A law enforcement operation in Chaa Creek area of Cayo District over the weekend has led to the arrest of four men after they were found in possession of a significant quantity of drugs. Bernardino del Cid, Isael Chi, Luis Perez and Juan Sosa have
Today, Jamal Jackson, who was charged back in 2016 for attempted robbery, was back in court to kick off the trial. The thirty-nine-year-old was one of two suspects in an attempted robbery of a Scotia Bank night deposit to which he pleaded not guilty at
A prisoner who should have been incarcerated was erroneously released and was walking the streets. The slip-up happened last month and wasn’t discovered until last week. Fifty-year-old Kervisha Harris had been before the court for several months on a charge of burglary. But she had
The annual Cancer Walk is decades old, but the event is just returning to the prominence it held before the COVID pandemic put a damper on it. Organizers were forced to put a halt to the event at the height of the pandemic and adjust
Two Special Olympics athletes from Stella Maris competed in the Caribbean Special Olympics Bocce Event in Grand Cayman and brought home four medals. Elijah Martinez and Kiefer Simon were greeted at the Philip Goldson International Airport this afternoon by the school’s marching band. They then
He was the Belizean version of Crocodile Dundee and was known all over for his fearlessness of crocodiles and snakes. On Sunday, news broke of the death of Chris Summers, the founder and director of operations at the Aces Wildlife Rescue. Summers was the backbone
An inaugural meeting was held in November 2022 and since then, the P.C.C. has held public consultations, lectures, launched simplified and condensed versions of the Constitution, and prepared an interim report. But the People’s Constitution Commission has been quiet for a while now. Today we
Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. The Benny’s Belize Hurricanes are back in the B.E.B.L. Finals. On Friday night, the Hurricanes travelled down to the Culture Capital for game two of their best-of-three playoff series against the Griga
The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) and the Department of the Environment (DoE) are issuing a critical advisory regarding significant air quality concerns caused by ongoing wildfires affecting several communities in the Toledo and Cayo districts. These wildfires have resulted in a considerable increase in
The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) is underway in Antigua. More than 20 world leaders, along with representatives from the private sector, civil society, academia, and youth—nearly 4,000 participants in total—have gathered at the American University to tackle critical issues impacting the
