church, which has stood since 1822, Station Supervisor Gladstone Bucknor noted that the wiring was last updated decades
Alvaro Tun, a thirty-four-year-old from San Pedro, was found not guilty of murdering Elder Arana on March fifth, 2023, at Jeemar's Night Club in the San Pedrito area. Arana was stabbed six times after a fight broke out in the bar sometime before two a.m.
While one man walked free from a murder charge in San Pedro, another Belize City resident, Darbin Joel Romero, was sentenced to life imprisonment today after pleading guilty to murder. Romero, twenty-four, of Sibun Street, was represented by attorney Peta Gay Bradley of Legal Aid.
On Wednesday, chaos broke out at the Magistrate’s Court in Punta Gorda when prisoner Mason Kelly attacked Magistrate Sashawna Jody-Ann Thompson. Kelly, who has a history of violent crimes, including attempted murder and assault, admitted to throwing a fan during the session but denies the
