Calling all filmmakers, students, and creatives! The Belize Film Commission is launching an exciting new opportunity, the Belize Film Xchange Workshop Series, happening June twenty-third to twenty-seventh at the ITVET Campus in Belize City. This five-day, hands-on workshop is packed with expert-led sessions covering everything
Greater Belize Media is making waves this year, leading the pack in nominations for the 2025 Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) Media Awards. With a remarkable one hundred and three entries, GBM has, for the first time, surpassed Jamaica’s powerhouse, the RGR Gleaner Communication Group. The
Belize said goodbye today to one of its most divisive political figures. Former PUP Minister Ralph Fonseca passed away last Friday at the age of seventy-five, after battling illness for some time. This afternoon, Fonseca was honored with an official funeral and a Mass of
Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa is standing by the Firearms and Ammunition Control Board amid criticism from Abner Murillo, owner of Lock N’ Loaded gun shop. Murillo has publicly condemned the new licensing process as slow, unclear, and unfair to law-abiding citizens. Responding to the
A Belizean student living in the United States has shared his fears about life under the Trump-era immigration policies. He describes a climate of fear that has reshaped how he and many others live their daily lives. The student, who spoke under the condition of
The ongoing tension between Police Commissioner Dr. Richard Rosado and Public Service Union (PSU) President Dean Flowers escalated this week after Rosado publicly linked Flowers’ phone number to a 'high-profile police investigation.' Speaking to the media on Monday, Rosado dismissed Flowers’ recent criticisms of police operations,
Police in southern Belize are investigating a fire that broke out late Tuesday morning at the Independence police compound, destroying eight motorcycles. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Stacy Smith, the blaze started around 10:30 a.m. on the eastern side of the compound, which
Two police constables are under investigation following allegations that they robbed a Belize City resident during a traffic stop. Edlin Perez claims the incident occurred on June 8, 2025, as he was riding his bicycle against the flow of traffic along Orange Street. According to Perez,
The Placencia Village Council (PVC) is urgently calling on the government to take immediate action in a land dispute that it says threatens the community’s most cherished public space, Placencia Point. In a letter sent to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Cordel
A major outage hit ChatGPT today, leaving users around the world unable to access OpenAI’s popular chatbot. The disruption affected not only ChatGPT but also related services like APIs and the AI-powered video tool Sora. According to OpenAI, users were experiencing “elevated error rates and latency.”
