It’s been a week since forty-eight-year-old Kenneth ‘Big Tom’ Flowers was gunned down in what police believe was a crime of passion. His accused killer, fifty-year-old Sidney Peyrefitte Jr., is behind bars on remand for murder. Tonight, Flowers’ family is hosting a concert-style wake at
Belize is getting a big boost to upgrade one of its busiest highways. While attending the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings, the Government of Belize signed a major loan agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. The deal is for twelve-point-five million
The Venezuelan Embassy in Belize is pushing back against what it calls recent provocations. At a press conference today, Ambassador Gerardo Argote argued these actions aren’t about stopping drug trafficking, they’re about controlling Venezuela’s vast natural resources. The country holds the world’s largest oil reserves,
There’s devastation in Mexico tonight where more than three hundred communities are still cut off after deadly landslides and flooding. At least sixty-four lives have been lost, and dozens remain missing. Thousands of soldiers and rescue crews are racing to reopen roads and deliver food
Belize was buzzing with excitement this weekend as the Caribbean Elite Road Cycling Championship hit our highways. For the first time, we hosted this prestigious event under the watchful eye of the Caribbean Cycling Union. Riders from across the region came to battle it out,
It is back again; the William Dawson Sprite/Digi Basketball Tournament has launched yet another season. The 2025 tournament officially kicked off on Friday night at Birds Isle. Organizers, sponsors and participants gathered on the basketball court to remember the man who launched the vision behind
Police continue investigating the deaths of 26-year-old Keira Gentle and 27-year-old Harrison Arnold, found shot dead in a Simon Lamb Street home in Belize City on Saturday just before midday. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police Stacy Smith, a licensed black nine-millimetre pistol registered to Arnold
The Belize Police Department is monitoring the potential threat posed by 20 high-profile gang members who escaped from Guatemala’s Fraijanes II maximum-security prison on October 11, 2025. The escapees are known members of the 18th Street Gang. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police Stacy Smith, Belize’s proximity
Police continue to investigate the fatal shooting of 42-year-old Police Constable Oswald Young, who was gunned down in Unitedville, Cayo, on Friday night. According to police, the incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. while Young was waiting for transportation to Belize City, where he was scheduled to
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man whose body was found floating in the sea near Southern Foreshore, Belize City, on Sunday. Police described the deceased as a dark-complexioned male. He was found "unresponsive in the sea near Southern Foreshore,” said Stacy Smith, Assistant
