Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 1 storm with 75 mph winds on Saturday afternoon. The storm has put Jamaica and Caribbean residents, including Belizeans, on high alert. The storm is centred 145 miles southeast of Kingston and moving at just 1 mph. Rapid intensification is
Jamaica is on high alert as Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to intensify into a hurricane and threaten catastrophic wind damage, flooding, and storm surge early next week. Melissa is now packing winds up to 70 mph and is located about 155 miles southeast of Kingston.
Belize continues leaving its mark on the tourism industry. The Jewel is set to take centre stage in April 2026 as the Caribbean's next destination for the annual Sustainable Tourism Conference. This annual event brings together regional leaders to rethink what it truly means to travel
Another brutal attack has shaken Belize City. Early Friday morning, a home invasion turned deadly on Complex Avenue. Thirty-five-year-old Delecia Flowers was found beaten and slashed to death inside her home, while her teenage daughter survived with head injuries. The violence comes just days after
Tonight, a Belize City man is behind bars after a domestic dispute spiraled into serious threats. Thirty-one-year-old Toney White allegedly threatened to kill his ex-partner, Raisha Nicholson, and even burn down her house. Nicholson says she turned to Facebook for help after claiming police ignored
Belize is still reeling from the horrific murder of Angelita Magaña and her two children, a crime that has sparked a nationwide outcry over violence against women. In the wake of that tragedy, the Office of the Special Envoy for the Development of Families and
Across Belize, there’s a troubling reality that’s hard to ignore; domestic violence continues to affect families every single day. As of September, police have logged more than seventeen hundred cases. But that number doesn’t tell the full story. Many victims never report what’s happening, often
Police are investigating the mysterious death of seventy-two-year-old Linda Morgan from the Fresh Pond community in Burrell Boom Village. Early yesterday morning, around three a.m., officers were called to her home. When they arrived, they were led to the bathroom, where they found Mrs. Morgan
A major drug bust on the George Price Highway has landed three people behind bars. Police say twenty-one-year-old Whitney Doris Alford of Unitedville, thirty-one-year-old Lisa Marie Gonzalez of Santa Elena, and twenty-three-year-old Francisco Ernesto Landaverde of San Ignacio have all been charged with possession of
A pre-dawn raid in Dangriga has uncovered a stash of drugs and weapons. Police say the joint operation on Magoon Street turned up a nine-millimeter pistol, forty-five rounds of ammunition, nearly half a kilo of cannabis, plus crack cocaine and a hefty seven-hundred-and-eighty-seven grams of
