A police officer has been charged for the fatal stabbing of nineteen‑year‑old American student Kevin Matthew Depaz on Caye Caulker. After months of investigation into the June 2025 incident, where a late‑night brawl left one man dead and several others injured, the DPP has directed
The decision to pull the proposed Thirteenth Amendment has drawn mixed reactions, and while several elements may still be revisited, one feature in particular is priority for former Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa. He says he hopes government will keep alive the idea of
Young people from some of Belize City’s most underserved neighborhoods say they’re being unfairly targeted under the country’s gang laws. They claim police are slapping them with repeated gang charges based simply on where they live or who they happen to be around, raising tough
The debate over Belize’s proposed Thirteenth Amendment is far from cooling down, and today it got another high‑profile voice weighing in. Former Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa is pushing back against criticism of the constitutional change, saying the public shouldn’t mistake the ongoing legal fine‑tuning
Belizean pediatrician Dr. Cecilio Eck is once again in a fight for his life, after learning that his biliary tract cancer has returned. Dr. Eck was first diagnosed back in 2024 and has undergone multiple rounds of treatment since then. In fact, he made it
Back in December, the Belize Government Lotteries Limited announced that nine Belizeans had struck it lucky in the Million Dalla Jackpot draw. Eight of those winners quietly came forward and claimed their prizes. But one ticket holder never showed up. And because the thirty‑day redemption
There’s a surge of excitement around the newly nationalized hydropower company, so much so that Belizeans have snapped up more shares than were even available. Demand shot past expectations, with locals and major institutions applying for roughly four‑and‑a‑half million shares, about half a million more
The debate over the future of Belize’s telecom landscape is heating up again, this time with Minister Kareem Musa pushing back firmly against claims that the consolidation of BTL is paving the way for a monopoly. Musa says it’s actually the opposite, arguing that Belize
Every day, roughly eight hundred students from villages in Guatemala cross into Belize to attend school, learning in English and taking part in our education system. But processing all of those documents at the border can take time. Now, the Immigration Department has rolled out
Following the rollout of Belize’s new biometric screening system, done in partnership with the United States, there’s another major upgrade coming to our borders. A brand‑new, highly vetted unit of police and immigration officers is being formed to work directly with the U.S. Embassy. Their
