A devastating fire destroyed the historic Queen Street Baptist Church in Belize City early on Friday, February 21. According to an official police report, the fire started around 4:35 a.m. at the back of the two-story building. Police were called to the scene at 4:50
Police are investigating a robbery that occurred in Ladyville Village on Friday evening. According to police, around 7:30 p.m., 35-year-old Marlon Cal, a Belizean sales representative, was driving on the Philip Goldson Highway near Mile 9 ¾ when the incident took place. Cal reported to the
During his address at the launch of the United Democratic Party's political campaign, leader Moses "Shyne" Barrow once more condemned the rise in violence in Belize. Barrow cited the recent murder of real estate mogul Boris Alexander Mannsfeld, stating that Mannsfeld had recently sent an
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
