Police are investigating the murder of 33-year-old Barry Johnston, who was shot dead in Belize City’s Kings Park area on Monday night. The shooting occurred at the corner of F and Seventh Street. Police responded to reports of gunshots and found Johnston at the scene. Sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump has shared a map depicting Belize and other countries across North America, Central America, and the Caribbean under the United States flag. Trump posted the image on his Truth Social account without a caption or explanation. The map shows the U.S. flag
Sargassum has become such a recurring problem in Belize that for many coastal businesses and hotels, clearing the seaweed is now a fixed operating expense. Belize Hotel Association President Reynaldo A. Malik Jr. says the problem is particularly challenging along the Placencia Peninsula, where the geography
Carnival morning should have brought music, color and celebration to Pickstock Street. Instead, it brought heartbreak to the family of forty-five-year-old Jeremy Hendricks. Police say an early-morning domestic dispute turned deadly when Hendricks was fatally stabbed, leaving his loved ones to mourn as festivities unfolded
One week after twenty-year-old Brianna Myvett was gunned down, police still cannot say why anyone would want the promising university student and volleyball player dead. Investigators have gathered more information about the make and model of the vehicle believed to have been used in the
Twenty-five-year-old Patrick “Papi” Meighan left home to enjoy Carnival weekend, but he never made it back. Shortly before seven on Saturday evening, Meighan was fatally injured after being run over by a moving truck near Cambranes Bakery on Freetown Road. The vehicle was returning from
Forty-nine-year-old Mauricio Soriano reportedly saw the danger and tried to run, but he could not escape the equipment failure that claimed his life. The Bulridge employee died last Thursday after a chain allegedly broke free from a truck carrying heavy machinery. Tonight, his San Ignacio
A Saturday morning collision at the entrance to Red Bank Village has claimed the life of fifty-nine-year-old Nerry Campbell. Investigators say Campbell was turning into the village on his motorcycle when he collided with a pickup truck driven by thirty-year-old Deidra Jackson along the Thomas
Government cannot suspend constitutional rights simply because crime and violence have spiraled out of control. That is the clear message from the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the 2020 State of Emergency on Belize City’s southside was unconstitutional. After reviewing two conflicting High Court
The recent bloodshed in Cayo has triggered an intensified police crackdown on drugs and illegal firearms. Three murders rocked the district last week, with concerns that the killings may be connected to a struggle for control of the local drug trade. Police have since reported
